Will you be my daddy? | By : Sasunarufan13 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 75783 -:- Recommendations : 10 -:- Currently Reading : 20 |
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Author's note: Like promised, here I am with the next chapter!
Thanks to the following reviewers: Madamdragon; Claudia; StarrCrystal; unneeded; LeaniaSTL (glad to hear that ^^ ) and Nubia
unneeded: Still typos? I even went more carefully over it . Could you maybe send me a list with all the typos you find in my stories, so that I can edit them? Because English is not my native tongue, so mistakes often slip through my attention ^^; (Harry is not going to be a house husband and George will appear later)
Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 9
"Harry, it's good to see you." Kingsley smiled. He gestured towards the chair in front of his desk where he was signing papers. "Take a seat, please."
Harry sat down and crossed his legs.
"Now, what can I do for you? Do you have a clue as to who has poisoned these people?" Kingsley asked, sounding rather eager.
Harry shook his head ruefully. "No, I'm sorry; I still don't have a clue. Actually I'm here to tell you that I quit this case."
Kingsley leaned back with a pensive look on his face. "What do you mean you quit this case? You're the best Auror we have! Is this because you want vacation? If that's the case, I can give you a week maximum, but longer isn't possible."
"It's not about vacation, sir. This case is getting too personal for my liking and I want to quit with it before it goes too far." Harry shook his head.
Kingsley frowned. "Personal? How can this be personal? Unless you're family of one of the victims, but I don't think that's true."
"No, they're not family of me, but I received a letter from the culprit yesterday in which he said he would harm my godson and another boy I'm fond of if I didn't quit this case. Those little boys yesterday were a warning for me." Harry replied, feeling tired. "Don't get me wrong: I desperately want to catch that villain, but not at the cause of my godson's life. I simply can't risk it, sir. He already knows how the boys look like. I don't want them to get hurt."
"Who is this other boy? You don't have a son, do you?"
"No, it's the son of..." Harry hesitated. He didn't know how Shacklebolt would react at hearing this news. "It's the son of Draco Malfoy, sir."
"Since when are you associating with Malfoy? Do I need to be concerned, Harry?" Kingsley asked, masking his worry.
Harry shook his head. "No, sir. Draco and I buried our grudges and formed a friendship. I visit them often and apparently the villain noticed this too."
"Are you sure Malfoy can be trusted?"
"Yes, I'm positive of that. Draco may look like his father, but he is nothing like him. I would never have defended him in his trial if I believed otherwise."
Kingsley sighed. "It's not my business who you befriend with as long as it doesn't interfere with your work. I'm not happy about you quitting this case, but if your godson is in danger, I think it's safe to place you on another case."
"Thank you, sir." Harry said relieved.
"No need to thank me. I will look through the cases to see which one I will assign you."
Harry nodded and stood up. "Thank you for your time, sir."
Shacklebolt smiled and nodded.
When Harry closed the door of his office behind him, he let out a relieved sigh. He still wasn't happy with quitting this case, but he didn't want to risk Teddy's or Scorpius' lives. They were more important to him than his Auror work.
Draco startled when the fireplace flared up and Snape stepped out.
"Oh, did you miss me already?" He smirked and looked up from his papers.
Snape glared. "You're still not too old to be put over my lap to discipline you, Draco."
Draco raised his hands in a form of surrender. "What's the matter? I thought you were checking the potion?"
"I was." Snape agreed and cleaned his robes from the dust before sitting down in a chair. "And I think I found the missing ingredient, though I'm not sure if I discovered the right one."
Draco frowned. "Why would you not be sure? You're the best Potions master there is."
Snape snorted at the compliment. "The reason why I'm not sure is because this missing ingredient isn't that common in the potions world. Even I have never seen it before."
"Well, what do you think it is?" Draco asked curiously.
"I narrowed down my search results based on the symptoms Potter described. There are not many plants or stones that cause that effect."
"And which ones have you found?"
"There are three possibilities. The first one is the poison of the Akeyra."
At seeing Draco's puzzled face, Snape elaborated, "The Akeyra is a type of snake that's very rare. From what I heard there are only forty snakes alive of that sort. They live deep in the Amazon forest and only a few people have seen it. Their poison is said to be very dangerous and causes the heart to go in overdrive and causes stomach pain. I'm not sure if it can bring someone in coma unless it reacts in some sort of way with the other ingredients, but I doubt that. Because of that, it's illegal to have this poison."
"And the other two possibilities?"
"The second possible ingredient is the blue ringed octopus. Its poison is the strongest neuropoison in the world. It causes the muscles to relax and when it reaches the heart, it can make it go into overdrive. Coupled with the other ingredients I think it can cause the victims to fall into a coma." Snape said gravely.
Draco gulped. "And the last possibility?"
"The Roche de la Mort."
"Excuse me? That sounds French like."
"It is. Literally it means the stone of death."
"What a nice name to have."
Snape snorted. "Indeed. This one is the best candidate, seeing as it fits all the symptoms. You have to crush the stone and then make an extract from it, though this process acquires a month long preparation. The only thing is that it doesn't disappear from the bloodstream in one hour while the poison of the blue ringed octopus does."
"So, we have three possibilities. How are we going to eliminate two?" Draco asked pensively.
"Unless I can get my hands on more potion, I don't think we can eliminate two possibilities." Snape shook his head ruefully.
"The problem is: how are we going to get our hands on more poison? It's not like the murderer will just show up and give it to us." Draco murmured.
"I don't know, Dragon, but as long as I don't have that poison, I can't determine which ingredient it is." Snape stood up. "I trust you pass this information on to Potter?"
"Why don't you explain it to him? You're after all the one who discovered the possibilities." Draco raised an eyebrow.
"We may have had a civil conversation last night, but that doesn't mean we're friends now. I think it's best if we don't talk too much in one time." Snape explained, rolling his eyes.
"Well, if you're sure about it." Draco said sighing.
"Yes, I'm sure. I will see you later, Dragon." Snape nodded to him and Flood away.
"He can be such a stubborn git, sometimes." Draco muttered amused.
This time it was Draco who went to pick up the children from school. Scorpius grinned and ran to him while Teddy walked calmly towards him.
"Where is Harry, daddy?" Scorpius asked and skipped next to him while Teddy followed Draco on his other side.
"He's at his work." Teddy answered curtly.
"When does he get home?" Scorpius asked pouting.
"When he's done." Teddy answered annoyed.
To avoid a fight, Draco asked quickly, "And Scorpius, what did you do today at school?"
Immediately, Scorpius started to talk enthusiastically about his day at school.
When they got home, Scorpius immediately went to his toys to play with them while Teddy sat at the table, working on his homework.
"If you need help, you can ask me, okay?" Draco smiled and placed a glass with apple juice in front of Teddy.
Teddy nodded absently and bit on his quill and scribbled an answer.
Suddenly, a flyer caught Draco's attention. "May I read that?" He gestured towards the flyer.
Teddy looked up and nodded.
Draco picked it up and scanned over it quickly. It was a flyer announcing the parents' evening of Teddy's class. It was held this Friday and at the bottom of the flyer, Teddy's teacher had written a message for Harry.
Mister Potter
I need to speak with you about Teddy at the parents' evening. It's about his constant change of his appearance. Could you make sure you are present at this evening?
Sincerely
Isabella Hearp
"Teddy, did you know your teacher has written something on the bottom of this flyer for Harry?" Draco inquired and put the flyer down on the table.
Teddy bit on his lip and refused to look at Draco. "Yes."
"Do you know what she has written?"
"I can guess." Teddy answered softly.
"Does this happen often that the teacher wants to talk with Harry about your changing abilities?" Draco asked curiously.
Teddy hesitated. "Every year."
"What does Harry say about that?"
"I don't know. I'm always with grandmother then. He doesn't say anything to me about it." Teddy replied with a small voice. "Do you think I'm in trouble? Will Harry be mad at me?"
"I don't know, Teddy, but I don't think Harry will be mad at you. He wasn't exactly a follower of rules himself." Draco answered dryly. Teddy smiled weakly. "Now why don't you continue with your homework? Harry won't be home for a few hours I suspect."
"Again?" Harry sighed, when he arrived at the manor, three hours later. He had shrugged off his Auror robes and collapsed on the couch. Teddy had timidly gave him the flyer and then waited in front of him with his head down, waiting for a scolding.
Draco came to sit next to him. "So you're familiar with the message?" He asked dryly.
Harry nodded grimly. "You can say that. Ever since Teddy started school, I received this message every year. Always the same: 'I need to speak with you about his constant change of appearances'." He mimicked the high pitched voice of Teddy's teacher. He looked at Teddy. "And do you have any idea what she will complain about?"
"The other kids find it cool if I change my hair of the color of my eyes. I only do it in playtime, I swear! When we're in class, I keep my brown hair and my blue eyes. But she saw me doing that once in playtime and she said I wasn't allowed to do that." Teddy mumbled. "Are you mad at me?"
Harry looked surprised. "Why would I be mad at you? As long as you don't use your ability in class, then I don't see the problem. I did worse when I was in Hogwarts. I'm still surprised I wasn't kicked out from Hogwarts." He said dryly.
"Oh, I bet there are a lot of people who are surprised you weren't kicked out for some of the things you did." Draco smirked.
"You know, some of the things were your fault." Harry said humorously.
"How can it be my fault?" Draco asked offended.
"Does a baby dragon ring any bells?"
"Oh shut up."
Harry grinned when Draco huffed and then turned his attention back to Teddy. "Don't worry about it, Teddy. I will talk to her this Friday."
"Thank you." Teddy smiled shyly.
Harry ruffled his hair. "Don't thank me. You can read a book; dinner won't be ready for quite a while."
Teddy nodded and went to his room to search for a suited book.
"So, how did it go with Shacklebolt?" Draco asked when Teddy was gone.
Harry turned to face him. "It went rather well. Like I expected he wasn't happy with it, but he agreed to give me other cases to work on."
"Did you receive another case?" Draco asked curiously.
"Yeah. Nothing too exciting; there was just a wizard who had had a fight with his neighbor and tried to curse him so that his legs and arms were switched with the result that the poor man would have to walk on his arms for the rest of his life." Harry shook his head. "I brought that man to other Aurors so that they would deal with him and the cursed neighbour to Saint Mungos."
Draco chuckled. "I wonder which spell that man used."
"I don't know and even if I knew I'm not going to tell you." Harry smiled.
"What? You don't trust me?" Draco asked offended.
"Don't make me answer, please." Harry snorted.
"I'm going to get you for that!" Draco growled and jumped at Harry.
Harry yelled startled and jumped out of the way. "Get away from me, you lunatic!" He yelled laughing and ran out of the living room.
"What's wrong, Harry? Scared?" Draco taunted and ran after him, up the stairs.
"Only from lunatics like you!" Harry yelled back and made a turn.
The pair ran through various corridors, Draco trying to catch Harry, but failing. Eventually they reached the stairs again and Harry ran down, back into the living room.
He thought he had shaken off Draco from his tail after those six turns he had made and for that reason stood still, trying to catch his breath. It had been a long time since he had amused himself like that.
Because Harry stood with his back to the door, he didn't see Draco sneaking back in, putting a finger to his lips when Scorpius opened his mouth. Scorpius grinned and nodded. With one jump, Draco landed on Harry's back and brought him to the floor. Harry laughed and tried to escape Draco's hold. He managed to twist himself on his back, but Draco's weight kept him down.
"That's not fair, sneaking up on me like that." Harry chuckled breathlessly, giving up the fight.
Draco smiled smugly. "I'm a former Slytherin, Harry, we don't fight fair." He sat on Harry's thighs, keeping him down.
Harry rolled his eyes. "Now that we established that you're still a child, can you get off me?"
Draco stuck his tongue out. "No, just for that remark, I'm going to sit here for a long time."
Harry narrowed his eyes. "You have to get up sometime."
Draco just chuckled.
Harry oomphed when Scorpius fell on his stomach.
"I want to fight too." He squealed and clapped his hands.
Draco and Harry grinned mischievously to each other and began to tickle the poor boy in the middle of them.
Scorpius shrieked and tried to bat away the offending hands. "No! No! Stop! 'S not fair!" He laughed uncontrollably.
They only stopped their onslaught when a house elf called them for dinner. While they sat back up and straightened their clothes to look presentable again, they never saw Teddy in the doorway, biting his lip and feeling very jealous. Why was his Prongslet so happy? He had never laughed so hard when he was alone with Teddy. What did Draco and that boy have that he didn't? Sure, Harry had tickled him like that too, but that had been five years ago. And he could never make Harry laugh so hard. Was that because he was the son of one of Harry's friends? Harry had told him long ago that he had been a sort of friend with his father and that that was the reason why he was named godfather. Because Teddy was a reminder of his former friend was that making him sad? What did he have to do to make Harry like him just like he liked Scorpius?
AN2: So how was it? Next update will be next Tuesday normally ^^
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Love and cuddles
Melissa
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