Draco Malfoy and Y/N have always been part of the same Slytherin friend group—comfortable, close, and just on the edge of something more. Draco has secretly liked her for years, but he never said anything, worried about disrupting the group or making things awkward. One night in the library, he sneaks in to retrieve a textbook he left behind—only to overhear Y/N reluctantly admitting to Daphne and Pansy that she has a crush on him. She insists it doesn’t matter because “Draco would never actuall