An Ounce of Prevention

by earth-dragon-1

After their fight in Fourth year, Ron turns to his own methods for dealing with loneliness and depression. MAJOR WARNINGS FOR DEPICTIONS OF SELF HARM, altho there is hope and light at the end.

6. An Ounce of Prevention

A/N: This was the first drabble I wrote in this series and how the series got its name. The prompt word was "Blood".

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An Ounce of Prevention

Ron has scars on his arms.

Not just from The Department of Mysteries, but from Fourth Year. He put them there himself. No one else knows about those scars, though, because the other scars conceal them now.

He said when he made those cuts he wanted the pain, wanted to bleed, because he thought he deserved it.

I look at his bare arms now as I hold him while he sleeps. I see his scars, even those that are concealed. Ron may have drawn the blade, but I'm really the one that cut him.

I'll never let him bleed again.