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"Hey bud, how was your day?" Draco asks as he walks into Malfoy Manor after a long day at work and find his son waiting in the entry way.
"Grandmum took me to the city," Liam beams as he bounces up to Draco for a hug. Draco hugs his five year old son and picks him up, ruffling his bright blonde hair. He looks so much like Draco had when he was this age, or so his Mum tells him.
"Did she now?" Draco asks with interest as he carries Liam into the sitting room where his Mum is already sitting.
"Hey Mum," Draco smiles as his eyes land on the one person who has always been there for him. He sets Liam down and goes over to kiss his Mum on the cheek. "Where's Astoria?" Draco asks, noticing the lack of his wife. He's not complaining that she's gone, he actually prefers it.
"She went out," Narcissa answers, raising her eyebrows in a look that gives Draco the feeling that Astoria's been gone all day.
Draco just nods and turns back to Liam, she'd deal with Astoria's disappearance later. "I saw one of your friends today, buddy."
"You did?" Liam asks, his blue eyes going wide in excitement as he bounces back over to Draco.
"I did," Draco nods as he crouches down to be eye level with Liam.
"Who?" Liam asks happily.
"Grace Weasley," Draco answers, the look on Liam's face brings a smile to Draco's lips. He loves seeing his son happy, that's really all that matters to him in the world.
"I like playing with Grace," Liam's face breaks into a smile at the mention of Hermione and Ron's daughter. Draco could think of much worse friends for his young son to have.
"She wanted me to tell you she misses you and that you never finished your game of Quidditch," Draco plays messenger and informs his son.
Liam gasps and shakes his small little head. "No, we didn't. We need to do that. When can I see her again?" Liam starts bouncing up and down again, a ball of energy.
"Grandmum is out of town next week," Draco looks up at Narcissa to confirm and she nods. "So you should be able to see her them," he smiles. He knows Astoria will have to interest in watching their son when Narcissa is away. Astoria is not the nurturing motherly type, she sees Liam and a burden and that's one more thing about her that rubs Draco the wrong way.
"Yay!" Liam claps his hands. "Can she come over some time and play?" he cocks his head to the side, blue eyes hopeful as he looks at Draco.
"Of course she can," Draco nods and ruffles Liam's hair again.
"Yay!" Liam cheers again and bounces off, his short attention span getting the better of him as he bounds towards his toy broom.
Draco laughs to himself as he stands up to his full height and watches his son entertain himself on the other side of the room.
"How was he today?" Draco turns to his Mum and asks.
"He was great as always," Narcissa smiles warmly at her son. "We ventured into Muggle London and stopped at a few stores. He seemed to like it," she continues.
Draco nods, he's glad that they are introducing Liam to the Muggle world now so he doesn't turn into the entitled little prick Draco had been at his start at Hogwarts. Since the end of the Wizarding War, Draco had come to his senses and gotten over his Muggle/Halfblood phobia and become a well rounded citizen. He wanted his son to start that way and they seemed to be off to a good start.
"How long has Astoria been gone?" he asks with a sigh, not really feeling like dealing with his wife's antics right now. He'd had a great day fantasizing about Hermione Granger and what could have been if things had been different. Thinking about Astoria was ruining the mood seeing Hermione had put him in.
"Since early this morning," Narcissa answers.
"I see," is all Draco can say as he rubs at his chin. Lately, all he can think about is getting out of this awful marriage he has been stuck in for the last ten years. When he'd married Astoria out of necessity at the end of the Wizarding War he hadn't thought of how terrible it would be years from then, but now he was living it and he wanted out.
"What are you going to do Draco?" Narcissa asks, able to read that Draco is deep in thought about something.
"Nothing. I can't do anything about it," Draco shakes his head in frustration. If only he could just divorce Astoria like Hermione had Weasley, he'd be so much happier than, but it wasn't as simple as that. He was tied to Astoria by more than marriage.
"You can Draco. We are in a much better position than we were when you married her. There's got to be a loophole in the contract you signed and if anyone can find it, it's you," Narcissa pats Draco on the back as they both watch Liam zipping around the room on his toy broom.
"We'll see," Draco runs his hand through his hair with a sigh. Maybe his Mum is right. Maybe he's spent too many years accepting his fate of being stuck with Astoria for the rest of his life when he could be fighting it and finding a way out instead. Would it be worth the fighting it would bring up? That he didn't yet know, but it was an option he hadn't thought of before.
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