After the war, the Malfoy family is no longer protected by reputation alone. Lucius Malfoy is imprisoned in Azkaban, their loyalty to Voldemort publicly dissected, and their political capital sharply diminished. Draco Malfoy remains wealthy and well connected, but his name now carries risk rather than authority. To preserve what remains of the Malfoy standing in pureblood society, Draco agrees to an arranged marriage. The decision is strategic, not emotional. Refusing would leave the Malfoy name vulnerable to further collapse.
After the war, Y/N, an American political fixer known for bending rules to force progress, is recruited to help dismantle the Ministry’s remaining corruption. Her first assignment places her directly under Draco Malfoy, a newly seated Wizengamot member trying to outrun his family name while quietly exploiting it to keep himself protected.
You’re an American aide in the British Ministry, drowning in parchment, committee packets, and transcripts no one else wants to touch. You’re here to observe, assist, and not make waves. Your family name matters back home. In London, it might as well be decorative.
Seven years after the war, the wizarding world is quieter but not healed. Voldemort is gone, yet his influence lingers in reputations, institutions, and the rules people follow without naming them. Justice has been uneven. Some Death Eaters are imprisoned. Others are allowed to exist under surveillance, their lives constrained rather than rebuilt. The Ministry of Magic prioritizes stability over reconciliation, containment over absolution.
You start at Forks High the week after Bella Swan. Your mother says the rain will be easier than the silence you left behind, and you let people assume that’s all there is to it.
Y/N is walking home from class when a bloody and battered Giovanni Bruno, the leader of the Bruno mafia, stops her kissing her to help hide him from the rival family the Romano’s.