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the  malfoy  family  following  the  war  narrowly  evaded  lifelong  imprisonment  by  working  with  the  aurors  and  the  ministry  in  hunting  down  former  death  eaters.  draco  &  his  parents  lost  their  status  &  power  ,  leaving  them  to  fly  under  the  radar  for  a  handful  of  years.  the  aftermath  of  the  war  left  many  scars  &  in  spite  of  his  parents’  constant  coddling  &  care,  there  was  no  doubt  that  draco  carried  the  scars  of  the  war  on  his  heart.

while  he  grew  enough  as  a  person  to  realize  that  the  evils  of  the  wizarding  world  were  morally  wrong,  that  hadn’t  stopped  draco  from  fully  embracing  the  pureblooded  glory  of  his  lineage.  In  the  handful  of  years  following  the  trials  and  imprisonments,  the  remaining  pureblood  families  from  voldemort’s  side  of  the  word  that  had  narrowly  avoided  azkaban  banded  together.  it  was  all  draco  knew;  the  death  eaters  had  always  been  his  family  --  and  while  he  knew  it  was  wrong  deep  down  in  his  heart  ,  he  couldn’t  deny  himself  the  one  shred  of  familiarity  he  discovered  again.

through  this  circle  ,  draco  met  astoria  greengrass  --  whom  he  married  after  a  whirlwind  courtship.  they  were  both  young  when  the  war  had  swept  through  the  UK  &  they  both  held  the  same  scars  ;  they  knew  they  were  wrong  ,  but  they  both  knew  of  nothing  else  ,  nothing  more  ,  than  what  they  had  been  born  &  raised  to  comprehend.

scorpius  hyperion  malfoy  was  born  on  a  blustery  october  night  in  2006  to  an  anxious  draco  &  astoria  malfoy  --  the  first  &  only  child  to  a  couple  lost  in  a  web  of  their  own  wrongs  &  rights.  both  his  mother  &  father  coddled  scorpius  in  the  way  only  people  who  had  witnessed  great  evil  could  ;  draco  often  fretted  over  scorpius  and  kept  him  from  straying  too  far  or  playing  too  rough.  and  astoria  --  astoria  wanted  nothing  more  than  to  sing  her  baby  boy  lullabies  &  pet  his  hair  until  he  fell  asleep  night  after  night.

having  grown  up  around  other  purebloods  that  had  banded  together  after  the  war’s  atrocities  ,  it  was  almost  inevitable  for  scorpius  to  absorb  and  retain  internalized  prejudice  ;  while  draco  himself  never  outright  sneered  at  lower  blood-statuses  ,  it  seemed  almost  implied.  as  if  they  were  above  them.

having  been  coddled  and  doted  on  all  of  his  life  by  his  mother  &  father  ,  scorpius  is  extremely  spoiled  ,  arrogant  ,  and  easily  bothered  ;  he  is  also  ,  however  ,  intelligent  ,  shrewd  ,  &  lively.  his  ambition  &  family  lineage  landed  him  a  spot  in  SLYTHERIN  --  and  during  his  time  at  hogwarts  ,  scorpius  began  to  unearth  the  secrets  &  blood  stains  surrounding  the  malfoy  name.

while  he  was  never  able  to  fully  unlearn  the  prejudice  he  had  internalized  growing  up  ,  scorpius  has  begun  to  slowly  make  an  effort  to  rework  what  he  knows  in  hopes  of  carefully  dismantling  the  stigma  surrounding  himself  &  his  family.  it  is  a  work  in  progress  ,  surely  ,  but  it’s  something  he  is  willing  to  take  on  if  those  around  him  are  patient  enough  to  bear  with  his  tantrums  &  snide  remarks.