devotion // 𐙚⋆.˚ slytherin boys .

008 // meet cute

IN WHICH . . .
you two meet
for the first time

DRACO MALFOY ⟡

▹ when draco saw you for the first time, he was upside down and getting the shit beaten out of him.

if you were that pretty upside down, he thought, you must be absolutely gorgeous the right way up.

grunting, he elbows the gryffindor boy in the stomach and he releases his grip on draco's ankles. falling to the floor, he scrambles up and scans the crowd again for your face.

he easily finds you, your face glowing to him in the wave of nondescript hogwarts students. he flashes you a deathly charming smile, ignoring the blood coming from his lip.

he watches your face transform into a smile, and draco thinks he wants to make your lips curl upwards like that forever or he would be willing to die trying.

but just as soon as you begin to laugh, your face falls. draco glances puzzled at your change of expression, before you raise your finger and point behind him.

"careful!" you shout, and he's just about to close his eyes, savor the harmonious quality of your voice, before the gryffindor pulls him by the hair and throws him to the floor.

wiping blood away from his lip, he gets up again, dodging the boys frenzied punches towards him as he tries to get closer to you. draco sends a clean right hook to the gryffindor's face, and the boy sends a harsh kick to draco's chest.

you gasp and wince as you watch the fight. you don't know who this slytherin boy is, or why he's fighting this gryffindor, but you do know he's stunningly handsome - even when bloody.

"stop at once!" strong hands close around draco's body, and suddenly he's being dragged away from the other boy. professor mcgonagall holds him back while snape drags the gryffindor away.

groaning, the crowd disperses, not wanting to be caught up in the impending punishment. draco watches as the girl's friend drags her by the arm away from the scene. he watches as you cast a glance behind your shoulder, locking eyes with him. he knows mcgonagall is saying something to him, but everything is muted in his ears.

making a split second discussion, he wrenches away from mcgonagall's hands, knowing he'll have hell to pay for this later. running and weaving between the crowd of hogwarts students, he catches up to you desperately.

placing a hand on your shoulder, you turn around and wow. there's that smile again, he thinks. you stare quizzically at him, waiting for him to say something while your friends whisper and giggle to themselves.

"draco." he says simply, seeming to have forgotten what he was going to say.

"what?" you ask.

"my name. it's draco. draco malfoy." his sentences seem limited to 5 syllables as he blanks, studying your features up close. you let out a small chuckle and he feels his cheeks lighting up.

"i'm y/n. y/n l/n. what'd you do to get that gryffindor so mad at you?" you tease him, surveying how draco's eyes don't leave yours for a second.

"long story .. but i was wondering if i could-"
his words are cut off by professor mcgonagall's angry face and harsh hand on his shoulder.