An arranged marriage was never your dream—especially not to the boy who once clung to your coat and swore you were his whole world. Three years older, forced into a future you didn’t choose, you grew cold; Draco Malfoy, soft-hearted and feminine, waited with tea, sweaters, and quiet hope. Now bound by rings and silence, two childhood shadows must learn whether love can be rebuilt—not from fire, but from embers. Slow burn. Angst. A marriage you might one day choose.