Okay so this is a fic based off of a line in Happiness by The Fray.
Enjoy!
"But you are gone- not for good but for now, And gone for now feels a lot like gone for good." -The Fray
Harry cast another tempus charm and felt the exhaustion in him grow when he saw that he still had 26 more hours until he was back home to his husband and two year old twins. Casting his gaze towards his sleeping best friend, he heard a faint rustling of leaves outside of their hideout. He shook Ron who's blue eyes blinked open full of confusion.
"Come on. I heard something." Harry told Ron who, just like him, immediately grabbed his wand and stood hunched over to support his height in the tent. Casting Dillusionist and Silencing Charms on themselves, they made their way out of the tent and towards the area Harry heard the sound. They saw two cloaked figures and immediately cast Stupefy. When they checked that the men were not capable of making anymore movements, they continued towards another area. They were after a group of wizards who had been capturing muggle children and killing them after torturing them. Harry couldn't bare the thought of what he might do to someone who even thought of laying a finger on his children.
"Ron!" He harshly whispered looking around. There was a cabin that they had been staking out for two weeks and nothing but forest for at least another 400 meters. There were always people coming and going from the cabin and Harry and Ron had learned that they took 4 children every 4 days. What they did with the bodies of the others, was still unknown to the two Auror's. "What?" Ron whispered back from Harry's left. "Just making sure you're still-bloody hell! Holy- Ron?" He practically whimpered as he tripped over what he found to be a child's body. "Harry? What's happenin'?" "I-I-it's the kids. Oh Merlin." Harry managed to say and Ron quickly maneuvered his way to Harry where he too saw the bodies and almost puked. "Let's get back." He spoke hurriedly and Harry didn't object to that idea.
Draco, however, was home with his two year old children. "Albus, Scorpius! Come have dinner loves!" He hollered from the kitchen and smiled when he heard two sets of feat pattering over to the table. "Fadder?" Draco heard Scorpius' voice and looked up from the counter at the two boys. He walked over to them and helped them in their chairs. "Yes babe?" He went to grab the plates for the boys. "Da?" He asked expectantly and Draco sighed. "I told you love, he'll be back tomorrow." He spoke softly to his son who was beginning to eat his food. "Tomorrow?" He repeated once he had swallowed his first spoon of macaroni. "Yes." Draco nodded and felt a tiny bit of relief run through his veins for a moment before it was replaced by worry again. He hated when the DMLE had to drag Harry away from him and their children but he couldn't do anything about it. He hated that every time Harry left, he feared for his return. He hated that he had to say goodbye to his husband too many times a year.
"Come you two. Let's get you up to bed." Draco announced when they had finished dinner. The two boys immediately began to protest when Draco spoke again. "Do you want me to tell daddy his favorite boys were being bad before he came home?" He threatened and they both shook their heads and quickly made their way up to their room to wait for Draco. He chuckled to himself as he charmed the dishes to clean themselves. Going to his room, he changed into some sweatpants and one of Harry's t-shirts. He went to the boys' rooms and picked their pajamas and picked them up so he could bathe them.
"Stop Scorpius." Draco laughed as Scorpius splashed bubbles onto himself and Albus. Scorpius smiled a toothy grin. "Fadder smi!" He said and Draco smiled sadly at them. "Yeah buddy. Father smile." He finished washing the two boys and quickly got them out of the tub. He cast a drying charm on their hair and wrapped a towel around their bodies. When he had gotten them ready and tucked into bed he kissed their foreheads. "Night loves. I love you."
"Father?" Draco turned around to Albus. "Story?" Draco sighed and sat on the edge of Scorpius' bed. "What story this time buddy?" "You and Da?" He asked and Draco smiled. "Good or bad?" "Good!" The boys exclaimed and Draco stared fondly at the two boys he carried for nine months. It was absolute hell but it was worth it to have these two boys.
"Mmm. Okay, what about our first date?" He pondered. The boys nodded eagerly. "So, we were in our sixth year at Hogwarts yeah?" He lightly chuckled at the wondrous expression that took over their faces at the mention of Hogwarts. "Would you believe your dad and I hated each other?" He asked. The boys looked at each other and shook their heads. "Well we did. It was powerful hate too. But around the time we first started dating, I realized I didn't hate him as much as I thought. My proclaimed 'hate' was a mask for what I really felt; love. It only grew and I couldn't accept it."
The boys looked at their father as he spoke and Draco stroked Scorpius' hair gently. "Your dad had finally worked up the courage to ask me out during the Christmas Holiday. There was no one else but us in the castle and we talked for a while about how we felt about each other and how the years had proved we weren't who we wanted to be. We were in the middle of a war and there was nothing we could do about it but live through it and try to make the most of it. The date itself though." Draco reminisced breathlessly. "Your dad is a man of his word I tell you. When he said I would have a great night with him, he wasn't kidding. But don't tell him that." He smiled. "We walked along the grounds. It was freezing, yes, but the thought he put into it still leaves me with butterflies. He also got me a present from Hogsmeade."
"What he get you fadder?" Scorpius asked. He pointed to his neck where a necklace of a lion and a serpent crossed to form one lay. "This. I got him a bracelet that only people that were fighting with and for him could see." Draco smiled at the bracelet that he had always been able to see resting on Harry's wrist. "Wow." The two boys exclaimed breathlessly. Draco smiled at his children. "Yes. Now bed you two." He spoke sternly and the boys nodded.
When the door to the twins' bedroom was cracked but not closed, Draco went to his and Harry's room. He didn't bother changing for he was comfortable in what he had on. Not long after he had settled into bed an owl appeared on his window sill. After the bird delivered the letter from St. Mungo's, he hastily opened it. He had gone in for a check up last week because he had been feeling somethings he felt when he was pregnant with the twins.
Mr. Malfoy-Potter,
According to the scan we performed a week ago, it appears you are transitioning into your second trimester of pregnancy. Congratulations Mr. Malfoy-Potter.
Draco stared at the paper in shock. Harry wasn't even with him to share the news and he cried himself to sleep that night.
Harry and Ron walked into the DMLE the next evening absolutely tired out. They had spent the day calling for backup, arresting the criminals and making sure the children that were still alive were alright. Majority of them had been sent to St. Mungo's where their wounds would be treated and then they would have their memories altered and then be allowed back into the muggle world. The mission was to find out what had been happening to the children and save the ones they could. Harry admitted they shouldn't have been there for two weeks when they could have just charged in but Kingsley insisted you had to, 'Learn the subjects motives, their routine and who they are doing it for.'
Seeing more than 20 muggle children in one room connected to wires that distributed potions that made them almost insane, made Harry feel like he couldn't get home fast enough. The two men made their way to the Head Auror's office where a meeting for the mission was to be held.
2 hours later, Ron and Harry finally departed ways. Ron quickly flooed to his and Hermione's home and Harry apparated to his and Draco's home. Being married for 7 years and having children for 2 of those taught Harry the floo was too slow when he needed to be home. "Draco?" He called as soon as he set foot into the house. "Harry?" He heard a reply and soon three bodies were walking towards him. He picked up the twins from the floor and felt a few tears slip his eyes as he kissed their foreheads in relief. "Were you two good to your father?" He asked sternly. The two boys nodded and he felt Albus' hands reach up to wipe his tears. "Merlin I love you so much." He cried to them. "Love you too Da." They replied and he set them safely back on the floor.
"Draco," he breathed as he approached the man he had loved for too many years. He wrapped his arms around Draco's neck and pulled him down for a kiss. When they separated Draco placed his head on Harry's shoulder and his shoulders shook as he cried. Harry's hands rubbed soothingly up and down his husbands back. "Hey. I'm here. Shh. I'm here. I'll never leave." He cooed knowing exactly what was running through his husbands mind.
That night as they lay in bed wrapped in each other, Draco broke the news. "Harry?" He questioned quietly. "Yes love." Harry's hand went to move some of Draco's hair out of his eyes. "What do you think about having another child?" He asked and Harry's eyebrows furrowed. "I'd love too," He said and Draco broke into a blinding grin. "Well get prepared Potter. I'm pregnant." And Harry would admit the only other times he'd smiled this bright was on their wedding day and seeing his first-borns for the first time.
