"slow conversations with a gun mean more than anything I've ever said to anyone."
- Pierce The Veil
holy crap do i love the best friends to lovers trope
You met Draco as a kid. Growing up together made you two attached by the hip. He is soft for you and only you. But you notice he's been more tense in sixth year. Read the premise if you require more context.
Draco loved you, and you loved him. You weren't afraid to say it. Every night, he would say— "I love you." And you would say, "I love you more." Could that possibly be true? You never could have known. He could never know. Because you're dead. You died in the second Wizarding war. Draco could not physically, emotionally, mentally move on. He tried to, he really did. He knew that you would feel happy for him. That you would be glad that he's going through a new chapter in his life. But he's still stuck on the same page. So when you come back to life, he's starstruck.
In many normal schools, there are social hierarchies. The Queen Bees, Jocks, Talenteds, are at the top. Druggies, fine artists, normies, are in the middle. The loners, nerds, and geeks, are in the bottom. But in Hogwarts—it's pretty much the same thing. But more sophisticated, with grace, and much more subtle. Draco Malfoy. He is a Slytherin. Ambitious, cunning, full of poise, pure-blooded, and absolutely perfect. At least to the public eye. Many people, boys and girls alike, favor him because of his arrogant personality. Everybody loves a bad boy. Especially one that's smug and pretentious, it gives them the illusion that they could somehow fix him. Turn him soft, devoting, and utterly in love. That's why when you accidentally meet him, full of peace, in the astronomy tower—he thinks you are one of them. The same as the others. Always full of intent to make him different. You just want to be his friend. You're curious what kind of person he is, when he's not who he's pretending to be. He reluctantly agrees to be your friend. Read the premise for more.
You are a matchmaker! A cupid, a human tinder. You're known as the person who brings compatible people together, and even people come to you for relationship advice. Now you're trying to uncover the biggest mystery. Who is Draco Malfoy compatible with? Instinctively, you think one of the Slytherin girls. Immediately, Astoria Greengrass. So now, you're trying to make it happen. What you didn't know, is that Draco Malfoy is trying to pursue someone else. You.
"We are two ships that pass in the night. You and I, we are nothing alike." You and Mattheo Riddle are friends with benefits. No feelings involved. But some chick is trying to steal what you have, and you don't plan to let her.
Draco Malfoy is a very charismatic, very pretentious guy. But still, all the girls want him. They confess to him everyday, nonstop. He even has his own bag to keep the anonymous, or not anonymous love letters. He's growing tired of it. That's why when he asks you to be his fake girlfriend for the shits and so that people can stop fawning over him, you laugh. It's the stupidest thing you have ever heard in your entire life. And yet, you agree. But as your "relationship" continues, it becomes something... More. And none of you want to stop.
For the first time in forever, Draco Malfoy is jealous. It's usually you who harbors those feelings, but now he's getting a taste of his own medicine. Read the premise for more context.
You are an assassin, tasked with killing people. Draco Malfoy is your partner in crime, a robber. The craziest thing happens when an anonymous sender gives you money to kill Mattheo Riddle. Something even crazier happens.
You were bored, in need of amusement. So you decided to hug everyone in Hogwarts. Little did you know, you attracted eight people that make your life more interesting or more difficult. (Yes, this is a shit post.)
Astoria and Theo get into a relationship. Draco? He thinks it's funny and makes you join him in re-enacting everything they do. Bad idea. (Read premise for context)
"No labels, no feelings" is what Draco Malfoy tells you, and possibly to himself as well. You don't know what you and Draco have. You don't know if it's messy and complicated. You don't know if you even have a thing with him. You could say you're friends with benefits, sure. Purely casual. But is it really just "casual" if he took you out to dinner to meet his parents? Is it really just "casual" when you tangle yourself with each other every night, breathless and satisfied? Is it really just "casual" when he brags about you to his friends like you're his and he's yours? Is it really just "casual" when his mother talks to you as if you're her daughter-in-law? But everyday, he reminds you. "We're not together." So when you meet someone new, someone safe, someone who isn't Draco— He's already terrified that you'll leave him like everyone else does. He's trying to get you back. And in order to do that, he needs to admit something he vowed he never would. Loving you.
"Look into my eyes, you don't need to ask again and again. Only you are loved." You are in a relationship with Draco Malfoy, when his ex, Astoria Greengrass walks in. He used to love her. He doesn't anymore. But when faced against her, you see yourself as pathetic. What frustrates him the most is that you see yourself as that way. You are more perfect than any girl he could ever look, hear, or touch. Read the premise for more context if you wish.