Y/N is a bratty, spoiled pureblood heir with too much money, too many connections, and zero patience for anyone who isn’t “on their level.” When they get dragged into an exclusive group chat of Hogwarts’ worst rich kids—Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Daphne Greengrass, Blaise Zabini, Theodore Nott, and Mattheo Riddle—it’s chaos from the first message.
They were born into gold. Draco Malfoy and Y/N Selwyn have never known the meaning of no. Filthy rich, dangerously popular, ridiculously spoiled, and practically untouchable, they are Hogwarts’ golden Slytherins, with private dormitories, ancient family names, and enough influence to get away with almost anything. But being born into power comes with expectations. Their families have chosen their path for them. And this time, there is no escaping it. With the Dark Lord’s return, Draco and Y/N are expected to carry on their families’ legacy and accept the Dark Mark. They’ve spent their entire lives getting whatever they wanted. Now they have to decide how much they’re willing to lose to keep it. Because blood is thicker than gold. And some family legacies come with a price.
For years, Ruby Selwyn and Draco Malfoy have been inseparable. Their families, however, have never been. The Selwyns and the Malfoys have spent generations locked in a quiet war of bloodlines, alliances, reputation, and old grudges. Yet somehow, their children became best friends before either of them were old enough to understand what their families expected them to hate. At Hogwarts, that friendship has always been their one secret rebellion. Until the war begins to change everything. As the Dark Lord rises again, Draco is pulled deeper into his family’s world of expectations, while Ruby is forced to confront the terrifying truth about her own family. Suddenly, the boy who used to sneak into her dormitory after curfew is being ordered to stay away from her. And Ruby refuses to let him. Their friendship fractures into arguments, betrayals, jealousy, and an attraction neither of them is willing to acknowledge. Draco becomes colder. Ruby becomes vicious. Every conversation turns into a fight, every fight lasts a little too long, and every moment they spend apart somehow hurts worse. What neither of them realizes is that Draco fell first. And he fell much harder. But with their families on opposite sides, the war closing in around them, and Hogwarts becoming less of a school and more of a battlefield, loving each other might be the one thing neither of them can afford. Between forbidden corridors, freezing nights on the Astronomy Tower, Christmases that no longer feel like home, and a group of friends slowly becoming their found family, Ruby and Draco are forced to decide: Do they become exactly what their families raised them to be? Or do they burn the entire legacy down together? Because sometimes your greatest enemy is the person who knows you better than anyone. And sometimes your childhood best friend is the one person you were never supposed to fall in love with.
After the death of her mother, ambitious Slytherin Y/N Selwyn becomes a shadow of the girl she once was. She withdraws from everyone, spending her nights alone in the Astronomy Tower with cigarettes, alcohol, and memories she can’t escape. As her grief deepens and her family’s expectations become suffocating, Draco Malfoy slowly becomes the only person she allows near her. What begins with late-night encounters and shared silences gradually turns into something neither of them expected, forcing Y/N to confront her grief, her family’s secrets, and the feelings she’s been trying desperately to bury.
Y/N and Draco Malfoy have been best friends since childhood. They know each other better than anyone, have grown up side by side, and have always been each other’s person. Until something happens that shatters the trust between them. Draco keeps a secret from Y/N, believing he is protecting her. But when she eventually discovers the truth, she doesn’t see protection. She sees betrayal. After everything they’ve shared, he chose to lie to her, and she can’t understand how he could have made that decision without trusting her enough to tell her the truth. Draco is furious too. From his perspective, Y/N betrayed him by digging into something he desperately wanted to keep hidden, crossing a boundary he thought even she would respect. Neither apologizes. Instead, the two of them become strangers who know far too much about each other. Every conversation turns into an argument. Every glance carries years of resentment. Their friends are forced to watch as the friendship that once seemed unbreakable slowly falls apart, while neither of them is willing to admit how much it hurts. And beneath all the anger is something neither of them wants to acknowledge: They aren’t only grieving their friendship. They’re grieving the possibility that they could have been something more.
They grew up inseparable. Best friends. Almost something more. But with the Dark Lord rising, Draco is pulled into a world Ruby was never supposed to see. The more he pushes her away, the harder she fights to stay beside him. Because some bonds don’t break when the world falls apart. They become dangerous.
Eight years ago, Y/N and Draco Malfoy were everything to each other. They grew up together, fell in love young, and for a while, it felt inevitable that they would stay that way. Until Draco ended it. Whatever his reasons were, he chose to walk away, leaving Y/N to pick up the pieces and eventually build a life that no longer had room for him. Years pass. Y/N deletes his number. Changes her routines. Finds new places, new friends, new memories. She stops looking back. Draco never does. Then, eight years later, an unknown number texts her. i shouldn’t be texting you. At first, Y/N has no idea who it is. Then the messages become strangely specific. He remembers where she used to sit. The songs she listened to. Her favourite bookstore. Little details she had forgotten herself. And eventually, she realizes exactly who is behind the number. Draco. He claims he isn’t trying to disturb her. He knows she doesn’t want him back in her life. But everywhere he goes, something reminds him of her. A song. A place. A familiar corner of a restaurant. And after eight years, he still hasn’t managed to stop seeing her everywhere. Y/N refuses to give him what he’s looking for. Especially after he was the one who ended them. But Draco isn’t asking for forgiveness. He’s asking the question he’s spent eight years trying not to ask: What would their lives have looked like if he had never let her go? And Y/N is forced to confront something she’d buried long ago too: sometimes moving on doesn’t mean the past stops hurting. Because Draco may have left eight years ago. But apparently, he never really left her behind.
