Draco had gone back to his common room a bit after curfew even though Severus had asked him to stay. The boy wanted to give his godfather some space however.

It was early in the morning when Severus woke up. He asked a house elfe to bring him tea. He sat in his favorite and most comfortable chair just watching the sun rise out the window.

"There's no way I can raise two boys" he thought " I adopted Harry, he is my son, but Draco is my god son. He needs me right now and well Harry has taken to him quit well." It was all to frustrating. He sighed running his hand through his hair

Just then he hear a small whimper coming from the small child's room. In an instant he was up and the door.

As he walked in he examined the green room. He had customized it of course to suit the baby's needs, The walls were green with pictures of moving dragons and quidditch players here and there. The crib was a dark mahogany that severus really thought brought out the little boys green eyes.

Green eyes in fact was the next thing he saw following by a bright smile. The boy really did like baby smiled making adorable noises and reaching his arms up in the traditional way showing he wanted to be picked up.

Severus of course picked the child up cradling him in his arms and just looking at him for a moment. The green eyes so much like Lily's. Of course he could see the Potter in the boy but he paid no mind to it.

This was his son now.

The baby smiled at him and reached up touching his face and giggling. This small gesture made Severus feel all warm inside for reasons he was unaware of. This boy really was worming his way into the heart of the once cod and foul potions master.

He changed and got the boy ready for the day all the while talking to him and ticking him just to hear the sweetness of his giggling voice.

With the boy dressed he dressed quickly himself and made his way to the kitchen.

He put the baby in the highchair and gave him some milk. He had breakfast brought to them from the great hall.

Usually Severus would let Harry feed himself but he was already dressed and ready for the day and he did not want to have to change him again. So he took the small spoon and helped feed the one year old eggs and yogurt. He took bites of his food in between feeding his son. Severus then gave Harry toy to play with while he cleaned the dining area

Today was going to be a long one He has classes of course, first years mostly, he would get the chance to see Draco after last night's issues. Which was a good thing of course but after all of his classes were threw, that is if he manages to make it out alive with a cranky one year old in the class, he had to start brewing Harry's potion.

Ultimately they had decided that the potion would be beneficial for everyone if Harry returned to his 11 year old self.

A thought hit Severus instantly. Im sure I could manage an eleven year old as well as a 12 year old. Since it will be in the summer that Harry returned to his 11 year old self meaning Draco would be coming up on 12 and starting his second year at school.

Maybe he could get both boys, "then Draco would be safe and Harry would be happy. But then again maybe i'm getting to ahead of myself" he thought.

He walked back to his son and picked him up, wiping of his hands and face along the way, just to be safe. He was really going to have to come up with other arrangements for the boy once he ages quicker while he teaches.

Imagining a three year old toddling around a room full of first year imbusoles made Severus nervous. Harry would be lucky if even when he turned 11 he wouldn't have his Dad staring over his shoulder in the potions lab constantly, due to what happened last time of course.

He got a bag of everything ready for Harry and they made there way to his class room. First class was fourth year hufflepuff and ravenclaws. So it should be easy enough.

Harry yawned as they entered the classroom, Severus was a little shocked, it was still early in the morning how could the boy be tired so soon?

Severus set up the playpen with quiet toys and things to entertain the child he then put a protection charm around him and a silencing spell that he invented so that harry could hear him but the children couldn't hear the baby. The wards would alert him if harry needed him for whatever reason.

The class filed in and all choose seats. A hufflepuff girl smiled brightly at Harry and then quickly averted her gaze after she saw Snapes intense glare.

Severus knew that the girl meant no harm to his son, she merely smiled at him, however when she looked at Harry he felt an overwhelming sense of insecurity and as though he needed to protect his young, much like a werewolf with its pups.

Snape set his students to making a basic calming drought to see how many could remember to do so, he gave them minimal instructions but enough so that they wouldn't blow the roof off the school.

Throughout the class the girl kept looking at harry making faces and she could see him giggling, even though she couldn't hear it. Snape had given up on trying to make her stop, however if her potion wasn't absolute perfection he would have a talk with her most likely ending in detention. Snape smirked at the idea.

The students finished there potions and by the time class was over the hufflepuff girl was the last in the room bottling her potion.

"Professor" She stated handing him the potion " Have a nice day" she smiled

"One moment , let us check your potion"

She eyed her professor is confusion waiting for him to check the potion. To snapes surprise it was nearly flawless, everything was correct. He looked at her, and then at Harry.

" You may go and say hello if you'd like ms,Grey"

She smiled brightly at him making Severus second guess himself. "Hello Harry, oh my you are just the cutest thing, oh is that your blocks well they are just lovely!" She cooed at him making Harry smile fondly at the attention

Severus watched curiously.

" Well I must be going sir,I trust that everything is okay with my potion"

" Yes, yes" He waved her out and turned back to Harry.

Harry raised his arms and Severus smiled at him and picked him up placing him in his lap.

"Harry, everyone is just overwhelmed with your cuteness, maybe we should not age you at all" Snape joked and he heard the door open and then shut again. He saw Draco walk in

"Hello Draco, feeling better today?" He said placing Harry on the floor because he was trying to get to Draco"

" Yes sir, we have a while until class but Mcgonagall let us leave a but early so I thought id just come down here and wait if that's alright" He said to his godfather while picking the one year up in his arms.

" Yes yes that's fine. We will just be finishing the potions you started last class"

" Sev, do you think you could really adopt me, my father, well he is coming to the school today and checking my grades, if they are acceptable then he will be pulling me out of classes tomorrow for some umm.. Well business." Draco looked on the verge of tears

"I assume your grades are acceptable or I would have heard of it by now" Snape stated, he had told the teachers to report the boy to him if there were everything that was not seriously wrong with the boy because he knew what Draco's father would do if draco had low grades, or gotten into a fight, the few smacks he gave to Draco on his bottom was nothing compared to the cane his father would use on him

"Yes sir, they are" Draco blushed at thinking about what his punishment would be if they werent

The rest of the students began showing up and Draco put Harry in the playpen, much to Harry's displeasure but Snape gave the tiny tot a bottle of warm milk and made him lay down with a blanket around his shoulders. He turned to Draco " Stay after class"

With a small Nod Draco went to his seat by Crabbe and Goyle.

The class was working on a potion that was by far the easiest they would and endure and even simple enough that not even long bottom could mess it up. And with Harry asleep snape let his mind wander.

He wouldn't let his god son take the dark mark, it just wouldn't do. He looked over at the boy smiling with his friends as he saw Goyle struggling, Snape knew that Dracos potion would be perfect, it always was. But the only solution that Severus could think of to keep lucious from taking the boy out of school tomorrow was to tell him that the boy had messed up so bad it would take a lifetime to recover,

The problem with that was that Draco would get the beating of a lifetime, not only for failing in potions but also for not being able to go with his father to get something his father wanted him to have maybe a little.. To much..

By the end of class everyone had turned in there potions, even the longbottom boy who basically threw the potion at Snape for fear of touching him. Draco bid his friends goodbye and then went to his godfather.

" Draco would you like to come to my rooms tonight instead of going to your dorm. I need someone to watch Harry while.." He went on to explain the potion he would be brewing and how he could not have harry around. Draco was exactic

" You mean he will be eleven again soon sir?"I mean not too soon, but at the beginning of summer I suppose"

"Yes Draco, so do you agree?"

"Yes of course sir!"

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Later that night Snape and Harry had just finished eating when there was a knock at the door.

It was Draco

He basically ran into Snape full forced and crying his eyes out. Snape picked the boy up with ease, even though Draco was 11 Severus still found it helpful to hold the boy when he cried.

"Draco shh, Draco its okay" Snape whispered while rubbing circles in the boys back.

" Draco I can only help you if you stop crying and tell me whats wrong"

Dracos crying turned into sobs and then the occasional hiccup. " My father came to see me and saw my grade in potions, he said he would deal with me tomorrow after school, why Sev why did you give me such a bad grade, I know my potion was good please sir don't spank me too for not doing well in your class" Draco went through so many emotions in just that short amount of time.

Snape sat on the sofa with the boy in his lap and Harry fumbled over to where they were sitting and Snape helped him get on the couch.

"Draco your potion was near perfection" He saw Draco about the protest but held up his hand up to silence him. " I did it so your father would not be able to take you from the school tomorrow. I will not punish you for being an excellent student draco"

Draco smiled softly at him

" He will not have enough time to punish you Draco and I will not allow it. Now, You are here to watch this young one here."

He put Draco down and watch the two boys interact for a moment and so how taken harry was with Draco and have much Draco liked having a little brother of sorts.

Severus could handle Draco and he was a big help with Harry and soon Harry will be Draco's age. The two would get along nicely even as they grew older Severus thought.

How would i get custody of Draco. His father would never allow it. Just then severus remembered.

He ran to grab a book off of his shelf and read " If at anytime a relative of a child, aunt ,uncle,grandparent or even a godparent seems to believe the child in question is an unsafe enviorment the child will be taken from the custody of said parents and given to someone more capable of supporting the child" Severus smiled. Yes he would adopt Draco.

Draco needed the love and support of a family and so did Harry. The three of them together would form a family, each child would know that they are loved.

Severus, his mind now off of Draco went to his potions lab. It was time to start Harry's potion. It would take three hours to brew and by that time it will be time for the boys to sleep so he would give Harry the first dose tomorrow in the company of Madam pomfrey just incase anything were to go horribly wrong.

Severus worked hard and the potion was finally complete he bottled it all up and sent a sample to Albus to have it checked before giving it to Harry tomorrow. He walked up the stairs into the sitting area where he thought the boys would be. When they were not there his heart started to race

He looked frantically for his son and godson and stopped when he heard laughing. He followed the sweet sound and found the two in the bathroom. Harry was in the tub surrounded by mountains of bubbles and toys splashing and laughing as Draco, Who was now covered in water that surrounded him on the bathroom floor was splashing Harry back

Severus would have been mad at the state his bathroom was in but he knew he could clean it up quickly and that the boys were enjoying themselves.

Soon both boys would know they were loved and important

At seeing the display before him he knew he made the right choice in deciding to adopt his godson. Next was the fight to get custody, these two were going to be the death of him.