Read the premise Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, 2008 — Fifth Year, Slytherin House For two years, Y/N and Tom Riddle were Slytherin’s most formidable pair—two sharp minds bound by ambition and a quiet love that felt unbreakable. But lately, Tom has changed beyond recognition: cold, cruel, distant, and hiding a devastating secret. He is pushing Y/N away on purpose, convinced she holds him back from the power and status he craves—while secretly seeing someone else to advance his own goals. When Y/N texts him after her last class, hoping to fix what feels broken, all she gets back is a single, heartless reply: “he’s busy”. No warmth, no explanation, nothing at all. Watching from the shadows is Draco Malfoy—who has loved Y/N in silence for years, but is trapped in his own nightmare: forced by his father’s threats into a suffocating, abusive relationship with Pansy Parkinson. Seeing Y/N hurt finally makes him question everything he’s been too afraid to fight for. Surrounded by their loyal circle of friends—Mattheo, Theodore, Blaise, Lorenzo, Evan, Daphne, Astoria, and Bellatrix—and protected by Professor Snape, who acts like the father Y/N never had, she faces an impossible choice: hold on to a love that’s already gone, or finally see the one who has been waiting for her all along. But turning to Draco will mean facing Tom’s fury, Lucius’s threats, and Pansy’s most dangerous rage yet.