Severus held his son close. They were at his wife's funeral . Harry was clinging to his chest sitting on his arm. Harry had Lily's bright green eyes, and her curly hair but Harry's hair was black like Severus' . Harry was the perfect combination of Lily and Severus. Harry wasn't even a year old yet. Lily had been killed by a werewolf.
People watched the father and son both in all black both crying silently. Everyone was a little scared to approach the widower . Suddenly a horse faced woman pushed through the crowd with a fat baby of her own. She walked right up to Severus.
"I'm not in the mood , Petunia." Severus said in to the quiet crowd. It seemed most of the people he and Lily had gone to school with or worked with were here. "Please, just pay your respects and go. "
The woman huffed.
"I knew you bringing Lily into this World of yours would get her killed!" Petunia spat. Her eyes went the baby who was not reacting to screeching. "Is that child like you two?"
"If you mean is he magical like everyone else here at this funeral except you, your husband, child and parents then yes. " Severus replied, Lilys parents were now standing there. Severus looked down at his son who was touching his cheek. "Are you hungry, Harry?"
Severus reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out a bottle. He lay Harry in his arms and gave him his bottle. Harry took it and began eating.
" I don't trust you to take care of that child!" Petunia screeched.
"He is my son." Severus told her giving her dead eyes. "I will raise my son as I see fit to do so. If you keep this up you and your spawn will not be allowed in his life. "
"hey, Snape." James Potter walked up with his three friends. James looked down at the baby and quickly patted Harry's head a little roughly. "The Muggle giving you trouble? Need us to remove her?"
Severus watched James pat Harry's head then listened to his question.
"Harry does not like being touched. Please refrain from doing so." Severus said.
"Who are you to think to remove me from my sisters funeral?"
"James Potter , I'm an Aruror . " James said, flashing his badge on his waist. "That's law enforcement. "
"Sirius Black." Black said, nodding his head and flashing the same badge. "Aruror."
"Remus Lupin. " Lupin said, looking tired, "Werewolf."
"Peter Pettigrew." The smallest of them said, " Department and Control of Dangerous Creatures. "
Petunia's eyes never left Remus.
"Your kind killed my sister." she said in a whisper.
"I'm aware of that." Remus said looking toward Lily's grave now with fresh dirt over it. "Lily was a great person and an amazing friend to me. You have no idea how much I regret that one of my kind killed her. My deepest apologizes on behalf of my race."
The Marauders were actually trying to help him. Would wonders never cease.
"Severus, dear. " Rose Evans said , "If you need a babysitter or any help just let Daniel and I know. "
"Of course, " Severus inclined his head. "But Harry doesn't like strangers. "
"Oh?" Daniel asked fixing his glasses. The crowd was starting to thin out now. Until only they were left. James didn't seem to want to leave until he made sure the Muggles didn't cause any trouble. "Have you taken him to a doctor to ..."
"My son is fine." Severus cut in. "I will take him for his year old exam when the time comes. " He took the empty bottle and put Harry over his shoulder to burp him with practiced ease. "Now please excuse me but it's getting cold and Harry gets sick very easily. " he looked at the Marauders. "Potter, Black, Lupin, Pettigrew." With that he turned on his heal. "Come on , Harry. Time to go home."
Harry blinked his eyes up at him and reached for the last place he had seen his mommy.
"No , Harry, mommy has to stay here." Harry kept reaching for the grave. "It's okay, Harry, daddy is here for you. "
Harry began crying again but no sound came out of him. Severus sighed and walked toward his house only a few blocks away. He knew Harry wouldn't remember this but he, Severus, would never forget it. Petunia was shrieking now about he was going to corrupt Lily's son just as he had Lily but Severus kept walking he had to get Harry home and washed and laid down for his nap.
Severus was starting to get worried about his son. Harry should be babbling incessantly but he never made a noise. Today Harry was crawling around his play area putting different toys in his mouth and chewing on them. Severus smiled at him and picked him up. He put some gel he'd brewed on one figure then rubbed it on Harry's gums. Harry let out a sigh of relief . The gel was used for teething babies. Severus set Harry back down and Harry crawled to his foam blocks and began playing with them.
Harry loved his foam blocks. He couldn't get hurt by them when they fell. His old blocks had given him a black eye and his mommy had gotten rid of them and given his his foam blocks instead. Severus watched.
"Harry!" He called, Harry stopped and turned to him. "Daddy , loves you."
Harry gave a gummy grin like he understood. Severus was a little relieved Harry wasn't deaf. Maybe he was mute? Severus had heard of that happening before. He was shocked when he noticed that all of Harry's blocks were sorted by color and shape and Harry was giving a satisfied nod. He cocked his eye brow. His son shouldn't know his colors he wouldn't even be a year old until the next month. He really needed to get his son seen but he could wait until all the Witches and Wizard's brought their children in for the year old exams. It was only three weeks away. For now he'd try to get Harry to talk.