#bartius

This is a family tree of an au I've had living rent free in head for years.

Basically in the au there's no war, Tom doesn't go mad or kill anyone especially Myrtle, instead he just up and travels after graduation. Abraxas, his ex, ends up marrying some women and some time later Lucius is born. His wife mysteriously disappears when Lucius is 5 years old. *Abraxas killed her when she started becoming cruel to Lucius* Once Lucius goes to hogwarts, in his 6th year, he meets and befriends Severus. He invites Severus to attend the orchestra, during the weekend, and Severus agrees and that's how his fascination with violins begins. He invites Severus to his home during winter break and he introduces him as his new brother to his father, Abraxas quickly becomes attached to the boy.

As the years go by Abraxas learns, from Lucius, about the abuse Severus endures at home by his own father. He also learns that Severus mother had died when he was 5 years old, both Abraxas and Lucius suspect it was by Tobias but Severus neither confirms or denies it. Abraxas tries to adopt Severus but for whatever reason, mainly cause the child system and the ministry suck, he doesn't get custody of him. During Severus's fifth year, he invites Klaus Mulciber, Wes Don Avery, and Evan Rosier over to Malfoy Manor for winter break. Abraxas wounds up getting attached to an emotionally unstable Klaus and decides he's gonna adopt him too.

Once 5th year ends and during the summer Severus arrives home and finds his father dead due to alcohol poisoning. Severus contacts authorities and then Lucius, who tells Abraxas. With Tobias dead, Abraxas is able to adopt Severus, he then works on getting custody of Klaus. He has an easier time getting custody of Klaus becaus Klaus's parents owe the Malfoy's a dept and he's ready to collect. *He didn't know about it until the goblin handling his vault brought it up* He decides to blood adopt both Severus and Klaus before the summer ends, only Severus agrees. It takes until 7th year that Klaus asks Abraxas to blood adopt him during Christmas, it's the first time any of them *except for Lucius* sees Abraxas cry.

Severus's appearance changes drastically, his nose is less crooked more smaller, he practically looks like a doll, his hair has a bit of white strands and people think he's dyed strands of his hair white. *He still has his mother's blood in him* Klaus's appearance doesn't change all that much but his eye color turns lighter and his jawline sharpens. Somehow his hair stays Black. During their 6th year, Barty starts becoming a regular at Malfoy Manor. He spends his time in Lucius's presence due to the fact he's fallen in love with him when he first saw him at the age of 9. Barty hadn't a clue who he was and hoped to see him again and low and behold he's reunited with his true love all because he's somehow befriended Lucius's adopted brother.

Abraxas is protective of his children, especially Severus and Klaus due to their dark past. So he becomes cold towards Barty, Evan, and Wes who all seem to become infatuated with one of his children. Barty Loves Lucius, Evan loves Severus, and Wes loves Klaus. Now Abraxas spends his time testing Barty, Evan, and Wes to see if their good enough for his boys. Each test is passed with flying colors by all three boys, even tho they haven't the slightest clue they're being tested. Tho one christmas Abraxas tries to poison Barty, the reason for it he no longers remembers, and now it's become a tradition. Abraxas stopped one year and Barty got salty about it, this just becomes the new reason Abraxas poisons him because he can't believe his son has fallen for a moron. *Like he could complain*

At the start of Sev's and Klaus's 7th year does Tom come back. Abraxas is still upset him and Tom is doing his best to make up for his mistakes. Now Lucius, Severus, and have become clingy children upon Tom's return. Lucius does what he can to screw Tom over by feeding him lies, Klaus is back to expressing no emotion and glaring at, plus sometimes attacking as well, Tom, and Severus is practically glued to Abraxas side and refuses to let Tom near them at all. Abraxas finds the entire thing hilarious, the only time he intervines his children actions is when they try to kill him cause deep down he still loves Tom. Slowly with the help of Barty, Evan, and Wes *they miss spending time with their boyfriends* does Tom slowly gets on the good gracious and approval of Lucius, Severus, and Klaus.

The endgame is that Tom and Abraxas get back together, Evan gets with Severus after years of pining, Klaus after years of being in denial due to his parents ends up with Wes, once Barty graduates the first thing he does is ask out Lucius. Barty faints with happiness when he says yes. Years go by and they get married and have children. Tom and Abraxas don't have children, they're content with the children they got now. Wes and Klaus also don't have children, due to Klaus once being emotionally unstable he fears he won't love his children right, just like he fears he isn't loving Wes right but it's alright he's been going to therapy since his 6th year in hogwarts, so maybe one day they'll have kids. Severus has also been attending therapy after 5th year during the summer.

Lucius and Barty have one girl named Anastasia Thomas Malfoy, who is sorted in Hufflepuff.

Severus and Evan have 2 girls and 2 boys. They first have a girl named Sevana Mari Prince. A year later they have twin boys Aron Prince & Kalem Abraxas Prince. The unique about them is that they were born with different eye colors, Aron has blue eyes like Evan and Kalem has black eyes like Severus. Two years after the boys are born they have another girl named Eileen Prince. Myrtle is sorted into Ravenclaw, Aron is sorted into gryffindor, Kalem is sorted into slytherin, and Eileen is sorted into hufflepuff.

Life was not fair, never had been for Bartemius Crouch Junior.

Both convictions without a real trial, without a chance to defend himself, without a silver lining. Sirius had kept him alive, back in school and then again later, when they had spent those years together in Azkaban.

Sirius had given him hope, an illusory hope for things that would never change or improve, a dangerous hope that things could somehow get better. The chance had never been real, had sometimes felt real and then not, had given Barty hope and then robbed him of it, had felt delicious and then painful again. Barty knew that he had squandered the chance for a different life, that he could have done things differently, that Sirius would have held him, picked him up and carried him. In the end it was his fault, in the end he hadn't been able to imagine a different life for himself, had lost too much, had given too much.

The little boy Sirius had seen at Platform 9 ¾ no longer existed. He had disappeared behind fear and pain.

Sirius could have saved him, but Barty hadn't let himself be saved, hadn't seen the outstretched hand, hadn't trusted himself or Sirius.

How could he trust, how could he believe that the people around him could have saved him? How could he trust that Sirius wouldn't drop him in the end?

His father had tortured him, trimmed him, forced him into shape and tugged at him, abused him and taken away everything that could have saved him. His mother had not protected him, had not intervened, had not stood in front of him. She had let her husband have his way. In the end, she had died for him, given him ten more years of torment and made sure that Barty wasn't allowed to die just like that.

He had fulfilled his role, his fate had been inevitable in the end. So many twists and turns, so many choices had opened up for him and in the end they had all led to this moment, to this finality.

Which is how it is today: I haven't existed since you left me.

And you no longer exist either.

Barty, I love you and I will always love you and I am convinced that we will meet again one day.

Then I will take your hand and kiss you and never let you go again.

That voice.

He would have recognised Barty among thousands. Always. It had been ages since he'd heard him, he couldn't have said exactly for how long. It had been ages since he'd spoken to him. And yet.

That voice could not be ignored. 

A voice, that wasn't even a cry, at most it was a whisper. His name, Sirius. In a way that no one had ever called him Sirius. Or at least not for a very, very, very long time. Loving and familiar, all soft, all honest. Full of trust and affection and admiration. Full of love. 

Sirius.

A whisper, behind this curtain.

I am here. 

It wasn't even a call. Not a plea. Just his name.

Sirius. 

All around him, curses, shouting, rage and fighting. And the only people he had left in his life. There was Harry, his Harry, who looked the spitting image of James and Lily. Who was brave and who didn't shy away from confrontation, clever and shrewd. As popular as James and as gentle as Lily. The boy he wanted to see grow up. The boy he wanted to teach everything James and Lily could no longer. He loved the boy, he was the closest he would ever again get to his best friend - and at the same time, every moment with him was painful. 

Then there was Dumbledore. Sirius could only see him from a distance, watching him struggle, with that look on his face that Sirius already knew so well. Facing, but cool. Friendly, but at a distance. He had been his teacher for years, then his mentor. Today, he couldn't say what Dumbledore was to him.

And then Remus. Moony. 

His Moony. 

He loved Remus. He had always been by his side, even now, after the death of their friends, after Azkaban; even now that Sirius barely really existed. He was his friend, his confidant. He loved him. He really did.

But the great love of his life was not Remus.

Sirius.

That was Barty.

Always just Barty.

Even when he wasn't around anymore. Even when they couldn't have each other for decades. Even when everything about it had been wrong. And he also knew he was dead. That it was irrational and stupid. That there was no chance there anymore. Barty was gone and so was Sirius.

And yet he could hear his voice.

Sirius.

A red light. And then there was Bellatrix's curse, hitting him right in the chest. A simple shock spell only. Sirius faltered, staggered. It wasn't a strong curse, his cousin was too wound up to cast accurately anymore. He should have just fallen over, the others would have helped him, he would have been fine in five minutes. Just a simple stupor.

Sirius, I'm here.

His eyes found 'Remus' as he fell. They looked at each other and his friend understood even before Sirius did. If he had to choose between a life in the afterlife with Barty or this, his choice was clear. Despite Harry, despite Remus, despite a life of freedom.

Sirius took a step to the side. And then he let go. Dropped, straight through the curtain, towards the voice.