AN: Go go go! I have ao3 now :D I'd put a link, but fanfiction eats them up. PM me if you wanna check it out – it's basically all these stories, just set out more nicely, in my opinion. I'm not 100% on the behaviour and speech of 1-2 year olds - my littlest brother is seven - so bear in mind that it might not be accurate.

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Andromeda's house was not far from Harry's flat - which was part of the reason he'd chosen that flat in the first place - and as Harry landed in a heap on her doorstep, he realised he probably should have walked instead. He was struggling back to his feet as the door opened, Andromeda grinning at him with a squirming Teddy on her hip.

''Ry! 'Ry!' Teddy grabbed for him, hair turning black and his eyes flashing green, and Harry plucked him from Andromeda's arms and spun him around, much to Teddy's delight.

'Harry,' Andromeda said warmly. 'Glad you could make it.'

Harry settled Teddy on his hip, kissing his forehead.

'I'm glad I could too,' he agreed. Andromeda embraced him briefly before she ushered him inside and into the sitting room.

'Down, 'Ry, down!' Harry laughed and set Teddy down, who zoomed over to a stack of blocks in the middle of the room.

'Tea?'

'Please.'

They went to the kitchen, Harry keeping an eye of Teddy from the doorway as Andromeda made the tea.

'I saw that article in the paper the other day. Are you okay, Harry?' She asked, her eyebrows drawn in concern. Harry grimaced, running his hand through his hair.

'Yeah, I just – Ginny and I had a bit of a row. We… aren't exactly, well, together anymore.'

Andromeda sighed, handing him his tea and leading him back into the sitting room.

'Yes, well, Ted probably would have said something Muggle about the road to true love not running smooth or some such rot. Where do the Muggles come up with these things?'

Harry laughed, a bit strained but amused nonetheless. 'I don't know. How are you, Andy?'

Andromeda accepted the subject change with nothing more than a raised eyebrow. 'I've been quite well. Teddy's a handful, but that's nothing new. Young Draco has been visiting more often though, which helps a lot. He looks so much like his mother,' Andromeda mused, her eyes going distant.

She shook her head and smiled ruefully. 'All in good time, Harry,' she said, squeezing his knee.

Teddy squealed and knocked his blocks over with a stuffed dragon Harry had given him, his hair cycling through the rainbow.

'That's new,' Harry said, surprised.

'Draco's been teaching him colours. It happens when he's excited, now,' Andromeda said, smiling down at her grandson. An owl swooped in the window, and Andromeda excused herself to answer it.

Harry put his empty teacup on the coffee table and settled himself down next to Teddy, who squealed and started handing him blocks.

'Bocks, 'Ry, bocks!' Teddy looked at him expectantly, so Harry stacked them up in piles and Teddy nodded his approval. They soon had a rhythm going; Teddy handed him blocks, Harry stacked them and Teddy knocked them over with his dragon.

The Floo flared to life in another room, and Andromeda called out. 'The sitting room, Draco, I'll be there in a minute!'

Malfoy, sleek in black slacks and a white button up, entered the room.

'Dray!' Teddy squealed, his hair running through the rainbow before settling on Malfoy white. Little traitor.

'Bocks!' Teddy declared.

'Yeah? Lots of blocks, huh?' Malfoy said, hovering in the doorway.

'Potter,' he nodded politely to Harry.

'Malfoy.'

Andromeda chose that moment to come in, steering Draco into the sitting room fully and handing him some tea.

'How are you, Draco? Is your mother well?' she started, and Harry tuned out, returning to trying to build the tallest tower he could before Teddy got sick of it and knocked it down. He'd eventually gotten to an impressive eleven blocks high before Teddy had roared and knocked it down.

'Bad luck, Potter,' Malfoy said as he settled down next to him, lanky legs crossed.

'Dray bocks,' Teddy said happily, handing Malfoy about half the blocks and pushing the rest to Harry. ''Ry bocks. RAWR!' He held up his dragon, bringing it down in front of him with a thump.

'Bet you I can build a tower with all my blocks before you can,' Harry challenged. Malfoy smirked.

'You're on, Potter.'

So Harry spent the next fifteen minutes trying to build his tower before Malfoy, while simultaneously trying to protect it from Teddy. Malfoy won, but Harry demanded a rematch. Harry had eventually accepted defeat when the blond had won four times in a row, even when Harry had tried to convince Teddy to demolish Malfoy's tower instead by lighting it up with his wand.

'I'm just his favourite,' Malfoy declared, ruffling Teddy's hair. 'Isn't that right, Teddy Bear?'

'Dray!' Teddy seized the blond's hand. 'Dray, Dray, Dray.'

'Whatever you say, Dray,' Harry said, grinning. Malfoy nudged him with his elbow, and Harry's stomach did a backflip. What?

'Could be worse. He used to call me "no",' the blond said as Teddy began to gnaw on his hand. Malfoy replaced his hand with a teething ring and grabbed his wand, muttering tempus under his breath.

'Shi – vers,' he said, correcting himself at the last minute. 'I've got to go.' He leaned over to Teddy and dropped a kiss on his head before rising gracefully.

'Must you, Draco?' Andromeda said from her perch on the arm of the lounge. 'We were having so much fun.'

Malfoy grimaced a bit. 'Yeah. Meeting with my parole officer.' He scowled at the floor briefly before his cool mask slid back into place.

Andromeda nodded and stood, leading him out with a small frown.

'See you around, Potter,' Malfoy said, not really meeting his eyes. Harry didn't blame him – he wasn't sure if Malfoy would have seen the pity in his eyes, but Harry was sure he wouldn't have liked it if he had.

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AN: ? I don't like this chapter as much. It was a struggle to write it, and I really, really hope that doesn't happen again.