Your stories are generally dark...
I love your way of writing... 3

wow, different but good

Very interesting. I can easily see this happening. Petunia always seemed to hate him.

Well written

That was intense

That was so beautifully written. Creepy, sad and horrific at the same time.

So sad. I really love how the emotions come out.

I've always wondered what Petunia really felt about Harry, so it will be interesting to read your take on it.

That's a whopper of an opening sentence, not pulling any punches here! It's great, since it really grabs the reader by the throat.

“For him, love has never come easily from us, even though...” - I had to read this twice to figure out what you meant there, it was probably that 'for him' comes first that confused me.

Your characterisation of Petunia in the beginning, the pettiness and nastiness of her inner dialogue and her reference to 'my Dudley', is great, and it sets the scene for what is to come.

“Sometimes he threw toys out of the cot to get that extra bit of love from me, as if his fingers were tugging my very heart toward him” - her interpretation of the ordinary toddler tantrum is priceless...

The attempted murder is chilling, perhaps mostly because of the little touches that show how little Petunia cares for Harry, like the cold bath water.

The transition from the flashback to seeing James at the kitchen table was great, I first thought you'd put in his name instead of Harry's by mistake but it makes sense now. I think the following might need a little tweak to get the idea across, though: “staring at me through eyes that belonged to [the] boy”, perhaps?

I assume Harry refers to handing himself back to Dumbledore or the social services at the end, I don't think he actually remembers almost being murdered by the sounds of it!

I wonder if it doesn't take away a little from the horror of the act that it's revealed that Petunia came close to killing Harry so many times – I think it might stand out more if it only happened once. Most people don't come close to infanticide after all...

Overall it was a great read with convincing characterisation, well done!

You've got a few places where words aren't spaced apart from each other properly. Other than that, your spelling and grammar are good.

Yes, it is horrible, but I can picture her doing this. The revelation at the end that Harry remembers it really pulls the story together.

Going back and forth between flashbacks and present time with little transition can be awkward but you made it work well in this fic.

This is really awesome. The last bit brought chills. I like the way you wrote Harry and Petunia.

I love the image your writing gives me. Harry's eyes, haunted and murky; the little baby's eyes as he watched the world from underwater. It's beautiful and terrifying at the same time.

How did Harry know what Petunia was thinking, though?

So dark...but really awesome!
And well written :)

I want to hear more!

This is quite a chilling story. One I could believe was true. It just goes to prove how naive and stupid Dumbledore was.

omg that was so sad! :( it makes me so mad in the books that after all the crap they put him through, they were still protected. nothing bad ever happened to them! :(