Blurry Lines: A Collection of Drabbles

Written By: Slice

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

- Dr. Thomas Fuller

Bruises

Sirius hisses as slender fingers press gently against his bruises. Scowling, he jerks his arm away and limps towards his bathroom; to cleansing water and linen that he will tear into bandages. It's degrading, a Black having to tend to his wounds like a kicked dog, like a filthy mudblood. Regulus follows him.

"Sirius," he says, voice trapped between haughty arrogance and timid caring. "Just do what she wants. Then she'll stop hurting you."

Sirius looks at his younger brother, still innocent despite his heritage, and slams the door on him before he can do something that he might regret.

Abuse

1 a corrupt practice or custom
2 improper or excessive use or treatment
3 obsolete a deceitful act
4 language that condemns or vilifies usually unjustly, intemperately, and angrily
5 physical maltreatment

(Written for the Queerditch Marsh Pub challenge Sirius/Regulus – Problem Child on