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Part 861 of Dictionary.Com Word of the Day Drabbles , Part 30 of One shots - Senior
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Hardscrabble

Summary:

Tony reflects on the difference between his relationship with his father as a child and now.

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Another dictionary.com word of the day drabble. This time from 09/09/2001 for the word hardscrabble.

hardscrabble
Yielding a bare or meager living with great labor or difficulty.
Marked by poverty.

This is for the ncis-drabble community on LJ's challenge: #507 Annoy.

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Hardscrabble

Growing up, Tony was so far from the hardscrabble life that he didn't even know what it was. That changed with his college years. His father cut him off from the family finances because of how annoying he was.

That wasn't the reason his father cited, but Tony could read between the lines. Fortunately, he had a scholarship to his college of choice, but it still exposed him to the hardscrabble life many had faced earlier in life as they scraped by for every meal.

It annoyed him at the time because he'd wanted his father's attention. He still wanted his father's attention, but now his father's presence annoyed him because he knew his father would never give him what he needed and not only that, but Senior would never even try to give him what he needed.

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