This is my first Albus/Scorpius fanfiction and I hope that you enjoy it and I'd love to hear any feedback you have.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter

Albus Potter had to hand it to his cousin Rose Weasely, for all her faults she really knew how to pull an outfit together, he thought as he took a moment to admire himself in his bedroom mirror. The dark blue jeans and black blazer suited him well, without being overly outlandish he found most modern trends, both muggle and magical, to be. Who actually thought they looked good with their trousers hanging around their knees?

Pleased with what he saw Albus attempted one last time to tame his mane of black hair which seemed to stick out from all angles, but had no such luck.

Sighing, Albus eye caught the photo taped to the fame of the glass. It was a picture of him and his friends lying out on the grass by the lake one warm spring day, each one of them waving lazily towards the camera. The photo had been taken back in his fourth year and Albus had to laugh at how young each of them looked, particularly Rose with her bushy hair blowing in front of her face. That was the year before she discovered boys and Sleekeazy's Hair Potion products.

Above that was a picture of Albus as captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, taken only a month before, after they'd played their final game for the season and won the Cup. This made Albus smile sadly as he recalled his final match he'd ever play as Gryffindor team Captain and Seeker.

The third photo still sat on Albus' dresser, not yet taped to the wall. The photo showed him and Rose jumping in excitement as they threw their graduation caps into the air, shouting with glee. It had only been taken the yesterday and with a smile Albus took a piece of tape and fixed it with the others, reminding him that the hard days were over and tonight was about celebrating their new found freedom. Before their results came back at least.

Albus couldn't quite contain his excitement for the night to come, excitement that seemed to take form as boundless energy as he tapped his foot restlessly. He and the rest of his class had been invited to the official graduation party hosted by Brick McLaggen at his family's estate. Albus had always privately felt that Brick's name was somewhat appropriate considering how thick the other man was, which apparently ran in the family if the stories shelled out by Uncle Ron were anything to go by.

But it wasn't just the party that had Albus shivering with excitement, tonight was his official coming out party. Not that it was much of a party, Albus amended, Rose had taken to calling it that since she first came up the idea a week before. But Rose was taking Albus out to a popular club in London after McLaggen's that catered to his own type; gay men. It would be the first time Albus would be free to go out and chat and flirt freely with other men without anyone who would recognise him around.

Not that there weren't others like him at Hogwarts, Albus had had a few 'relationships' during his school years. But that community had always been private and conducted behind closed doors and inside closets in fear of being found out and ridiculed by the rest of the student body. But now Albus was ready to go out and meet people the normal way, no more awkward eye contact and reading body language to suss out if a guy was interested.

Of course only Rose was accompanying him to their little after party, after all he needed a wing woman for support. Plus while he was comfortable with his own sexual preferences, he wasn't quite ready for anyone else to know yet.

He'd confided in his best friend Rose back in sixth year when he couldn't take the secrecy and shame of it anymore and she just rolled her eyes and said she'd suspected for a while. They'd become even closer after that. Albus knew he would tell his parents and friends when the time was right but until then he'd just focus on putting his life together first.

'Albus! Rose is here!' his dad called up from the bottom of the stairs. Albus ran his hand through his hair one last time with no avail before heading down into the kitchen.

'Rose, you look lovely,' Albus's mum gushed as she took in Rose's gold and navy blue ensemble that Albus thought was a little too short for anyone, particularly the women related to him, to be wearing. But she did look pretty with her sleek red hair rosy cheeks.

'Hey Al,' Rose said as she gave him a nod of approval for his own outfit. 'I am a genius,' she proclaimed, pushing a piece of his hair from his face.

'Hey Rosie,' Albus laughed back, wrapping his arms around her waist and lifting her off the floor into a hug that was interrupted by the sounds of Ginny sniffling.

'What's wrong?' Albus asked in surprise, turning to find his mum watching to two of them clutching her hands over her heart.

'Nothing, darling,' Ginny cooed between sobs and embraced her son. 'You're all just growing up so fast. I need a picture,' she said before she hurried off to wipe away the tears and find the camera.

'So, you excited for tonight?' Rose asked with a wink as she helped herself to a brownie that had been left on the table to cool.

'Yes, yes I am,' Albus laughed in response, taking his own slice of delicious chocolaty goodness. Was there really anything better than chocolate? 'Although I don't know what fun you're expecting to have going out with me to a place where men won't give you the time of day.'

'It'll be a nice change,' was Rose's sly response as she brushed the last of the chocolate from her hands. 'Anyway, tonight is all about you,' she winked again.

'I found it,' Ginny called as she returned to the room with Harry and a camera in tow.

After a number of shots of the two of them and various family members, and only two bouts of tears from Ginny about her babies leaving her, Albus and Rose were off to party the night away. Together they apparated to the outskirts of the McLaggen estate, following the parade of newly ex-students that made their way up to party, all cheering and whooping for their new freedom and riding the buzz of pre-party drinks.

Thanks for reading and I'd love to hear what you think and if you want me to continue