It was a brisk autumn day; the last vestiges of summer having just slunk away. Leaves spiralled down from the trees towards the ground and the small and seemingly mismatched family that walked, laughing, through the London park.

A young man with black hair strolled though the park holding on to a small boys hand who couldn't have been older than five. The boy; Teddy Lupin giggled as he tried to kick the piles of leaves that had been gathered around the edges of the path. Holding Teddy's other hand was a woman at the same age as the man; Ginny Weasley soon to be Potter. She had her head thrown back as she laughed at Teddy's glee filled laughter as he managed to kick up a small flurry of leaves and the man; Harry, sent her an amused glance.

All in all Harry decided his life was good. It was still stressful and hectic at times but in a good way. Now he had someone to come home to. He watched as Ginny patiently listened to Teddy's animated retelling of his fifth birthday party just a few days before. He had knew that Ginny would love Teddy, how could she not? However, this went beyond what he had expected, she wasn't exactly a mother figure but somewhere between a mother and an older sister. His lip quirked when he thought that it must be a welcome change for her to have someone to fuss over. He knew that being the youngest of seven with six older brothers meant that she was the receiver of a lot of protectiveness, he should know; Charlie still glared at him whenever he strayed to near to Ginny. It was understandable at first but it was fairly ridiculous given that they had been dating for six years and were engaged to be married.

So caught up in his musings was he that that it took him a minute to notice Teddy pulling at his sleeve,

"Swing!" He pleaded. It was unfair that whenever Teddy pleaded for something at least someone in their oh-so-large family would indulge him with Molly being the worst of the lot. He had had to be careful about how long he left him with her since lest he let his godson be spoiled absolutely rotten.

Still Harry decided as he grabbed one of Teddy's and Ginny grabbed the other, there were worse things for him to be. As both he and Ginny swung their arms and Teddy flew up into the air he shrieked with laughter and both Harry and Ginny soon joined him.

While his life was nowhere near perfect it just made him appreciate more the moments that were.