Fic: Beneath this mask (Saturday Special June 5.0)

[mandyloo]

Title: Beneath this mask
Summary: Draco is all insults and arrogance but it's a mask that hides a beaten and broken boy. Written for Saturday Special #5: But if you look twice, you can see it's all lies. (also Character Bingo: trio era)
Characters/Pairings: Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy
Genre: angst
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 for abuse (physical &

Comments

[jalenstrix]

Oh, I love this word picture timeline, with the cold untouchable fierceness of Lucius. Very, very believable.

[slumber]

I usually shy away from this trope, primarily bc it tends to become an excuse for h/c, but this wasn't the case here at all. I thought this was extremely well written and I love how you handled Draco's characterization, especially in the last scene.