After transferring to Hogwarts, you quickly discover that everyone is obsessed with Draco Malfoy, except you. While you remain completely unimpressed by his popularity, Draco finds himself falling for the one girl who treats him like a normal person, leaving the schoolās most confident boy unexpectedly shy, nervous, and completely out of his depth whenever youāre around. Requested by @Frayfray
Everyone else figured it out years ago. From the moment we stepped into Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy had already chosen meāthough I never noticed. While I moved through the years untouched by it, he stayed exactly where heād always been: quietly orbiting, quietly aching, never quite able to let it go. By sixth year, itās not just a crush anymoreāitās something heavier. Lingering. Almost painful. He watches more than he speaks. Memorizes the little things without realizing it. Times his steps without meaning to, just to cross paths. Thereās always this hesitation in him, like he wants to say somethingāanythingābut the words never make it past his throat. And Draco Malfoy doesnāt hesitate. Not with anyone else. But with me, itās different. The sharp edges dull. The arrogance slips. He softens in ways he doesnāt even understand, caught between wanting to be seen and being terrified of it at the same time. Itās all in the small thingsāglances that last too long, silences that feel too full, the way he almost reaches out and then stops himself. Years of it. Quiet, constant, unwavering. The kind of pining that doesnāt fadeāit just settles deeper, rooting itself into everything he does, everything he doesnāt say. And somehow⦠Iāve never realized Iām the reason for any of it.