The next morning, Draco almost ran into the wall on his way to get Scorpius' letter. Sure it had only been a day. Maybe less, but he rarely let Scorpius too far out of his sight. He refused to allow his son to get hurt because people didn't like him.

He finally let the owl in with minimal effort and untied Scorp's letter. As he read it he smiled but he couldn't stop the tears from falling down his face.

He noticed Scorpius' quick fix of Harry's name and bit back a sob. Of course he had seen Harry on the platform. It was one of the reasons he parted from Scorpius to hide out in the bathroom. He knew Harry would spot his son and try to help him in case anything went wrong. There was definitely something to be said about Potter's unwavering need to save people. He continued reading and rolled his eyes. There was something entirely different to be said about his need to love them as well. Draco knew Potter cared about Scorpius before, but to hear (or read in this case he supposed) that Pott-Harry still cared? It made him feel worse about pushing the love of his life away.

He stood abruptly at the thought before pulling out his wand and summoning what he would need to write a response to his son.

Scorp,

I'm glad you're happy. And I'm even happier that you were able to break the Malfoy chain and do something you value more than almost anything: learn. I wish you the best of luck at school. You don't have to write everyday, but I would like frequent updates on how you're getting along. Tell all of your teachers I say hello and if you see Mr. Potter-
and
It was Draco's turn to make an effort. He scratched through the title as if he knew it would hurt Harry to be referred to as such and continued.

- if you see your Papa-

He scratched it out again. He just wasn't going to mention it. Something he remembered about picking at old wounds and whatnot.

Don't forget that I love you Scorpius.

- D. Malfoy

He calmly called over Scorp's owl and gave it a few pats on the back. He gave it a few owl treats before he sent it back with his own letter. He was about to start on breakfast when the floo lit up. He had long since stop using his muggle phone. The only people who talked to him were his parents, Blaise and Pansy. He had been sure he had hidden himself from any and everyone else.

He walked towards his fireplace and looked around for any sign that someone was going to call him, a misplaced letter or something. When he found nothing he approached the fireplace uneasily before spelling the floo open then gripping his wand tightly as he waited to see who would come out. He almost fainted when that mop of black hair stumbled through. When Harry had finally found his stability he seemed to know exactly where Draco's eyes were because the next second he was swimming in those pools of mercury he missed so much.

Before Draco could shut himself down a tear fell from his eye and Harry had engulfed him in a hug before standing slightly on his toes and capturing the blonde's mouth in a kiss. The kiss felt as though the world only consisted of them. It was fluid and soft, but rough in all the ways they needed it to be. Harry's calloused hands held Draco by the waist as tightly as he could get away with. Draco's slim fingers were locked into the raven locks pulling Harry so much closer. They kissed as though they wanted to devour the other just to keep them forever.

"If you ever do that to me again-" Harry started with his eyes closed still breathing against Draco's mouth.

"I'm so sorry," Draco breathed back before pulling Harry in for another kiss. When they're mouths were properly bruised and swollen Harry gave him a chaste kiss before moving back.

"I have to get back to work...I just- I couldn't-"

"Harry?"

"Yes?"

"Your rambling."

"I've missed you." Draco smiled shyly looking away from him. Harry looked at him like nothing was more important. "I love you, Draco. You know that, don't you? That isn't going to change."

"I missed you too, Harry. Believe me when I say I should have never let you leave. I was just so-I love you so much. I didn't want people to hate you because of me. You don't deserve that. After all you've done? You deserve the world and I didn't think I could give you that unless I handed you a pair of rose-colored glasses too."

"Dray, you never have to hide anything from me. I thought that was what was great about us. We're there for each other, even if all the other person really needs is to be pushed off of their high horse."

Draco chuckled at that.

"Yeah, I guess you're right...for once."

The grin that broke out across Harry's face was like the sun finally rising after years of dark skies.

"Floo to my office later for dinner?" Harry asked still facing Draco while backing into the fireplace.

"Wouldn't miss it." He looked around before setting his eyes on Harry again. "I'll reset the wards again, so you can just coming in next time. The house got kind of boring without you here."

"Well of course it did, I'm the fun dad," Harry joked before throwing down the floo powder and being swept up and spit out into his office back at Hogwarts. As soon as he returned to his office there was a knock on the door before someone just walked in.

"Pops?"

"Yeah, Teddy?" Said Harry standing and brushing soot from his clothes.

"Are we still on for father-son dinner tonight? Favorite day of the weeeeeek," he asked singing the last bit playfully.

Harry picked up a throw pillow from the couch before tossing it at him. Teddy laughed, but caught it right before it was able to knock him in the face.

"Yeah, but I may have invited someone." Teddy blanched and his playful mood instantly died. He knew that no one was going to be good enough for his dad but Draco, he just didn't get why Harry insisted on going on dates with men he barely knew. It wasn't as if it went anywhere

"Who was it this time? The guy who came running after the mail owl last week? I'm pretty sure he was a squib and more than a little obsessed with you."

"What's wrong with squibs," Harry asked crossing his arms and narrowing his eyes. Teddy mirrored his posture, crossing his own arms before his hair flashed dark red for a second or two.

"Nothing, I found out he was the father of one of the Gryffindor jerks who shot a rocket at Michael last year." He shrugged, but his shoulders were still tense. "So who is it? Free period isn't going to last all day, Pops."

"Draco." Harry spoke quickly and looked down so he couldn't see what he thought was going to be anger that broke out over Teddy's face. The kid had went through an angry phase when he was around 13 and he hated even hearing the name Malfoy.

"Finally," breathed Teddy happily running over to hug Harry in a way that went against his usual cool guy façade. "Does that mean I can invite Scorpius?" Harry nodded with a smile of his own that he couldn't contain.

"That'd be great. Just bring him here at the usual time. Alright?" Teddy nodded and Harry checked the time. "Your free period is almost over."

"So is yours," said Teddy running out of the room to avoid another pillow attack. He walked down the hallway with a huge smile on his face. He was going to have a family again. If he giggled like a schoolgirl, well, he had every right to.

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soooo hey futher muckers

new chapter :)

next one up friday
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it says "i must not tell lies"

i really like it

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cause i did. lol but yeah gr8

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