The Boy Underneath
Jun. 10th, 2010 02:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starduchessTitle: The Boy Underneath
Rating: PG
Word Count: 218
Warnings: mentions child abuse
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snape_ldws round 1 week 4 prompt: pride. I am no longer in the competition but I urge you all to Go Vote Here!
He had always taken great care in schooling his features so that no one would see, no one would know the frailty of the boy underneath. He would not be that boy. He would not show fear and he would not cry. Complaining was for the incompetent sods who could not change their ways and had not the intelligence to overcome obstacles. Coddling was a crutch for those who would not lock down and school their emotions and were too weak-willed to sort out their own problems.
So what if he was mistreated and beaten at home? The world was harsh and cruel and the sooner that he knew that the better able he was to handle it. He could stand up on his own. He needed no one and nothing but his own strength and mind. He knew he must appear strong in front of others or else suffer their advances of which he had had enough from his father. Never again, he told himself. Never again would he let others control his destiny.
But as Snape sunk to his knees before the aging wizard, his body wracked with hysterical sobs, his promise of servitude upon his lips, he wondered where his dignity had gone. Suddenly he had become the boy he said he would not be.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 218
Warnings: mentions child abuse
Written for
snape_ldws round 1 week 4 prompt: pride. I am no longer in the competition but I urge you all to Go Vote Here!He had always taken great care in schooling his features so that no one would see, no one would know the frailty of the boy underneath. He would not be that boy. He would not show fear and he would not cry. Complaining was for the incompetent sods who could not change their ways and had not the intelligence to overcome obstacles. Coddling was a crutch for those who would not lock down and school their emotions and were too weak-willed to sort out their own problems.
So what if he was mistreated and beaten at home? The world was harsh and cruel and the sooner that he knew that the better able he was to handle it. He could stand up on his own. He needed no one and nothing but his own strength and mind. He knew he must appear strong in front of others or else suffer their advances of which he had had enough from his father. Never again, he told himself. Never again would he let others control his destiny.
But as Snape sunk to his knees before the aging wizard, his body wracked with hysterical sobs, his promise of servitude upon his lips, he wondered where his dignity had gone. Suddenly he had become the boy he said he would not be.
