I don't own Harry Potter, it belongs to the fabulous J. K. Rowling.

This is a birthday story for Marksmom and will have five chapters.

Summary: Hating to see her parents always fighting, Severus and Harry's four year old daughter wishes them to live happily ever after like her dollies while holding someone's wand….

Warnings: MalexMale, Mpreg

I apologise in advance for any mistakes I may have made. :D

Severus looked up from his cauldron at the clock on the wall. He put his potion on a stasis charm and locked up before apparating away. He walked up the path in Godric's Hollow and knocked on the door.

A few seconds later an out of breath Harry answered the door, frowning when he saw Severus. "Why have you knocked? You do still live here Severus." he said as he turned and walked back into the house leaving the door open for Severus to follow.

Severus sighed and walked in closing the door behind him; he walked in and sat at the table just as Harry placed a tray full of cookies he had just taken out of the oven on there.

Severus watched as Harry put them on a plate before placing them on the window sill to cool. "This has to stop."

Harry turned around. "What?"

"Baking cookies for our daughter, you will rot her teeth."

"Severus -"

"And don't start with her teeth are fine and you make she brushes them, you can't fill her up on stuff like this."

"Severus -"

"She needs a proper meal in her."

Harry slammed his hands down on the table making sure it stopped Severus from talking. "Our daughter has a cooked breakfast every day before washing, brushing her teeth and dressing for the day. She then plays before we go shopping after that we come home and she has a cooked lunch after that she is with me learning different things. She is then having a cooked dinner her third hot meal of the day. Only then if she has been good and eaten her dinner she gets cookies but only two Severus. Not that you ever know as you practically live in your shop!" he snapped.

Just then the floo flared and Draco stepped through, dusting off his robes as he walked into the kitchen, stopping at the scene in front of him. "Are you both serious? Severus I bet you have only been home five minutes."

"Yes he has, but he doesn't walk in anymore Draco. He knocks!"

Draco looked at his godfather. "That's going a bit too far Sev."

"What is going too far is you turning up uninvited."

"I asked him to come Severus; if you had been home when I put our daughter to bed you would have known that."

Draco stepped forwards when he saw Severus open his mouth to answer back. "Are these the cookies?" he asked.

Harry smiled at Draco and waved his wand at the cookies so they were now wrapped up. "That's them, there are six lemon ones with white chocolate chip, six orange ones with chocolate chip and I have managed to do six plain ones with toffee inside."

Draco took the plate. "Thank you Harry. Her cravings are getting worse. Hermione said to give the recipe to our elf to stop her bothering you."

"It's not bother really. I love baking, it calms me." he paused to look at Severus. "Releases stress as well which I tend to get a lot of."

Draco looked between them both. "No more fighting and arguing please. My goddaughter is asleep upstairs and I know she is only four but Gwynned is like you both, very clever, she picks up on things."

After Draco left Harry looked at Severus, his arms folded his eyebrow raised. Severus knew that look, he was waiting for an apology, he sighed and stood up. "I'm going to shower before bed." he said and left the kitchen. He got halfway up the stairs before he heard Harry crying, dropping his head he carried on up the stairs.

They had got close during the war when Severus had helped Harry take down and kill Voldemort, even though Severus was Headmaster and Harry was on the run it didn't stop him apparating to help him.

When they had got caught and taken to Malfoy Manor Draco had stepped up and protected them, getting Crucio'd by his Aunt Bellatrix when she advanced on Hermione, when they had fled to Shell cottage they took Draco with them.

At the age of nineteen Harry and Severus were married. A year later at the age of twenty Harry gave birth to their now four year old daughter Gwynned. When they got married people said it wouldn't last as Harry is one to show his feelings, wear his heart on his sleeve whereas Severus never even showed a smile let alone any emotion. They both paid no mind to it as they knew how the other felt and that was all they needed.

At least that was what Harry went by until now. He hated watching how Severus showed his love to Gwynned, made her laugh, even laughed with her and with Harry it was a kiss on the cheek, how was your day and that's it.

Harry felt he couldn't live like that, he thought he could as Severus showed him how much he loved him with their lovemaking but even that had slowed. Lately with Severus it was straight in from work, supper, play with Gwynned, put her to bed with Harry and then go and read, getting into bed when Harry was already asleep.

He would be awake before Severus woke and would lay there, eyes closed pretending to be asleep, loving how Severus would run his fingers through his hair and place a small kiss on his lips before getting up but he couldn't live for those moments anymore.

"Daddy?"

Harry looked up and saw his daughter stood in the doorway, her long black hair down her back, rubbing her eye with her small fist while she had a teddy bear under her other arm.

"Gwynned darling, come and sit with your daddy."

Gwynned smiled and put her arms around Harry resting her head on his shoulder when he held her close.

"Why are you crying daddy?"

"I didn't know I was darling. Does daddy look like he has been crying?"

"Eyes red."

"Daddy is just tired darling. What has you up?"

"Just woke up daddy, is papa home?"

"He is darling, just having a shower, would you like him to put you to bed?"

Gwynned nodded.

"Come on then love." Harry said as he stood up and after switching everything off and making sure everywhere was locked up he carried his daughter upstairs.

Severus had read their daughter the story she had picked out and only read three pages before Gwynned was asleep in his arms, he laid with her for a few minutes, wanting to make sure she was asleep.

When he walked into his and Harry's room he found Harry fast asleep, flat on his back his head turned slightly to the right. He quietly walked over to the bed and removing his dressing gown before climbing into bed, he leaned over Harry and dropped his head a little when he saw tear stains on his husband's cheeks, he leaned down and placed a small kiss on the younger man's lips before laying on his back, letting out a small sigh when seconds later Harry turned over in his sleep and rested his head on his chest, making it his pillow.

Severus woke up and turned over to find himself alone in bed; he cast a tempus charm and saw it had just gone nine in the morning. Sunday. The shop was shut, his day off to spend with his family. He got up and washed and headed downstairs.

Harry was sat at the table eating his toast, watching his daughter as she was eating her breakfast. "You can dance when you have finished eating." he said as she sat wiggling from side to side as she ate.

"Okay daddy. What are we doing today?"

"It is Sunday, your papa is home all day, what do you want to do?"

"Can we go park and have a picnic?"

"Of course we can sweetheart." Harry looked up when Severus walked into the kitchen. "Okay Gwynned why don't you go and pick what two toys you want to take with you and me and your papa will get everything ready."

"Take where?" Severus asked.

"It is your day off. Family day, your daughter wants to have a picnic at the park." Harry placed toast on a plate on the table and put a jar of jam at the side of it. "Eat your breakfast Severus. I will get everything ready."

"Harry." Severus said, stopping his husband from leaving the room. "About last night -"

"Don't worry Severus. I will knock in future." Harry answered, feeling hurt that his husband would cover himself after seeing that his was being watched by his husband in the shower.

Severus reached out and grabbed Harry's arm stopping him from leaving. "I covered up because of all my scars; they are hideous Harry I know you don't want to see them anymore than I do."

"Bollocks Severus. You know how I love your scars as it shows and reminds me just what you fought for. I am twenty four years old Severus no need to sugar coat things."

"I never sugar coat things."

"Never used to but you do now and I am sick of it I am not a little boy anymore."

"Fine no more sugar coating. Your hair is a complete mess it makes you look untidy and as though you can't be bothered at all, you still wear the same glasses you have worn since you were five years old and while you are like Lily when you are with our daughter you are too much like Potter when with your friends and that is who you truly are!" Severus snapped.

Harry wrenched his arm free and slapped Severus. "Not even ten o'clock yet, must be a new record." he whispered before turning and running from the kitchen.

Severus closed his eyes and sighed, he sat down hard at the table and pushed the plate away that had his toast on it, he wasn't really hungry anymore, he felt sick to his stomach. He blamed the stress of work for his outburst but he knew that he couldn't blame it all on work, he hated to be so harsh. He tried to ignore it but he knew tears when he saw them and he saw them in Harry's eyes before he fled the kitchen.

He had been doing a lot of thinking about his marriage with Harry, five years on people still gave him looks, he would still get howlers at work, telling him he was disgusting, he ought to have been locked up for what he did in the war not get off free and marry the hero of the wizarding world. Cursing him for how he lived is life now, saying he might be able to fool Harry but not them.

He had gotten letters with people hoping he would one day make a mistake and blow himself up in a potions accident riding them all of him. He had started to think they were right, just what did Harry see in him? He was a forty four year old man, he had killed many people, yes he had turned spy but he still did awful things before he did so.

"Severus?"

Severus pulled his head out of his hands and looked over his shoulder to see Harry standing there looking what reminded Severus of when he used to teach and a student was hovering outside his door who had come for detention. He stood up. "All ready?" he asked.

"We are."

"Papa!" Gwynned came running in and up to Severus making him pick her up and hold her close.

"Ready gorgeous?"

Gwynned giggled. "Yes."

Severus gave his daughter one of his rare smiles and kissed her cheek. "Come on then."

When they got to the park and picked where they were sitting Gwynned went running onto the park. "Keep in our sight Gwynned." Severus called out.

Harry smiled and laid out a blanket.

"A bit small for us all to sit on isn't it? You will practically be sitting on my lap."

Harry looked up and glared at Severus. "This blanket is Gwynned's." Harry got another blanket out, a much bigger one and spread it out. "This is ours, plenty of room, no need to touch."

"Of course we can touch Harry we are married, you have a habit lately of taking my words and twisting them to make them sound harsh."

"And how did I twist your words this morning then?"

Severus sighed. "I am sorry for that. I didn't mean it."

"You did mean it, you just didn't mean for it to come out how it did."

"Anyone would think I am the only one who says harmful things in this marriage."

"Severus we both snap and say hurtful things thing is where you mean them I don't."

"Bollocks."

"I don't call you names Severus."

"No but while out with your friends when they call me names instead of defending your husband you laugh along like you agree that is worse."

"Worse as opposed to Lucius calling me and you agreeing with what he said!"

"When was this?"

"Last month at his and Narcissa's wedding anniversary party. He asked you why you are still with me when I am so immature and you answered with 'yes he is'. I heard you both Severus."

"That's why you left early."

"Yes."

"Harry -"

"Daddy I want swings."

"Coming darling."

"Harry stop walking away every time I try and explain things."

"I have to walk away because our daughter needs me but if you want to explain things then by all means come with me Severus."

"Unfortunately I haven't come with you for a while." Severus said without thinking.

Harry looked up in shock at his husband. "Oh Severus I -"

"Daddy!"

"Coming darling." Harry said and hurried over to their daughter. In the end they ended up coming home early as it had started to rain.

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