Your Family Doesn’t Approve of Your Dating Them
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Characters: Fred Weasley, Severus Snape (Golden Trio Era), Remus Lupin (Golden Trio Era), Draco Malfoy
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You're family would be fine if you were dating anyone else, they might even be fine if you were dating any other Weasley, it's the fact that it's Fred they don't approve of. They've always held you to high standards, always set their expectations high. There's been a pressure on you to graduate from Hogwarts with top marks, get a high profile job somewhere within the ministry, and make a name for yourself. Fred has a reputation for being a trouble-maker, for being a prankster. It doesn't necessarily help that he and George dropped out to start their own business, something which you'd thought your family might have found admirable and instead only looked so far into the fact that he'd never graduated. They assume, although there's been heavy evidence to the contrary, that he's a bad influence on you. Still you care about Fred and despite your family not approving you won't be ending the relationship any time soon. No matter what they think you're going to try and get them to come around and hopefully see Fred with the same love and respect that you do.
You're not quite certain just why your family doesn't approve of your relationship with Severus. Perhaps they remember him from your days at Hogwarts together although he was two years ahead of you at that time and you had very minor interactions with him. Maybe they still hold his actions during the war against him, actions that you've come to understand from his point of view. You knew who you were dating and what you were getting into with the beginning of the relationship but you had assumed it would be outside parties that were pertinent judges rather than your family. You suppose it would be worth it to attempt to make them see him from your perspective but Severus accepts it and so, at his request, do you. He knows what people think of him but he's had time to get over that. What matters most to him is how you feel about him. Although your family is a part of your life you know that by letting them dictate who you should and shouldn't date you're giving them more control over your life than is necessary.
It was disappointing to find that your family didn't approve of Remus, especially as they had been receptive to your dating him at first. He had shared with you that he was a werewolf first thing in his relationship, unsure of if you would find out on your own or how it would affect the nature of your relationship down the line. He knew it was a risk in confessing but still he cared about you and wanted to be honest. With how serious the two of you had become in the months since you'd started dating you felt that it was important your family know this secret as well. Only once you'd come out with the truth they effectively began insisting that you cut off all contact with Remus. Your family seemed to believe that he would harm you, that he might turn you, that he was a danger to others, everything they knew about Remus had been eclipsed by his being a werewolf. It hurt and it hurt even more to know that this wasn't anything new for Remus, it was a common treatment of all werewolves. Your family was your family but you refused to give them enough emotional weight to make decisions regarding your dating life or your love for Remus.
You've seen change in Draco Malfoy. Your family has not. They judge him not by his own actions but for the actions of his family, for their being Death Eaters. While you could understand and forgive it if they continued to despise Draco's own family you can't quite comprehend why they refuse approval of your relationship with Draco himself. Every story that you've told has shown him in a different light and the stories are not lies, they are not half truths, he has seen what his family has become and wants no part of their beliefs. You love Draco, you see the best in him and want only for others to see it to. Your family sees him as a Death Eater, not keeping in mind that he has renounced all that and separated himself from the entire Malfoy family. In fact although he hasn't told you, you're pretty certain that at this point you might be the only family that Draco really has left. While can't fault your family for their thoughts on Death Eaters you can fault them for their thoughts on Draco and you'll continue working to make certain that they see him in the way you do.
