A/N: Written in 2007 and originally posted on livejournal.


For Them

He thinks of his children upstairs in their room pillowed in sleep and safe from the horrors of his past; something worth the sacrifice. When his feet take him to the source of his comfort and he's standing at their bedside watching as they sleep, their faces framed in the soft light from the landing, the only sound in the room the gentle whisper of their shallow breaths, he finds his answer. When the why screams too loud in his head this is where he comes, where it all becomes clear and the screams are silent.

This is why, Draco.