⚠️Talk of past trauma, someone getting sick, talk of v0m1t, cussing, crying⚠️

"Thank you Dear, it's getting late now. You should get to bed now, goodnight." Narcissa said softly after Draco put a wet washcloth onto her forehead. 

She had fallen ill after the battle and only worsened in time. So Draco was doing everything he could to help her until he returned to Hogwarts for his last year. 

"Of course, Mum, just ring for me if you need anything else," Draco said with a short nod before leaving the room, closing the door softly behind him.

Right once he was out of his mum's room, he hurriedly walked over to his own room and into the bathroom before collapsing in front of the toilet.

He dry-heaved before puking up all the dinner he had eaten only a few hours prior.

"She won't get better because of you, she's only getting worse and it's all your fault." His thoughts taunted him as he tried to catch his breath, his throat burning from all the vomit.

You see, Narcissa got sick after the battle, and because Lucius was sent to Azkaban Draco was the one to take care of her. They would have gotten a house elf to do it for them but Draco felt as though he owed it to his mother.

He felt like he should be the one to help her and bring her back to her well-being state. 

Though almost a year has passed and if anything, her condition has gotten worse. 

Draco has tried to take her to St Mungo's Hospital but she refused, saying that she would rather die than go there and have to deal with all of the different doctors.

So it was up to him to help her while he could.

He put the blame for her not getting better on himself and it messed with him terribly.

The anxiety of not knowing if she would live or not plus the horrid memories of the house made him end up puking up most of his meals.

Though he never allowed his mum to find this out, he didn't want to burden her and give her something to worry about while she was trying to get better.

 So he suffered in silence and took care of himself... well he didn't completely neglect himself.

Draco stood up after dry heaving a few times, knowing that he was done for now.

He moved over to the sink and brushed his teeth with his mint toothpaste, trying his best to get the bitter taste out of his mouth.

Once he was done he rinsed his mouth out with water before leaving back to his bedroom.

He changed into his pajamas before falling into his bed, falling asleep instantly; not even putting the covers over his body.

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In the morning, a song from The Weird Sisters began playing softly at first and began to increase in volume.

Draco woke up once he could hear it and turned off the alarm he had set on a strange Muggle radio before it could get loud enough for his mum to hear.

He quickly got dressed before walking down to the kitchen where he began to fix them both breakfast.

He made eggs, bacon, and toast before making a plate for himself and then his mum.

He set the plate for himself aside before putting the one for his mum on a tray.

He brought her breakfast and laid it on her bedside table with a small note that said:

 "Good morning mum, I made breakfast for you and I hope you like it. Oh, and I put a heating charm on it so it shouldn't get cold for you." 

Once he left her room he ate his plate and began to do some chores around the manor, mostly just tidying up the library where he spent most of his time.

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Throughout the day Draco helped tend to his mum and got her anything she needed or wanted, made them lunch and dinner, and read up on some potions books in the library.

Once it was nighttime again, Draco placed a new cool washcloth onto his mother's forehead before sitting down on the bed next to her.

"I'll be leaving for Hogwarts tomorrow morning, are you sure the house elves can take care of you alone?" He asked sounding worried.

They had both agreed that they would allow a new house elf to take care of Narcissa while Draco was away at Hogwarts and then once he returned they would take care of her together.

"Yes Draco, I'm sure. I want you to have a good year at Hogwarts for once, don't worry about me, the new house elf is more than capable of taking care of me." She reassured him, patting his knee gently.

"But-" Draco was cut off by her raising her hand.

"I don't want to hear it Draco, I want you to have a good year at Hogwarts and I don't want you to worry about me or anything else. I want you to learn the rest of the stuff you need to learn to become whatever you want to be when you're a little older and I want you to have fun. You're only eighteen, try and live this year to its fullest before you become a full-fledged adult." Narcissa stated making Draco smile sadly at her.

He knew that this year at Hogwarts wasn't going to be an easy one, he knew that they would all treat him and the other Slytherins terribly simply because they were forced onto the dark side.

He would never tell his mum this though and kept it to himself, instead smiling at her before standing up.

"I will try my best, goodnight mum; I will be up early tomorrow to leave so also goodbye until break in advance." He said with another small smile before hugging his mum and leaving for his bedroom.

He changed into his pajamas before slipping under his covers and falling asleep.

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The next morning Draco woke up before his alarm and got up and ready to leave.

He loved his mum and truly didn't mind taking care of her but the stress of it was killing him.

So getting a break from taking care of her 24/7 and being able to get out of his house was something he was ready to do as quickly as possible.

He quickly scribbled down a note saying:

"I'm off to Hogwarts, love you lots Mum; I'll see you when I get back and will owl you whenever I can." 

He left it on the dining room table before going over to the fireplace and using floo powder to get station 9 3/4.

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1,092 Words! Okay so I know this chapter was shit & didn't make much sense but the next chapter is going to be focused on Harry & the chapters from after that one on will be normal writing where it's focused on them all at once so hopefully it will make more sense lol

Idk if any of that made any sense, sorry 😅

I hope that I'll have all the chapters be at least 1k words each in the future too!