The Aftermath
Severus never wanted the moment of his eldest son coming in to the room holding his sleepy little brother to ever get old. It was probably one of the cutest thing he had ever seen before in his life. But now wasn’t a time to admire how cute their sons were.
“Father, Papa? What’s going on?” Draco had noticed the looks his fathers had been sharing with each other when he had walked into the room. But before either man could reply, Hadrian let out a loud whimper and slid out of Draco’s arms and ran over to Severus.
“Daddy!” Severus caught Hadrian and swung him up onto his hip, before sitting back down and tucking his youngests head into his neck.
“Its alright Haddy, she’s gone. She can’t hurt you anymore. She’s gone, I promise.” Whilst Severus was reassuring Hadrian that she could no longer hurt him Draco had moved to sit with his Papa and he let out a noise of protest when he was pulled onto his Papas lap but allowed it when he saw how distressed his little brother was and knew that for his Papas piece of mind he could tolerate it for now, even if he thought he was far too old.
“Papa?” he questioned again. Lucius sighed before glancing over at Severus and seeing how immersed into calming Haddy he was, so he knew that telling Draco the news about his mother would fall onto him.
“Draco, earlier this evening there was an incident involving your mother.”
“Is she okay?” Draco rushed out, the concern he showed for his mother made what Lucius was about to say even harder.
“She’s okay, Draco, but she has been taken into Ministry Custody.”
Draco started at his papa in complete utter shock. He could never even think of imagining his mother doing something so bad that she had to be arrested for it.
“What on earth did she do?” Draco questioned quietly.
“Me and your dad,’ Lucius used Severus’ informal name to try and calm Draco down a bit as he knew the next words would not be pleasant to listen to about your own mother, “Had to call the Aurors on your mother this evening as we walked in on her cursing Hadrian for ripping her new project.”
“What?” Draco barely managed to whisper, anger cursing through his veins, “Mother did what to Hadrian?!” He then shouted. He then proceeded to look guilty when Hadrian whimpered but Draco left his Papas arms to make his way over to his younger brother. He gently lifted him out of his father’s arms, much to Severus and Lucius’ amusement, and then sat down on the spare chair in the room and cuddled his younger brother closer to him. “Is he okay?”
Draco was well aware he could of just asked his brother but Hadrian didn’t look like he would be talking much apart from calling them all by name.
“He had several cuts and abrasions, many bruises, luckily he had no broken bones but I will probably have to make him a potion to stop the tremors he is going to be experiencing over the next few hours, potentially even days.” Severus replied sadly, still in shock his wife would have ever done something like this.
“Unfortunately Draco, me and your father have filed for divorce from Narcissa, I am aware that this will be hard for you but it was in our best interests to cut ties with her for yours and Hadrian’s safety, and staying married to her does not allow safety for you too. I know that you have been aware of the tension between Narcissa and Hadrian throughout the summer and we still haven’t gotten to the bottom of the reason why but if this is where it took her who knows what she would do if left alone with Hadrian during the school terms.”
“Papa, I understand. I love Mother to pieces but we have only got Hadrian back from abusive people, I know that he can’t heal and feel safe here if mother is around to do that. I also understand that you both have mine and Hadrian’s safety as at top priority so I can’t find any reason why you shouldn’t divorce her, At the end of the day, you and father are married to her so it is your decision. I am happy with whatever you and father decide.” Draco replied.
Severus looked at Lucius. “Since when was our eleven year old this well-spoken?”
“Since we raised him right Severus. Thankyou Draco for that. Truly, it means a lot to know that you are okay with our decision. I would also like you to know that we spoke to Andromeda about what to do with Hadrian during the –“ He cut himself off. “Severus! We told Andromeda to wait in your office!”
Severus didn’t reply but instead rushed out of the room towards the office, struggling to think of how to tell their sister in law about what had just happened in the past few hours. In fact he was praying that she wouldn’t be there anymore and just send them a howler the next day! It had been bad enough telling Draco, he at least would just trust them to make the best decision, with Andromeda he was probably going to have to do a bit more explaining. He was surprised when he found her sat in the comfy arm chair near the fire fast asleep. He woke her gently before he started spewing apologies. She cut him off with the tightest hug she had ever given him.
“You don’t have to apologise. I was right behind you when you found him, I know, and I don’t hate you. You did what was right for you and your family” Severus sagged in his sisters-in-law arms before his eyes starting cleaning themselves.
Because Severus Prince-Malfoy did not cry.
And Andromeda would never tell anyone she was with him in his moment of weakness.