Title: Adopted
Summary: When members of the Weasley/Potter clan come to realize that Scorpious and Albus were now ScorpiousandAlbus they bring it upon themselves to warn the young blonde on what he was to face dating their darling Albus.
AN: An alphabet's A-Z of Albus and Scorpious.
"You're…"
"If I were you, I'd think about what to add after that if you value your life Albus Severus Potter."
"But…"
"I'd think rather long and hard."
"Oh come on!" Albus threw his boyfriend for over two weeks a disgruntled look, his arm looping around Scorpious before settling against him as the train continued to mosey its way to King Cross's station. He gave actual effort into making his eyes seem as big as possible.
Scorpious rolled his own beautiful grey eyes at this, fully knowing that Albus was attempting to suck him into agreeing, which he would eventually. He just wanted to draw it out for as long as possible to keep his Gryffindor at the edge. There was nothing else like an agitated Albus.
"Please! Scor I'm begging you here. I know that our family's have had this weird rivalry and it's probably our supposed wants for immediate death wishes that we managed to get together without them knowing, but I don't think I'll be able to live with myself if I have to spend my life dividing my time between my family and the love of my life."
Albus' lower lip trembled and his dazzling emerald eyes gleamed with unshed tears, which Scorpious knew was unintentional on his part. He raised a hand armed with a handkerchief for the sole purpose of wiping his tears away as they fell. He cherished the sight of Albus' cheeks turning pink.
"To answer, I think I'm quite comfortable meeting your parents…" Scorpious frowned; that didn't sound quite right. "Rather, I'm pleased to finally know just how big your family is. I've always been an only child and Christmas always tends to be dull."
Albus answered with a scoff, playfully rolling his eyes at his boyfriend. "If spending two whole weeks in France is boring, then how am I ever going to have enough money in my pockets to keep you satisfied?"
"Easy there," Scorpious teased, glad that the mood finally lifted. "We're only fifth years after all. Fifteen isn't the age to start thinking of marriage and settling down. You never know, you might change your mind."
"I won't." Albus' answer was firm, his arm wrapping around Scorpious' waist as he rested his head against the blonde's neck. "Soon enough, I hope I'll never have to choose between family and you because maybe then you'll have been a part of my family already."
Scorpious stared at him for a moment before letting out a sigh. "Bring on the relatives then. I'll do my best to fit in."
"When you're as blonde as that, I don't think that will ever be possible."
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The moment they arrived, Albus had been pulled away from him, much to Scorpious' displeasure, though he tried to keep it from showing on his face, his host more or less noticed.
Harry had a slightly amused expression on his face as he helped haul their trunks into the house. He'd picked both up at the platform saying that everyone else was at the Burrow getting everything ready.
"James is having a panic attack, and it's hilarious to watch!" Louis Weasley had been the culprit as to Albus' disappearance. Apparently his about to be married brother had finally cracked under the strenuous pressure of choosing to marry after only a year being out of school.
"He and Teddy are happy." Albus told him sternly when he had noticed the cryptic look in Scorpious' eyes. "That's all that matters."
Scorpious had only looked away because the love in Albus' eyes had overwhelmed him. He never knew if he'd come to feel that possessive and defensive feeling over one's sibling simply because he knew he'd be an only child. It seemed to be a tradition in the Malfoy family to only have one succeeding heir, which might explain his sudden closing off towards the Potter/Weasley clan.
"I guess you'd like to meet everybody." Harry said awkwardly once their trunks had been taken to Albus' room. The Chosen One seemed to falter under the stare of the fifth year Slytherin before he managed to call out his inner Gryffindor and pulled out a stern face. "Scorpious, I know that you aren't like your Father, and I also know that he is a good man. As far as I got from Albus' stories of you, he's raised you well and so I trust that you won't hurt my son."
Scorpious held his breath after that, but Harry said no more. Relieved that that was all he got from his boyfriend's father, he drew out an exhale before nodding. "Of course."
"Right…" Harry rubbed the back of his neck for a moment before the tense air disappeared. "You any good at Charms?"
"Outstanding."
"Good." Harry clapped him on the shoulder before leading him back to the yard where everyone was gathered, still working on getting everything perfect for James and Teddy's wedding.
Scorpious glanced up from where Harry was teaching him how to help levitate the tent and saw Albus beaming widely at him that he was getting along with his father before going back to helping his nearly hysterical brother.
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Confrontation from Harry might have been easy and Ginny had let him off the hook as well, but not without a stern talking to from the redhead that involved a nice story of how she'd managed to use Reducto at a six feet tall Death Eater that had just been following orders and not dating her son without remorse.
It didn't take much for the message to be passed; Hurt my son, and you get blasted into bits that not even your Father will be able to help you.
And that said something, for Draco was quite the Healer.
Once Ginny was sure she'd made her point quite clear, she hummed and wiped her hands dry before pulling out stuff from drawers then turned to Scorpious with a small smile. "Strawberry Shortcake good for you?"
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Molly Weasley was even subtler than her daughter, which Scorpious found intimidating. He'd expected a good tongue lashing from the woman who managed to kill his psychotic Great Aunt but found that she was quite civil when… well, always.
"Al has always been the nicest out of all of them, and I don't mean that in an insulting way." Molly chuckled warmly. "I love all my grand children, and Al has always been the easiest to hurt. He doesn't fight back unless roused and seeing as you've got him wrapped around your finger, as well as vice versa then hurting him will hurt you as well. He won't be harmed in your hands, I trust?"
All Scorpious could do was nod.
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"Scorpious!" The moment Teddy called for him, he wanted to deflate and float away. He'd been expecting this one a lot sooner since he had a brief taste of his cousin's anger towards the object of his affections but was surprised to turn on his heel to find Teddy hauling a rather pale looking James.
The blonde thought not to comment which was incredibly smart on his part. He knew that this was where hell began because the adults were expected to be civil, it wasn't like he was Voldemort's newest play thing, but the children were another story entirely.
"I came to talk to you about Al." Color came back to James, and the sight brought a deep red color to flake over Teddy's turquoise blue hair. So his cousin sent the eldest Potter to get his mind off of the wedding.
Brilliant.
"I don't care if he loves you. Contrary to many things, I love my baby brother a whole lot and he will always have my back. I don't care that he's so smitten with you, if you hurt him I will have at you with the rest of our family behind me." James drew in a sharp breath, his blue eyes narrowing. "Don't even think of messing with his head or playing with his heart. You're a Malfoy, and I've finally come to terms with accepting that, but bless your little blonde head because this has been the first time I've ever seen Al smile like that and I'd rather keep it that way."
Teddy chuckled at the paradox, wrapping an arm around his fiancé's waist. "What he means is, take care of Al."
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After being warned by five people, Scorpious expected more to come, and he wasn't really surprised or scared when Lily approached him next.
"Hey there." The youngest Potter seemed to be the most sane out of all of them, but like her siblings, that was only a front. She was like Fred Weasley reincarnated, which worried a few people but not really.
Lily handed over a plate with cookies and a glass of milk before settling down beside him against the base of the house. They had a view of the backyard where everyone had settled to playing a game of Quidditch since everything was finally done with and they could relax.
Scorpious nibbled at a cookie, mind drifting off as he waited patiently for Lily's words to throttle him like the rest of them, but was suddenly caught off guard when the young girl ruffled his hair.
"Don't look so surprised." Lily chided, tossing her black locks over her shoulder. "I know you love Al, and for me that's enough. He's also a tough guy so I don't think he'd appreciate me scaring off his first boyfriend, you know?"
Scorpious swallowed his mouthful of cookie before shrugging. Of course he didn't know, he was an only child.
Lily seemed to notice where his thoughts were going and sighed, sliding an arm over his neck. "It must be lonely being alone all the time."
"I'm not alone."
"Sure you aren't." Lily chuckled warmly. "Never mind that though. You have Al, and me, and Teddy, and James now."
Scorpious smiled and leaned against her, eyes swiftly following Al's form as he rounded off in his search for the snitch.
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Now that he'd gone through the Potters (and Molly Weasley) it was time to put his tact to the test; starting off with Rose.
The girl approached him when Lily made a quick escape for more cookies ("I didn't know you liked cookies that much!") with a heavy tome in her hands. There was a comfortable silence where Scorpious was content on watching his boyfriend on his broom.
"He cares a lot about you." Rose let out, her eyes glued to the heavy tome on her lap.
"I care about him too."
"Mhmm…" Rose mumbled absent mindedly before she cocked her head a bit and said. "Do you think it'd be wise to pursue Herbology? Personally I think I wouldn't have anything to do with the plants but there's so much to learn…"
Scorpious found himself completely engaged in conversation with the Gryffindor without even realizing it. By the time the sun had nearly set and Al had won them the choice for dinner he hadn't even realized Rose had closed her book.
"It's hard to believe that we've been school mates for five years," Rose mumbled as they sauntered inside the burrow, grinning slyly. "I wanted to get to know you before I passed my verdict."
Scorpious paused, slightly tensed.
"I approve of you Scorpious Hyperion Malfoy." Rose giggled at the way he froze. "Yup. Al said you hated your full name."
"I'm not an insect."
"That, my friend you most certainly aren't."
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Louis Weasley was another thing coming compared to Rose, but Scorpious sucked it up and sat across from the part Veela blonde who seemed to find it amusing grilling him with sharp dark blue eyes.
Al sat beside him, with Rose at his other side and conversation went around the table as the family had dinner. James and Teddy were practically shining with colors, literally since one of them was a Metamorphmagus and nobody could stop talking about the wedding.
"Like the Shortcake?" Louis inquired as he stabbed at the triangle on his plate. Scorpious nodded his head and attempted to remain quiet so as to not disrupt the conversation.
He didn't really know Louis that well, despite going to the same school as him for five years, just like Rose. The moment Al sprung it on his cousins though, Louis had been the first one to come at him with his wand drawn out.
A sly kick from underneath the table reopened that certain event's conversation.
"if you wanna have kids after you're done with my cousin, you better not ever be done with my cousin."
Scorpious stabbed at his own dessert, nodding his head. The warning was still deep in his mind.
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Getting into bed that day was harder than he thought, since he couldn't keep still. Scorpious was sure James or Louis would pop up in the middle of the night and find him with his arms wrapped around Al and would personally skin him alive.
His boyfriend found this amusing.
"Thank you." Al whispered when they were under the covers. "You did so well coming here and getting to know them."
"It's nice." Scorpious admitted. "They're all quite welcoming after a few words, Lily especially."
"Well, that's an up when you're dating me." Al grinned. "You get adopted into the family."
"I like this particular perk." Scorpious murmured. "It might even help you get over the trauma you'll get when I introduce you to my family."
Scorpious shifted when Al froze up. He stared at his boyfriend for a moment who seemed intent on not moving.
"What's wrong Al?"
"This is so not fair."
"What?" Scorpious couldn't stop the disbelief in his voice.
Al lowered himself deeper into his boyfriend's arms and buried his face into his chest. "You get to go through a dozen Potters and Weasleys, but I have to go through Draco Malfoy."
Scorpious thought for a moment.
"Merlin- stop grinning like that Scorp!"
Now he knew why Al couldn't stop laughing. He couldn't wait for his boyfriend to meet his family.
There you have it! I hope you guys liked it and I know it was sort of redundant because honestly, how many ways can one threaten one's son/daughter/sibling's boyfriend/girlfriend?
B stands for Boy