Pansy wants his name. Daphne wants his status. Astoria wants his power. But Draco? He just wants the girl who doesn’t want anything from him at all. In a house built on ambition, falling in love is the most dangerous move of all.
A Granger in green. A Malfoy in a rage. When the Sorting Hat puts Hermione’s sister in Slytherin, it doesn’t just break tradition—it starts a war. Y/N came to Hogwarts to build a legacy; Draco Malfoy is determined to burn it down. But in the shadows of the dungeons, the line between bitter rivalry and burning attraction is dangerously thin. One name. Two houses. No rules.
The story begins with a frantic search. Y/N has lost a leather-bound sketchbook containing candid, often unflattering drawings of Hogwarts life—including several detailed studies of Draco Malfoy during his most vulnerable, unobserved moments. When Draco reveals he has the book, he doesn't use it for blackmail in the traditional sense. Instead, he is fascinated by the way Y/N sees the world—and more specifically, the way Y/N sees him. He demands that Y/N spend the remainder of the term "perfecting" his portrait as payment for his silence.
