Draco - The Wicked and the Divine

19. You watch your father sentenced to life in Azkaban for the torture and murder of countless Muggles.

You do not cry.

You wonder what memories the Dementors will make him relive.

18. The war is over. Everyone around you celebrates as your mother holds you tightly and tries to make herself as small as possible. Your father stands beside you both, distant and aloof.

You wonder if he regrets the choices he has made.

You wonder if he regrets choosing the wrong side. The losing side.

You think of the way they will never find Vincent's body, and you know you do.

17. They bring Harry Potter into your home, shove his face at yours, and ask you who he is. You stare into those all-too-familiar green eyes and you say, "I don't know."

He looks at you like he doesn't understand. That's okay. You don't understand either.

16. Your father has made mistakes, and they have decided you are to take the fall. They have given you an impossible task.

You know this, and yet you think of your father and you cannot help yearning for his approval, wondering if this will get you there.

You look at the black ink on your forearm and you wonder how far you have to go.

15. The Dark Lord is back.

15. Your father is a Death Eater.

15. Your mother is afraid.

15. She doesn't dare show it.

15. You are so alone.

14. You look at the Goblet of Fire and wonder if it will take risking your life to make your family proud, or if that would only make them more ashamed.

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11. Slytherin. Slytherin, as if it could be anything else. Only, for a moment, you wondered if maybe it wouldn't be.

10. You ask your mum why father never tells you goodnight. She kisses your forehead and says he's just busy.

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7. You find a mask in your father's closet. You bring it downstairs to ask about. You get distracted by the house elf. By the time you remember, mother and father are standing in the living room, yelling.

You hide in your room.

You forget the mask ever existed.

6. When you grow up, you want to be Merlin. Or, maybe your father. They're kind of the same thing.

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1. Your father comes home smelling of smoke, and you wail. Your mother shushes you, soothes you. You fall asleep.

0. When your mother was pregnant with you, you wonder if she hoped, as so many mothers do, that her baby boy would grow up to be just like his father.

For: (Insane house (Creature - Dementor))(365 - style: second person)(Liza's Loves - The Wicked and the Divine)(Stickers: Werewolf - Write about someone who carries a heavy burden)