"No I'm not going to fight, I don't want to fight to keep you in my life just to limit your future. I know that would be a very Gryffindor thing for me to do but I’m not one. I’m a fucking Slytherin and a fucking Malfoy at that, we’re cowards, I don’t want to build this up with you and live the rest of my life in disappointment when you realise I’m not enough. One day you might even thank me’, he laughed like it was all a poor joke he played on himself. 