Be careful, you are not in Wonderland

It was never fun Scorpius Malfoy

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“So..have you seen Robin recently?”

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“I uh… no. I haven’t seen anyone recently. I cut most of my ties once I moved away.”

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He nods "So have I...of course I can't forget any them...no matter how hard I try"

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SJ looked at Scorpius weirdly before beginning to separate the food on his plate. Albus sighed and sat beside him, taking a long sip of the water and shaking his head.

“So..have you seen Robin recently?”

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“Oh…” Albus shoots SJ a glare. “Don’t ask questions like that. It’s rude,” he reminds the boy, before looking across at Scorpius. “I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine” he smiles. “He’s innocent, ignorance is a bliss”

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He rolls his eyes. “Just do it,” he turns away to get three glasses of water. SJ walks back into the room and sits down in his chair. “Why are you still here?”

Scorpius started setting up the napkins when he heard SJ. “...Because I was...invited for dinner”

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“You’ve helped enough,” Albus responds, before handing him a pile of napkins. “Here. Fold these and put them at each place. Extra points for Syltherin if they look like animals,” he jokes.

“Oh please you know I think that point system is ridiculous and it only emphasizes the segregation of our society”

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SJ sighs and goes into the bathroom to wash his hands. Albus comes over to the table and puts down three plates of pasta and bread. “Oh— You don’t have to help. It’s fine. I’ll do it.”

“Albus...I want to help” Scorpius says intently and his eyes don’t wander off of Albus.

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Albus swallows hard and casts Scorpius a look. “I-I’m… not…—” before he can continue stuttering like the awful mess he is, the alarm on the stove goes off and he rushes to go strain the pasta. He grabs his oven mitts and pours the pot into the stove. The steam from the boiling water rises up and traps him in a cloud— and for a second he allows an embarrassed smile to escape onto his lips. But soon the air clears and he has to act as though Scorpius’ words didn’t affect him in the slightest. “Can you go tell SJ dinner’s ready?”

He finds it cute and sweet to see Albus stuttering. It reminded him of the innocence of their early days in Hogwarts. “Of course” he nods. “SJ” he says as he walks over to the child. “Dinner is ready” he tells him before going back to help set up the table.

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Albus chuckles softly and sets the timer for the pasta, looking at Scorpius over his shoulder. “I wish he wasn’t, as I said before.” He and SJ both had their issues, and Albus wished he ended up more like his mother.

“I think he’d be lucky to grow up just like you, Albus. You’re filled with flaws of course, but that makes you perfection” Scorpius says. He didn’t mean for it to come across as romantic, but his feelings just take over sometimes.

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“I told you, it stands for nothing,” he repeats, turning back towards the stove and stirring the pasta in the pot. He would avoid the answer as best as he could— explaining to Scorpius why he chose to name his child after him would just lead to confusion.

He nods and decides not to question him any further. He guesses that life it will always be a mystery. “You know...I think the reason he is such a blissful, delightful child is because he is a lot like you”

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Albus turns back around to Scorpius and nods. “Oh. Yeah, well, he’s really all I have. I’m afraid he’s a bit too much like me. Which is only really an issue considering he doesn’t have any cousins or older brothers nearby to whip him into a normal human being,” he pauses, “Although, I don’t think I ever ended upnormal either. Basically, we’re both going to end up sex deprived and lonely at the end.”

Not for much longer Scorpius thought. Scorpius shakes those thoughts out of his mind and looks to Albus. “So...um you didn’t tell me. What does his name stand for?”

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“Okay,” he brings his knees up to his chest and sighs, looking back at the television show. He isn’t sure why this man has to be sitting beside him but he doesn’t like it. The only reason why he even spoke to him was because his father claims he knows him— and his dad doesn’t have many friends other than this one. None, in fact. None that come over at least.

Scorpius glances at the TV, then at Albus. He turns to SJ “Excuse me” he says to SJ before getting up to talk to Albus. “Delightful child” Scorpius says. He doesn’t really know how bring up SJ’s real name. 

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SJ shrugs. “I think they might have died. I don’t know.” He sighs. “You still haven’t told me your real name.”

“...Uh...you can just call me Malfoy”

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SCORPIUS JAMES

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im crying where did u come from ur dead go away

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omg 

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“Yes. My name is Scorpius James. But no one calls me that,” he picks at a scab on his elbow and sighs.

“Scorpius James” he mutters to himself. He turns back to see Albus making the dinner, clueless about their current conversation. “...Has he mentioned why he named you Scorpius...James”

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SJ scrunches up his face. “That’s my name. What’s your real name?’ He looks at his hand, confused as to what do with it.

That’s my name repeats in his head. Scorpius stares blankly at SJ as he tries to figure out what to say and how to respond. “The...um “S” stands for Scorpius?” he asks.

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“Yeah,” he looks back at him. “Who are you?”

“Scorpius” he extends his hand out. “I’m an old uh friend of your father’s”

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SJ looks at Scorpius and bites his lip. “…Um. Zoo Pals is on. So I-I’m watching it,” he nods and turns away again, distancing himself slightly from Scorpius.

“Wow um...very intriguing show” Scorpius says awkwardly, not knowing exactly how to talk to a child.