For Rochelle. I wish you, Colin, and Alexis the best of luck, very happy times together, and as much sleep as you can manage. I love you, darling!
This was inspired by a post on tumblr by the lovely snapslikethis ( post/85966513976/snapslikethis-fifty-things-baby-harry) who gave me permission to use it in this fic, so major thanks to her! I definitely recommend checking out her blog, she's got some amazing marauders headcanon that inspires me to no end.
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"James, are you coming to bed?" Lily called from their room. She'd gotten home late and hadn't even checked in to see if Harry was asleep before going to sleep herself. "James!"
Sighing when she received no response, she pulled herself back off of bed and headed downstairs to the sitting room.
There she saw James, sleeping on the sofa under an old quilt her grandmother had made, and, coming closer, noticed Harry nestled between him and the back cushions. The latter was smiling softly. At least he's asleep, she thought to herself, recalling the horrible experiences that bedtime had been the past few days now that Harry's learned to resist.
Grinning at her boys, she stepped closer to remove James' glasses. As Lily placed them on the coffee table, James opened his eyes groggily, looking around. "Do this often?" She asked him lightly.
He shrugged. "Think I should get him back to his cot?"
"If you can do it without waking him up." Lily eyed him in a way that clearly said 'if you wake him up now you'll be the one to get him back to sleep, not me.'
"I think we'll just stay down here tonight. You go get some sleep." Lily nodded, raising her eyebrows as James slid back onto the sofa in the same relative position as he was before, replacing the quilt over himself and Harry. To her surprise – or was it relief? – Harry didn't stir and she returned to her bedroom alone, smiling to herself as she thought of the two of them downstairs.