Broken Marble
A/n: Here is another lovely example of Malfoy father/son angst, this time featuring Lucius and Abraxas. I know this thing seriously needs some editing but I wanted to get it online in time for Fathers' Day. Hope you like it!
Lucius Malfoy didn't cry when he heard the diagnosis; he only asked "How long?" Hardly anyone survived it…not for long anyway. He had hoped the Healer would say that it was only the result of his father getting on in years or the delayed effect of a hex gone horribly wrong. He didn't want to believe it, but somehow he knew…even before the Healer's dreaded words reached his ears he knew what it was: dragon pox.
He didn't cry when his father left Malfoy Manor for the last time. He just stood and watched in voiceless triumph as the Healers carted his father away. The once proud Abraxas Malfoy who had inspired him as a child now whined and moaned in his bed. The rules no longer applied to Abraxas Malfoy. After all this time pushing Lucius to be tough, it was all right for him to break down like a coward. It was so unfair!
He didn't cry when he said his final goodbye because the defeated man before him was not his father. The Abraxas Malfoy he knew was a fighter; he never would've allowed something like dragon pox to crush his spirit. He stood over his father's bed, hoping that the time would be soon. He was so sick of people giving him looks of pity, talking about feelings, and treating him like he was made of glass. Abraxas's cloudy gray eyes slowly opened and he took his son's hand in both of his own. "Lucius…I'm sorry…" he whispered.
Abraxas's eyes closed for the final time and his hold on his son's hand grew limp. Lucius could hear his mum and his wife sobbing behind him, but he just stood before his father's deathbed, hard as marble. He couldn't believe it. Abraxas Malfoy was really gone, and Lucius wasn't ready to pick up where he had left off.
Late that night after everyone else had gone to bed, the sound of quiet sobbing could be heard as Lucius Malfoy wept for the father he had lost and the son he might have been.