✩ Harry Potter: Regret (The Nightmare Remix)
✩ [ Draco, Scorpius, Albus Severus | PG | 200 words ]
After learning that his son has received a snake tattoo, Draco is haunted by memories of his own Mark.
Original story: Companion pieces, Twenty Things about Scorpius Severus Malfoy (1200 words) and Twenty Things about Albus Severus Potter (1378 words) by lilian_cho.
Remix author: 2_4_joy
Regret (The Nightmare Remix)
It writhed and twisted, blasphemous on pale skin. But it was too late to change his mind now. Too late to go back.
The vision changed, and he saw himself, newly marked. The serpent remained lifeless and still; it was he who seethed with darkness now. He watched, pitiless, as the figure shuddered with guilt and regret. Until he was transfixed by eyes not his own, and Draco awoke.
A snake tattoo, Jade said. And he’d laughed, knowing it was only that, nothing more. Snakes were the house symbol, after all, and Scorpius was a proud Slytherin, like his father.
*
The next morning, while Li was busy in the library, he asked Scorpius to show him the tattoo. He knew it’d be a simple snake, just a bit of house pride. But he needed concrete details to combat last night’s vision.
His son turned awkwardly away, unbuttoning his shirt. Draco realized he’d been expecting Scorpius to roll up his sleeve, assuming it was in the same place as the Mark.
But when Scorpius turned back to him, it was not one snake, but two. Twined together forever.
When Al’s letter arrived, he encouraged their friendship, though it was Potter’s son.
After learning that his son has received a snake tattoo, Draco is haunted by memories of his own Mark.
Original story: Companion pieces, Twenty Things about Scorpius Severus Malfoy (1200 words) and Twenty Things about Albus Severus Potter (1378 words) by lilian_cho.
Remix author: 2_4_joy
Regret (The Nightmare Remix)
It writhed and twisted, blasphemous on pale skin. But it was too late to change his mind now. Too late to go back.
The vision changed, and he saw himself, newly marked. The serpent remained lifeless and still; it was he who seethed with darkness now. He watched, pitiless, as the figure shuddered with guilt and regret. Until he was transfixed by eyes not his own, and Draco awoke.
A snake tattoo, Jade said. And he’d laughed, knowing it was only that, nothing more. Snakes were the house symbol, after all, and Scorpius was a proud Slytherin, like his father.
*
The next morning, while Li was busy in the library, he asked Scorpius to show him the tattoo. He knew it’d be a simple snake, just a bit of house pride. But he needed concrete details to combat last night’s vision.
His son turned awkwardly away, unbuttoning his shirt. Draco realized he’d been expecting Scorpius to roll up his sleeve, assuming it was in the same place as the Mark.
But when Scorpius turned back to him, it was not one snake, but two. Twined together forever.
When Al’s letter arrived, he encouraged their friendship, though it was Potter’s son.