"I've never...ever in my whole fucking life let someone in, but you have managed to infiltrate me in every sense of the word. I hate more than anything that you are my weakness, Rose, but you are and I need you to realize that and admit that I am the same to you before I lose my fucking mind." His eyes squinted with tear of frustration and desperation. Why did I have the urge to wipe them away as one slid down his cheek? (TWs in AN) *DO NOT REPOST OR PRINT WITHOUT PERMISSION* *THE CHARACTERS I OWN ARE ROSE EROS, LEONARDO RILEY, CELIA RILEY, FLORA AND VICTOR EROS! ALL OTHER CHARACTERS BELONG TO JKR!!*

❝ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀᴛꜱ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ɢᴏɴᴇ ❞ ── ⋆⋅𖤓⋅⋆ ── Iris Belby and Draco Malfoy were never friends and neither of them would have argued otherwise. He didn't trust easily. She didn't trust snakes,and to her, he was the worst kind. So when he showed up with an offer that didn't fit anywhere near her plans, every instinct told her to walk away & she almost did. What started instead had no name and no clear rules. Just two people from opposite ends of the castle, slowly figuring out the other might be worth keeping around, and two more, Eloise Harrington and Blaise Zabini, being pulled in right alongside them, whether any of them wanted it or not. TROPE: enemies to lovers, reluctant allies, unlikely duo, forbidden relationship, slow burn, partners in crime RAVEN AND SERPENT draco malfoy x oc blaise zabini x oc order of the phoenix - deathly hallows harry potter series all credits for the cover to my great friend ilya ♡