The Princes Tale: Always
Chapter 1: Becoming a Mother.
This is my first ever fanfic so please be nice, however constructive criticism will be widely appreciated :D
The Characters used belong to the wonderful J.K. Rowling as does parts of the story; I wanted to keep it as true to the original as possible. Hope you like it
Severus knew what was coming as soon as he heard the door slam. He was so used to it now; he no longer bothered attempting to hide. He used to hide when he was young, but it had always caused more trouble. His father tumbled, drunkenly into the family room – if you could call it that, there was nothing remotely family like about this room. He was shouting something, his speech slurred so much his words could hardly be distinguished.
"T…Tobias, why, why don't you sit down?" said Severus's mother, Eileen, walking into the room timidly behind him. There was a moment of silence. Tobias lunged towards Eileen, grabbing her wrists tightly.
"Don'ttellme!,mewha todo!" he screamed in a drunken rage, removing a hand from her wrist so he could slap her hard across the face.
Severus gasped but stayed put, he knew there was no use in trying to stop his father; it would just make things worse. Tobias had heard Severus gasp and slowly turned towards him, picking up an empty whisky bottle from the floor; his face was terrifying.
Tobias had slammed out of the house, still raging, leaving his battered wife and son to attend to their wounds. Eileen said nothing as she mopped up the blood dripping from her son's face. Severus showed no emotion, which was until Eileen wiped over the cuts; he whimpered in pain. She moved her hand away from him quickly. She knew she's never been much of a mother to him, and she knew Severus resented her for that; he resented her for just standing by and letting that man hurt him. Severus wished that his mother had been stronger; he pitied her for her weakness. Eileen finished cleaning his face, and looked into his eyes, so much like her own.
"Come on, let's get you to bed" she whispered to him as if he were small again. Severus looked at her with wide eyes before following her up the stairs.
Eileen watched as her son clambered into bed; he looked at her.
"Night" he said rolling onto his side.
"What?" she replied almost smiling, almost, "don't you want to hear more about Hogwarts? You only have 2 more years left before you get your letter." She watched as Severus's pale, bruised face lit up. She hadn't told him a Hogwarts story in a very long time; Tobias had made sure of that. Severus snuggled deeper in his patched blankets as she began her story.
Severus had fallen fast asleep. Eileen bent down and kissed his pale forehead before leaving the room. Severus smiled softly in his sleep.