draco malfoy imagines

what is love? 🥀

word count: 1565
house: doesn't matter UwU but u can pick
warning: sad, angst, mentions of death

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what is love?

You've been asked a million times by different people, of different ages. What is love? And when you were younger, you would tell them that "Love is when momma or dada loves me, and when they give me ice cream and when they take me to Diagon Alley to buy some toys!" Very innocent, very pure. As the years go by, your perspective of love shifts. It is no longer only momma or dada who loves you this time, you can now feel others love you as well, like your friends and some of the people around you. As you grow up, your knowledge of love widens, you started feeling infatuation towards other people, and you are unaware that this is love too, its just not that deep like other types of love. You also started caring for animals and objects with sentimental value, like the lamp your grand father gave to before he passes away. The vintage necklace your father gave to you when he went home from France in his vacation there with your mother with their other friends. But you still can't answer the question, "What is love?" because there are a million words to describe love.

For others, they will say that "Love is painful," and it is true, for if you love you will also have to let go. Let got of all the things that bind you with that person or that object for the betterment or the happiness of the other person. You will have to sacrifice your selfish ambitions and desires and let go of the person you love for it will be for their good and in the long run, for yours as well. It may be painful at first, but it would be worth it in the end.

Some say that "Love is beautiful" for it truly is. It is like a flower which grows and flourishes. It grows into something beautiful because of all the storms it goes through. It flourishes when somebody takes care of it, and it dies if you don't take care of it. It because healthy when you water it everyday, when you pay attention, when you put all your efforts and time to it. It is something to be taken care of, not taken for granted because if you do, it'll die. If you don't pay attention to the person you love, they'll fall out of love.

At 19, when life is flashing before your eyes, when they ask you "What is love?", you reply with "Love is Draco Malfoy."

They might frown because of confusion as to why you answered a name of a person instead of describing what was love, but for you, Love is Draco Malfoy.

Love is Draco Malfoy. Love is when he smiles at you. Love is the way he makes you feel whenever he would ask you how your day was, or when he makes you feel special to him. Love is the way he looks at you with concern when you fall off your broom, or when you accidentally trip over something that wasn't there in the first place. Love is the way he hugs you tightly, as if he doesn't want to let you go, or when he kisses your lips passionately as if there was no tomorrow. Love is the way he begs for your attention every time you try to focus on your homework or in reading. Love is when he would ask you to watch his Quidditch matches because he loves it when you are cheering for him. Love isn't always about the beautiful sides of a relationship.

Love is also the way he apologizes after an argument, even if he didn't start the argument. Love is the way he lower down his pride just to sleep tightly that night because he can't sleep if he knows that you are mad at him. Love is the way he recognizes his faults and tries to change for you, for the both of you. Love was him thanking you always for being their for him. Love was him being there for you even though he is mad at you for something you did.

And the most important thing was, love was him choosing to let you go when he needed to. Love was him stepping in when Voldermort almost killed you. Love was him dying just for you to live because he knows that you still have a lot of dreams to reach, a lot of people to love, and a lot of things to experience. He wanted you to live to the fullest, even if he wouldn't be there to witness your successes in life. He knew that you would have so much to live for, and he knows how many hearts would be broken if you died in the hands of the Dark Lord. Its not only his life that he gave up on that day. He gave up the chance for him to have a future, a chance for him to redeem himself, a chance for people to understand him and to know what really happened with him. He gave up the chance for him to prove that he isn't heartless like other people perceived him to be. But it was alright for him to give that up if you were in the equation. It would be alright for him to end his life early just for you, and as you look back to that day, you knew that he loved you so much for him to do that, just for you.

So, at 19, you have a clear description of what love is because you saw love in Draco Malfoy. You saw love in his eyes, you saw how much he loved you to give up his life just for yours. You decided to honor him by doing what he wanted you to do, to reach your dreams and be what you dreamed to be.

After the war, at 18, you decided to go back to Hogwarts to finish your seventh year. It was painful to go back to the place where you first met the love of your life. It was painful to go back to Hogwarts without Draco because you were so used to being there with him. When you got back, your professors and other students honored the lives of those who died in the war, and you insisted on including Draco for he died a hero, to save you. At first they were skeptical for they believe that Draco was a bad person for worthy of being honored. But you pleaded and explained them that he died for you, to save you. So he was seen a hero and his portrait was included in the hallway where the other heroes who died were.

You would passby that corridor every time that you have the opportunity. You would smile when you passby him. At least he was there with you, in a form of a painting. At least he got what he deserved, to be honored, and you were happy. The first years would ask what the blonde boy did in the war whenever they would look at the paintings. You would gladly tell them that he died to save you, he died to give you a chance to live.

You kept a picture of him in your pocket, and it was the closest thing you could've had of his company and you were still happy. You would stare at his face whenever you would miss him, or whenever you are happy. For you, it was the only thing that keeps you sane. The picture of him made you stronger, to face the day with a smile. He was your source of strength and you knew you can reach your dreams because of him.

What is love? Love is Draco Malfoy.

You look back at your 19th year, when everything seemed painful and yet you found the strength for you to keep going. You are now 26, and you did reach your dreams. You are now a healer and you built your little home somewhere near the Malfoy Manor, so you can always check on Narcissa Malfoy and Lucius Malfoy who are still grieving for their died son after all these. You are now walking down the aisle, with Theodore Nott at the end of the aisle. You walked down, with tears forming at the corners of your eyes. You were holding a bouquet of flowers and a portrait of Draco Malfoy. You wanted Draco to be the one who'll hand you to Theodore, although that wouldn't be possible, because he's dead, so you held a picture of him instead.

Even if it has been years, you still loved him and Theodore knows that. He knows that Draco Malfoy will always be the one who you'll love forever because he was your greatest love. He accepted the fact that Draco Malfoy means a lot to you and he knew that loving you comes with that price. But he did anyways because he was ready to accept anything, go through anything just to be with you. But you loved Theodore as well, he means a lot to you too.

But you definition of love will always be Draco Malfoy, the boy who had no choice, the boy who died for love, for his love.

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I hope you guys liked this story. Tell me your thoughts about this one

Part 2 of people you know will be up on Thursday so stay tuned for that.

Anyways I have a texting story up and published, it's called Toxic, so it would mean a lot to me if y'all go check it out.

Always remember to smile today, drink water, wear your masks, social distance, and take care of yourself. Also you're beautiful, don't let other people tell you otherwise.

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