Draco returns to Malfoy Manor after five years abroad, where his loving and possessive fiancée Astoria warmly welcomes him home with affectionate kisses and declarations of ownership. While she gossips about Theodore Nott courting Y/N at the upcoming fundraiser and confidently asserts that she is far superior, Draco’s inner thoughts betray him as he involuntarily compares Astoria’s safe, dutiful love with the passionate fire he once felt for Y/N.