A/N: Thanks to everyone who gives this a read.

Reviews are welcome.

Sequel to A Change Of Heart so new readers please give that one a read first before reading this as you may get confused if I reference back to things in the first story.

Disclaimer: I'm not claiming to own anything Harry Potter related, The characters, the world and the whole concept belongs to J K Rowling, I'm just a huge fan using my own imagination. Not to publish or plagiarize someone else's work. Some characters have been written in as family members of characters mentioned in Miss Rowling's series.

Enjoy :)


July 1980

Over the wailing cries of his one month old son, Lucius yawned deeply. It was half past three o'clock in the morning and he hadn't yet been to bed. As Narcissa was still sleeping he had arrived home to hear his son crying for a feed and had decided to do the nighttime feed himself, Narcissa needed her rest. But as Lucius had predicted, after giving his son his whole bottle of milk, Draco just wouldn't settle down.

The door to the nursery creaked open and Lucius turned to see his wife enter the nursery, wearing a short black silk dressing gown over her silk nightie. Her long blonde hair fell over her shoulders and her tired blue eyes sparkled in the dimly lit room. Even though she didn't get much sleep, she still looked beautiful to him. She walked over to her husband and gently took the screaming baby from him.

Lucius had watched how his wife had been with her goddaughter Daphne the previous September and he loved how natural she seemed to be at holding a baby. She was such a good mother for the instant that Narcissa had cradled Draco in her arms and began to rock him gently from side to side, he let out a yawn and started to fall asleep in his mother's arms.

He watched for a few minutes as she stared down lovingly at their son, his eyes glued shut as Narcissa hummed a nursery rhyme at him. Narcissa placed the sleeping infant back into moses basket and gestured quietly for the two of them to leave the room. They walked in silence back to their bedroom, hoping that the baby's screams hadn't woken up Abraxas and Evelyn. Once inside their room, Lucius locked the door and started to undress.

Narcissa climbed back into their bed as Lucius changed into clean pair of boxers and climbed into bed next to her. Both of them let out a tired sigh before laying down completely. Lucius shifted closer to his wife, placing an arm over her waist to hold her closer to him.

"I swear he doesn't like me." complained Lucius.

Narcissa chuckled, "Nonsense." she replied.

"He instantly settles for you, he doesn't for me." Lucius pointed out.

"He's a mummy's boy." teased Narcissa.

"I agree there." Lucius grumbled.

"Darling, give it time. I'll bet you anything that Dada is his first word." said Narcissa softly.

"You're just trying to make me feel better." sighed Lucius.

"Well if that isn't helping, I certainly know what will." whispered Narcissa, shifting his his arms to face him completely.

Lucius raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure you're up for that?" asked Lucius quietly.

Narcissa nodded, "Darling it's been far too long since we made love. I'm physically aching for you." she whispered.

Lucius grinned, "Well Mrs Malfoy I can certainly sort that out," he whispered back.

Narcissa giggled as she felt his lips kiss her neck, she had missed him touching her. In the last few months of her pregnancy, the very thought of making love to Lucius whilst she felt like an elephant had put her off of it. She had explained to Lucius why she didn't want to engage in that activity and although he said that he still found her beautiful and desirable, Narcissa couldn't help but feel insecure a little as her body had changed for the life that she and Lucius had created.

The warmth of Narcissa's body was too much for Lucius, he had had very little sleep the previous night due to a meeting with his master and then had been stuck at the Ministry from nine til five and he hadn't even had the chance to return home to change or to see Narcissa and Draco as his father had requested that he dine with him and some business associates and talk about buying some land in the south of France. By the time the dinner was over he was once again at his master's side. The warmth of his wife's body was inviting him to close his eyes and fall asleep on her and he couldn't fight the urge of sleep taking over his body.

Narcissa felt Lucius's body go heavy on hers and she smiled to herself as she heard a light snore escape from her husband. She wrapped her arms around his tired body and held him tightly to her. There would be plenty of times where they could make love but tonight, it was clear that Lucius needed to sleep so she decided to settle to holding him in her arms, if only for a few hours. Draco would be awake again at around seven in the morning and Lucius needed to be at the Ministry again at nine.

Sighing contentedly she rested her head next to his as he nestled into her neck, his arms wrapped around her waist and just holding her close. She closed her eyes and yawned.