From The Mouths Of Babes

by starlight.moon.princess

A look into the developing relationship of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy, told from the mouths of James, Albus and Lily Potter, and Scorpius Malfoy (and maybe a couple of other characters as well) Slow build.

1. Chapter 1

This collection is going to be EWE - Harry/Ginny and Draco/Astoria get together and have their kids just like in canon, but the actual epilogue, the scene at the train station, doesn't happen. This fic keeps everything in canon upto about two years before the epilogue, which is when the first chapter takes place.

This chapter has been entered into the Snakes and Ladders Challenge and the If You Dare Challenge (548. Dead Eyes)

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James Sirius Potter may have been only ten years old, but he was anything but unobservant.

So it shouldn't really have been a surprise that he figured out what was going on before his parents did.

His parents had had the perfect fairytale life, if one was to believe the papers and so-called history books. The prince saved the damsel in distress and the world, and went on to marry his princess. They were crazily happy, had three children, and lived happily ever after.

At least, that was what everyone saw.

James Potter, on the other hand, saw the little things; the things people tried their best to ignore.

He saw the frown lines on his mother's face, and the way his father's smiles never reached his eyes.

He saw how his father looked at attractive men the same way Uncle Ron looked at beautiful women.

He saw how his mother would look at the Chaser of the Montrose Magpies – what was his name, Richard Fisher? – whenever the Harpies had a game against them.

The world may think that his parents were still madly in love, but James knew better. They loved each other, there was no doubt about that, but it was more like the love he had for Lily or Al. James couldn't remember a time when the two of them had been in love with each other.

The world needed his parents' love story, James knew that too. He knew that the fact that his parents were still seemingly happy was what allowed a lot of people to believe in love. But he didn't care about the people who needed them; he cared about them. And all he wanted was for them to be happy.

And Harry and Ginny Potter had not been truly happy for a long time.

(Wasn't it odd, a child hoping his parents would get divorced?)

So when his parents finally announced they were splitting up, James wasn't upset like the rest of his family. He knew this was truly for the best.

Besides, maybe his parents would actually laugh now.