Hyacinth Potter and the Case of Misgendering
A/n at the bottom
Warning: Child abuse, Misgendering
Interlude
Petunia knows her nephew is a freak just like her sister. She knows he's even more of a freak than her sister. Petunia looks at her nephew, running his fingers along the dresses when she takes him shopping with her. It burns the back of Petunia's throat, to know that her freakish nephew can behave better than Petunia's own son.
Petunia can't help but take glee in the look on her nephew's face when Veron calls him boy. It was shameful to admit, but Petunia buys dresses when shopping with the freakish boy just so she could say
"Boys like you don't wear that"
That's the phase that cements it for Harry-no Hyacinth. She is not a boy. She's five when realises this. At school it's Harry this and Harry that and Hyacinth always feels like vomiting when the teacher calls her than.
At home- not her home- it gets worse. She sees her aunt's gleeful face every time Hyacinth's uncle say boy, him, or he. (although Hyacinth has never heard her uncle say his maybe because nothing in that house was Hyacinth's).
She's seven when it becomes too much. She know what's going to happen. Hyacinth can't help it. She won't be called Harry anymore.
"Aunt Petunia you're wrong. I am not a boy."
It was bound to happen Petunia supposes as she drives to London. The freak is in the back of Vernon's car. Petunia could deal with magic, but this…
"I'm not a boy."
Indeed, as if, the freak.
if the neighbors ask, they say the hooligan ran off. She and Vernon were not housing something like that.
Petunia pulls up to an old building. It's cared for the sign in front reads "Wool's orphanage" the lights are lit.
Petunia has one last thing to say:
"Get out of my car, boy."
The freak does.
Petunia starts the drive home and something inside Petunia say that that is her sister's child. It's stomped on the part of Petunia that knows even if they did keep him, he would never be loved.
Hyacinth has lived at this orphanage for four years and she is saying "goodbye" to it for ten months. She'll only have to here for two months of the year. When she's seventeen she'll leave this place for good. Hyacinth doesn't hesitate, where her aunt stopped her van…
Hyacinth pauses and spits.
End Interlude
So this is Hyacinth life from 5-11 this is like a page of writing, but it's a little more in depth of Petunia and Hyacinth in this fic.
The bold is for male identifiers referring to Hyacinth. Italicised is for female identifiers referring to Hyacinth.
Kudos to who noticed what orphanage it is. Also on a side note I'm really bad a coming up with names for things.
Yes, Petunia is a bit twisted in this fic. I am working on chapter two right now.
More Headcanons!
Neville does bad in potions because he gets nervous when watched.
Draco Malfoy is the world's biggest Tsundere.
I think every "chapter" will have two headcanons
