It's never happened before. Not in my family. I already look different enough from all of them. He was accusing my mother of having a bloody affair because I obviously couldn't be his fucking son when I don't have the same hair colour as my brothers or parents and show absolutely no magical tendencies whatsoever. It was embarrassing for him to potentially have squib for a son.
[Arthur slumps back a little in his seat. His voice had dropped as if trying to resist the urge to shout]
Spent my whole sodding life trying to show him I can be just as good as them but I refuse to go sniffing about his heels for scraps of attention whenever he decides to grace us with his presence.
[He pauses, frowns again]
.. Sorry. I got a little ahead of myself there. You didn't need to know all of that.
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[He rubs one thumb against his temple]
It's never happened before. Not in my family. I already look different enough from all of them. He was accusing my mother of having a bloody affair because I obviously couldn't be his fucking son when I don't have the same hair colour as my brothers or parents and show absolutely no magical tendencies whatsoever. It was embarrassing for him to potentially have squib for a son.
[Arthur slumps back a little in his seat. His voice had dropped as if trying to resist the urge to shout]
Spent my whole sodding life trying to show him I can be just as good as them but I refuse to go sniffing about his heels for scraps of attention whenever he decides to grace us with his presence.
[He pauses, frowns again]
.. Sorry. I got a little ahead of myself there. You didn't need to know all of that.