Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling is the creator of all things familiar. I only borrow them.
Summary: Newsflash: appearances are deceiving. Parents fight, parents ignore each other, parents are so much in love they can't pay attention to anything else, parents hate their children, parents are in love with someone other than their betrothed. Children have eating disorders, children have different sexual orientations, children are ignored, children are pushed to do something they don't want to. That's not superficial, is it? H/G H/D D/AG R/Hr AS/S. Warnings: Slash, eating disorders and much angst.
Prologue
Harry loved his children like he had never loved his wife. Draco loved his son more than he let anyone on; Scorpius was the flip side to his arranged marriage. Ron felt that he should love his kids better and be a little less smitten with his wife. Hermione wanted her offspring to grow up and be somebodies in the wizarding community. Ginny lived for the lineage of her beloved husband, seeing as they were hybrids of herself and Harry Potter; the Harry Potter. Astoria wished Scorpius were a girl; she thought he was most aloof and he scared her, to some point, being such a blunt caricature of both hers and her husband's characters combined.
Albus didn't actually care about anything outside his blissful little world, where everything was pink and fluffy, and, whenever he was dragged back to reality he all but fainted from the shock. James wanted to be like his Uncle George, with a wife more like Uncle Bill's Fleur; James used his father's name to his advantage and the bank account even more so. Lily was loved by all, she was the baby girl; no matter how many wrongs she committed, she was still the jewel, in everyone's eyes. Scorpius thought he had been brought up simply to carry the burden of being a Malfoy, as such, he did everything and anything to screw that up. Rose felt as if she had to follow her mother's steps and marry a man just like her father while, in fact, she knew she was too bright to marry such a git. Hugo had dreaded the day when he would be going to Hogwarts, he was aware he was none like his family; he wasn't clever, he wasn't bulky, he wasn't even loyal as far as he could tell and, sure as Merlin's Y-fronts, wasn't aiming for anything other than not failing his O.W.L's, he knew his parents would never be proud of him.
Each of the characters has, therefore, his or her own points of view, sets of mind and their relationships with one another are filled with unnecessary tension, bickering and emotion that lead them all to impossibly long and mind-churning thoughts, driving them to near-insanity.
A/N: Hope you enjoy it! It's very short, indeed, but it's just the prologue, the chapters are bigger, I swear. Do tell me what you thought of it! We love criticism ;D