Disclaimer: Harry Potter isn't mine, neither is Hogwarts. The only things that are mine are the characters that don't appear in Harry Potter.

Warning: WILL BE SLASH (DMHP PAIRING) Wizarding World Bashing. OC – Original Characters.

Summary: Harry Potter left the Wizarding World after defeating Voldemort at age 18. After the final battle the Wizarding world continued to demand that their hero helped them kill all the remaining Death Eaters and help them rebuild everything. Harry didn't want that. After an argument with his two best friends over what his duty was Harry lost control of his magic and nearly hurt his friends. He fled the Wizarding world and refused so speak again scared that he's hurt something. He married and travelled picking up several languages. Eleven years after his first disappearance his twin children get a letter to Hogwarts.

Notes: Parseltongue, "normal speech", 'thoughts'+sign language, written words and all other languages (never mind what they are) will be written as normal speech.

The name Aaron is said air-un. A little like Erin but not quite. Airun.

Chapter 7

The train ride had been exhausting. Lucas had needed to be kept entertained and had kept trying to get out of the carriage to see other people and see all the magic. Reese had let him meet a few people but there were no children his age so they'd always ended up back at their compartment alone again. Reese had listened to Lucas read his children's books. Lucas read the books that were in English mostly because he had to practise them for school. Reese would whisper corrections to him rather than talk and Lucas had smiled sheepishly at every mistake.

Hours later the train came to a stop and Reese swallowed since his mouth and throat were suddenly dry. He hadn't been like this last time he came to Hogwarts although it was a rather sudden trip.

He and Lucas climbed off the train and followed the crowds of people towards some carriages that were being pulled by black horse like creatures. Reese had to stop his shudder. He liked thestrals, really he did, but every time he saw them he was reminded why he could and that was why he shuddered. He helped Lucas up the steps into a carriage and pulled the small boy into his lap to make room for all the other people. Lucas fidgeted uncomfortably on Reese's lap, he didn't like being around so many people in tight spaces. Reese smiled at him and kissed his temple pulling out a children's book and opening it. This time the book was in Russian and Reese read it.

Reese was well aware of the strange stares he was receiving for whispering in Russian but Reese ignored it and eventually Lucas settled down and laughed at the story.

"That's silly. Why'd he do that Daddy?"

"Lets find out." Reese turned the page and Lucas giggled loudly at the picture. Reese grinned at him and hugged his son close again ignoring the way the blonde hair tickled his nose.

"Oooh! Look, we're here!"

"It gets better every time." Reese and Lucas looked out the window everyone in their carriage was staring out of. Lucas gave a loud cry of awe and Harry smiled indulgently at his son. Yes, Hogwarts still did look spectacular but the view was rather lost on him.

The carriages stopped and Reese gripped Lucas a little tighter making the boy look up at him with a curious frown. Reese gave him a quick smile.

"We're there." Reese said with a grin that didn't reach his eyes. Lucas was oblivious though and scrambled out of Reese's grip. The pair waited for everyone else to get out of the carriage before climbing out. Reese went first then lifted his arms up to help Lucas down/ Lucas didn't even bother to try and use the step he just jumped off the carriage into his Daddy's arms. Reese groaned audibly and rolled his eyes but placed his son on the floor and took his hand. Lucas jumped and skipped as the pair headed towards the castle.

"Reese? Lucas?" The pair jerked their heads to the side to see who had spoken. They'd only just walked through the Main Entrance doors. They saw two blonds though and immediately twin grins of happiness shone of father and son's faces.

"Aaron!" Lucas yelled and ran up to the blonde boy who quickly embraced the other boy. Reese watched the two boys hug then pull away and start jabbering about things. Reese looked up and met Draco's gaze. Draco offered him a warm, bright smile and held his hand out.

"Reese, I must say you are looking very well." Reese grinned and took the hand only to find himself pulled into a hug. Reese laughed nearly silently but hugged the slightly taller man back. They pulled away and Reese continued grinning before swallowing nervously and opening his mouth.

"Draco." He said politely. Draco's smile got much wider and both the boys looked up at them.

"Well. I see you weren't lying after all." Reese gave him a mock glare which Draco merely grinned at. Rolling his eyes Reese fought of another smile and leaned down to look at Lucas who stared at him for a few moments before blinking and grinning.

"See!" He asked Aaron putting his hands on his hips. "I told you my daddy sounds the best." Reese gaped slightly before snickering and raising a hand to hide it. Draco glared at the little boy before quickly turning the weak glare on Reese whose blue eyes were dancing with mirth.

"So you sound better than me huh?" Reese tried to straighten out his face but lost as Draco put his hands on his hips. For the first time in years Reese burst out laughing. The rich happy sound bounced off Hogwarts stone walls and made everyone stop and pay attention. Reese's laugh was loud and uncontrolled. It was almost musical and Draco found himself smiling brightly as the once silent man laughed happily.

Reese finally calmed down and as he noticed all the stares he was getting he went bright red. Looking up he noticed Draco watching him with a smile and he couldn't stop smiling. Draco stepped closer.

"Come on, I had two spare rooms added to mine and Aaron's apartment that you and Lucas can take while you stay here. I'll show you them then we can go find your children. Thias and Lyssia won't be down until dinner, since it takes that long for parents to get settled in."

Reese nodded and allowed Draco to steer him down to the apartment with Draco's arm around his shoulders. The two boys followed behind still jabbering happily though this time it was in lowered voices and they kept sneaking glances at their daddy's.

Draco showed Harry and Lucas into their apartment that, incidentally, was guarded by a family portrait of Draco and Aaron. Reese wondered about Draco's wife or partner at least. The password was nice and simple, "Home sweet home". Reese would never have imagined Draco's password being something like that years ago but now that he'd gotten to know Draco Malfoy without the worry of war Reese found it suited the blonde.

"And these are your two rooms. Reese you can have the blue room. It has silver lines that move when they feel like it but I'm afraid there's little I can do about those at the moment. Whenever I try something they move out of the way. Lucas you can have the yellow room. It has snitches on and I'll let Aaron show it to you so he can explain everything." Lucas nodded and Aaron grabbed the boys hand pulling him towards the other room.

Reese walked inside the blue room. Draco was right, there were silver lines on the walls that kept moving and swirling around each other and around themselves. They looked like they were dancing. The bed was a double in the middle of the room like at home except the bed was done up in silver coloured covers that felt like water to the touch they were so slithery. The duvets were thick though so they would keep Reese warm as he slept. There was only a wardrobe in the room but Reese guessed there were probably some shelves or drawers inside. A door off to the side of the room obviously lead to a bathroom because Reese could see the porcelain white toilet.

"The bathroom joins to my room so when you use it make sure you lock both doors." Draco said with a grin. Reese nodded his head and sat on the edge of the bed. He looked up at Draco and swallowed trying to get his dry throat to moisten.

"Thank you for this." Reese said breaking off into a whisper part way through and having to swallow a few times again.

"No problem. I'd rather you stay with me anyway. I know some of you through your letters but I'm looking forward to knowing a bit more still. Besides, if you had gone to stay in the guest rooms it would be a very long trek to go see Thias and Lyssia not just to get to the great hall and to Aaron and me."

"Still thank you, you didn't have to. Thank you." Reese whispered. His throat had closed over not allowing him to speak aloud. He figured, since it was slightly sore too, laughing as loudly as he had had hurt his throat some. Draco seemed to think something along those lines.

"Come on, 'll get you a warm drink. You have to be able to talk for the twins after all that was part of the deal you made and they've talked of little else all week." Reese smiled but stood and followed Draco out of the room. Draco went into the small kitchenette that was obviously not well equip enough to hold any food to cook with since Draco probably ate all his meals in the great hall or had food brought up by the house elves. There was enough here though to store some cups and glasses.

Draco pulled out a mug and then some chocolate from the cupboard and some milk along with some water. He put it all together in a glass and pulled out his wand. Reese recognised two spells, one to mix and the other to warm. Draco then handed over the mug which had steam rising from it. Reese took it gratefully.

"Hot chocolate." Reese grinned and took a sip. It tasted divine. He loved chocolate. The warmth did wonders to his throat and the taste was wonderful. Reese felt most of his nerves leave him and were replaced by a happy relaxed feeling.

"Divine." Reese said through a smile as he looked at Draco. Draco nodded and smirked.

"What can I say, I'm brilliant." Reese rolled his eyes but carried on smiling as he drank. "I must confess though." Draco said looking Reese in the eye and becoming reasonably serious. "I had rather selfish reasons for arranging for you and your son to stay here. As I mentioned before, I wanted to get to know you more and not just through letters. To make my intentions clearer I don't want to know you as a friend Reese. I want more than that."

Reese nearly dropped his mug. He froze on the spot and looked up at Draco with his smile gone. He was stunned. He never thought Draco would have any reasons like that. Possibilities ran quickly through Reese's mind and Reese gave Draco a quick calculating look over. He put down his mug on the table he was leaning against and stared at Draco.

"I'm five years older than you Draco." Reese whispered, the chocolate having no effect now. Draco merely smiled.

"I couldn't care less about that Reese. You could be my age, younger or older and I'd probably still say the same thing. Five years isn't much." Reese frowned.

"I have three children." He whispered again. "three children, three snakes, birds and a whole lot of problems."

"Don't care. I can't just take the good Reese, I want the bad too." Reese was fairly concerned. He wasn't disgusted at the idea of being more than friends with his once upon a time rival. He wasn't even disgusted at the fact they were both male. He'd been with his wife and had a few partners after her death. None of them had been male but none of them had managed to make him even the slightest bit aroused. Reese also felt like he was betraying his wife by sleeping with another woman.

"I'm a muggle." Reese said with sound this time though it was quiet. Draco took a step forwards with a smirk on his face.

"Don't care Reese. Are you trying to talk me out of this? You aren't doing very well." Reese swallowed and looked away breathing slowly and trying to calm his thoughts. He closed his eyes with his face lowered to think. He ran through all sorts of possibilities but in the end his mind came up blank as to why he should turn Draco down and on what grounds the turn down would be on. Sure, there were lots of reasons but they were outweighed and the only huge reason not to was his real identity and he planned on keeping that hidden. He wasn't disgusted, he wasn't unhappy and he wasn't uncomfortable. Reese opened his eyes and met Draco's eyes.

"Fine. I shall try this with you." Reese whispered. "I find no real reasons why not except Thias, Lyssia and Lucas must be okay with it as should Aaron."

"Very well." Draco said with that smile still on his face.

"I'm not promising anything." Reese warned and Draco nodded still with a smile. "I don't know what to do and I'm not even sure I can but I would like to try. I'm not…uncomfortable with it."

"that is fine. Now, what say you to us going to find the twins after you've finished your drink of course. You want to be able to speak don't you?" Reese nodded and lifted his mug with one hand. Reese was startled to feel Draco take the other one in both of his and raise it. Draco kept his eyes on Reese's blue ones before kissing Reese's knuckles. Reese stared for a moment but then the lips left and Reese offered Draco a small smile.

"Thank you." Draco whispered with yet another smile. Reese nodded and used both his hands to drink his hot chocolate. As Reese continued to drink slowly he didn't take his eyes off Draco who was only about a meter or two away and wearing an affectionate smile.

'Well,' Reese thought, "I definitely can't say I'm against this." His smile grew some more and he raised his mug to hide it. Draco saw however and his smile grew a tad more too.

At the doorway to the yellow room that was to be Lucas' room for the while they were staying here the two boys watched and giggled as their parents smiled at each other. The two boys pulled back from the door and closed it gently before grinning at each other and sharing a friendly hug before going back to their new puzzle.


Sorry this chapter is so short. I've not really been in the mood to write much these last few days. Never mind though. I've done two chapters; one for this and the other for Potter Brothers.

As you can see now that this story is a SLASH story. I had 2 votes for Harry finding a witch but that was against several votes for Harry/Draco. Draco gets it though. Sorry to anyone who didn't want that - shoulda reviewed and told me!

Well there we go. Now you've all been told and warned and what have you. Will write some more soon if people are interested. (Just so you know I won't be focusing on the relationship much anyway. They are just in one.) Review or send me a message or what ever. Gemxxx