WARNING!
IT HAS GRAPHICAL Violence towards a minor, and child abuse. If it triggers you , just read the END note.
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Chapter Text
When he makes it to the house, it is well after midnight. He vaguely remembers there was something he was supposed to do, but can not be bothered to think about it. His eyes are puffy, his whole face splotchy and it doesn't take a genius to figure out he had been crying like a baby.
He honestly does not remember where he went, or what he did. He found a small hiding place, folded his legs and hugged them and rested his face on it. He cried enough that his head felt kind of light, as if he was floating. There was a pressure behind his eyes and his temples pulsed with pain. His legs are on pins and needles and when he stands on the at first, he trips.
Sky is so dark, no moon or stars.
"must be that kind of a night"
Some nights, are nights for light magic users, like every time the moon is full. It is unfortunate- and quite an irony- the one of the darkest creatures, werewolves, chose that nights to turn.
Some nights are good for dark magic users, like when there is an eclipse, or the new moon which is pitiful source of light.
And there are nights like this, where black magic users- those even dark ones avoid them- prefer. No moon, no star, and no wind. Air thick with something, twisted somehow.
And this is that kind.
He kicks a stone and starts his way back home. he is so far he almost doesn't know where he is.
He stretches his lean form like a cat, and walks briskly towards his destination.
When he arrives, the door is not locked.
He frowns.
with Tobias gone, and mother in hospital who could have done this? Yes, they do not own much, but it worries him if a gaggle of shit-heads use it for shagging, or do drugs, there would be hell to pay for clean up stuff later! Detergents and Ammoniac is not cheap!
"who the fuck got ya in?"
He freezes.
It can not be Tobias! He was gone like for months!
Was he hallucinating? Was he sleep and had a nightmare?
He pinched his leg.
Tobias still stood in front of him. As real as it got.
The man smells of cheap bear and sweat. His bulky feature darkens the doorway, filling the door frame with his broad shouldered tall figure, closing his escape route.
He repeats his mantra.
Dontpanic.dontpanic.dontpanic.
He fails . his pathetic attempt fails. His eyes goes wide, he desperately looks around to find something, anything.
There is no escape. The furniture is sparce, but those there are, are too heavy for him to lift, too easy for Tobias to use against him.
And stand up for what?
To do what? His mind asks. Its not as if he can tackle the giant without magic…
He waits, watching for his move.
Where the hell he put his wand? Oh right, up stares.
His mom's?
When he takes his first step, he darts and moves behind the chair, Tobias is in front of him in just two big steps.
His mom it is.
He doesn't need to wait a long time before he lifts the wooden chair and throws it towards him.
He docks and hide behind the battered table, at least it is so heavy even tobias has trouble moving it.
"get back here ya useless ass!"
As if he is dumb enough to go anywhere near the crazy man.
He reaches for the cabinet behind him, opening it, and ..
Nothing.
As he searches desperately again and again for the absent wand, a large meaty hand closes around his this arm, pulling him from his hiding place.
"thought ya were so clever? Jus cause ya went to school and know how to spell aints mean nothing"
He struggles to get out of his hold. His eyes darting around for anything useful.
He starts hyperventilating.
Tobias turns him around, slapping him hard " Imma talkin !when betters talk you listen"
His nose can smell his sour odor fully now, and he feels like throwing up. His face throbs with pain and he knows his nose has been broken again. He can taste something saulty on his tongue, must be his blood.He feels his magic bubbling under his skin.
"lemme go!"
He pushes the enormous mass of filth, and nothing happens.
That, probably was the wrong thing to do. It makes the lunatic even more angry as he lets go of his arm, to go for his neck instead.
That's it.
Im gonna die.
He imagines his body, on the floor, with his face bruised, his neck broken, blood coloring the white tiles of the small kitchenette.
Would anyone give a damn? Would anybody even mourn?
Tobias hand is slowly closing on his throat, making his lungs burn. He is being suffocated and there would be no-one to even bury him. His body would be here until the stench bothers a neighbor and cops come get him.
They would burn trash like him. People who have no-one wont get a burial, or a memorial and nice stone on their graves. They get burned and their ashes spread over a garden behind the church.
Used as fertaliser. He smiles at the thought, he finds it funny that he- who has used many plants for his potions would turn to a fertaliser to strengthen them.
Who said plants couldn't be vindictive?
He wished he had a wand, at least he could have made himself presentable before death, not with the rags he has on.
Wand.
Mother.
What time it was? What was the date?
His dying mind tells him the date, he panickes even more. It is the day mom was supposed to come home.
And now he cant see, he doesn't want to be found by his mom. His still ill, weakened mom doesn't deserve it.
Suddenly, his magic- apparently one old as him can have accidental bouts if so desperate- acts up, sending the man flying to the wall.
He gasps, taking as large amounts of air he can. He coughs and whines and cough some more. But he can not stand up from the floor. Not eating anything and crying for hours , then walking miles and miles of distance doesn't do much for one's stamina.
"so you dare use your freaky thing on yer da?"
Da his arse, never been one at all. Shame, He cant even speak up. His throat must have been badly bruised.
"I cut the freakish outta ya. No more weird shows in ma palce"
He watches helplessly as he pulls a knife, walking slowly towards him. He is smiling like a demon when he pins him down, and then holds his arm.
And now he is howling with pain. He cant even see what he is doing to his arm with that hunter knife.
Then all of a sudden he is gone.
"you have gone far Tobias"
He watches from his place, with hooded eyes.
His mother is simply magnificent.
"I have tolerated you going for me, time and time again. Watched you slap my son and beat him, but not anymore. You have GONE FAR!"
The woman yells, and a sudden bout of magic washes over him. He can see his mom has her wand, and has pinned Tobias to the wall like those insects in frames.
"fuck ya and yer bast.."
And she silences him with a spell, and another has him whizzing on the floor.
"listen and listen well, because if not, it will be your last time, it will be the last breath you take. You will leave here, and never return. You will go where the hell you came from you devil spawn"
Has she used an unforgivable on him?
"and now for the parting gift, you will get all of the hurt you imposed on Severus this night."
Severus can not see now, but hears him howling like a bitch in pain. Serves him right, the brute.
"oh my baby"
He opens his eyes to his mom, tears in her eyes.
"u..er..mag..fi..nt"
She pushes back his wet locks from his forhead, murmuring healing spells.
"no,ma, magic, hurt"
His throat closes again. using magic can be detrimental for her, she has not used large amounts of it for a long time, nothing but simple cleaning spells.
And her sickness too.
It will, might shorten her life , her life that is already limited to a couple of years at best, shorter.
She smiles and kisses his eyebrew.
"oh, my darling boy,I have spent far too much in darkness and avoided dealing my problems…its time to finally make a stance, to live again"
To live again, he likes that.
"to live fully, even for a short time"
And she hugs him.
Notes:
Severus goes running, hides somewhere and cries himself to sleep. When he wakes up, it's late. He goes home to find Tobias, Tobias hurts him bad, Eileen comes home and finally throws Tobias out, uses her magic to inflict all he had done to sev to him. Sev is worried because her use of magic might weaken her further.