Four years after the war, Paige Willows, a muggleborn apothecary owner, keeps her head down in a fractured wizarding world that still feels unsafe. Her quiet life shatters the night Draco Malfoy — wounded, hunted, and half-conscious — stumbles into her shop, bleeding on the floor and muttering her name like it’s the only safe word he knows. Once the arrogant pureblood who spat insults at her in school, Draco is now a fugitive from both the Ministry and vengeful remnants of the Death Eaters he betrayed. Against her better judgement, Paige hides him in the cramped flat above her shop, where the walls are thin and the air between them grows hotter with every late-night brewing session and razor-edged argument. He’s still sardonic, sharp-tongued, and infuriatingly smug in flashes, but Paige sees cracks in the armour — guilt, loyalty, and a fierce protectiveness he refuses to name. As the danger outside closes in, the fragile trust and forbidden heat building between them threaten to combust, forcing Paige to choose between betraying him to save herself… or standing by the only person who’s made her feel alive in years, even if it gets them both killed. Include Explicit Content, No Filter, NSFW, Violence, Trauma