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Shedding Old Skins	By : WillGirl Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Albus Severus/Scorpius Views: 5165 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Scorpius climbed out of the floo and absently brushed soot from his trousers. He didn’t have time to even think about whether he wanted to go upstairs or just collapse in the nearest seat before his parents had burst into the room. They must have been waiting for the sound of the fireplace, the noise that would indicate that their precious son had returned home. They looked anxious and happy and worried all at once, and above everything else they looked eager.

“Well?” said Astoria, her dark eyes wide and her voice breathless, “how did it go?”

But her voice faltered before she got to the end of the question; one look at her son’s tired, stricken face was enough to tell both Malfoys everything they needed to know.

“Oh, Scorpius...” Astoria fluttered to her son’s side and wrapped him in her arms. “Oh, my poor dear...what happened?” she asked.

Scorpius shook his head. “We...we told them...” he said. His voice was muffled by his mother’s sleeves, and he was grateful, because the soft cloth hid the thin line of tears that slipped out from underneath his pale lashes and scarred his cheeks.

Draco rubbed his son’s shoulders. “I’m sure it will be all right, Scorpius,” he said gently. “Sometimes things like this are hard for parents to deal with at first, especially those with close Muggle ties, but the Potters are good people, and they love Albus. I doubt it will take them long to come around...”

Scorpius shook his head. “It’s not that,” he mumbled. “It’s me.”

Draco’s hand went still and Astoria’s arms stiffened around her little boy. “What?” said Draco. The word was cold and hard.

“They...they hate me,” Scorpius said. His voice broke with a tiny sob, and he gulped hard, fighting back tears.

“No, darling, no!” Astoria cried.

He nodded against her arms. “They do,” he whispered. “They hate me, and...and they don’t want Albus to have anything to d-do with me.” He sniffled very hard.

“What does Albus say?” Draco asked quietly.

“What?” said Scorpius.

“Albus,” Draco persisted gently, “what does he say about that?”

“About...about what?”

“About being told he can’t see you?”

“Oh, well, he...he’s not going to listen, of course,” Scorpius answered, “he told them that. They, um...I guess they relented, sort of...but, still...” His voice quivered, and he swallowed hard, biting his lip.

“Well then you’re not losing him, are you? And that’s the most important thing, isn’t it?” Astoria said soothingly. She drew Scorpius’s chin up so that he had to look her in the eyes, had to meet her warm smile.

After a moment, Scorpius nodded. “I...I suppose it is,” he said, blinking at the realization. He managed a very tiny smile in response to his mother’s prompting.

Draco squeezed his son’s shoulder. “It’ll be all right,” he insisted quietly.

Scorpius nodded. “Thank you,” he whispered. He drew away from his parents but gave them both a watery smile. “I...I’m going to go to bed now, if you don’t mind,” he said.

“Of course not, dear,” Astoria said quickly. She laced her fingers together tightly, as though to hold herself back from running back to her son’s side and flinging her arms around him again. Draco nodded, draping an arm around his wife’s shoulder, as a comfort to them both. “You go ahead, mt dear,” he said. “Come and find us, though, if you want to talk. Or just sit with silent company. Or anything at all.”

“Yes,” said Scorpius, “thank you.” He bobbed his head, the smile on his face flickering, then fled from the room. He stumbled up the long flights of stairs, pausing several times to wipe tears from his eyes.

It was barely eight in the evening, the summer sunlight still lingering over the edges of the gardens, but Scorpius pulled the heavy drapes in his bedroom, shutting out the warm glow. He undressed in the dark, a raw sob slipping free as he yanked his nightshirt over his head. Scorpius angrily dashed away the accompanying tears and flung himself down on the wide cushion of his bed.

He pressed his face into the pillow, but the sheets had been washed already. It no longer smelled like Albus. Scorpius’s lip trembled until he bit it. He yanked the covers up roughly, nestling down in the warm cocoon, and scrubbed the heel of his hand across his cheeks until they were almost dry.

“I haven’t lost you,” he whispered, trying to believe it.

Then he slipped a hand down underneath the blankets, closed his eyes, and tried to remember what it felt like being inside of his beloved Albus.

It was a very long, and very lonely, night.
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