Screams rang through the halls. Remus seemed to be the only calm one. James was pacing back and forth, running his hands through his hands nervously. Sirius was literally bouncing in his seat.

"James, sit down, you're making me dizzy. Sirius, come here, sit with me." James and Sirius both followed Remus' directions, but as fresh screams rang through, James was on his feet again. Remus sighed in defeat, at least he managed to still Sirius, running his hands through the other man's long hair.

"Potter party?" A medi-witch appeared. Sirius jumped off Remus and the three men followed the woman in front of them.

"It's a boy," Lily greeted the men. James smiled, tears running down his face.

"He's beautiful, Lily, look what we made," James whispered.

"I was thinking of naming him Harry."

"I think that's perfect, lovely." James seemed lost in the infant that had now been handed to him.

"Sirius, Remus, I'd like you two to be his godfathers. If you want, of course." Lily looked at the two men still in the doorway.

"Yes, a million times. He is going to be the most spoiled child in Britain." Sirius was grinning like an idiot.

"Moony, you should hold him," James turned to hand Remus the infant.

"Um, that's ok," The man declined awkwardly. James didn't seem to notice the discomfort and tried to pass him the baby again.

"Why does Moony get to hold him first, give him here," Sirius broke in, saving Remus. He did throw his fiancé a knowing look.

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Two nights previous

"Would you want to have kids of our own?"

"No kids. Kids aren't an option for me."

"Why, because we are gay? We can adopt or get a surrogate mother. There are options out there for us, silly."

"No, Padds, because I turn into an uncontrollable monster every month. With you, it's different, you have your animagus form. But an innocent, defenseless child? No, not an option."

"I could make sure the kid didn't come near, protect them. We could make it work."

"I said NO! I'm done discussing this. Please don't bring it up again."

"That's fine, we don't have to have kids. I'm sorry for pressing it, love. Come on, let's go lay down. We can watch a muggle movie."

"Go on without me, I'm going to go walking. Alone."

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"He's really beautiful, Lily." Remus smiled at the new mother. 

The rest of the day was spent passing the baby around, cooing and laughing, until Lily kicked them out, saying she was tired and needed to sleep.

"Remus, are we going to talk about it?" Sirius and Remus had arrived at their flat, takeout in hand.

"Talk about what," Remus asked, feigning ignorance.

"You can't just never hold Harry. Lily will notice. And we are his godparents now." Sirius took a step forward, embracing the taller man from behind.

"We are not discussing this. I'm fine. Everything will be fine. I'm tired. I'm going to sleep now. Bye, Padds." Remus suddenly broke away, obviously wanting to be alone.

Sirius let him go to their room, deciding to shower. Once the bathroom had been properly steamed from the hot water, Sirius headed back to the living room, making a makeshift bed on the sofa. It wasn't comfortable, but Sirius could sleep anywhere. He soon fell asleep, uneasiness permeating his dreams.

When Sirius awoke, sore from the couch, there was a hot cup of tea on the coffee table in front of him.

"You're right, we need to talk about this. I'm sorry I snapped and made you feel you had to sleep out here. I missed you last night. And I want to be able to hold my godson."