Disclaimer: Not mine, J.K Rowling's. I make no money off this.

Author's note: Prompt: Battered. Exactly 100 words! Not much else to say about this one, really. The drabbles in this series are unrelated, and this is Percy/Oliver Slash. If you don't like slash, don't read! I love reviews!

Warnings: Domestic abuse

Battered

Later, when someone would ask about the bruises and cuts that littered his body, he would say he was just clumsy. His family got suspicious, sure, but he always managed to come with some excuse. Besides, Oliver always apologized afterwards. Oliver would always say that he hadn't meant it; it was an accident. And he always believed it. After all, Oliver was so nice when they were with other people, always hugging him and telling him 'I love you'. It was so easy to believe Oliver would stop, but it always happened again. Maybe he just deserved to be hurt.