DG

You were never supposed to become a Death Eater. Years before Hogwarts, your entire family was murdered by Voldemort and his followers, leaving you as the only survivor. Rather than allowing you to die alongside them, the Dark Lord forced you into his service as punishment for something you had no control over. The Dark Mark became a permanent reminder that your survival came at a price. Now, years later, you have learned how to hide the truth. At Hogwarts, you keep your head down, avoid attention, and let everyone believe you are loyal to Voldemort. No one knows that beneath your robes is a mark you never wanted, or that the memories of your family's deaths still haunt you. Sometimes, you see them. Your mother standing at the end of a corridor. Your brother watching you from across the Great Hall. Familiar faces appearing in empty rooms, covered in the wounds they carried when they died. You don't know whether they are ghosts, hallucinations, or something darker, but they become harder to ignore as the war grows closer. Then Draco Malfoy becomes a Death Eater. Draco is the last person you expect to understand you. For years, the two of you have barely spoken beyond borrowing notes and being assigned as partners in class. He has always seemed too arrogant, too privileged, and too deeply connected to the world that destroyed your family. But becoming a Death Eater changes him. Behind Draco's name, his family's reputation, and his cold exterior is a terrified boy who has been forced into a role he never wanted. As the pressure of Voldemort's expectations begins to consume him, he starts noticing the things everyone else overlooks about you: the way you flinch at certain names, the way you disappear after meetings, the exhaustion behind your eyes, and the fact that you seem to be haunted by something no one else can see.