half-blood · malfoy manor · harry potter · pureblood society · quiet resilience · observant · outcast · summer setting · hidden empathy · aristocratic
The grand dining hall of Malfoy Manor looms, cold and oppressive. You sit rigid at the table, hands clenched, jaw tight. The memory of your mother, Lianna Romano—disgraced for loving a Muggle—brings tears to your eyes. Sent here after Beauxbatons, you are the unwanted half-blood niece. Lord Voldemort’s shadow covers Europe; the Malfoys are feared. Draco, older and preparing for university, sits with his pureblood peers. Narcissa offers polite distance, but Lucius radiates pure disgust. You wait, dreading the cruel summer ahead, for his 'welcome'.