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When There Is No War	By : lexiatel Category: Harry Potter AU/AR > Slash - Male/Male Views: 6320 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Warning: Sensitive topic of child abuse ahead.

Chapter 12: The Uncommon Relation
They were all up in one of the guest rooms, setting Severus, Remus, and Andrew up for their little therapy session. It would provide a quiet, calming place to talk to Andrew, and hopefully Severus could get him to open up. Lily even put music on a very low volume.
Remus noticed Severus had wrinkled his nose at it but he had said nothing. He sat in an armchair, silently watching as Sirius fussed over Andrew, encouraging the boy to speak about anything he wanted to Severus.
"Now, I want you to answer his questions as much as you can, alright?"
Andrew nodded. "Won't you be here with me?" He whispered.
"No, but Remus will." Sirius whispered back.
"Kay."
Lily and James were trying to explain to Harry that he couldn't be a part of the whole thing. "Why can't Uncle Severus talk to me too?" Harry pouted.
"Because this is a way for Andrew to get to know Severus." Lily said softly. "You already know how great he is, baby." She earned an odd look from her husband for that, but she just smiled faintly before leading Harry and James out of the room, Sirius trailing behind him.
Remus sat in the armchair near Severus, and Andrew climbed into his lap, his thumb in his mouth.
Severus and Andrew stared at each other before Severus said, "Do you like playing Hide and Seek, Andrew?"
Andrew shrugged.
"Your dad says you are really brilliant at it. Do you like high places?"
A nod.
"And how do you get yourself in such places? A ladder?"
"No." Andrew answered with his quivering voice.
Severus quirked up an eyebrow. "No? Wow, you must climb then? Do you climb trees too?"
Andrew removed his thumb from his mouth. "I don't climb."
Severus curled his lips into a grin. Somehow, he must have known that. "You don't?" He asked with no hit of innocence to his voice. "How do you get into the high cupboard then?"
Andrew shrugged. "I wish it." He whispered.
"And it just happens like that?"
The boy nodded.
Andrew had been preforming accidental magic this whole time?
"Why do you wish it?"
"No one will find me then."
"Why don't you want anyone to find you?"
Andrew put his thumb back in his mouth as if to stop what he was about to say.
"I used to hide when I was afraid." Severus said, taking a different approach.
"Why were you scared?" Andrew asked through his thumb.
Severus unbuttoned the front of his robes and lifted the white shirt underneath, exposing a bit of his waist. He pointed to a mark; a skinny, white line, about two inches long. "See this scar?" He tapped it with a finger.
Andrew leaned forward and squinted his eyes to look at it before he nodded.
"A man did that to me when I was little."
Andrew's eyes widened. "Did you make him mad?"
Severus nodded.
"What did you do to make him mad?"
"I was simply a part of his life." Severus answered, his eyes glazing over. "He didn't like me after he found out I could do unexplainable things. He thought I was some sort of freak."
"Magical things?"
"Indeed. My mother was a witch, so I inherited her abilities. I was able to hover from the ground before I was even six. He thought hurting me would keep the freak out of me, but I think it only made me stronger."
"Was he your Mummy's boyfriend?"
"He was my father, Andrew." was the simple answer.
"Oh." Andrew looked away, sadness in his eyes. "My Daddy is not like that."
"No, he's not." Severus said very slowly. Remus could tell Severus had difficulties saying that. "You don't have scars like mine, do you?"
Andrew's eyes returned to Severus' scar. "No." He said with a shake of his head.
"Does your Mummy have a boyfriend, Andrew?" Remus asked.
Andrew nodded.
"What is his name?" Severus leaned forward as if he wouldn't be able to hear the boy's reply.
"Ted." Andrew started fiddling with the cuff to Remus' shirt.
"Is Ted nice to your Mummy?" Remus asked.
Andrew nodded. "He was. I think Mummy loves him."
"How about Langston?" Remus asked. "Does Mummy love Langston too?"
"Yes, Langston is very nice. And Langston loves Mummy too."
"And what about Ted, Andrew?" Severus eased in. "Does Ted like you?"
Andrew went silent, finding Remus' cuff the most interesting thing in the world.
Remus kissed the boy on the top of his head, getting the idea that Ted probably didn't like Andrew at all. Who couldn't like this little boy? Remus fought the sting of tears in his eyes, forbidding them to fall out. He found Severus' black eyes. Serious ones. Troubled ones, as he, too, was realizing the truth.
"Do you make Ted mad, Andrew?"
Andrew looked up to eye the dark haired man before nodding.
"Tell me what happens when Ted gets mad."
Andrew twisted around to hug Remus, burying his face into his chest. He let out a whimper.
"It's okay, little man." Remus whispered patting Andrew's back. He closed his eyes, hugging the child tightly, his heart piercing with pain. What had that bastard done?
"Has he hurt you, Andrew?" Severus asked gently.
Andrew sniffed, shaking his head.
"What does Ted do when he's mad?" Severus pressed.
"He yells." Andrew answered with a shaky voice. "And he..." the boy sobbed against Remus, his tears instantly wetting his shirt.
"Shhh..." Remus rubbed his back. "It's alright now. He can't do anything to you anymore."
"What else does Ted do when he's mad, Andrew?" Severus repeated quietly.
Andrew stiffened in Remus' arms. His hands clamped around Remus' upper arms, making him wince in pain. "Andrew..." Remus said softly. "You can say it. You won't get into trouble."
"You swear it?"
"I do."
"I wont be a bad boy for saying?" Andrew's quivering, voice asked.
"You are never a bad boy, little man."
Andrew didn't say anything for a bit, contemplating if he should tell his secret or not. "He hits Langston!" Andrew wailed. "Ted hurts Langston!"
Severus leaned back into the chair. "He doesn't hurt you then?"
"He yells at me. He scares me."
"But he doesn't hit you?" Remus asked.
"No." Andrew whispered. "I hide before he can and he never finds me."
"What does he say when he's yelling?" Severus asked.
Andrew wiped his nose on Remus. "He says..." the boy choked through sobs. "He tells me to stop crying. He says that I don't deserve anything. He says that my Mummy..." Andrew didn't continue that sentence, instead he wailed. "I want my Mummy! I want my Mummy! Please, let me see Mummy!"
After that, Remus and Severus couldn't get anything more from him. He repeatedly pleaded for his Mummy. None of them could help him though; they didn't know where she was.
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