Two days had passed when Y/N woke up early with his arms wrapped around his girlfriend. He smiled as he stretched and kissed her head. Somehow during the night their bodies would find the perfect way to wrap around each other, like it was just meant to be.

He sat up and heard her stirring behind him.

"Is it time to get up?" She asked sleepily as he turned and leant down to kiss her.

"No I'm just going to the gym, you go back to sleep beautiful".

He kissed her again and she smiled into it. This was their happy little routine every morning. They both loved it. Y/N got up and put shorts and sneakers on before exiting the room and walking down the hall.

After finishing his workout in the home gym and having a shower he headed back to their room, only a towel round his waist.

He quietly entered, and noticing Hermione was still asleep he dried off and got dressed before heading to the kitchen for breakfast. Dean was in there, and he was reading a copy of the Daily Prophet. Y/N looked at his watch, it read 6:00am. The owls usually didn't deliver until 7:00am.

"Bit early for the paper isn't it?" Y/N asked as he got a carton of eggs from the fridge. There was no reply as Dean hasn't looked up from the paper.

"Morning brother" Y/N spoke again. Again no response.

"Morning Dean" Y/N said more forcefully.

Still nothing.

"Oi. Dipshit!" Y/N yelled, throwing a tea towel at his elder brother. Dean finally looked up, saddened expression on his face as he said gently:

"Morning, Y/N, Sorry, how are you?"

Y/N raised an eyebrow at his brother. It had been a week since Y/N had returned and Dean had barely said two words to him. Y/N asked:

"You alright Dean? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"Yeah, no I'm fine Y/N fine. Look I have to go to work. I'll see you later."

He got up to head towards the Floo, despite not starting work for two and a half hours. Y/N called out as Dean walked off:

"You sure nothing's wrong Dean?"

He got no response as Dean walked to the Floo and disappeared in a haze of green flames. Y/N noticed the Daily Prophet had been left on the kitchen counter. He pulled it across and read the headline:

Slaughter in Knockturn Alley

It was the paper from just over a month ago when Y/N snapped in Knockturn. It suddenly clicked in Y/N's mind- Dean was somehow butthurt about Y/N being the Punisher. Y/N snarled in anger before his head twisted to the side, his eyes clenched shut, as Y/N seemingly fought with something inside him. Y/N exhaled, feeling like he had overcome... something... as he turned to begin breakfast.

Y/N truly loved magic. He 'cooked' his eggs, while making two bowls of oatmeal by hand. He also made two cups of tea and a coffee and sat the coffee and eggs at the kitchen bench. He carried the oatmeal and levitated the tea behind him to the two sleeping ladies.

First stop was Penny's room, he placed the tea and oatmeal next to her bed and woke her up with a kiss to the forehead.

"Morning Penny, breakfast in bed for you"

Penny sat and yawned, smiling as she said:

"Morning, Y/N. How sweet of you. Thank you"

"You're welcome my beautiful Penny, it's only oatmeal but I know you love that crap."

Penny laughed and shook her head, replying: "Yes I do, thank you"

He smiled before leaving her to her breakfast and taking the remaining items to the bedroom he shared with Hermione. He levitated the oatmeal and tea before pulling out his wand.

Orchideous

He conjured a bouquet of roses and entered the room with them and the levitating breakfast. He sat the oatmeal and tea down before sitting on the bed next to Hermione.

He leaned down and kissed her, she stirred and smiled.

"Something smells nice love" she stretched and opened her eyes. She teared up a little as she saw her boyfriend sitting on the bed next to her with a bouquet of roses in his hand.

"Are they... again?"

"For you? Of course my belle" Y/N smiled as he handed her the flowers before placing the breakfast tray on her lap.

"Flowers and breakfast in bed everyday. You're spoiling me too much baby... unless... what did you do?" Hermione asked with a smirk. Y/N chuckled:

"This time? Nothing. Just wanted to spoil you. Made breakfast for Penny too. Sometimes a man just wants to spoil his special ladies. I'll leave you to eat in peace, see you when you're dressed. Got a lot planned for today."

Y/N smirked as he turned and walked off, he could feel Hermione's eyes boring into the back of his head, trying to figure out what he was up to.

After half an hour she came out dressed in a grey skirt, white shirt and a red leather jacket.

"Looking great baby" Y/N complemented her as she blushed.

"Thank you, you too. Where are we going though?"

Y/N smiled widely as he answered:

"We're going on our first proper date baby."

Hermione was overjoyed.

—~—

The couple had spent the day exploring London together. They went to the British Museum, had ice cream along the Thames River and even went on a tour of Buckingham Palace. Hermione's favourite part of the day was the picnic lunch Y/N had packed which they enjoyed in the Kew Botanical Gardens.

Early on in the day though Y/N had noticed something. The couple were being followed.

—~—

The mystery man had been trailing them since they left their home. He had watched them as they entered the British Museum, observed from a distance as they had a picnic lunch and waited patiently as they went into Buckingham palace.

After leaving the palace the girl had gone into a public restroom, so the boy had gone into the male one. The man watched the entrances for them to emerge before hearing a small pop and feeling a wand stick into his neck.

Y/N snarled at the man:

"I don't like being followed and I like it even less when my girlfriend is followed. You've got five seconds to explain why I shouldn't blow your fucking head off"

The man gulped and slowly turned around with his hands raised:

"No please, I was in the Order with your father. We were friends."

"So that gives you grounds to stalk me does it? You're down to three seconds!"

"No. Wait. Dumbledore asked me to watch over you" the man pleaded for his life.

"Why? Better be quick you're down to one"

"Si-Sirius Black" the man stuttered nervously.

"My Death Eating piece of shit uncle? He's rotting in Azkaban. What the hell has he got to do with anything? Half a second now."

"He escaped. He escaped from Azkaban."

Y/N's jaw dropped as his wand lowered in shock. He stammered: "Bullshit. How?"

"No one knows but he did."

"What's your name?" Y/N asked, his wand raised again.

"De-Dedalus D-Diggle"

"Right well sit tight Diggle. Let's see if your story checks out. You better hope for your sake it does!"

Y/N lowered his wand from the eccentric man's neck before tapping it on the tattoo on his left forearm.

Within seconds a pop was heard and Jacob appeared looking concerned. He asked quickly:

"You ok Y/N?"

"Yeah sorry to bother you Jacob. Need to check a story with you. Who is this?"

Jacob looked at the ridiculous looking man next to his younger brother.

"Dedalus Diggle. Was in the Order with Dad in the war."

Dedalus sighed in relief, the hard expression on Y/N's face didn't change as he muttered:

"Lucky you didn't lie to me Diggle."

Dedalus looked at the boy in fear. Rumours had spread far and wide about this boy, what he had done- killing a follower of the Dark Lord when he was a first year, killing a Basilisk only two months earlier. Many had scoffed that a boy his age could do such things, but now standing here, looking into the young teen's cold and hard eyes...

Dedalus was terrified. He knew from Albus's conversations that this boy was no ordinary fourteen year old. He knew from his reputation in the Order as the Prophesied One he would be different to other teenagers, but had never imagined he would be so... menacing. And Y/N's eyes... They had a look about them. They weren't the eyes of a child. They were the eyes of a killer. The thought made a cold shiver run down Dedalus's spine. Y/N turned to Jacob:

"He said Sirius Black escaped Azkaban. Is that true, Jacob?"

Jacob nodded and sighed:

"Yeah it's hitting the papers in the morning. You be careful brother. I spoke with Dean earlier, he's gonna have a chat with you tonight."

"Dean's gonna talk to me, that will be a nice change" Y/N grizzled.

"What?" Jacob asked confused. Y/N shook his head:

"Nothing. Alright I better get back to Hermione she will be worried. And you Diggle. Next time you're spying on someone... lose the fucking hat."

Y/N apparated back to the bathroom and exited to see his smiling girlfriend waiting for him.

"Sorry love, plumbing problems. You ready to get the bus home?"

Hermione nodded and smiled at Y/N before gently kissing him.

"Thanks for a wonderful first date love"

"You're most welcome my beautiful angel" he smiled at his girlfriend. She had no idea how much he loved her, nor the lengths he would go to in order to protect her. She would soon find out.