((Unpopping Lucius after the proper procedures. =) He doesn't remember his previous time at HH Hogwarts, and will be a very canon characterization. Closed because Lucius is in no state for socializing with strangers.))
It was past midnight, and a butter-sodden man was sitting hunched outside the popcorn room, eyes open, but unmoving and seemingly
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Now he hurried, his wand at the ready for a reassuring Turgeo. Even coming from Azkaban, the man would need to have his pride restored. Severus also bore a basket of potions. Merlin knew how deep the scars of the Dementors had sunk into the man's soul, rotting his perceptions. Dr. Ubbly's Oblivious Unction featured prominently, along with Calming Draught, Bruise Pate, Murtlap Essence, Blood-Replenishing Potion, and Dittany. The basket also contained an instant perfect cup of tea, a slab of chocolate and a flask of scotch ( ... )
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But nothing could have been so comforting at that moment as the sight of Narcissa, alive and well. Although Severus had told Lucius that Narcissa was there, and he had been aware that he was being taken to her, he couldn't fully believe it until he laid eyes on her, heard her voice, felt her touch. He was not sure that everything was all right, not when Draco was apparently a Gryffindor at this strangely corrupted Hogwarts, but ( ... )
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"I knew this, about Gryffindor, but it's all nonsense. It doesn't matter in the slightest what they call him. No one can touch him." Narcissa was positive of that much. For her sanity's sake, she'd made the unconscious choice to interpret Severus' explanations of popcorn in the most selective and benign light. "Draco is safe, closed away in 'popcorn'. It's a sorcery we never learned, and Severus assures me it has nothing to do with the Dark Lord nor his enemies. It's as though our darling boy were packed away in cotton wool, where nothing can get at him."
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He listened carefully to Narcissa's explanation- this 'popcorn' was a magic he was unfamilar with, but he could sense that Narcissa felt confidence in it being a sort of ward for their son. And her judgement on the matter meant a great deal to him- he knew that if she were to have any doubts at all of Draco's safety, they would have been voiced. "When I saw our son's name on that plaque, I thought it just another mockery conjured by the dementors. I don't understand this nonsense that is Hogwarts but not our ( ... )
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