Housekeeping: A Drabble
Summary: Harry at least gets a holly-and-phoenix wand. Petunia faces the forces of darkness and disorder armed with a spray bottle of disinfectant.
Invisible things that can harm her family.
Germs. Germs, she can fight.
She can’t go to sleep until she’s protected her loved ones. One last time.
They can hide in the crevices. They can breed.
She has to stop them.
Vernon makes her start wearing rubber gloves; her hands are cracking.
She wipes and wipes again.
She watches the ads on the telly. She buys all the newest products. The scientists tell her what to do. She can fight this. She can. She can protect them.
She can guard them from the invisible danger. She must.
No one else will.
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A/N: the Petunia who can’t rest until she’s wiped down all the kitchen surfaces is first seen by us after the Dementor attacks on her son.
Invisible things that can harm her family.
Germs. Germs, she can fight.
She can’t go to sleep until she’s protected her loved ones. One last time.
They can hide in the crevices. They can breed.
She has to stop them.
Vernon makes her start wearing rubber gloves; her hands are cracking.
She wipes and wipes again.
She watches the ads on the telly. She buys all the newest products. The scientists tell her what to do. She can fight this. She can. She can protect them.
She can guard them from the invisible danger. She must.
No one else will.
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A/N: the Petunia who can’t rest until she’s wiped down all the kitchen surfaces is first seen by us after the Dementor attacks on her son.