Hard to Love (Reader x Severus Snape) COMPLETED

Erin's Back Story

This is in Erin's POV

When I was a child I only lived with my parents till I was 10 then lived with my brothers to go to Beauxbatons, I decided I missed my mom 4th year of Beauxbatons. But when I was 7 my dad would always yell and scream at my mom, and I didn't know what for, his breath always smelled of alcohol.

2 years later I was involved in the screaming, my mom just stood there while he did it, I never knew why he yelled at me, something about being a freak and different from others, I was muggleborn. He hit me and my mother still did nothing. After they moved I always thought of why he did that and never came up with an explanation.

Age 16, I liked taking walks around town and looking at the books on the displays, this is all after when Hermione approached me, reading has always been my favorite. We had to do so much at Beauxbatons and I got used to it and started reading for fun. I read mostly every book at my old school.. Reading in English is hard as well but I got used to it. One day I was looking at a new book store that just opened up, and I passed the bar near it to see my dad in it, not a surprise though, and I looked and stared for a minute and then a women came over and started kissing him. I was in shock and I was furious because my mom took all of his shit and never asked for anything, we've both been good and he just... I wouldn't want to say abused because I don't want to admit it.

I got so mad and pissed off that I walked into the bar and confronted him. "Go home and don't say anything to your mother, Erin" he said "or else."

"Or else what? You can't do this to mum! She has taken all the shit you give her! and you have the nerve to cheat on her?! She would never do anything like this to you! I can't believe you."

"You little freak" he said as he struck me in the face. He drug me outside and threw me on the ground, everyone just watched as he did, then he started kicking me and punching me. Still, no one did anything, stupid muggles. "Please stop! I'm sorry, I won't tell mum! Just please stop!"

"No, you need discipline! Learn to not be a little snitching bitch!" he said

"I wasn't going to tell mum, now please stop! It hurts" I said as he kept on kicking me, I managed to get up and escape and ran, ran till I couldn't anymore. Into the woods where I found a little hut that I fixed up. I sat in there and cried, I heard someone say "Hello?" I got out of the hut and found Draco

"I'm sorry" I told him, and then I told him the entire thing and he swore not to say anything to anyone.

I felt bad, laying everything on him and we had just met. I hate to admit that I'm abused though. But I am, and I will never tell anyone but Draco. I hate that I had to tell him because I knew he wouldn't leave me alone about it. I hope for Christmas break I can stay at Hogwarts instead of going home, I don't know if my dad will be home or not, I don't want to risk it. Draco walked me home and he hoped I felt better. I walked inside and my mother just looked at me, she probably knew that he beat me, she is so used to it that she just stopped caring.

"He isn't home, he just left." she said. "I can help you take care of those if you want."

"No, he'll hurt you, and that is the last thing I want for you, mum." I said "I rather it be me than you getting hurt." then I smiled and went to my room to look at the bruises. They were huge and I knew they were going to last a few weeks, as long as I covered them up I should be fine. My cat PJ came up and laid on the bed with me. I heard my dad slam the door and start to come up the steps and PJ ran under the bed. He whipped the door open, and took me by my hair and took me downstairs.

"Erin!" my mother yelled and my dad said "Don't touch her Bobbie, I will strike you if you interfere." and she backed away.

He started to throw me outside and it had started raining, and I was covered in mud, he yelled "You are not normal!" And kicked me "You will never be normal! Even if your mother and I are muggles, I can tell you're evil!" I had never thought about me being evil, I hope I never grow up to be evil....

"Leave me alone please! I just want a normal father!" as soon as I said that, I knew I was in deep shit

"Me not normal?! You're joking?! I am normal! You are just a bad child!" he said and kicked me more. I was crying so hard that I had passed out. I woke up in my bed with my mother in a chair next to me.

"You're okay.." she hugged me

"Where is he?" I hugged back

"Not here, he went to work. They called him to travel to some place in America for a couple weeks." She let go from the hug as so did I. "We're safe?" I asked

"For now, who knows when he'll come back." she said softly. "I'm just glad you're okay. I am so sorry that I didn't do anything in the yard." It was still raining.

"Like I said, I rather it me than you, mum... How long have I been out?"

"About a day, he really hit you.. I-"

"Why don't you leave him mum? We could be so much happier..."

"I will. I want to wait till you finish school, so incase I don't leave him, you can, you will have a choice."

"Mum... we both have a choice now. It could be so much better, we could buy an apartment and he would never find us.."

"Erin. Please trust me, It'll be fine. I promise." she smiled

From that point, I had to trust her... My life is weird but there are worse problems in the world. So every time he hits me, I think that there are people starving, and homeless people. I only have 3 more years of school left.. I'll be okay. I laid in bed and looked out the window, it'll be okay, I keep telling myself. I swear.

I am abused, but there are worse problems in the world.

End of Erin's back story, thank you for reading. This took me hours to think of, hope you guys have a swell day/night. :)