Chapter ten

Sirius gestured to Severus to comfort Harry as they could both see how emotional he was, with tears falling fast down his face as he stared at the letter, a letter written by his mother. Severus nodded then cautiously put his arm around the young man and pulled him close.

'She loves you Harry, she wants what most people want for you, to find someone to love and have the family you have always wanted. Well, in just a few minutes we will be family and within the next few months the first of our children will be on its way.'

Harry swallowed then wiped his face before glancing up at Severus through his long eyelashes.

'It's just hearing her words, that she loved me. Petunia kept saying how she could never love a freak like me; she had me believing no one would love me, until I met Sirius. But to see it in my mother's own writing, it's hard to describe. She loved you to; you could feel it with her words.'

'Your mother was a very special women, she always saw the good in people even if they never saw it themselves. We know what we have to do even if I am unsure what she meant about owner of the paper.'

'Harry found out he's the sole owner of the Daily Prophet. So it looks like we need a statement about your marriage and a picture to accompany it, we bought a camera while we were out.'

'I don't think the picture would be very wise, Albus would surely do something to make sure I divorce Harry after the first year. But we definitely do what your mother said about the statement, first with the announcement that Harry is married and it was to his soul mate. Then I will contact my godson and let him know what is going on so he can let slip that piece of information at the right time.'

'You're right Severus, the pictures will just be for you, let's leave your name out of it for now.'

'Um, who is your godson?' Harry's whole face screwed up already knowing the answer.

'Draco, I thought everyone knew that.'

'We knew you had some type of relationship but we never knew what it was. So he'll support you with this, with me?'

'Like Lily, Draco just wants me happy, he always has. So how about we get started on that by getting married?'

'Okay,' Harry smiled shyly then stood but was surprised when Severus held his hand then cast a cleaning charm over Harry's face receiving another shy smile from Harry.

Sirius had set up the magical camera to continuously take pictures the moment the ceremony starts. So when Severus and Harry stood in front of Sirius he pointed his wand at the camera to activate it. Sirius spoke about their bonding, their commitment, their new friendship that will eventually turn to love. He spoke about family and how that family will grow. He spoke about how Harry and Severus were both war heroes who overcame a lot to get here, they even overcame death itself to get here. Harry and Severus spoke their words of commitment, they could not speak of love, not yet, they spoke of their respect for one another, they both spoke of a happy future together.

Severus picked up Harry's left hand and slipped the Prince ring onto Harry's small slender finger, it warmed and shrunk to the right size as it slid into place. Harry picked up Severus' hand then slipped the Potter ring onto Severus long slender finger, like Harry's, it warmed before resizing to fit. Sirius bound their joined hands in a silk cord, passing his wand over their hands and the cord three times, then touching first Harry's chest then Severus' with his wand, the cord slowly uncoiled then disappeared right into their very hearts. Sirius stepped back after announcing they are bonded partners, he watched as Severus and Harry gave each other a very chaste but sweet kiss. Sirius hugged Harry tight to him then surprised Severus by hugging him.

'I'm going to Remy's, but I will be back in the morning.'

'Okay, say hi to Remus and Tonks for me and give Teddy a kiss from his godfather.'

'I will, remember, relax, it's beautiful,' Sirius smiled, deactivated the camera then hurried from the house.

Harry blushed but he looked down at his feet until he felt a finger under his chin, he looked up at Severus who was smiling at him.

'We'll take this slow, as slow as you want. We've got the rest of the day and all night to do this.'

'Okay, um, who goes first?'

'We'll work that out when the time comes. How about you take me to…our bedroom?'

Harry blushed again but nodded then still holding Severus hand they walked up the stairs and into a large room with an antique bed sitting against the far wall. Harry felt like his legs were going to give out he was so nervous and he couldn't look at Severus at all. He knew this was Severus' first time as well so he must be nervous but like always Severus could hide his emotions really well.

'I only kissed one girl and it was disastrous,' Harry whispered.

'I have kissed two men in my life, it was nothing special, but I believe when we do kiss it will be a revelation,' Severus took Harry's face in his hand and stared into his amazing beautiful green eyes as he slowly drew closer and closer until their lips joined. Severus felt it instantly, the pleasure yes; he was expecting that but also how perfectly their mouths seem to fit. He pushed with his tongue and was granted access, his tongue probed and tasted causing Harry to moan softly, then Severus felt Harry's tongue tentatively probing. The two men ended up with their tongues dancing around each other's until they were forced to pull apart for much needed air, 'That was a revelation.'

'Blimey, that was some kiss,' Harry panted.

Severus smiled then started to kiss Harry's neck, sucking at the base of his throat making his young husband groan loudly as his hips flexed involuntarily. Even though he was just as nervous as Harry, he figured he needed to be the one to make the moves. So while he was kissing Harry's neck, he had unbuttoned the suit jacket, pushing it back and off his shoulders, he felt Harry shaking it to make it fall. Before Severus could start anything else, Harry was pulling his tie off then he reached for Severus' robes, unclasping it. Severus was still kissing different parts of Harry in between undressing him, but Harry wasn't idle, he's hand were undressing Severus.

Severus's lips moved away to finish undressing, his shoes, socks and pants, when he stood Harry had already finished, so the two men who were still nervous were now naked. Severus wasn't surprised to see scars marring Harry's young body just as he was sure Harry wasn't surprised to see scars on his body, including the faded dark mark, neither man seemed to care. But Severus had been surprised by the new lightning shaped scar on Harry's chest.

Their eyes travelled over every inch of each other, their erections waiting for attention, their breathing was heavy, they were ready. They both took a tentative step towards each other, then another until their hands were wrapped around each other's lengths. Even though Severus had taken care of himself a lot over the years, Harry's hand was making him feel more than he could possibly imagine.

Harry never admitted to anyone but until the war finished he had never bothered with self-satisfaction, right after he did a few times but it was nothing to what he was feeling now, Severus' hand grasping him, bringing him closer to completion. The two men never planned this or planned anything, but neither stopped until they were both flexing their hips, groaning as release came quickly.

Both waited until they came down from their orgasm before cleaning up then like it was a natural thing in the world, they climbed into the large bed. All Harry wanted to do was touch and kiss every inch of Severus and he felt exactly the same way. Severus decided to just let Harry do what he wanted now he seemed to be more relaxed and not as embarrassed anymore. But what Severus couldn't believe was the intense feelings Harry was enticing, every bit that Harry had kissed, touched, licked and sucked was humming with pleasurable desire, his whole body was hot, his blood pumping.

Severus never expected to feel this, to feel anything like this and even though he was normally a quiet man even when yelling at students, right now he was anything but quiet, he groaned loudly and kept calling Harry's name over and over until he was finally begging to have him inside and it wasn't that long before his young husband had prepared him magically, coated his fingers which slid into him, stretching him, enticing him, making him as ready as he could. Severus felt his whole body ignite when Harry's fingers brushed against a most delicious spot inside, then he groaned in displeasure as the fingers disappeared, but within seconds they had been replaced by Harry's length. Even though he knew what to expect it was still a bit uncomfortable, that didn't last long then all he felt was Harry, his young husband was buried inside him making him feel loved for the first time in his life.