Scars | By : KJmom827 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Lucius Views: 20250 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2 |
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I step through the fireplace and into Severus’s living room. He and Draco are both in the room. Draco is staring into a tumbler of whiskey. Severus greets me and tells me that he will remain at the Manor until I come to retrieve him. I have the urge to pull him back and let him serve as a buffer for the confrontation that is about to take place.
For a while, neither of us says anything. Then he speaks and the hope that had flared in me at his long silence vanishes. He isn’t remorseful, and he doesn’t even pretend to be contrite.
“I knew, you know. I’ve known for years that you two were fucking. It was all in the way he carried himself in front of you and the way you looked at him. Did you seduce him? Or did he come to you?” He spits each word at me as if each one is a bit of bile that he can’t swallow.
“You are delusional,” It is imperative that I remain calm, one of us must be in control of the situation - lest it get out of hand - but I will not feed his fantasy that he has been wronged.
“Like hell I am, were the two of sneaking off while mum was dying? She couldn’t put out for you anymore, and there was Harry, sweet, innocent Harry,” I will not stand here and let him ignore the pain he has caused. I will not let him insult the love I had for his mother.
“Draco,” I advance on him until I’m leaning over the chair he’s sitting in, “I loved your mother very much. It’s entirely too bad you didn’t learn anything from our relationship. If you had, you might still have Harry. As it is, you have defiled the one good thing you had. You have pushed away a man that loved you despite you being undeserving of it. You have abused and misused someone who would have stood by you for the rest of your miserable life.”
“No, father, you have taken him away from me. Was it worth it? Was he all that you imagined? The Boy Hero turned man, did he live up to your expectations? Is he a good fuck? Does he suck-”
“Draco!” I have to shout it to be heard over his insane ramblings, but I continue in a much calmer tone, “Do you honestly think that I would have allowed you to continue to desecrate something that was precious to me? Something that belonged to me? And make no mistake, had Harry and I been lovers, he would have been mine. Think for a moment, Draco. If I had seen the extent to which you were damaging him, do you think I would have let that continue?”
“Father-” He is still angry and there is a gleam of defiance in his eyes, but I see something else. There is just a tiny bit of guilt there as well. He’s trying valiantly to stamp it down, but I grab onto it and pull.
“His back, Draco. God, his back, his chest, his thighs. How could you? What kind of man can do that someone? To someone he claims to love? You cursed him, Draco,” At my first mention of Harry’s impotence he jumps out of the chair almost throwing me out of the way.
“You couldn’t stand that, could you? You were giving him the one thing I wouldn’t, so I had to put a stop to it. It’s difficult to bugger someone if you can’t even get hard. Merlin, he was always after me to let him fuck me. I am not a girl, I told him as much the first time I fucked him. If one of us was going to be taking it up the arse, it was going to be him. You let him, though, didn’t you? You saw his one tiny little dissatisfaction and you pounced on it, bent over for him, and let him-”
“That is enough,” I’d like to explain to him all of the benefits of having a male lover. I’d like to tell him that sex should never be about who’s going to take it, but he wouldn’t understand. How did I live in the same house with him for so long and not realize what he was becoming? Where did I go wrong as a parent that turned him into this. Surely I’ve made mistakes, but I did try to teach him how to love.
“Draco, you need help. My best advice, and dearest hope for you, is that you seek it. Until then, you will not return to the Manor and you will not see Harry.”
“Honestly, is he that bloody good? So good, you’d turn your own son away and keep him locked up in the Manor? Are you that scared he’ll come running back to me? He will, you know. It’s just a matter of time. He needs me. I don’t give up my possessions so easily, he will always need me.”
“Draco, my son, you should really dig a little deeper the next time you curse someone. Do your research, know all the components of the curse and every way that it can be countered. Harry will be back to normal again very soon. When you can prove to me that you are in control of yourself, that you have attained the help you need, you may return home. At which point, if Harry wishes to continue a relationship with you, I will not stand in the way. Otherwise, you are not welcome. I will have your belongings delivered to you by the end of the week. If you need to contact me, you can do so through Severus. I love you, Draco, but this cannot continue,“ Before he can say another word, I slip through the fireplace.
Severus is waiting for me with a glass of scotch, and he’s left the bottle open. There is an unreadable expression on his face, but I’m used to that.
“Have you been in to see Harry?”
“Am I typically the type of person to drink this early in the morning? Merlin, Lucius, your son is a monstrosity. I… You know I don’t like Harry, but even I feel sorry for him. His body is positively covered-” I’m a little tense from my time alone with Draco, and the last thing I need is Severus telling me something I already know.
“Yes, I am fully aware of the state of Harry’s body. How long do you think it will take to heal him?”
“The open wounds will be gone within a few days. The scarring will take longer. Treatment over the course of several months will reduce them to almost nothing,” He takes a drink of his scotch and runs his finger over the rim of the glass. I’ve seen Severus drink enough to know that action well. There is something on his mind, something he doesn’t want to talk about.
“What’s wrong, Severus?” He raises his head up and studies me for a moment.
“The curse, what are you doing about that?” That isn’t it, there still something he isn’t saying.
“We started last night, it will take a few weeks, but I can counter it,” He nods.
“I think, as horrible as it sounds, that’s what bothers me the most. The injuries are bad, but those will heal, and he knew that when he did it. However, to risk damaging Harry irreparably with a curse that could easily have gone wrong… It’s just unbelievable. Lucius, I fear that Draco may be beyond help and that Harry may never fully recover,” I refuse to believe it. Draco is my son, and Harry has shown so much progress in only a day’s time.
“You’re wrong.”
“For their sakes, let’s hope I am. There is something I need to ask you, Lucius,” Here it is, whatever is whirling around in his head.
“Whatever you say, stays in this room. I will not repeat the information to Draco. I would like to know to cure my own curiosity. Are you and Harry…I mean, is there something more going on here?”
I exhale and close my eyes. I can deny anything I need to with Draco. I can hide behind lies and half-truths and feel perfectly justified doing so. With Severus, it’s entirely different. He already suspects.
“I’m not sleeping with the boy. He was not - to my knowledge - cheating on Draco,” I hope he will let me leave it at that, but it seems luck is not on my side.
“I’m aware of that. I do not think, for even a moment, you would have let him suffer if you had known the extent of his pain. However, the boy seems awfully enamored of you, and you…”
“Severus, please. I believe he is experiencing a small case of hero worship. The boy’s whole live has been devoted to saving people and now he feels as if he’s been saved,” Severus is shaking his head.
“It’s more than that, Lucius. And you are in love with him. I see it, and I think that, though Draco embellished it in his mind a bit, he saw it as well. Just be careful. You risk alienating your son further, and pushing Harry too far too fast,” He’s entirely too observant for his own good, at least where my feelings are concerned. I feel he has missed the mark with Harry.
“I would never-”
“Sometimes we do things we never intended to do, Lucius. Just be mindful of what Harry needs. I believe he would crawl into your bed this very moment if you asked, even if he would get no sexual satisfaction from it. If the two of you are to come out of this intact, he needs time to heal,” And I need time to think. Sure, the boy has been saying things that confuse me, but he doesn’t know what he’s doing, does he?
“Thank you for your concern and assessment of the situation, even if it wasn’t requested.”
“Or welcome, I assume. You can’t live in denial, Lucius. Talk to him, but keep your wits about you and don’t rush into something that would not be good for either of you. Now, I must return home. I need to finish the medicines I’ve started. I will send them by owl later, along with instructions.”
“Severus, Draco is slightly upset at the moment, and probably a little more than drunk.”
“He’s been upset and drunk since he came to me last night, I don’t expect that to change in the near future. I will take care of him, Lucius. I may very well pour a sobering draught down the brat’s throat and… Well, never mind, you need not concern yourself with that. Suffice to say, he will be fine and I will do my best to help him see the error of his ways.”
Maybe I should be worried about sending Severus back to deal with Draco, but I’m not. If anyone can get through to him, it will be Severus. I have other things to think about. Such as, why Severus thinks that Harry has feelings for me. Or, that he thinks Harry would… Merlin help me. Dealing with my own frustration is bad enough, but if Harry is feeling the same way and has no outlet for it…No, I cannot allow myself to think like that. That way madness lies.
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