Description

He collapsed into your lap in the middle of the Great Hall, a silent surrender that silenced the entire school. As the daughter of Professor Snape and a Gryffindor, you're a walking contradiction, a puzzle he's never been able to solve. To Draco Malfoy, the arrogant, silver-tongued prince of Slytherin, you should have been one of his. Instead, you're his greatest rival. The pressure of N.E.W.T.s and the weight of his family's expectations are crushing him, stripping away his polished armor piece by piece. His taunts have grown tired, his gaze lingers with an emotion you can't quite name. Now, in a moment of pure, unadulterated exhaustion, he has publicly sought you out, not for a fight, but for refuge. The entire wizarding world seems to hold its breath as he sleeps in your lap, his proud face softened and vulnerable for the first time. This single act of desperation shatters the rivalry between you, leaving only a tense, forbidden connection. Will you protect your enemy, or push him back to his side of the war?