Since you didn't *specifically* mention it, other than saying he was angry, what's ur headcanon on how Draco reacted to seeing MC and Terry kissin? (If u aren't busy ofc)š¤
You have caused brain leakageš Drabble ahead! (Pls excuse errors once again with ask drabbles I write them on the fly lol)
for @thatoneasrastan, because it has come to my attention that it is her BIRTHDAY TOMORROW, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUUUUUUU!!!!!!
Draco stopped in his tracks and turned at the sound of Pansyās voice. He stuffed his hands in his pockets to hide the fact that they were shaking. Theyād been shaking for hours and he hadnāt been able to get it to stop.
āWhat?ā he drawled. āWhy arenāt you up in the Head Dorm, Pansy?ā
āLooking for you, idiot,ā she said, scathingly. āWhat are you doing down here?ā
Draco shuffled his feet and avoided her eyes. āIāve beenāwalking.ā
Pansy sighed, and her voice got gentler. āYouāve also gone to Slughorn again.ā
Draco glared at her. āFuck off.ā
āPlease donāt tell me he actually gave you more.ā
Pansyās face twisted. āWhat a fucking idiot. Both of you are fucking idiots. You just asked for so many vials only three days ago! Is he not asking why youāre taking so much of it? Does he not care?ā
āHe doesnāt think itās all for me,ā Draco muttered. āI said fuck off, Pansy.ā
āI will not,ā she snapped.
āYou will.ā Dracoās voice was hard and his eyes blazed at her. āUnless youād rather help ease my mind and do some of the torturing next time?ā
Pansyās mouth opened and closed a few times before she seemed to regain the ability to speak. āYou rushed off afterward,ā she said quietly. āI wanted to sayāyou know I appreciate you stepping in. I justāshe looked at me and I couldnātāā
āItās wonderful you have that choice,ā Draco said, voice acidic as he turned to stalk away. He heard Pansyās feet hurrying to keep up and she fell into step at his side.
āDraco,ā she said earnestly, āYou did the right thing.ā
Then why didnāt you do it? Draco thought, bitterly.
Parvati Patil twisting and screaming under the influence of his Curse flashed behind his eyelids, and he shuddered, feeling a particularly strong rush of self-hatred that he was unfortunately no stranger to nowadays.
The image of Y/N sobbing into Terry Bootās shirt also danced through his brain, and it felt like a punch straight to the gut.
Dracoās voice got dark. āNot tonight, Pansy. Iām really not in the fucking mood.ā
āNot in the mood for what? To be made to feel better?ā She sounded both incredulous and exasperated.
Draco was tempted to round on her and yell, to just get all of his pent up frustration out somehow, but instead he just ignored her and picked up the pace of his footsteps. Once he was in Head Tower he could at least lock himself in his room and not have to talk about it anymore.
He and Pansy rounded a corner and went a few paces before Draco glanced up and suddenly stopped dead.
His chest tightened so much it was painful, and then it promptly collapsed.
Y/N was in the corridor, and she wasā
Being snogged. By Terry fucking Boot.
The wanker even had a hand on her face.
If Draco could spit venom, he would have. He felt the wave of anger rise up and crash over him, hard; so hard it made him almost dizzy, and all he could do was stand there for a moment and stare. His fingers twitched toward his wand.
Draco was well aware that he wasnāt technically allowed to be upset about this.
He had, after all, just had a conversation with Y/N recently about space. He had told her he would keep out of her business with Boot.
Somehow, this did not help.
It actually just made his rage so much worse.
Pansyās voice broke Dracoās vivid stream of furious imaginings, which were mostly revolving around sprinting forward, wrapping his fingers around Bootās neck, and tightening. Or perhaps taking the hand that was daring to touch her face and crushing his fingers one by one.
They jumped and broke apart, their eyes finding Draco and Pansy.
Bootās expression immediately became defiant. Draco longed to march over and wipe that look right off. Preferably with his fist. Or a well placed hex. He began to shake. All of his pent up rage was threatening to spill over.
Clear your mind, Draco chanted. Donāt look too angry. You promised her. And youāre supposed to be letting her go.
He wasnāt quite able to keep a slight sneer from curling his lip as he observed Boot, but he was able to shove down the anger relatively successfully with Occlumency.
When he felt more stable, Draco let his eyes slide to Y/N.
His heart did a painful twist in his chest. She was already looking at him, biting her lip and looking both incredibly mortified and apologetic.
That look of apology also made Draco feel worse.
Draco pursed his lips and glanced away.
You promised, he told himself again.
āWhat the hell do you think you two are doing?ā Pansy was saying angrily. āDo you want the Carrows to hear that youāre shirking duties to snog?ā
āWeāre not!ā Y/N argued, throwing Pansy an extremely dirty look but still looking embarrassed. āOur patrol is over!ā
āThen you go the fuck back to your dormitories!ā snapped Pansy.
āItās not curfew yet,ā said Boot. āWeāre not doing anything wrong, Parkinson, so butt out.ā
Draco wasnāt quite sure what it was that made him snap and start to rush forward. Perhaps it was the smug little look on Bootās face. Or the image of his lips on Y/Nās that flitted through Dracoās head again, sending both agony and rage through him like spikes. Still, Draco was sure to keep his face as calm as possible. āTen points from Ravenclaw, Boot,ā he said, roughly, hoping his voice wasnāt shaking.
āWhat the actual fuck? Why?ā asked Boot.
For putting your filthy fucking mouth and hands on her.
āYour robes are wrinkled,ā he said instead, being sure to drag his eyes over the other man with as much disdain as he could possibly manage and feeling a petty, vicious pleasure at the look of furious indignation on Bootās face. He felt Y/Nās eyes on him, but he refused to look at her. He didnāt think he could bear to look at those wide, apologetic eyes again. Even worse was her slightly swollen lips.
Iām supposed to do that, Draco thought desperately. In another world, that would be me. Iād take better care of her, Iād be better, Iād tell her, Iād get her backā
But this was not that world. So Draco just drawled to Boot, āYouāre a prefect. Look like it from now on.ā And then he hurried off. He was sorely tempted to knock his shoulder against Bootās as he passed, but was miraculously able to resist.
Draco was thankful once he was out of sight of the others. Composing his face to something more careless had been horribly difficult. And he now was also free to let his hands shake again without fearing that someone would notice.
He got quite far before he heard Pansyās footsteps practically running after him.
āPansy, Iām just exhausted. Be quiet.ā Dracoās voice was hard and cold.
āDonāt fucking talk to me right now!ā Draco hissed, stopping and turning on her, eyes flashing. Pansy was almost never intimidated by his anger, but whatever she saw on his face just then made her eyes widen and her mouth shut.
Draco felt her eyes flicking to him all the way up to Head Tower.
Several times, Pansy opened her mouth as if to say something, but then seemed to decide against it. She just hurried to keep up with Dracoās extremely quick pace.
Once inside their Head Tower, he whipped out his wand, whirled to the right, and jabbed it furiously at a vase in the corner.
Draco delighted in watching it explode into hundreds of tiny pieces.
It was almost soothing to make something chaotic happen, to see something break that at least vaguely represented his insides; to have one moment where he didnāt always have to be so bloody calm and blank and composed.
What he wouldnāt give to duel Terry fucking Boot.
āDraco!ā Pansyās voice was both shocked and scandalized.
āIāll clean up tomorrow,ā he spat, eyes blazing. āDonāt disturb me.ā
And with that, Draco stalked up to his room, smashing one more vase on his way.