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The Other Child	By : SnapesOnlyOne Category: HP Canon Characters paired with Original Characters > Het - Male/Female Views: 3333 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
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Draco sat on the stone bench in the middle of the rose garden. Ripping the petals off of a soft pink rose and tossing them angrily to the ground.
"Draco?" Lucius asks softly
Draco looks up angrily at his father, picking up a small rock and hurling it at him.
"Draco, enough please. Can we speak like civilized men for a moment?"
"Civilized? You?" Draco growls
"Please Draco"
Draco nods looking down at his feet.
"I didn't realise you felt that way. I have always been proud of you Draco—"
"You were proud of me for becoming a Death Eater! You were proud of me for offering my life for your beliefs" Draco growls angrily
"I was proud of you because you wanted to please me, wanted me to be proud of you. I didn't want you involved with him. I joined him because I thought it would make a better life for us, when you came along I believed that it would mean a better future for you. In the end I was wrong; nothing was worth sacrificing you, my son. I care deeply about you, and it pained me to sit outside of the castle not knowing where you were or if you were ok" Lucius explains calmly
"Our family has suffered for your beliefs, Mom had to face people laughing at her when you went to jail for him. They invaded our home, destroyed our belongings and treated us like vermin. My friends laughed at me, told me I would be nothing more than pathetic, like you. Our family was shamed in public, because of you"
Lucius looks down at the buckles on his black leather boots.
"Mother didn't leave her bedroom all summer after you were imprisoned. Wouldn't speak, wouldn't be seen. She came out to take me to get my things for school, helped me when I started the mission that he gave me, but didn't speak. She loves you, for some reason I do not understand, she loves you. No matter what I did, it was you she needed, not me. You she wanted, I don't understand. You have always fought, and argued, you barely ever share a bed, barely ever take meals together, yet your absence from the house destroyed her. She loves you, though you have never really loved her"
"I do love her Draco" Lucius whispers, his voice cracking gently
"When did you start loving her father? You lived for him, never for her. When did you start loving her? You didn't always love her did you?"
"I admit Draco, that I did not always love her, I married her because of her lineage not for love. But when she risked herself to find out if you were ok, when she ran screaming through the corridors of Hogwarts looking for you, when she looked up at me from where you are sitting now and told me she wanted another child, wanted to carry another of my children, I felt something burning in me. Something I have never been overly familiar with Draco."
"I am here to be you heir than yes? That is my purpose? Am I to marry a pureblood woman? Have a son? Carry on the Malfoy name? What if I choose not to marry? What if I choose not to marry a pureblood woman? What if I choose never to have children? What if I don't want children because I don't want to become like you, moulding a child into a tool, a means of keeping greatness and fortune and pride? What If I was to kill myself tonight? What would happen then Father?"
"Do not be so foolish Draco" Lucius snaps
"Foolish! You don't know me, you don't see my suffering, and you don't see how much I wish everyday for death to take me, to let me have peace at last."
"Enough!" Lucius stands, grabbing Draco around the wrist. He drags him into the house and in through the Dark ebony doors of his bedchambers.
Lucius pulls open the curtains surrounding the bed. Narcissa lies sleeping beautiful against the dark fabrics of the bed, hair splayed across her face and the pillows, her chest rising in falling slowly, hand placed gently on her belly.
"Look at her Draco" Lucius Whispers "Do you see that she is at peace, do you see that she is happy? I am trying to fix things, if you would just allow me time; your mother has stood at my side for many years, and endured many hardships for me. I thought it only fair to fix things with her first Draco. I know I have screwed up, But I will find ways to fix it. If you were to kill yourself, it would destroy your mother, and it would destroy me."
"She will have a new child to take my place soon enough, I will not be needed" Draco growls quietly
"The day your mother and I married, She only smiled when people were around, she was not happy to be marrying me. I had always been cruel to people in school and she did not like it. She got to know me after we married, and fell in love with me; though at that time it was not mutual. When she gave birth to you, she didn't stop smiling for weeks. Her entire being glowed, she kept you with her at all times, singing soft songs to you, you used to sleep in our bed, between us. You are her world Draco. Only now are things getting better for us, but you will always be her world Draco, this new child will never take that from you"
"Draco Love" Narcissa whispers sleepily
"Yes mother"
"I never wished you to be unhappy love, you have always been my reason for living, please don't hurt yourself, Draco I love you" She whispers, tears falling down her pale cheeks.
"Mother please don't cry, I am sorry, that was selfish of me, please forgive me"
Narcissa moves into the middle of the bed, patting the mattress beside her.
"Lay with me for a moment Draco"
Draco Climbs into the bed, resting his head just under is mothers chin, He feels her arms wrap around him and wraps his around her, like a child looking for comfort. Lucius nods to Narcissa, turning and leaving the room.
"Never think that I will replace you love, you are my son, and I love you with my entire being. I have always wanted another child Draco, but things were not well between Lucius and me. It may not seem like it yet, but he is changing, I can feel it. He loves you though he may never say it. I know he would give up everything to know you are safe. Please Draco; give him some time ok love?"
"Yes Mother" Draco agrees quietly, moving slowly to get out of the bed
"I know you are not a child anymore Draco, but will you let me hold you tonight Draco? I miss the times when it would thunder outside and you would climb into my bed and snuggle up, I used to sing to you and you would fall asleep." She smiles at the fond memory
"I think perhaps, Father would disapprove of another man sleeping in your bed with you, regardless of whether I am your son or not. Thank you for the kind offer, but you will have another child to cuddle soon. I would like to be alone right now, and have some time to think about everything." He smiles gently at her, crawling out from under the covers and exiting the room.
Draco lightly closes the double doors to the bedroom and leans back against them. Lucius steps quietly out of the shadows, standing beside Draco.
"I know you may never forgive me Draco, but that is something I will have to live with, Please do not do something that would cause your mother so much pain." Lucius whispers "If you choose not to get married Draco that is your choice. If you choose not to have children Draco, That is your choice. If you choose not to marry a pureblood woman, I will still be disappointed, but you are my son. I am not my Father, I will not hurt you, nor will I reject you as long as you are happy Draco." And with that Lucius moves Draco gently aside, opening the bedroom doors and closing them behind him.
Lucius strips down to his underwear and climbs into the bed, wrapping his arms around Narcissa tenderly. He rests his head in the crook of her neck and together they drift off into a peaceful sleep.

Severus lay awake in his bed, Amy sleeping peacefully beside him.
I'm not ready for this, I love her but I think she was right, we should have waited. I love Raven; I never thought I could feel like this for anyone again, let alone two people. How am I going to spread myself out between four people? What if I don't love them? I need some bloody air!
Severus slides carefully out of bed and out onto the small balcony overlooking the front of the property. He can see the graceful white peacocks strutting across the lawn in the distance. No lights or distant sounds of traffic like there were by his house. He missed his home, the familiar threadbare furniture. The smell of burnt coffee and the fragrance of Lilac from the neighbour's garden. The memories he could live without, the abuse and the neglect. The anger and the hatred they directed at each other and at him. He was only a child. He couldn't imagine treating Raven that way. He needed to be a better man than his father was. He had to man up about it all; he was going to have another daughter, and a son.
The sound of the front door opening below brought him out of his thoughts. Lucius came outside, lighting a smoke and sitting down on the front stoop.
"Care for some company Lucius?" He drawls coolly
Lucius looks up nodding silently. Severus jumps the rail, drifting carefully down to the ground, Lucius eyes never once leaving him.
"You must explain how you o that one day Severus"
"One day perhaps I will" Severus smirks
Severus slides his and into Lucius coat pocket, pulling out his smokes and placing one between his lips lighting it carefully with a wandless spell and inhaling deeply.
"How did it go with Draco?" Severus asks carefully
"Honestly, I think that no matter what I do, he will never come around Severus. I don't deserve him to either" Lucius replies, taking a long puff of smoke
"He needs to know he is loved"
"I told him I care deeply about him, he didn't care Severus"
"That's your problem, you aren't able to say the words he needs to hear from you" Severus starts. "My mother, though all the mistakes she made left scars, was able to tell me she loved me, and in the end I can forgive her. My father never told me he cared, I'm sure he didn't, and for that I can never forgive the things he did"
Lucius stares off into the property for a long moment before nodding.
"What were your parents like when you didn't have company Lucius?"
"My mother stayed to herself, her and my father married for lineage, not for love. Much like Narcissa and I. The difference being, he had other women on the side, many of them. They never once slept in the same room, and they didn't speak to each other unless there was company, then they were the perfect couple. He used to beat her, terribly too. I thought that was the way it was supposed to be, and never lifted a finger to help her. I knew he didn't love me, I was the heir and that was all. Amy was the prized child, the link that would tie us into another pureblood family and get us a higher standing in society. My mother loved her. My father treated her like a doll, dressing her up in pretty clothes and parading her around like a princess."
"He didn't love her though. If he had loved her he would never have hurt her the way he did Lucius."
"I understand that now, but I didn't then. I hated her, for everything she was, how much everyone loved her."
"Well then it should make you happy to see she chose something different for herself"
"It makes me happy because she is happy, but she has had to endure so much to be here today, standing with you. I could have helped her, but I let my jealousy blind me to her. When I saw her lying in that hospital bed, bruised and battered and unwell, I felt nothing for her, no pity no respect no love Severus. What kind of man have I become to be so blinded by hatred?"
Severus nods carefully.
"I have become no better, I love your sister, but I fear that I am no good for her. I'm unable to deal with emotion, unable to show it the way she deserves. I lose control of myself, and I fear that I could really hurt her."
"I know what it feels like to lose control Severus; I live every day wondering if my fury will leave me with a dead wife or son. I tell myself I am not capable of this, but there is so much blood on my hands already, what would stop me? You Severus, have at least been able to turn yourself away from the darkness, I have not."
"My fight is not over Lucius, the darkness is still there, and I thought it was gone, but a few nights ago it came to the surface. I could have killed her; I was so rough with her, like she was nothing to me. She is pregnant and even that thought in my mind could not stop me" Severus whispers staring at the peacocks in the distance
Lucius stares at Severus for a moment and shakes his head.
"She never said anything about it"
"She told me that she enjoyed it, but I believe she was just trying to make me feel better"
"My sister would not lie to you to make you feel better; perhaps she did enjoy it, though I will advise you to be careful as she is pregnant"
"Are the two of you done discussing matters that should not be leaving the bedroom" I ask pretending to be angry.
They both look up at me, standing on the balcony in only my long red silk nightie.
"You are going to get sick dressed like that" Lucius drawls
"Or get laid" I smirk Wiggling my eyebrows suggestively at Severus
Severus Stands heading into the house. And Lucius stands shaking his head at me.
"What exactly do you see in him again?"
"He has a good heart, and the sex is heavenly" I smirk
Severus appears behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist and trying to tug me into the bedroom.
"I will see you in the morning Lucy" I smirk, closing the doors and disappearing into the darkness.
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