help
(Barty)
Barty was helping Winky clean up the dinner plates when “CRASH” he dropped a plate, the sound rang through the house. He knew his father had been drinking that night but he didn’t expect him to be this drunk.
“BARTEMIUS!” Barty Sr sounded angry. He walked downstairs to the living room to see his father, “That’s the third dish you’ve broken in the past goddamn week.”
“I’m sorry dad, I didn’t-“ Barty’s father punched him across the face.
“I don’t want to hear that you’re fucking sorry.” Another punch, in his gut this time, then another in the jaw, then another and another. A finally one landing on his eye. Barty fell to the floor, curled up, he watched his father leave the room, then steadily got up and walked to his room, trying his best not to fall over.
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Once he got upstairs he grabbed a piece of parchment and a pen and scribbled down
Help
Then handed it to his owl and sent it to Evan’s. Then he fell to the floor, knocked out cold.
Barty woke up to the window opening quietly. Evan climbed through his bedroom window and quickly walked over to Barty, picked him up and carried him to the bed. He pulled a first aid kit and ice pack from his bag he had, carefully placing the ice pack on Barty’s eye and put bandages on any cuts he had.
“Hi.” Barty said weekly.
“Hey. I need you to shut up cause it’s only draining your energy.” Evan said and Barty listened to him. Evan carefully tended to Barty’s bruises and cuts while Barty rested. Once he was done Evan asked him what happened,
“I dropped three dishes in just this week and he was pissed. I just can’t do anything right to make him proud and anytime I do something he doesn’t like or mess up something I get a black eye.” Evan stroked his hair softly.
“You did nothing wrong, he sucks and it’s not your fault.” They sat in silence until Barty spoke up.
“You should probably get home soon. It’s 2 am and we have to get on the train in 9 hours.” Evan nodded and got off of Barty’s bed, he gathered his stuff in his bag and grabbed his broom (he had ridden it to Barty’s house) and left the room.
Barty fell asleep about an hour after Evan left. He was thinking about how with just one word from Barty; Evan had road his broom all the way to his house just to make sure he was ok.
He woke up at about 6:00 am, he didn’t get much sleep but he tried. He sluggishly got out of bed, walking out of the room and into his bathroom. He washed his face , brushed his teeth and took a shower. After he got out of the shower he put a glamor on his face and found clothes that would cover the remaining bruises.
At about 10 Barty and his father left the house and apparated to Kings Cross Station. Barty said goodbye to his father and got in the train, finding the compartment he and his friends always sat in. Later Regulus, Sirius, James and Remus opened the door to the compartment.
“Hey Barty.” Reg said cheerfully, he was holding James’s hand as he sat down, it made Barty kind of sad, of course he was beyond happy for his friend, Regulus deserved someone and he liked James, but still he wished he could be like that with Evan. Speak of the devil Evan walked in at that moment and sat beside him. They all settled into conversation as the train left. Evan laid his head on Barty’s shoulder.
“Are you doing ok?” he whispered.
“Eh my eye still hurts a bit but that’s a given.” They stayed like that for a bit before the trolly witch came and the hall got sweets and snacks, Barty took the moment to ask Evan for a hoodie so that he could cover his eye since the glamor was wearing off. Evan got up and grabbed a blue and green hoodie from his trunk and handed it to Barty. The hoodie smelled like citrus and cinnamon; like Evan. It was soft on the inside and it was really comfortable. He sat back down and Regulus handed him three chocolate frogs and a Bertie Bots Every Flavor Beans, Barty looked at him surprised.
“I’ve known you for 5 years, I know what you get from the trolly.”
The group spent the next 4 hours talking and enjoying each other’s company. They played games and ate their sweets. Once they were about an hour away they all got up to change into their robes (Barty kept the hoodie on).
After dinner they went their separate ways to their dorms. The three boys were all so tired that they didn’t even care about unpacking, they could do that tomorrow. Regulus changed quickly then fell asleep immediately. Barty and Evan got changed and Barty got into his bed and was about to go to sleep when Evan climbed into bed with him,
“What are doing?”
“I want to make sure you don’t have any nightmares and if you do I want to be here to comfort you.” Barty took the answer and laid his head on Evan’s chest, falling asleep in an instant.