Reconnection

Lucius wakes to find Draco standing over him sneering that famous Malfoy sneer. Lucius tries to pull himself off the floor but finds he is in too much pain to move.

"How does it feel to hurt with no one to help you Father?" Draco Growls

"Please Draco, not you too?" Lucius groans

"Are you honestly surprised Father? Because you shouldn't be. No one's going to save you anymore"

Lucius extends his hand for his sons help but Draco steps out of reach.

"Draco...Please" he begs.

Draco steps forward but instead of helping him, He kicks his Father hard in the side, then in the head.

"Now you know how she felt dad, don't think I don't know what you did to her"

Tears threatened to spill down Lucius' cheeks, but he held them back as much as he could, after all he deserved this didn't he?

"I hate you Father, I hope you die!" and with that Draco left.

When Draco was safely out of hearing distance Lucius began to sob. He crawled over to the nearest chair and pulled himself up. He sat in the chair in front of the fire crying.

He didn't know how long he had sat there and cried perhaps hours or even days. He Heads out into the garden towards the old elm tree he used to climb as a child. He approached the trunk and in the pitch black of the night he smacks his knee off something hard.

"Lumos!" He mutters, What he sees makes his blood run cold"

Here lies Mandalay-Rose Malfoy Loved and lost without a chance to live Memories of that night when he had been so angry that he had beaten his wife so brutally that he killed his unborn daughter flooded his head. He dropped to his knees and rested his head against the cold stone.

"I'm so sorry, I Hope wherever you are you can forgive me" He curled up against the stone and cried himself to sleep.

He woke in the morning with Debble tugging at his sleeve

"Master, Master, Mistress wishes to speak with you in the House" said the elf excitedly

"tell her I will be there in an hour"

"yes Master, As you wishes" and the little elf was gone. Lucius got up and wandered into the rose garden and began picking the finest flowers he could find until he had at least a hundred beautiful pink roses and then headed back to the old elm tree. Little did he know he was being followed. He knelt down and began to neatly place the roses down at the foot of the stone. He felt a hand brush his shoulder and turned to see Narcissa.

"have you come to yell at me again Cissa? Because I am trying right my wrongs and I know i haven't even made a dent but I'm trying, And if you are here to tell me I should die then perhaps I will kill myself and that will make you and Draco happy" Lucius spat

"Lucius, I see that you are trying, and I'm not here to condemn you right now, I can see that you are not fit to handle it, I would like to make a point to tell you that what you have endured the last few days is what i have been facing for almost 12 years, Killing yourself will not end Draco's or my anger at you Lucius, only time can erase that, I will give you mercy for today Lucius"

She knelt down and helped him lay the roses down then stood to survey the beauty of them. She extended her hand to him and helped him up. She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him gently. "you are making a good start my dear"