Hey everyone! I know I haven't really posted much of anything lately, and I'm so sorry about that! I promise that I'll finish up Maybe and I'll try to keep going with My Doctor. Anyways, I got this idea from an amazing Instagram account that I discovered this morning; hp_epilogue_secrets. The head cannon was: Only James and his parents knew about his dyslexia – until he screamed it out of anger when Rose made fun of him for not being able to read. I apologize for it being so short, but I hope that you guys will like it anyways.
Also, I'm working on a big Teen Wolf fan fiction at the moment, so keep an eye out for that. (Though I won't post until I've written at least half of season one, just to make sure I don't just drop it half way through.) As well as a Supernatural/Teen Wolf crossover that my friend and I are working on together.
So, without further ado, here is: Dyslexia
James let out a sigh as he glared down at his Charms textbook. Anger was written all over his face and he looked as if he was about ready to rip the book in half. James had been trying to read the same sentence for the past ten minutes, but he couldn't seem to relax his brain enough to succeed. Looking up, he watched as one of his many cousins – Rose this time – plopped down across from him, a smile on her face that James had seen before.
Of course James had seen that particular smile before; he had been the one to teach it to the girl after all. It was that 'you're not gonna like this' smile that James himself so often wore whenever he was around his cousins. "What is it Rose?" he asked finally, looking back down at the book and trying to ignore the look on the red heads face.
Looking back at the book seemed to make James even angrier than before as the words swam across the page and tried to rearrange themselves before his eyes. James let out a frustrated sound before slamming the book closed and looking back up at Rose, glaring at the shocked, but amused look on her face. "Are you really that obstinate about doing your homework?" she asked, a grin starting to grow on her face. "Or did that muggle school you went to forget to teach you how to read?"
That was the last straw.
James was sick and tired of his cousins making cracks about his inability to read. Sure, he wouldn't mind if they did it every once in a while, like he did to them, but it seemed that every time he sat down with a book, one of them was there, making fun of him. "It's not my fault that I have dyslexia!" He yelled, seeming to forget that he was in a library as he stood and started to shove his things into his bag. Turning, James made to storm off when he felt Rose's hand on his arm, stopping him in his tracks.
"You have what?"
His eyes widened as James realised what he had said. Albus and Lilly didn't even know. Looking around, James realised that he had been a bit louder than he had initially thought, almost every head in the library was turned towards them, staring at him in shock.
He and his parents had done such a good job at keeping it a secret too.