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Borderline	By : KusanoSaku Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 21275 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 6
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or it's characters. I am just having fun with them and I don't make money that way.

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Title: Borderline
Pairing: HarryxDraco, SeamusxGeorge, BlaisexNeville, TheoxLuna, DeanxPavarti; implied RonxHermione and BillxFleur
Fandom: HP
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Summary: Non-Epilogue compliant post-Battle of Hogwarts fic. WWW Partner Harry Potter is attacked by unknown persons and left for dead. He creates a portkey to take himself, Andromeda and Teddy to a place of Safety. Single parent Draco Malfoy is living quietly out of the politics of the Post-Second Wizarding war. Together can they give each other the happiness they've been missing?
A/N: I had started this chapter prior but somehow lost it so I had to rewrite it but thankfully I had it written down somewhere findable. Here is the justice you were all waiting for. I hope it is acceptable...

Chapter 27
After two days of Harry's confused brooding and Draco's moody depressed silence, Andromeda had demanded a copy of Draco's file from his Mind Healer via Kingsley before summoning both Blaise and Fleur.
"I need a Veela Mind Healer here today. A magical one can't be trusted and I will not allow my nephew to further damage his bonds with his children and Harry."
Fleur wrung her hands, "Is this my fault? Should I not have invited them out on my birthday?"
Andromeda snorted, "They are both nursing and thus they ought to have been intelligent to know better than to drink quite so heavily. A sobering draught is only effective after it is taken, they didn't take one upon returning to the Manor so their poor decision making is not your fault. They are both adults and are responsible for their own mistakes. I hope you weren't as foolish."
To her slight annoyance, she thought she saw a bit of guilt on both of their faces...
Then again could she really blame them?
Fleur had her bonding reception ruined due to the Fall of the Ministry and the arrival of Death Eaters.
She had spent much of the time after that trapped in her House as its Secret Keeper while her bonded was fighting with the Order the noted exception of having fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.
Fleur and Blaise of course promised to retrieve a Veela Mind Healer at once and left the front parlour via the floo there.
Due her having been allowed to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, it was likely that Fleur had had more recent contact with the Veela court rather than Blaise so it was plausible that she would have more ease with locating a Mind Healer from there…
Andromeda nodded curtly as Blaise was whisked away via flame before making her way to the drawing room where Dippy and Stria were no doubt watching over the babies.
She arrived to find Teddy and Scorpius wandering around and climbing on the unwarded furniture.
Teddy was clumsily running around the room while Scorpius' pace was much more slow and thoughtful…
In recent months both boys had taken to toddling everywhere and due to Teddy being a Metamorphmagus, the lovable brat begun walking through rather than just crawling through the child-proofing wards.
It wasn't at all suprising when Scorpius tried to follow and was bounced back.
Andromeda, much to her annoyance, was a little slow with a cushioning charm.
Scorpius wasn't caught soon enough which startled her great-nephew into a whinging cry.
Teddy immediately toddled over to Scorpius and plopped down beside him.
Scorpius retaliated by launching himself at Teddy tackling him to the floor.
Teddy patted his cheek, "Dere dere Sucopi, it kay. Sucopi no hurt."
The young Malfoy heir pouted, "Tedi mean!"
Due to the fact that no one had talked Muggle 'baby talk' to either babe as well as their being magical thus maturing a little earlier than their Muggle counterparts, so they had a larger vocabulary than someone raised outside the Wizarding community might have expected.
Andromeda thought they were adorable, not that she would admit it aloud of course.
As young as they were, Scorpius was already showing signs of having her grandson under his thumb….
Vivi was a few months younger due to her January birthday and had just begun crawling everywhere to explore.
Thanks to her Weasley blood Vivi was extremely curious but was not a Metamorph otherwise keeping her out of things would be more difficult and so she was still unable to leave the drawing room.
At barely two months Orion and Jaime were barely turning over and starting to develop pincer skills as well as recognising more faces.
Orion was always watching everyone and everything with a thoughtful expression, Andromeda was suspicious that he might be a Ravenclaw but it was of course too early to know.
With their ancestry, Andromeda had no trouble believing that these kids would be highly intelligent and driven.
If she could make sure that they were all Sorted into Slytherin and Ravenclaw, then she would feel vindicated after having Nymphadora Sorted into Hufflepuff.
Hopefully her intervention would fix Draco and Harry because they would never forgive themselves if say Vivi learned to walk and they missed it being to distracted and depressed.
A pensieve was not the same thing…
XooooooX
It was Blaise who returned with the Veela Mind Healer…
Andromeda rose, tucking her crochet project into her robe, "Welcome to Malfoy Manor, I am Retired Birth Healer Andromeda Tonks."
Blaise gestured, "This is my great uncle Julius Santini, he is my grandsire Beatrice's younger brother."
The Veela bowed over her hand and Andromeda felt reluctantly charmed.
"A pleasure Healer Andromeda, where are the patients?"
Andromeda immediately handed over her copy of Draco's file, "I recommend reviewing their files first and then I will explain their current mental health crisis."
Mind Healer Julius nodded as he accepted Draco's file and claimed a black velvet armchair to comfortably familiarise himself with Draco's history.
After which, Andromeda planned to hand over her file on Harry. Granted it only contained her treatment of his physical health but also contained her suppositions due to evidence of prolonged physical, mental and emotional abuse that included starvation.
She hoped that the Veela Healer would realise just how badly Harry needed Mind Healing…
After Santini finished Draco's file, Andromeda wandlessly floated over her file on Harry despite keeping most of her attention on the babes.
Andromeda had to move Teddy three times so he wouldn't disturb the Veela….
Scorpius on the other hand, seemed jealous of the Veela and had started ignoring Teddy since he showed an interest in the stranger.
Then Vivi started crawling towards Mind Healer Julius where she circled his chair but didn't move for her usual greeting demanding attention …
After Vivi took an interest so did Orion but he didn't do much except watch her watching him.
Jaime seemed to ignore the new face instead…
When Mind Healer Julius finished Harry's file, he seemed extremely upset.
"Where is Harry's Mind Healer file?"
"As the bonded of a deceased Mind Healer, I am ashamed to admit that he has none." Andromeda admitted ruefully. "I have attempted to locate a reliable one but due to his status in Britain that has proved an impossibility. I hoped that if you agreed to take them as clients that you could help Harry deal with his past. I can't allow him to just metaphorically lock it in a closet and pretend it didn't happen."
Julius nodded sharply, "Fleur explained his status as the Boy Who Lived and the Defeater of Voldemort, I can see that he would have difficulty finding a Wizarding Healer that could be impartial. If I couldn't be trusted I trust that they would both be in trouble." He held up a hand, "Don't worry, I have no intention of embarrassing either young man or embarrassing my profession. What is the situation?"
Andromeda rose, "Dippy, keep Teddy from following us. I will return to help with lunch."
The Malfoy nursery elf nodded.
It wasn't until they had left the drawing room that Andromeda spoke again, reluctantly discussing Harry and Draco's night out as well as the continuing consequences of it.
Julius frowned, "You believe that Draco willing bottomed due to being drunk only to wake up and assume that his bonded took advantage of him?"
Andromeda nodded, "Harry believes that he did take advantage of Draco which makes it worse. How they managed to function during their eldest's birthday party I have little idea."
"The metamorph's birthday party?" Julius blinked.
Andromeda shook her head, "Teddy is my grandson and his birthday was back in April, I was actually referring to the blonde boy Scorpius who is my nephew's son. The little witch is adopted, but Jaime and Orion are the twins."
"Which is which? They seemed identical…"
Andromeda chuckled, "Orion has the stunning silver eyes that the Malfoys are known for but his twin has Harry's eyes those striking emerald green. As their hair grows out, it seems that their hair is also a different texture…but that's another story as it were."
They found Harry in the library with his head buried in his books…
At least he was clearly studying for his NEWT exams despite having to take them three Mays late as it were…
This was due to his having been fighting the Dark Lord with an unorthodox strategy during his would-be Seventh Year as well as his pregnancy the previous spring and recovering from the first attack.
If Harry was in the library, that meant that Draco was either in his study or his potions lab. Knowing her nephew's personality and his relationship with Severus, Draco was likely in the lab…
"I think that it would be best to speak with your nephew first since he has reacted to the incident more abruptly."
Andromeda suspected that only a pensieve memory of the incident in question might heal the damage their reaction had caused…
Yet Mind Healing was not her field, it had been Ted's and when things were calling for his skills his absence ached more than their daughter's death.
It was Dean Thomas who had told her about Ted's death, the poor boy had apologized over and over for 'abandoning' Ted and being unable to save him from the Snatchers.
They left Harry alone for now and headed for the main Malfoy Potions lab.
They found Draco working on a series of potions that Andromeda recognised as pepper-ups, the flu potion as well as fever-reducers and headache potions.
Was her nephew working on filling Severus' orders for St. Mungos' before the flu season began?
That was unexpected for a non-potions Master…
Severus had always spent what little Vacation time he had brewing to keep the Apothecaries and St. Mungos' in stock…
It was a decent distraction but Andromeda would have to check each batch before he dared to send it off…
She cast stasis spells on each cauldron as well as a sealing charm to prevent adding ingredients before calling out to Draco.
"Draco?"
Her nephew froze and then quickly recollected himself.
"Yes Andromeda?" Draco said stiffly.
"You're taking a break. Come."
Draco's shoulders slumped but he waved his wand to set the lab to rights and followed them out of the cellars.
Once they reached Draco's study, Andromeda crossed her arms, "Draco this is Mind Healer Julius Santini from the Veela Court. He will be taking over your mental care from now on, your current Mind Healer is inefficient."
Draco flinched.
"If you are concerned about my impartiality than you would be very much mistaken." The Veela sniffed. "The training that we undergo is far more intensive than Wizarding Mind Healing, if we don't have the right personalities or approach than we aren't allowed to complete the program. Besides we have to take unbreakable Vows before we are allowed to practice Mind Healing. We treat in a different fashion from Wizarding Mind Healers…"
Draco didn't seem fazed by this announcement, "So why haven't you bothered to treat Blaise's mother?"
Mind Healer Julius shrugged, "If anyone needed it, it would be my niece. Unfortunately, the girl is stubborn and wants to believe that despite burying her mate as well as no less than five husbands that she is perfectly healer. As if being accused of at least five deaths wasn't a negative influence on her psyche…"
Draco's discomfort with his new Mind Healer was quite apparent but Andromeda was having none of his behaviour.
"Whatever happened between you and Harry after you returned from that club is negatively affecting your relationships. You can't even look at your children. I have to spell milk into Scorpius' stomach because you won't nurse him." Andromeda snapped. "Harry is no better, he only bothers to express milk for Vivi, Orion and Jaime. How will you feel when Scorpius starts running? Vivi starts to walk or Orion tries to crawl?"
Draco blanched, which made his normally pale face appear washed out. He clearly hadn't considered the consequences of his avoiding his family…
With that harsh bit of home truth clearly sinking in, Andromeda left Draco in the care of his new Mind Healer.
This better work or she would be registering a complain with the Veela Court…

What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?
A/N: By the way how much more of their lives pre-Flashpoint and Baiting of Rose would you like to see?
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