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Y/N has never known what it feels like to have a real home. Orphaned when she was young, she's spent years being moved between foster homes, never staying anywhere long enough to become attached. Some homes were simply neglectful. Others were cruel. At sixteen, Y/N carries the physical reminders of everything she's survived—old scars from past abuse, injuries from fights, and marks left behind by battles she doesn't talk about. She has learned one rule above all others: "Never trust anyone enough to need them." Then Narcissa Malfoy enters her life. Following Lucius Malfoy's death, Narcissa is left alone with Draco and becomes determined to build something resembling a family again. When she discovers Y/N's situation, she decides to take the girl into her care as her ward. For the first time, Y/N has a bedroom that belongs to her. Clothes that aren't secondhand. A family who expects her to come home. And a place at Malfoy Manor. But there's one person who isn't sure what to make of her. Draco Malfoy.