Then there was his mother; Draco couldn’t shake his feelings of failure to protect Narcissa. Lucius was locked away to rot for life in Azkaban, making Draco the sole heir to the Malfoy name. And while blood status would no longer be spoken of publicly, privately it was still a belief held by the old pureblood families. Draco was expected to produce a pureblood heir. And he just couldn’t bring himself to hurt Narcissa again. Not intentionally.