AN: TRIGGER WARINING: SELF HARM
Day 9- Cut
"I though you stopped. You told me you stopped." Scorpius said softly, stupidly, from the bathroom door. Startled, Albus looked up and his wand dropped to the floor.
"I… I had. It's been months. But… things have been bad, and then people starting comparing me to my dad and James again, and then Jones made another stupid fucking comment about us and I just…" He stumbled backwards until hit the wall and slid to the floor, crimson blood dripping onto the stark tile. The angry red line marred pale skin and paler scars, and Scor felt his heart cave in on itself. Walking slowly across the bathroom, the scared boy lowered himself onto the floor and reached for Al's arm
"Al, Al, I love you so much." He lifted up his bleeding arm and wiped it off with his sleeve. " You aren't your father" Scorpius kissed the scar closest to Al's still hand. "And you aren't your brother," He kissed the next scar marring the dark-haired boy's arm "and anybody who wants you to be doesn't know what the fuck they're talking about." He kissed each scar, remembering each time he caught Al cutting. "Anybody who says anything about us is just ignorant and stupid and needs to fucking check their priorities, especially Jones." When he reached the fresh wound, he pulled out his wand and dragged it across, murmuring a healing incantation before kissing that scar as well.
"Every time you want to hurt yourself, I want you to remember something. Your family loves you. Your friends love you." Scorpius gently placed his hands on either side of Al's pale, damp face and lifted it to face him. "I love you. We all love you so much, and I know that you don't love yourself but when you feel worthless; I want you to think about us. About all of us that love you. None of us are fools, we aren't dumb, and we love you for a reason. Ok?"
Albus shut his eyes and nodded, leaning into the other boy. Wrapping his arms around him, Scorpius pulled Al further into his lap and just held him, on the cool tile of the bathroom floor.
Al wasn't ok, and Scorpius knew it. He knew that the cutting relapse was because of more than what had happened that day, and he knew he had his work cut out for him, but he didn't care. He meant it when he told Al that he loved him, and Scorpius planned to stick around a prove it.