Severus had no idea where to start; he looked around his house and knew that maybe he should start here. Harry had accused him of never allowing Harry to have a real place in the home, not being able to settle into it. He could not deny Harry was right; the photograph in the sitting room being the only thing Harry had left. Harry probably had not needed much time to pack at all; he had only had one room to pack of course, his bedroom. He would change that, he would renovate the house if Harry wanted him to, he would have pictures of red heads and werewolves every where if needed. He would bulldoze his back garden and put up an area for his husband to practice flying if he wanted. This was their home, not his home, or he wanted it to be their home. It had been his home before Harry but only when his Aunt had been alive, then it had been a house. He knew his Aunt would have agreed with redecoration, she had been an amazing loving woman who would have told him a house was about the people in it and not the history of it, and would have encouraged him to make new memories in it with the man he loved.
He looked around the rooms and new the house had never been exactly the best house for a family. He had come night when he was little and his dad was really bad but had not lived here till he was a teen. There was just the sitting room and kitchen on the main floor, and three bedrooms on the second floor. The garden was actually quite extensive and he knew it could have been extended out for more room on both floors. The room had had used when he was a kid was in the back o the house and had the perfect sunlight for nursery he thought, the rooms a bit small but an extension could add to it. He had left it as a bedroom but he could give it a face lift.
He looked into what had been his store room and once again he kicked himself. Harry had asked a few times maybe that he could turn it into an office for himself. He had not been sure why Harry needed one for he didn't really bring work home. He could have simply sent the boxes to the attic but even that was too much for him. No wonder Harry had told him he was not willing to give Harry a place in his home.
He knew if there was any Malfoy who would be willing to help him with Harry it was Draco so he went to his godson. "I need your help Draco."
Draco looked up from where he was working on a surprise for his own husband. "You know I want the two of you together if you make him happy, what is it?"
Sitting down Severus explained about a number of the decisions he had thought about making bout his house. He had suggested to Harry he would move for him, not that they didn't have enough money to besides Harry was not the only one with some family homes. But it was not the answer. Harry had felt at home there as well. Harry didn't want a house, he wanted a home. And he thought if he could make some changes it would be a home they could both love and their daughter too. Harry wanted more then one child, as did Severus down the line, and he thought maybe an extension could add another few bedrooms, make the house work for more.
Draco smiled when he heard what his Uncle was thinking. "I'm not sure that renovating your house will win him back but it could not hurt either."
Severus shook his head. "Trust me Draco I know that. But it is just one step. I want to show Harry I meant it about making changes to my life, to make it our life."
He knew he needed to cut back in his hours and not just for Harry but for himself as well. He wanted to be a more hands on dad, and there were ways to do that as well. Harry had not had a problem with all the time he spent in his lab, but the shop had taken so much more time as well. He loved his shop and didn't want to give it up completely but after he worked with the architect Draco was going to help arrange, he would figure out how to reduce his working hours as well.
He started with telling Draco that while he would create the products, Draco needed to come up with a manufacturer for the beauty line. Severus would not continue making such large amounts for the company, sticking to the hospital. Draco had actually suggested that in the past so Severus received no argument on that front.
Severus stood up. "Thanks Dragon for the help. I know you love Harry and you were one who convinced him to leave, but I am willing to do what ever is needed."
Draco hugged him. "I love you Uncle Sev, and I never meant to hurt you. I was just trying to protect my brother. But I'm happy if I can help you out with all of this."
Watching his Uncle leave Draco thought that his Uncle had come up with some amazing plans for the house and thought that they would definitely touch Harry. They were not simply structural issues for he knew his Uncle had some plans for the decoration as well. He had little doubt Harry would be in tears over the nursery and surprise room his Uncle was planning for him, and not just because he was hormonal from being pregnant with the baby.
His mind went to his own surprise for his husband and he was starting to think his Uncle had been channelling him. He decided he might have to reveal his surprise sooner to his husband or Blaise might think he was copying his Uncle. He and Blaise had the west wing of the manor and there was a room attached to their suite perfect for a nursery and Draco had been working on an amazing nursery as a gift for his beautiful husband.
He saw his husband as he was heading out of the nursery and pulled him in for a warm soft kiss. "How were your parents?"
He noticed how pale his husband was when Blaise pulled away from him though. "We need to go to Grimmauld place, Harry needs us."
He tried to get information out of his husband as they headed for the nearest fireplace to floo but Blaise had nothing more. He had simply been told that they needed to come to the house. Draco tried to find some comfort in that Harry was not at the hospital but he was still worried about Harry and the baby.