Authors Notes: A short thoughtful ficlet, it's a bit sad and ignore the bits about cars and whatever, this was initially going to be a different fic with different people. Dealing with Domestic Violence. Sorry to the Snape fans, I don't actually think he's mean and evil and whatnot.
"Severus...please no..." A withered looking man was cowering in the corner of his flat, his face streaked with tears while a look of anguish shone in his eyes. Another man stood imposingly over the cowering one, glaring down. His fist, shaking with rage was held in mid air, wavering threateningly close to the man who whimpered and clenched his eyes closed.
"You deserve it Remus, you deserve it" Severus murmured quietly, his eyes glinting menacingly down at the crouched figure of his partner. The man on the ground sobbed at the cold edge of his words and clutched his arms around his thin body. In a split second a heavy thud was heard, along with a long desperate wail from Remus. Severus had hit Remus with all the might he could muster, his anger over-flowing. Severus gave a stern glance at Remus, who clung pathetically to the door handle before he roughly kicked his side, sending Remus into more screams of pain before thrusting the door open and striding out. Leaving Remus to wonder, what he'd done to incur such punishment. Wondering why he was left sprawled across the floor, alone and abandoned. Feeling as if wounded in 30 different places, Remus sat up stiffly, his eyes watering as he felt his sore shoulder scrape against the coffee table.
Trembling in fear he listened intently the sound of Severus, crossing the gravel driveway to his car. He winched as he heard Severus slam the door shut, before starting the engine and sending the car squealing across the driveway. With renewed strength, Remus dragged himself into the kitchen. Ignoring the pain of the open wound dripping blood across the neat linoleum of the kitchen. Shaking un-controllably, he picked up the phone. Struggling to key in the number as his fingers shook. After his fourth attempt. Remus gingerly placed the phone onto his ear, he suddenly noticed that the ear was tender from Severus' fist.
"Hello" a distant voice answered, sounding placid and welcoming.
"Sirius, Sirius...he did it again..." Remus rushed, his words tumbling out breathlessly as his chest ached from Severus' heavy handed blows.
"Goodbye Remus, I don't care to answer" The voice stated coldly and firmly before the phone clicked and the line closed, leaving Remus worse for wear. The tears seeped out fast and heavy, trailing their way down his bruised eyes. Battered and broken, Remus knew he was alone in this world. What could ever make the world turn on him like this? He asked himself as he slid down to the ground, crying and heaving. Expelling all the sorrows deep in him, distraught and worried Remus sat, awaiting from Severus to come back to finish off the monthly punishment.