A/N: All right, so, compared to the last chapter, this one is quite short. The last chapter was around 6000 words...this one is around 2800 words :P I was happy to hear that I hadn't destroyed the trial and did well on it. :P I know there was a lot of repetition in it but there's always loads of repetition in trials. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this hapter despite it being short. Don't forget to review. Thanks so much. :]

Warnings: Allusions to child neglect.

A few days had passed since the trial concerning Teddy's custody and it was now Tuesday and the first time Teddy would be staying with Harry. Naturally, Harry was a nervous wreck by the end of the day at the prospect of finally meeting his five year old godson.

"Harry?" Severus called as he entered their rooms. He frowned when he didn't see his lover. Hanging up his robes, he walked through the sitting room. "Harry?"

"In here," he heard Harry call and he walked into the guestroom to find Harry looking around the room wildly.

"Are you all right?" Severus asked.

"I don't know if this room is good for Teddy or not," Harry said and Severus looked around. The bed had been shrunk to a smaller size and was now a twin bed instead of a queen. The covers were an ocean blue with a light blanket on top that had a panther sleeping in a tree on it. The walls were beige and the floor had a green carpet. There was a chest at the foot of the bed that Severus knew had a few toys, both magical and Muggle, in it. There was a cherry wood dresser and an oak wood desk. The bedside table was also cherry wood and had a lamp that had different brightness settings.

"Harry, I think it's fine. I'm sure he'll love it," Severus said and Harry sighed.

"I just don't know if I'm doing this right," Harry said.

"Doing what right? He's not even here yet," Severus said, sounding amused.

Harry sighed again. "I don't know."

Severus walked forward and pulled Harry into his arms, Harry's back to his chest. "You can prepare this room all you want but it will not affect how you interact with the child. It's the first time you will be meeting him. Focus on him, not where he'll be sleeping."

"I want him to like it here and like us, like me," Harry said quietly.

"I am sure he will love it here and love you," Severus said.

"What about you?"

"That remains to be seen."

"He'll love you."

"We'll see," Severus said and kissed the back of Harry's head. "Go make yourself some tea and relax. Read a book, take a walk, just relax."

Harry breathed deeply and nodded. "All right. I think I'll walk around for a bit. I'll see you later."

"Try not to over think," Severus said and Harry nodded, kissing him lightly and leaving their rooms. Waiting until he heard Harry leave, Severus turned back to the room, an idea in mind. Taking out his wand, he proceeded to make a few changes.

An hour and a half later, Harry returned to their rooms, feeling much calmer and ready to have his godson for the night. He walked in, expecting to see his lover reading on the sofa but frowned when the room was empty.

"Severus?" Harry called, looking around. He glanced in the room that was to be Teddy's and began moving on before the image connected and he looked back. His eyes widened as he slowly walked into the room. The once beige walls had changed. On the wall behind the bed, the colour had been changed to a dark blue with a bright yellowish white moon. Two black silhouettes had been painted. One was clearly a man while the figure in the man's arms was obviously a woman. The woman had spiky hair and Harry immediately knew who they were supposed to be: Remus and Tonks.

He moved onto the next wall, the wall to the right of the bed. The colour had been changed here as well. The bottom had been painted green and had taken on the form of grass. The rest was a blue that was a bit darker than an ocean blue. A greyish brown wolf lay in the grass, watching as a large black dog chased a stag. Harry's eyes watered, knowing they were meant to be Moony, Padfoot, and Prongs or Remus, Sirius, and James Potter.

Harry turned to face the wall that held the door. Here the wall held another green field, this time with a bright sun and a large tree. Sitting under the tree was a sandy haired man with a spiky, pink haired woman in his arms. Harry smiled at the picture of Remus and Tonks.

He finally turned to the final wall that was on the left side of the bed. This one was different. The entire wall was a pale blue and pale green. On one end of it, the end closest to the door was a tall, dark haired and dark eyed man looking down at the slightly shorter man in his arms. The man also had black hair but it was messy and his eyes were green. The shorter man was smiling up at him and Harry could see the emotion in the black eyes. He smiled at himself in his lover's arms. He looked at the other end of the wall, near the bed. Here a lion was laying down while a black panther sat close beside him as if watching over him.

"Hope you don't mind," a voice said and Harry spun around. "I thought the walls needed something else."

"You did this?"

"Who else?" Severus said with a smirk.

"This is amazing," Harry said. "You even put the Marauders here."

"Of course I did. You know I've forgiven them or at least accepted what happened. Teddy will know all about his parents and the Marauders. This way he gets to see them as well," Severus said and quickly found himself stumbling backwards with the force of Harry running into his arms.

"Thank you so much," Harry whispered.

"I find myself hoping the child likes it here as well," Severus said and Harry chuckled.

"I love you," Harry said and kissed him.

The remaining two and a half hours until Teddy was to arrive were spent sitting on the sofa in the sitting room, both reading quietly. Harry still couldn't get over what Severus had done to Teddy's room. He never thought Severus would have ever done anything like what he did. Harry smiled to himself and put his book aside, moving and wrapping his arms around Severus.

"Comfortable?" Severus said, not taking his eyes from his own book though he did put an arm around Harry, his hand in the messy black hair.

"Mm, very," Harry muttered and Severus snorted quietly. They fell into a comfortable silence again as Severus read, gently stroking Harry's hair as Harry watched the fire. Eventually their solace was broken when someone knocked on the door. "Oh, it's them," Harry said and jumped to his feet as Severus calmly put his book aside. Harry walked over to the door with Severus behind him and pulled it open. Andromeda was standing there, looking extremely uncomfortable and a little angry. A little boy was standing next to her, a bag over his shoulder. His hair was the sandy brown Harry knew to be his natural that he had inherited from his father. He didn't look sad or scared or angry or happy but instead looking slightly anxious and curious. He wore a white button up shirt with a black sweater over top. His brown trousers were torn and his sneakers were quite worn out. His eyes were blue and gleamed with curiosity.

"I will be back in the morning around nine to bring him home," Andromeda said and Harry nodded.

"He'll be ready," Harry said.

Andromeda gave a sharp incline of her head and pushed Teddy towards Harry. "Tomorrow then. Goodbye, Ted," she said.

"Bye, Grandma," Teddy said in a small voice and Andromeda walked away.

Harry glanced at Severus who had been watching the interaction with a frown before turning back to Teddy who was gazing into the rooms with bright eyes."Well, come on in, Teddy, before the cold gets in," he smiled at the little boy and guided him into the rooms with a hand on his back. "This is Severus Snape. He lives here too," Harry said, gesturing to Severus.

"Hi," Teddy said shyly.

"Hello, Teddy," Severus said and they both saw the small smile that briefly graced Teddy's face. Apparently he liked being called Teddy more than Ted.

"I'll show you your room so you can put your stuff away," Harry said and Teddy nodded. Harry walked with Teddy through the sitting room and to the door that was next to their bedroom. He stepped aside and let Teddy enter.

"Whoa," Teddy breathed and Harry smiled.

"I hope you like it. I can't take credit for the walls. That was all Severus," Harry said.

"It's so big and really cool," Teddy said, walking in further, tossing his bag on the bed. Harry watched as he walked to the silhouettes of his parents. "My mum and dad?"

"Yes," Harry said. "We thought you might like being able to see them whenever you're here. Neither of us have many pictures."

Teddy turned to see the mural of his parents sitting under the tree. "Mum was pretty."

Harry smiled. "She was."

"Grandma doesn't talk about them, especially not my dad," Teddy said.

"Do you know much about your parents?" Harry asked.

"Not really. I know I got my changing ability from my mum. I know they both died in the battle. I know my dad was a werewolf. That's about it," Teddy said and Harry looked at his godson sadly.

"I'm sorry, Teddy," Harry said and the little boy looked at him with confusion.

"Why?"

"I should've been around for you."

"It's okay. There's no way you could've been ready for a kid," Teddy said. "I've tried to find out what I can about you and my parents. It's not as easy as people would think but that could just be because Grandma doesn't let me."

"Do you like living with your grandma?" Harry asked.

Teddy shrugged. "I suppose. I mean, it's all I really know. I've never had the idea of another place to live either. There's nothing really to compare it to."

"If you had the chance to live somewhere else, would you want to?"

"Maybe. Depends on where I'd be living."

"With me and Severus?"

"Maybe. I mean, I don't know either of you."

"Fair enough. However, hopefully these visits will help us get to know each other," Harry said with a smile.

Teddy gave a small smile in return. "That'd be nice."

Harry was about to speak again when Lileen decided to make her appearance.

"A kitty!" Teddy exclaimed and ran to his bed when Lileen had jumped up.

Harry laughed at Teddy's reaction. "That is my familiar. Her name is Lileen."

"She's big for a kitty."

"She's special. She is part snow leopard, part panther, and part Kneazle."

"She's pretty," Teddy said, stroking Lileen's back as she purred loudly.

"She's been told that more since I've been here than the entire time I've had her," Harry said, smiling at his godson and his vain familiar that he was so fond of.

"Where did you get her?"

"In a little store in Finland. She was all alone," Harry said.

Teddy's smile faded a bit even as he continued to pet Lileen. "It's no fun being alone."

"No, it's not," Harry said, knowing exactly how his godson felt. "Come on, let's go join Severus."

"'Kay," Teddy said and followed Harry out to the sitting room where Severus was sitting on the sofa. Harry sat on the sofa, leaving space between himself and Severus where Teddy placed himself. Harry was surprised that Teddy had sat so easily between them since he was quite shy and didn't know them. As soon as Teddy was seated, Lileen jumped up and laid on his lap much to Teddy's delight.

"I trust the room is to your liking?" Severus said, looking down at the child.

"Yes, sir, I like it very much," Teddy nodded.

"Severus, please," Severus said.

"Sev'rus," Teddy repeated and Severus nodded, making Teddy smile.

Severus looked over Teddy's head at Harry and they smiled at each other. They knew they would have no trouble taking care of the little boy who was already becoming less shy with them.

"Do you have all of your stuff ready, Teddy?" Severus asked the next morning, helping Teddy get ready to return home while Harry took a shower.

"Yes, Sev'rus," Teddy nodded from where he sat on the edge of his bed, his feet swinging as he stared at the floor.

"All right, Teddy, what's wrong?" Severus asked, sitting on the bed beside the boy. "You have been strangely quiet this morning."

Teddy shrugged his shoulders but didn't speak.

"Teddy."

"I don't wanna go home," Teddy said quietly.

"Why not?"

"I don't like it there. I want to stay here," Teddy said and Severus sighed.

"We're happy that you like it here but you need to go home to your grandmother."

"I don't want to. She doesn't like me."

"I'm sure that's not true."

"It is. She's told me so."

"Has she?"

"Kind of. Sometimes I hear her say she wishes I wasn't around," Teddy said and looked up at Severus. "Can't I stay here?"

Severus sighed again. "Not yet, Teddy. For now we can only have these visits."

"But I thought Harry was my godfather?"

"He is."

"Why can't I stay here then?"

"He doesn't have custody of you, Teddy. When he left he gave you to your grandma. He's trying to get you back now though," Severus told him.

"Oh," Teddy said. "Why won't Grandma let me be with Harry? She doesn't want me."

"I cannot say if that is true or not but she doesn't want Harry to have you because she doesn't like Harry," Severus said.

"Why not?"

"A lot of things happened because of the war and many of those things were bad. People had to make hard choices that were bad in the eyes of others. She also doesn't like some personal things about Harry."

"Oh," Teddy said again.

"Don't worry," Harry said as he left the bathroom, his hair damp. "We'll see each other in a couple days and then you'll be here for the weekend."

"I guess," Teddy said. Harry smiled and ran a hand through the dark blue hair and watched as it turned turquoise.

"Make sure you have everything. Your grandmother will be here soon," Harry said.

"'Kay."

"Did you finish your breakfast?" Harry asked, pulling on his Healer robes.

"Yes, Harry," Teddy said with an exaggerated sigh and Harry turned to look at the child. He was grinning at Harry though he had some pink in his cheeks. Severus was looking at Harry in amusement.

Harry walked over to Teddy. "You, my child, are a terror," he said, ruffling Teddy's hair and making the child giggle.

"You are not much better, brat," Severus said and Harry scowled at him.

"Aren't you supposed to be on my side?"

"I don't take sides, you know that."

"Git." Harry rolled his eyes even as Severus leaned over and kissed him briefly. The domestic picture was broken when someone knocked on the door.

"I guess that's Grandma," Teddy said, his smile falling away.

"Come on, get your bag," Harry said. Teddy nodded and grabbed his bag from where it sat on top of his toy chest. Putting a hand on the back of Teddy's head, Harry led the child out of the bedroom and to the sitting room where they opened the door to reveal Andromeda.

"Come on, Ted," Andromeda said. "It's time to go."

"Okay, Grandma," Teddy said. "Bye, Harry," he added as he turned and hugged Harry's waist. He then turned to Severus and hugged him as well. "Bye, Sev'rus."

"Goodbye, Teddy. We'll see you in a couple days," Harry said, once again running a hand through the now sandy brown hair.

"Goodbye, Teddy," Severus said, putting an arm around Harry's shoulders.

"We'll be back on Thursday at the same time," Andromeda said and proceeded to push Teddy in front of her as they walked away.

Harry sighed and closed the door.

"Well, you can be assured that he liked it here and he likes you," Severus said as they sat on the sofa.

"He likes you too," Harry said with a smile.

"Apparently," Severus drawled and Harry laughed slightly. "He'll be back on Thursday, love," he said quietly, pulling Harry close.

"I know," Harry said. "I just miss him already."

"I know you do," Severus kissed him. "He'll be back. However, for now, let's find a distraction." He kissed him again.

"Mm, anything in mind?" Harry murmured, his hands on Severus' upper arms as Severus moved to his neck.

"I'm sure I can think of something," he said and Harry laughed as he was thrown over Severus' shoulder and carried him into the bedroom.

A/N: Yay. Harry finally got to meet Teddy. I love Teddy. I adore him. Lol. Anyways, hope you liked the chapter. Again, I know it was quite short compared to usual. Don't forget to review. Thank you. :]