Thank you for this more realistic scenario of the outcome of Harry's abuse. You've hit it spot-on that these types of abusers don't stop until someone makes them stop, and they escalate as time goes on and they realize no one around them is going to stop them.
I'm glad that you wrote this from the Muggle point of view. What would they think of the Dursley's family dynamic? What would they think of Dumbledore's insistence on placing an orphan with relatives that hated the fact that he existed? What a Sirius Black kind of thought.
I look forward to more of your work!
Author's response
Thank you, Silverpoint. I’ve always despised the seeming indifference Rowling showed to Harry’s abuse. As I said in my afternotes, I lived it, and as a cop, and later when I was with the Marine Corps, I saw where this sort of abuse usually ends.
The sequel, Discovery: Revisited, shows a bit of the reactions from various sources…including that of Sirius Black.
I think the next full story I post will be ‘A THOUSAND YEARS’.
Alorkin