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Chapter 4

SPOV

"He is my world, I would not have survived this long without him." She smiled, her eyes lighting up when she spoke of our son.

"I wish to be involved."

"Let's wait until after dinner for that conversation please." She started putting the vegetables on the table, Aries was already waiting in his chair.

"Mum I'm starving." She handed him a small piece of tomato he munched happily. Turning to me with a small smile on her face, "Are you ready for dinner?"

They sat down around the small kitchen table, gentle reminders for Aries to eat with his mouth closed and to be respectful.

"Aries, remember how bad men took Daddy away. He just came home and we have to be polite, we don't want to scare him away."

"Hermione, I wished to contact you almost every day. The night we spent together was magical, when I was taken…. I was on my way to visit you. I had planned on courting you, but then everything changed. This past year while I was recovering, I was told not to contact you until everything had settled." He watched as her eyes filled with tears, an unbelieving look in her eyes.

"Excuse me, I will be back in a moment. Aries, keep eating… Mommy will be okay." She fled the table as and went into her bedroom. All of these years thinking that her feelings were one sided, and he felt the same?

"Hermione, may I come in? Aries is right behind me too." She gave a weak okay and they walked in the room, Aries immediately curled into her side.

"Did you know someone took a picture of us that night?" He looked at her shocked, wondering at which point of the night they did take the picture.

"Aries has never seen it, for obvious reasons." She handed him the worn picture and went to distracted Aries so he wouldn't see. He was in a trance as he stared at the two of them in a lovers embrace.

"Darling, why don't we go get dessert ready and Daddy will be out in a moment." Aries dragged her from the room and they set on frosting the strawberry shortcake they had picked up from the store.

After a few moments Severus quietly left the bedroom, upon entering the kitchen he noticed the women of his dreams and his son frosting a cake… more of the frosting ended up on them.

"Daddy, come help!" Aries squeaked running towards his father with a spoon full of frosting. As he got closer to his father the frosting on the spoon fell on Severus shoe with a big plop. There was silence in the kitchen, as nobody knew what Severus's reaction would be.

Quick as a whip he grabbed the spoon and proceed to smear frosting all over Aries little face.

As they fell into laughter, both Severus and Hermione realized something. This was what home should feel like.