The first time her father used the Cruciatus Curse on her, Y/N Black was eleven years old. He called it discipline. The second time, he called it a lesson. By the third, she had learned to smile through the pain and pretend nothing had happened. For years, Draco Malfoy has been waiting for her in the Slytherin common room after every holiday without ever asking why she always came back a little more broken than before. He thought he understood the kind of family she came from. He had no idea how wrong he was.