Malfoy appeared back in his own home with a satisfied pop before releasing Teddy's hand and placing an excited Scorpius on the floor.

"Scor, why don't you show Teddy around while I figure out what we're having for dinner." Scorpius nodded determined and grabbed Teddy's arm, pulling him forward and headed the game room to start the tour.

Draco shook his head and walked towards the kitchen. His house had changed since the war. He made sure of it. He released a lot of the dark spells that once held it. He brightened a few rooms with less drab curtains and paint. At the time he was really loving living the domestic life. He had always thought about it, but now that the house was as he wanted and Scorpius was going to school he decided he should really pick up a hobby. Or a job. Though it isn't like he needed the money.

He stopped in the sitting room right off of the dinning area and crossed his legs, calling for a house elf. It appeared with a crack.

"Tilly, bring me a glass of water please. I'll save the wine for Harry." He thought about how it felt to say that name. He refused to think about the way it made him shiver knowing he was on a first name basis with the kind Gryffindor. It felt genuinely nice. He thanked the elf as it brought back his glass and looked up when he heard a gasp.

"Cousin Draco! Your elves have hats!" Teddy said looking at him with wide eyes from the door of the sitting room, a giggling Scorpius behind him.

"Yeah, Teddy!" started Scorp. "They all do! C'mon, now I can show you the library!" He said excited.

"You have a whole library!?" Teddy exclaims. Scorpius nods and they scamper off leaving a smiling Draco in their wake. There was a tapping at the window and Draco stood to receive both the letter and the owl that sat there.

The owl landed on his shoulder with more grace than he expected the sharp taloned bird to have. He accepted the letter, recognizing the messy scrawl and wrote back.

Harry,
You know you can just floo over, right? Malfoy Manor Sitting Room.

- DM

He sent the bird off and within 10 minutes there was a rustling then the tumbling of a bespectacled Potter covered in a light dusting of soot.

"I never get any better at that," Harry says rolling onto his bottom and sitting with his spread legs out in front of him one hand holding him up on either side. There was a light coating of blush on his cheeks but he sent Draco that lopsided smile anyway, those green eyes boring into him.

"All the grace in the world Potter, really." Draco smirked down at him and stood, offering the messy man a hand then the seat next to him. Harry accepted graciously. "Would you like a glass of water or..?"

"Pumpkin juice will be fine until dinner, I think." Draco nodded and called for Tilly again. Harry's eyes got huge as he saw the small creature. And stuttered as it left him with the juice. "It- your- hat."

"Wow, are you always this elegant? I can see why the guys like you so much," Draco quipped.

"Your elves have hats!" Draco laughed and nodded.

"Teddy said the same thing."

"Where'd they get hats?"

"I tried to release them from servitude. I bought hats for all of them, but they refused to leave. Although they did accept the gifts. They go on breaks to town sometimes. For all other purposes they are free. They just like to serve I guess." He shrugged. Harry looked in awe. "What?"

"You really have changed."

"No, I'm just allowed to be myself now." He smiled into those green eyes. Harry gave Draco a serious look before speaking.

"I think I like the real you." Draco blushed and looked away.

"You're such a sap, Potter."

"Yeah, I know." He sat down his glass after taking a huge gulp then stood again and stretched. His shirt rose slightly giving Draco a look at the smooth, muscled tan skin beneath. "So am I going to get a tour of the manor while someone isn't trying to kill me?" Draco laughed but he knew that Harry really meant it. They were building something and the first step was trying to trust each other.

"We'll see," said Draco standing and motioning for Harry to follow him. "So what parts haven't you seen?"

"Uh...quite a bit actually. If I remember any of it I'll let you know."

"Well let's start, shall we?" Draco walked into the hall and began walking down the corridor to his left with Harry right beside him. He pointed out sitting rooms and extra guest rooms, each a different color or decorated with a different theme. They had almost finished the floor when Harry spoke again.

"It's a lot brighter around here than it was before." Draco nodded at him and spoke quietly.

"Well I didn't want to live in the hovel my father had left for mother and I. Then when Scorpius came about I decided I want better for him. I don't understand how my father could have let me live here before to be honest...Sure it's extravagant but everything had begun to fall apart." Draco took a deep breath and awkwardly chuckled. He turned towards Harry then blushed looking away. Harry smiled.

"You look nice when you're flushed. Makes your eyes stand out." Harry walked ahead of Draco. "I think I'm familiar with the next floor. May I?" The blonde nodded at him, his cheeks still tinted pink. Once they made it up the stair Harry turned to say something but was stopped by a loud giggle. Harry's grin got even wider.

"That's Scorp's laugh." Draco said in a way he thought was necessary.

"Oh, I know." Harry turned and headed towards where he heard the sound in a way that implied sneaky fun. Draco followed him perplexed.

"How do you already know my sons laugh?" He asked as they walked.

"I have a thing with making people happy. I know how you laugh too. I remember from...- Doesn't matter. Now c'mon." He motioned his head towards the only closed door on the floor. The one he assumed to be Scorpius' room. As he neared the door he heard a variety of voices and smiled at Draco before chuckling low.

"What?"

"Story time," he said simply. When he opened the door Teddy and Scorpius were sitting in the corner of the room.

The room was a very generous size for a child, until he remembered it was Malfoy's son he was thinking about. There was a large twin sized four-poster on one side of the room with books and toys scattered all about. The walls fluttered with painted clouds and small golden snitches whose wings really moved.

In the corner the boys sat on small cushions and took turns reading over a book. Whenever it was Teddy's turn he would change his appearance to look like the characters which cause Scorpius to almost always break into a fit of giggles.

"Oh," said Draco smiling. "Story time. Does he always do the faces?" Harry nodded then Teddy spoke up.

"But Papa always does the best voices!" Harry blushed while laughing.

"You do pretty good too, Teddy," he said with a smile towards his godson.

"I agree," said Draco once he realized the wide range of voices he had heard before they entered was just Teddy. "You do very well." Scorpius looked at Teddy with wide eyes.

"Wow! If Daddy and 'Arry says it then you must do really good voices!" Teddy blushed profusely and looked away. When he opened his mouth to object there was a popping and the appearance of a new elf.

"Dinner is served Masters Draco and Scorpius." The elf bowed and cracked out again. Scorpius was the first to recover.

"The foods ready!" he squealed pulling Teddy up and out of the room and rushing down the stairs towards the dinning room with Harry and Draco calmly not so far behind.

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hey futher muckers

i apologize for the 2 week hiatus
thanksgiving was upon us

i was trying to turn in a few assignments before i was out for break

i am back now

so is the monday&friday schedule

not the best chapter but we all need fillers

love you guys

-- angel janeé xoxo 💋