A/N: I want you to know I'm gritting my teeth right now. I'm putting my right hand up and making a pledge not to abandon this. In fact, at the moment, I have a few chapters written (I'll probably combine some.), but I haven't written on it in a while. But I told someone about it, and they talked me into posting it. So…now, all of you readers have to keep me on the ball about updating this. School's out for summer, so maybe that plus being on a deadline will help. (First chapter and already they're going at it! My bad. Will it help any if I tell you that that was originally chapter two?)

Publicity

Chapter One

Harry Potter took one glance at the headlines and sank into his chair.

Potter Child Gone Wild

Harry didn't look up as his wife entered the room. He wasn't too keen on hearing her say on the article. He read the article again for the tenth time.

Public's eye has finally swept away from the famous Harry Potter. Instead, all the attention has moved to Potter's middle child. Last year, he was voted Hogwarts's Heartthrob. Many students said he was quite the sex-symbol. This year is his sixth year at Hogwarts, the school which has been critically-acclaimed as one of the top three schools of witchcraft and wizardry in the eastern hemisphere.

Young Albus Potter, named after Albus Dumbledore, has been making quite a bit of controversy lately. His younger sister Lily was seen two days screaming that Albus was a 'poof.' He has not denied the statement.

Draco Malfoy, father of Scorpius Malfoy who resides in Albus's year, made the comment: "Albus should be kept away from other boys in his year in the case that he is contagious."

When the Headmistress McGonagall was asked about this, she replied that all schedules, including sleeping schedules, would be kept the way they were.

Word has been spread that perhaps Harry Potter has been spending too much time away from home, and because of this, his children have spent too much time being raised with only a woman role model.

What other things will Albus Potter get into?

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"Harry, how could you let them publish this?" she interrupted.

"Ginny, I didn't even know about it." He rubbed his temples. He didn't like this anymore than she did. But he knew she wouldn't give it a rest.

"They're calling us bad parents. I've heard people say we're unfit to raise children."

"Ginny..."

"You can do something about this, right, Harry? Right?"

Harry just sighed. There wasn't much he could do. If he made a comment on it, they'd write another article and make it about how he was a terrible parent. He continued to stare at Malfoy's comment. How dare that man joke about his son? Why couldn't Malfoy have been brought down with him? Damn that man.

"My dad hates me," Albus groaned miserably. He had been hiding out in the Room of Requirements all day to avoid any publicity. The Room provided the perfect bed for burying his face in. Girls had been coming up to him since two days ago and asking him if it was true. Then they would ask why all the hot guys were gay.

"So?" said a voice by him.

"SO!?" Albus turned to look at his closest friend. "He's my dad! How can you just say 'So?'"

"Well," Scorpius Malfoy began, "I couldn't give a damn what my father thought of me. And you shouldn't either. The Daily Prophet may be wearing you down a little, but you know it'll be all out of the air for you in a few weeks, and everything will be back to normal."

Albus sighed, rubbing his temples. "Easy for you to say, Scorp. Your name isn't the headline to every newspaper around." His voice took on a tone of mockery. "'Albus Potter! The middle child! He's a queer! A downright poof!'" He giggled daintily, then rolled his eyes. "Yeah. Sure. Everyone's going to forget this soon enough." And his voice dripped with sarcasm.

Scorpius smirked. "I sure wouldn't mind sharing the headlines with you." He leaned over and planted a playful kiss on Albus's lips.

When Scorpius pulled away, Albus followed. Scorpius let out a breath of air, grinning broadly. He watched Albus just for a moment before allowing Albus to crash their mouths together. They kissed like they had done so many times before; their tongues clashed like swords.

Scorpius slid a hand between them and gripped Albus's erection through his pants. Albus gasped, and Scorpius took the advantage as a way to press open-mouth kisses down Albus's neck. He ran his mouth up and down Albus's neck before latching onto an earlobe. His breath gave Albus shivers, and Albus couldn't help but moan.

"Oh Merlin…" Albus's breath was coming in short gasps. Scorpius was trailing his fingers over Albus's chest and tweaking nipples as he got to them.

It was only moments before Scorpius yanked Albus's shirt off. His mouth moved to Albus's right nipple, and his hands went lower for bigger business.

Scorpius didn't take the whole nipple in his mouth. His tongue darted out to wet the round bud, and then he blew on it. He gently took it between his teeth and tugged. He heard Albus make a sound somewhere between a whine and a moan.

Meanwhile, Scorpius's hands were working on the button and zipper to Albus's pants. Albus raised his hips so Scorpius could slide the pants and boxers off his buttocks. As Scorpius's mouth nipped at Albus's tit, his hands worked on Albus's cock.

Scorpius ran his palm over the head, and then he curled his fist to slide it down the length, spreading pre-cum around it. He pumped Albus's erection gleefully, occasionally kneading the purple head.

Scorpius stealthily worked Albus into a frenzy. Albus writhed beneath him in a crazed manner. And then Scorpius stopped. Albus yelled in frustration, but Scorpius chuckled.

"Anxious, are we?" he breathed. His voice was husky, and it made Albus's even harder. He planted a kiss to Albus's forehead and then lowered himself until his lips rested above Albus's cock.

His breath swooshed out over the head, and Albus whined somewhere above him. Scorpius glanced up at Albus. They locked eyes. Then Scorpius took Albus into his mouth as far as he would go. Albus couldn't watch for long. His eyes squeezed shut and his head rocked back with a whimper.

Scorpius pressed his tongue along the vein on the underside of Albus's shaft and slid it up and down eagerly. Scorpius sucked and pulled his mouth off Albus's manhood with a pop. He slipped his lips around the head and sucked more. His hand pumped and squeezed the shaft.

His other hand had been preparing Albus this whole time, entering him and stretching him for something bigger. The fingers rocked in and out of Albus. They curled when inside, making Albus's leg twitch. Scorpius spread his fingers in a scissoring motion until he was sure Albus wouldn't be hurt too bad.

Scorpius, once again, stopped everything he was doing. Without giving Albus any warning or any time to respond, Scorpius raised himself up and plunged into Albus. Albus screamed. A tear slid down his cheek from the sheer ecstasy.

With only a few thrusts, Albus came. Scorpius watched Albus's face hungrily as Albus's rectum tightened around him. Not long after, Scorpius followed Albus's lead and spilled himself as well. His scream was silent, but he grunted when he was finished. He pulled himself out of Albus and collapsed beside him.

When Scorpius managed to open his eyes, he found Albus staring at him with a big, stupid grin on his face. He was glowing. Scorpius rolled his eyes, but grinned too.

"That was brilliant," Albus told him.

"I'm always brilliant, you idiot." Scorpius leaned forward and gave Albus a chaste kiss.

At that moment, Albus hated himself. He was supposed to be happy. He was supposed to be with Scorpius and never happier. But his mind was on what happened two days ago. He turned his back to Scorpius and snuggled backwards into his chest. He held Scorpius's hand as Scorpius wrapped his arms around his waist.

Albus really despised Lily sometimes. But he knew she had a right to be angry with him. He did just practically dump her boyfriend for her, when she didn't want to dump him. Sometimes he would get these Slytherin urges, and they would overpower him. He didn't like the guy, so he told him Lily was over him. He supposed he was spending too much time with Scorpius.

Scorpius claimed Albus shouldn't worry about what people thought of him. And for the most part, Albus didn't. But he also didn't want his family to shun him forever. He grit his teeth. He was sure his parents would forgive him eventually. They had to…right?

Albus was also worried for Scorpius. He was sure it would only be a matter of time, and the press would inquire about his relationship status. Scorpius said he would eat it up, but Albus wasn't so sure.

Albus didn't really care what Scorpius said. He knew it would ruin Scorpius's entire life if his peers -- or his family, for that matter--found out about the two of them. For Scorpius's dad, it was enough that Scorpius was even friends with Albus in the first place.

After his wife left him, Draco Malfoy had become a bit of an alcohol addict. And he hated Harry Potter. Everyone knew it. Everyone knew why too. He was jealous. Harry had one-upped him in everything. Apparently, Draco's wife was all that kept the man together. When she left, he lost it.

It was a hard subject for Scorpius. He had taken his mother's leave hard too. Yet though Scorpius adjusted better than his father, Scorpius still didn't like to talk about either of his parents. The first time Albus had really started to see Scorpius in a more-than-platonic light, Scorpius had a bruise on his cheek. It took Albus a year to piece together that that was the day the Malfoy family fell apart.

So Albus wanted to keep Scorpius out of public eye. He wanted to keep Scorpius safe, no matter what Scorpius proclaimed.