p Severus Snape was seriously considering the different ways in which he could kill and dispose of the bodies of two of his three companions without having aurors waiting for him on his doorstep when he went home. So far he had 2. Another sigh came from beside him made him have to hold in a sigh of his own and add another technique to his internal list. They had been waiting for the last half hour though he is sure his companions would strongly disagree as they are not used to waiting for anything and there annoyance has only increased. He knew what was coming next '3, 2, 1 and here we go'/p
p"Why must we wait here! As I have told you many times before, Severus, my name-"/p
p"Yes, yes I know the Malfoy family name opens up doors, people bow down before you and of course a Malfoy never waits in line like a commoner how could I forget when you have reminded me every day since we became friends." A look from the man standing on his other side made him sigh and brought him back to his point pretty quickly. " Lucius I have told you many times granted while your family is one of the wealthiest in the wizarding community and therefore make a lot of business for Gringotts that does not mean that the goblins themselves appreciate your higher than thou attitude. But of course if you want your transaction to get mysteriously lost again then by all means be my guest use your name to push to the head of the line"/p
pA sigh came from his side "Severus as much as I love listening to the two of you argue like little kids could we please just agree to act our ages and set an example for oh I don't know Lucius' son who you seemed to of forgotten about"/p
p"Please Remus of course I haven't forgotten he is my son after all" Both Remus and Severus replied with a quiet "we know". Lucius heard it and looked up seeing the sadness and pain in both of his friends eyes and could feel his own widen in realisation of what his words must of sounded like and was quick to reply. "I'm sorry I didn't mean it like-"/p
pRemus interrupts with a small sad smile on his face "don't worry Lucius we know what you meant but even though it was over 4 years ago sometimes it feels like only recently"/p
pThe fourth member of the group decided this would be the perfect time to speak up and maybe finally get some answers so pulled on his fathers hand and looked up with innocent eyes asking "What was years ago, is that why uncle Remus and uncle Severus will sometimes look so sad?"/p
pLucius looked from his 5 year old son to his two friends unsure of what to say as it was not his story to tell. Remus seeing this decides to come to his rescue so he kneels down so that he is on the same level as Draco taking a deep breath thinking of what he wants to say before speaking in a softly so that his voice wouldn't carry./p
p"Now Draco I know that you've been told that me and your uncle Severus fell in love while we were attending hogwarts" when Draco nodded he continued "well what you didn't know was that I was in a relationship with another man" Remus gave a small laugh when he noticed that Draco's eyes had widened and his jaw had opened slightly in surprise. "We were in love but were hiding something from each other you see we each found another person attractive but still loved each other deeply so didn't say anything. As you might have guessed the person I found attractive was your uncle Severus but what you might not have guessed is that the person - who the man I was in a relationship with - found attractive was also your uncle Severus"/p
pDraco's mouth dropped fully opened for about a minute before it started working again and "WHAT" was heard all over the main lobby of Gringotts bank. As it was around noon which is optimal banking hours the looby was full and therefore the scream brought lots of attention towards the small group of men however the glares from both Severus Snape Hogwarts resident potion master and Lucius Malfoy head of the prestigious Malfoy family was enough to turn many of the heads away./p
p"Yes Draco so when we realised that we both found the same man attractive - which took a while believe me - we decided to see if he would be inclined to join us in a tri-relationship and he did." Remus and Severus both had smiles on their faces and a faraway look in their eyes obviously replaying memories of times long gone./p
pDraco looked from one uncle to the other before clearing his young throat making both men blink before looking at the young man. Remus smiled at him before continuing on. "We were extremely happy and soon after we started the tri-relationship we realised that we quickly feel in love with Severus as well. Our relationship continued after we left Hogwarts and because we are soul mates we soul bonded the year after we left and were happy. We were happy." He let out a sigh. Draco bit his lip before asking quietly "what happened that made you so sad"/p
p"We had been soul bonded for 9 months 3 weeks and 4 days we were even trying for a family for ourselves I'm not exactly sure what happened he never seemed like he wanted out of our relationship but one day he went out and didn't come home. We were worried but found out that he was in a relationship with a woman and was getting married soon. Shocked didn't even cover what we were feeling at that time we thought all sorts of things, tried to get to him ask what was wrong what happened. It took a couple of months but we finally got to him he said he was happy with her that they, that they were having a child together. Well we still love him so we wanted him happy but we still wanted him in our lives so we took what we could get. We were there for him, treated his child like our own" here he laughed "I swear that child had us wrapped around his little finger just like you do" Remus tapped Draco on the nose laughing when his eyes crossed in order to see the finger./p
pDraco pouts at the men before his father cleared his throat causing both Remus and Severus to roll their eyes at him 'stupid Malfoy etiquette' was running through their heads. "Why am I not allowed to play with my cousin then?"/p
pDraco receives sad smiles from his uncles " it's not that simple I'm afraid. You see when the child was a year old his father well both his parents they were killed and since we weren't blood related we couldn't just take him. We tried to adopt him but it just didn't work out."/p
pSeverus snorted causing the others attention to be directed to him he looks away saying "apparently the ministry feels we wouldn't make suitable enough parents" he snorts again./p
p"But, but that's ridiculous you'd be incredible parents your much better to me than my supposed mother"/p
p"Thank-you Draco that means a lot. But what's done is done as far as I'm aware he is safe and happy living with his mothers muggle relatives and that's really all that matters isn't it Severus" Severus looks at his partner before a sigh escapes and he nods "but that doesn't mean I don't think we should be the ones looking after him ensuring his health and happiness."/p
pLucius looking for a way to lift the grief and pained filled atmosphere which surrounded their small group said "oh look there's finally a teller free over there it seems waiting half a day pays off. Shall we?"/p
pRemus and Severus sent him a thankful look and took a moment to compose their thoughts and bring themselves back into the present. Just as they were about to make their request at the teller a large CRACK rang throughout Gringotts calling the attention of all within the bank./p
pThe goblins started shouting to each other in their native language of gobiltygook while running to and fro. A crowd started to form in the centre of the lobby and while the express less mask of the Malfoys is legendary even they could not hide their curiousity. The group of four slowly pushed their way through the crowd to see what could draw everyone's attention./p
pWhen they reached the front they seen that it was not a what but a who. In the centre of the crowd sat a young boy dressed in what could only be described as rags with a head full of dark messy hair which is currently buried in hid drawer up knees./p