So young, So damaged

Dreams

!! TW: mention of self harm, blood, fainting !!

March 25th, 1996
Draco's POV

Cries. Screams. Sniffling.

I take a few steps up the stairs of the Astronomy tower to see who it is. I'm still unable to see who's making those sounds.

I take two more steps, I'm able to peek a little. I see a figure sat in the dark shadows of the tower, the sky a dark blue.

"Juni?" I said out loud as I saw her sitting on the floor, back against the wall, her head buried in her knees.

Her cries stop, she wipes her eyes and looks up at me. I walk up the stairs and crouch down to her height.

"What's wrong?" I asked her as more tears formed in from her tear ducts.

She buried her head back into her knees and began wailing, her salty tears running down her cheeks and landing onto her robe.

"Juni, what happened there?" I then sat down next to her, my shoulder on the same wall as her back so that I am looking at her side.

"M-My p-parent" she stuttered out.

"Your parents what, Juni?" She isn't giving me enough context so I have to try to force it out of her.

"T-They're g-gone,"  She paused, crying more and more each breath she took. "T-They're d-dead."

She cried out, her hands now grabbing fists of her own hair.

I was speechless. I wanted to feel the same pain so I could understand her, but I couldn't.

She's hurting.

"Don't do that Juni" I told her, I didn't want her to hurt herself.

"Do what Draco?! What else am I supposed to do?! They're gone! They're dead! I'm alone!" she yelled out, her voice echoing out of the tower.

I just sat there, not knowing what to do. I noticed her hand have moved from her head and one hand was now at her inner forearms.

Digging, scratching, pinching.

"I can't do this! I watched them die!" she yelled again, her nails digging deeper as they dragged up to her inner elbow.

"Juni stop hurting yourself" I said with a calm voice. I didn't want to stress her more, she was already struggling.

"I can't! I can't! It's all I can do!" she repeatedly cried out.

I was able to see the first layer of skin peel from the force of her nails.

I don't know how to get her to stop.

"Juniper quit it" I spoke quietly.

"You don't know how I feel Draco! Once you experience my parents getting killed in front of you, then I'll stop!" she kept her eyes focused on the harm she was doing to herself.

I just sat there, staring at the side of her face, my eyes flickered to her forearm once or twice.

I saw her face twitch as she pressed her nails harder. I looked down to where her arm laid, she was able to dig deep enough that beads of her blood peeked through.