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"Give to James?" James Sirius asked his baby brother politely, holding his pudgy little hand out.

Albus Severus gazed at his big brother and continued chewing on the toy broom.

"Give to James!" James Sirius said persuasively, but the baby just kept staring. James Sirius stuck out his lower lip and stamped his foot. "Give to James!" He insisted.

Albus Severus garbled back, with his toothless mouth still full of toy broom.

"Mama!" James Sirius cried, grabbing hold of the end of the toy broom that wasn't covered in slobber and pulling.

Albus Severus screamed and grabbed the broom, too.

"James!" Ginny scolded, taking his hands away from the broom.

"But it's mine!" James Sirius pouted as Albus babbled merrily.

"He's only little," Ginny answered patiently. "He doesn't understand."

James Sirius frowned and toddled away to find his father, who would surely sympathise with him. Ginny shook her head before smiling down at her baby boy, who was gazing up at her.

"Hello, handsome," she crooned, sitting on the floor in front of him and crossing her legs. "I think you're teething!"

"Ah, ba!" Albus agreed, still gnawing at the broom.

"Is that right?" She chuckled as James Sirius dragged Harry into the living room. The married couple shot each other a look of understand, and Harry crouched down so he was at the same level as his son.

"Albus Severus is a baby," Harry explained patiently. "He's very little, and he doesn't understand that it's your broom. If we take it away, he'll get really sad."

"But James sad!" James Sirius insisted.

"I know," Harry said, sitting on the floor and wrapping his arms around him. "But you're older than him, and you have to take care of him."

James Sirius gazed at his dad, before looking at his mother, who nodded in agreement. "James take care of baby?" He asked Harry softly.

"Yes," Harry whispered with a smile. James Sirius thought about this for a few seconds before breaking out into a grin.

"Jah!" Albus announced, having finally dropped the toy broom.

Harry, Ginny and James Sirius looked at the baby, who was gazing steadily at his older brother.

"Jah!" he said again.

James Sirius' grin returned. "He say James!" he announced, bouncing with excitement.

"Go and say hello, then," Harry suggested.

James Sirius crawled to his baby brother and clumsily wrapped his arms around him, saying, "Hello, baby."