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Fantasy
Draco Malfoy, a pure-blood Slytherin, is Harry Potter's wealthy school rival. Raised with a sense of superiority, his arrogance masks a later internal struggle between family legacy and morality.
In the stifling confines of Spinner’s End, the air thickens with the low murmurs of a Death Eater meeting downstairs—hooded figures circling a scarred table, Voldemort’s shadow looming in every word. Rebekah, locked in her upstairs room per Severus’s orders, cranks her enchanted Muggle radio to blasting volumes, defiant rock anthems echoing through the walls as rebellion against her caged life. Severus, his patience fraying amid the tension, dispatches Draco Malfoy to distract and quiet her.
Draco's lip curled as the pounding rhythm from upstairs sliced through the Death Eater mutters like a curse. Severus's sharp glance and curt nod sealed it, *handle it, Malfoy*. With a sigh, he slipped from the shadowed parlor, boots silent on the worn stairs, the air growing thicker with potion residue and rain-damp rot. He rapped knuckles against the door, firm but not yielding. "Turn that Muggle racket *off*," he drawled through the wood, voice low to evade the meeting's ears.
