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Love lots, TheMalfoys

Draco let out a huge sigh of relief upon seeing Scorpius safely with Hermione. His little boy's fine and safe. He finally felt his constricted chest slowly return to normal as she watched his son scoop out a particularly large spoonful of what appears to be ice cream, Humming in delight as the sweet taste registers into his mouth.

He didn't even notice that he was already smiling as he was transfixed with his son's innocence.

Hermione cleared her throat a little too loudly, averting his gaze from Scorpius.

"Can I talk to you outside?" he heard her say.

He nodded slightly, though still keeping an eye out for Scorpius, caught between deciding whether it's a wise choice for him to leave his son unattended in a hospital of all places.

Hermione seem to have been thinking the same thing as she noticed where he was looking.

"Don't worry, I'm sure Scorpius would be a good boy with Healer Adrian here while were talking. Won't you Dragon?" she asked Scorpius while ruffling his pristine blonde hair, making him giggle.

"Of course I'll be good Healer Mione!" Scorpius answered, already digging in for another bite off of his sundae.

Draco couldn't quite believe what he was seeing. Scorpius would never give in to him that easy without as much as a tantrum, yet here he was witnessing it firsthand. What had Granger been feeding his son forcing him to act all. . . well nice? Maybe she mixed a potion in that sundae his son's devouring right now, he thought offhandedly. Oh well, the important thing is that his son's safe anyway.

Hermione led them to the brightly lit hallway just outside the healers' lounge. Facing him squarely with her hands crossed in front of her chest.

"First, I would like to tell you that your son is safe and that he hadn't met any accidents. I would also like to request from you not to scold him."

"Are you insane Granger he jus . . !"

"He already had a tough day Malfoy! You'll just stress him out a lot more, he's just a little boy for heaven's sake! I bet he doesn't even know what he's doing half of the time."

Draco closed his mouth, realizing her point. Still glaring at Hermione he answered. "Well, what do you suggest I do then? Just let this one slip by?"

There, he thought smugly. Let her answer that!

"I'm not restraining you from telling him about his mistakes, I'm just telling you that there are other ways of informing your child that he had done wrong other than just yelling your lungs out at him. You're just scaring him Malfoy, you're his father, you're supposed to make him feel loved not scared." Hermione finished with a huff. Not noticing that she had taken a few steps towards Malfoy while she was ranting off her speech.

His shoulders sagged, he can't believe he was actually admitting this but. . . she's actually right. Not that he'd say that out loud to her. He just couldn't let her have that satisfaction. He stared for a moment at the witch barely a few inches from him.

And just like that the little zing he had felt that first time they had seen each other in Scorpius' ward was singing between them again. It was like a shock of electricity, a cold sprinkle of water. It didn't feel wrong, no not at all. It feels quite comforting. For a wild moment he actually considered touching her, just to tuck a small lock of her hair behind her ear. That's quite harmless right?

"Fine, I won't yell at him." he finally said after a long while, still staring into her eyes, scared of breaking contact.

"Thank you for understanding." She whispered almost inaudibly. Her voice shaking.

"Uh. . . well, after you?" he asked already holding the door open of the healers' lounge.

"Thanks." She replied, her cheeks glowing with a light sheen of pink.

She almost flew past him in her attempt to escape the awkwardness between them.

Draco took a whiff of the air as she darted in front of him, maintaining her eyes glued to the floor. He took in another huge breath, delighting at how sweet she smells. Like honey or vanilla or maybe some uncommon flower as rare as she is.

He closed his eyes, trying to regain focus. What in the name of Merlin was he thinking about anyway? He should be more interested at the condition of his son rather than what Granger smells like.

Maybe it's just the stress finally catching up to him. He'd had a pretty alarming week after all, what with Scorpius getting injured and now this.

This is exactly the reason why he didn't want Scorpius seeing Granger again. She and her friends had always been a magnet for danger. What he didn't anticipate was how determined his son will be to see her.

Well he is a Malfoy after all, they are quite well known for getting what they want no matter what. He thought with a smirk.

Taking a deep breath through his nose he finally entered the healers' lounge immediately greeted by Scorpius.

"Father!"

He smiled warmly at his son. Scorpius never failed in making him smile.

"Hey Buddy." He replied holding his arms out wide open for him to jump up to him as he kneels on the floor.

Seeing an opportunity to get carried by his father, Scorpius quickly jumped out of his seat and bounded straight into Draco's waiting arms.

Draco kissed his temple, hugging him closer to his chest, cuddling him.

"Healer Mione told me you're not angry anymore." Scorpius whispered against Draco's neck.

"I wasn't angry." He replied just as quietly.

"You sure?" Scorpius asked coming out of his hiding place near his collar.

"Yup, You know I can never get angry at you."

Scorpius' answering smile was so beautiful, it even caught Draco off guard even though he'd seen it a million times he would never get tired of seeing his son happy. He just lights up from within.

Draco stood up with Scorpius still snuggled closely to him.

"Father."

"Hmmm?" he answered looking at Scorpius.

"I'm hungry."

Draco laughed as his son smiled again. "You always are Scor." He replied.

"Where do you want to eat today, huh?" Draco asked, raising his eyebrows slightly at Scorpius.

Scorpius forehead scrunched for a moment, making him look like he's deep in thought.

"Oh! I know where! Healer Mione told me about this place where you eat and there's this huge tub with lots and lots and lots of colorful balls for you to swim on. Can we go there Father pleaseeeee!"

Draco looked at his son weirdly for a moment. What sort of place was Granger talking about? He then met Granger's guilty gaze from across the room, watching as she shrugs and smiles at him.

He found himself smiling back at her, causing them to both avert their gazes.

"Granger, can you give me instructions on how to get to this uh . . . place my son is referring to?"

Hermione blushed beet red, embarrassed. She should have never told Scorpius about that place. It was a muggle restaurant for god's sake, what in the name of Merlin was she thinking, telling Draco Malfoy's son about it.

"Yeah, sure Malfoy. Maybe I can draw up a map of some sort."

"Orrrr….. you can just come with us Healer Mione! Wouldn't that be fun Father?"

Scorpius interrupted, excitement filling his eyes.

"Uh . . .well son, I think Healer Granger has more important things to do here than to come with us, right Granger?" Draco said.

"Uh, well. . ."

"Hermione has quite a few patients to attend to today." Adrian Pucey's voice rang out loud and clear from the corner of the room.

Hermione looked at Adrian as he stared straight at Draco and Scorpius. What the fuck is wrong with him? He'll probably make Scorpius cry, she thought.

"Oh, let her go Adrian. Hermione never had a lunch break for more than a few minutes." Padma chimed suddenly from behind Adrian where she had just entered the lounge a couple of minutes ago to get some much needed caffeine.

"Go on Mione, you deserve a break. You rarely even leave whenever it's your lunch break." Padma said with a smile.

"Please Healer Mione." Scorpius asked looking at Hermione with large eyes.

She risked a glance at Malfoy, seeing his smirk in place. He's probably goading her, challenging her to spend some time with some Malfoy without anyone else around. If he thinks she's scared of him or for anything else for that matter then he has another thing coming!

She smiled at Scorpius, "Why don't you wait for me at the waiting room while I get my coat." She then turned to Draco, seeing a priceless look of shock on his face. She then smirked at him and turned towards the coats room.

Well, what do you guys think?

I want to say sorry for the short chapters I've been posting. I just get these ideas at the middle of the night and decide to type them down before I forget them so sorry if they're a little short. I hope this one makes up for them

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