Re: Scorpius and Regulus
"I noticed. It's just small talk but whatever. It isn't important. You are going to pick apart whatever I say, which is the same as everyone else. Why would I want to go back to that? I have everyone reminding me daily of how imperfect I am." Scorpius shook his head. It didn't matter what he said. It was always wrong and they let him know it in the way they looked at him. "I am not going to bow and scrape and beg forgiveness for the rest of my life. No thank you."
He looked over at his mother for a minute and then at her belly. They couldn't take his name. "I can show them respect, if I am not treated like scum of the Earth, and I would take the job and make nice. However, I won't be moving home." He knew that the idea was going to be rejected. "You have Remus, Sirius has Jamie, I have Lorcan. We aren't disgracing anyone or acting horribly in public."
"Mum is waiting for you to say that she told you so, and I'm not worth it," he continued. "You probably agree. It was your brother who told me to make my own family. Let's face it. Mum couldn't even invite me to my father's birthday. Why would I even want that?"