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Going On	By : Relevant_Peach Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 6816 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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They flooed to Mungo’s the three of them, after a hastily composed call to Draco to let him know that Teddy was safe. Hermione was still in labour, and Harry swooped through the hall long enough to kiss each Weasley, man and woman alike before clasping Teddy by the hand. “Come” he said gently. “Let’s figure out what’s going on”

They started to walk down the hall, and suddenly, Harry turned. “Sev? Aren’t you coming?”

Severus, who’d begun to question his welcome at the family affair, nodded and hastened to catch up. “Where, exactly, are we going?”

“Well, I’ve been wondering something for a while. Teddy’s angrier than can be explained by the level of upset in his life.” Harry said thoughtfully. “You’ve had a hard year, pup, but there’s something else going on. I have a theory, but I think we need a healer to help us figure it out” Teddy nodded; somehow the events on the beach have convinced him to trust Harry.

They made their way to the Magical Creatures ward. The Welcome Witch at Reception squawked a little at their lack of appointment, but a few charming ‘Saviour of the world’ smiles and some gentle persuasion later, Teddy was sitting on a bed, wearing a hospital robe. Severus and Harry perched uneasily on chairs next to his bed. After some time, an exhausted looking Healer pulled the curtain back. “Mister..oh! Mister Potter. It’s a pleasure to meet you” He seemed surprised by the figures surrounding the small boy on the bed. “And you are?” he looked questioningly at Severus.

“He’s family” Harry said simply. “We need you to look at my Godson. His dad was a werewolf, turned as a child, and Teddy’s never shown any signs of Lycnathopy, but as he reaches adolescence, I just want you to check”

“What’s your name, young man?”

“Ted Lupin” Teddy seemed uncertain again, and Harry squeezed his hand reassuringly.

“Very well, Mister Lupin. I’d like to run a simple diagnostic scan”

“I guess. Actually, wait a sec. Harry, do you really think I’m…” Teddy made his hands into claws, his own little shorthand for Lycanthopy.

“I’m not sure, kiddo, but if you are it would explain a lot. Plus, we’d be able to help you stabilize your moods a little.”

“I guess I have no choice”

“Ted. You always have a choice”

Teddy sighed. “Alright”.

The Healer waved his wand over Teddy, and he was suffused in warm light. It was blue in some places, golden in others, around a brilliant white core. “That’s interesting” the Healer mused.

“What?” Teddy demanded suspiciously.

“Well, you’re not a werewolf, exactly”

“Oh”

“But you absolutely have traces of Lycanthopy. I don’t expect that you’ll ever transform, but the increased aggression is absolutely the traits coming to the forefront as you mature. What’s interesting is that you’re also a Metamorphogus”

“Yes, I know”

“Well, it’s just that I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone before with such a unique mixture of traits. You’re going to be an exceptionally powerful Wizard, young man”

Harry beamed. “Is there anything I can do to help him as he matures? I want to make things better, easier for him. Also, because I don’t have magic, myself, I want to help him learn to control his magic.”

“Hogwarts will help with that”

“It’s going to be a long year” Harry grinned at Teddy, and ruffled his hair. Teddy gave his Godfather a tentative smile.

“And of course” the Healer continued cheerfully, “the potion I’ll prescribe will certainly help keep his emotions in check.”

“I’m not sure” Harry said thoughtfully. “I don’t want Teddy to change, he’s lovely just as he is. What will this potion do?”

“It’s a very mild form of wolfsbane. You see” the Healer was warming up to his topic. Severus was listening with avid interest. “right now, Teddy is going through adolescence, which, in any child can be difficult. When combined with the Lycanthopy, Teddy’s ‘inner wolf’ will be struggling for dominance. If left unchecked, you’ll have a very unreasonable housemate by the time he’s sixteen, and he’ll suffer immeasurably during the moon. This potion won’t change who he is. Rather, it will allow his human side to gain dominance over his wolf side. By the time he’s an adult, he won’t need the potion at all. His wolf traits will still exist, but he’ll have learned to master them, rather than the reverse”

“Will Teddy need to register with the Ministry?”

“Oh no no!” The Healer laughed. “He’s not a werewolf, Mister Potter. He’s just more in tune with his more animalistic side than most boys his age”

“Teds, it’s up to you. Do you want to take the potion? I love you no matter what”

“I do. I hate feeling so unreasonable all the time.”

“That’s settled, then. I’ll have the apothecary send some up, and get you on a regular owl delivery schedule for his daily dose”

“That won’t be necessary” Severus said. “I’ll be brewing for Teddy after today”

Harry looked at Severus gratefully. “You’d do that for us?”

“Of course.” Severus smiled at Harry, whose eyes widened for a moment.

“Perfect. Well, if you’ll excuse us, we have a new baby to meet” Harry’s eyes were dancing, thoughts of the newest Weasley occupying his thoughts.

“It’s a boy!” Ron’s face was alight with happiness as he exited the delivery room. The crowd of people awaiting the new baby exclaimed in delight. The little bundle in his arms was swaddled in a bright blue blanket, and a shock of Weasley-red hair was visible. “Charlie, Gin, come meet your godson.” The baby was passed to his older and younger siblings, and Harry made his way across the room to Ron.

“Congratulations, Dad. How’s ‘Mione?”

“Glowing. Perfect. I’m-“ Ron broke off, tears appearing for a moment in his eyes before he bashfully swiped them away.

“I know” Harry said, hugging his oldest friend tightly. “Can I go see her?”

“In a sec, don’t you want to meet the newest member of the Harry Potter fan club?”

Harry rolled his eyes, but obediently followed Ron to where the baby was being snuggled by Draco. “Weasley, well done. A blessing on your home and progeny”

Ron grinned at the Pureblood blessing and bowed his head obediently. “When are you and Astoria going to have another little blondie for this one to make fun of?”

Draco’s grin was pleased, and Harry exclaimed in delight. “We’re not far from a Quidditch team, lads! Keep up the good work! Now let me see that baby” He took him from Draco’s arms and nuzzled a perfect, pink cheek. “Hello little one. I’m the fun uncle”

“Hey!” George protested. “I own a bleeding toy store, mate. I’m the fun uncle”

“He’s mad” Harry said conspiratorially to the baby. “What’s his name, Ron?”

“We were thinking Frederick Harrison” Ron said, his eyes on Harry’s.

With a pleased little smile, Harry passed the baby along to Severus, who stiffened. “Sev, meet the newest little troublemaker”

“I-“ Whatever Severus had intended to say was lost as he looked into the blue eyes of the newborn. “Hello” he whispered to the baby. “If you’re like either of your namesakes, I’m glad that I’m no longer a teacher” Ron laughed. “Congratulations, Ronald. He’s lovely”

“Thank you Severus.” Ron gave him a genuine smile.

Just then, his parents appeared, and Ron was caught up in tight hugs and exclamations. Severus surrendered the little bundle to his Grandparents.

Teddy was watching the whole exchange bemusedly. “They’re baby-mad, this family” he said conversationally to Severus. “I don’t get the appeal, myself.”

“It’s the smell of their heads” Severus confessed. “Once you smell a baby’s head, you’ll never pass up a cuddle again.”

“That’s weird”. Teddy proclaimed. Severus shrugged, and watched the family play pass-the-baby. He marvelled that, six months ago, other than Draco, he wouldn’t have fancied being in a room with these people. He’d changed, he realized. Harry had changed him.

Harry himself had just exited the room that Hermione was in, his eyes bright with tears. “It’s been a hell of a day” he said. “but it’s ended much more nicely than it began. Come on, my two. Let’s go home”

My two. Home. Severus stilled, taking measure of the affectionate gaze, ensuring that he were included in one of Harry’s two. It appeared that he was, because Harry reached a hand toward him. “Shall we apparate?”

Severus nodded, the prospect of Harry pressed tightly against him an appealing one, even if it also came with the prospect of a small child, still a little damp from the sea, and carrying the distinctive funk of unwashed boy. As they reached the apparation point, Harry swayed a little. “Tired” he said briefly, before tucking his arm into Severus’. They apparated to the little cottage. Teddy looked exhausted. “Teds? Why don’t you shower and get to bed?” Harry’s suggestion was mild, as though he feared that Teddy would explode at him. The potion seemed to already be doing its job, or maybe Teddy was as exhausted as Harry looked, because he simply nodded and climbed the stairs.

Not long after, they heard the shower go, and then, with a called “‘Night”, Teddy’s door closed.

“Would you like a drink?” Harry’s voice sounded a bit hollow.

“Yes, but aren’t you too tired?”

“I’m fucking exhausted” Harry said. “But after a day like today, I won’t sleep.”

“You still dream?”

“Every night” Harry said. “Draco has cast the privacy wards on my room. He renews them every so often, otherwise I expect that you’d have heard me”

“That sounds ghastly.”

“Yes, that’s about right. It makes me a rather unappealing sleeping partner” Harry’s smile was rueful. “It’s not the dreams, though. On a night like this, when happy, and heartbreaking, and terrifying things have happened, I’ll lie awake and think about things” He moved over to the sideboard and poured a generous helping of whiskey for each of them. “I’m sorry it’s not Firewhiskey. Did you know that it tastes different when you don’t have magic?”

“Harry…”

“No, don’t, Sev. I have no desire to talk through decisions made years ago. I’ve told you that I’m not undoing it. Honestly, the last thing I want to do is argue with you”

Exhaustion and misery made Severus brave. “What’s the first thing you want to do?”

Harry laughed. “I’ve never thought about it.”

“Do”

This time, the smile was enigmatic. “I suppose I’d like to sit here on the sofa with you, and speak gently to one another, with no recriminations or upset”

“Very well” They settled next to one another on the sofa, sipping their whiskey in silence. “You did so very well today”

“I was frightened. It was the first time, since all this has happened, that I wondered if I’d made a mistake. I know it’s been awful, me without magic, and people having to care for me, but I’ve never questioned it, not a single time. Until today, when I thought that Teddy might be hurt because of my stupidity.”

“I’d say that the boy who ran away was showing the stupidity”

“Which one of us ended up at Charlie’s last night?”

Severus extended his hands in a somewhat placating gesture. He didn’t want to talk about Charlie Weasley. “You’ve truly never regretted it?”

“No, not for a moment”

“I don’t understand that”

“You don’t understand why I wanted to save someone’s life?”

“Not ‘someone’s’”

“You want to know why I saved your life?”

“Yes”

“You’re very clever, Severus. I’m surprised that you can’t figure this out”

“I’d rather you tell me”

Harry laughed again. “Always the Slytherin, aren’t you? Very well, if you want to make me say it…I saved your life, Severus Snape, because the thought of a world without you in it is inconceivable to me.”

“And why did you never say anything? This whole time, you never even suggested that I have you to thank for my very life”

“It wasn’t a gift for you, not exactly”

“Who then?”

“Severus, you’re not the sort of man to need things spelled out for you. Are you fishing for compliments?”

“No” Severus replied. “Not exactly” He took a shaky breath. “Rather, I do not wish to misunderstand this. It is important to me to hear the truth exactly”

Harry looked up at Severus through his lashes. His eyes still seemed impossibly green. Severus wondered how he could ever have thought of them as Lily’s eyes. “I wasn’t so foolish to dream that I could have you for myself. There is too much history between us. I truly didn’t believe that you would ever see me other than the brash child who dared too much. But, this way I knew that you existed. You went on.”

“And what would you want, if you could have your deepest desire?” Severus couldn’t breathe.

His looked down, his lashes dark on his cheeks. Mustering some bravery, he met Severus’ gaze. “I’d like you to kiss me”.
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