Title: Only the Beginning

Prompt: 3. Family(Christmas Collection) 10. Therapist(OTP AU Competition)

Pairing: Scorpius/Lily Luna

Word count: 334 words

Disclaimer: Harry Potter isn't mine sadly, I make no money from this.

A/N: This is a combination of prompts from The Harry Potter Christmas Competition and from the OTP AU! Competition III: Round 1. The use of Family and Therapist fit to well not to combine them.

Only the Beginning

Scorpius entered the slytherin common room around midnight after a late trip to the library, only to hear muffled sobs coming from the couch in front of the fire. Startled as to who in their right mind would openly cry in the slytherin common room he approached slowly. Softening when he saw it was the first year Lily Luna Potter. "Lily?" Scorpius called quietly. She stilled and raised her head towards him. "Yes?" she replied to him just as quietly as he.

Taking this as an invitation to sit next to her, "Why are you crying?" that seemed to be the only thing he could say. Scorpius had no experience with crying females.

"Just…my family hates me Scorp. James refuses to look at me and Albus won't talk to me and Hugo just gives me disappointed looks-" she stops breaking into sobs.

Understanding flashed in his face. Of course that would be it. Ungrateful prats her family was.

Scorpius put his arm around her as she cried onto him. He whispered encouraging words in her ear while waiting on her to calm down.

When she finally calmed down Lily pulled away and looked up, "Thank you . You really didn't need to deal with me, but…why did you? You barely know me."

"Well Lily Lu you're stuck with me and the rest of slytherin as your family. We stick up for our own. That's a valuable lesson to learn here. If you need anything don't hesitate to ask me or anyone else."

"Actually Scorpius I think you just got stuck being my therapist till you graduate Hogwarts," Lily replied to him with a small smile.

"I don't see that as a bad thing. Now little first year go to bed."

That night Lily went to sleep feeling better than she had in weeks since getting sorted into slytherin.

That night Scorpius went to sleep a little more comfortable in himself than he had in two and something years as a slytherin.