Chapter Fourteen

Down in the dungeons of the school Christmas came early as well. Draco woke up in his dorm room and quietly lay in bed. Today was the first time he could remember not celebrating Yule at home with his father and the woman he thought was his mother. She would visit and he would be spending breakfast until lunch with them all and then the rest of the day just with his fathers. He had to keep reminding himself that it was dad now, not Uncle Sev. He knew his father had spent the night in his dad's rooms. He figured his father would be spending more time here. He sighed and stood up; he walked over to his trunk and opened it. He sighed again as he debated the gift in his hands. He got a present for Harry, but hadn't sent it yet. He was afraid of what would happen when he saw it was from him.

Taking a deep breath, he straighten up and called for his house elf. "Dobby!"

The house elf popped in front of him in his dirty pillow case. "What can Dobby be doing for young Master?"

"I want you to give this to Harry Potter when he is alone," Draco said to him with bright red cheeks.

Dobby's eyes grew large at the sight of his young Master blushing. He slowly stretched out his hand and took the gold and silver package. "Dobby will do as young Master asked."

"Yes, well, thank you, Dobby." Draco felt really uncomfortable at the sight of tears in the elf's eyes. "Well go on."

Dobby smiled and disappeared with a pop.

"Crazy elf," he grumbled as he got dressed for the day. He had parents to meet and open presents with.

Severus rolled over and snuggled deeper into his husband's chest. He breathed deeply of his scent; pine, sandalwood and man. Oh how he missed this all those years with an emptiness that he never understood.

"You alright, Love?" Lucius asked voice still rough from sleep.

Severus shivered at the sound of his voice. "Yes just realized that all these years it was you that I was missing and not Lily."

"You are sure you are alright?" he asked concerned.

"Yes," Severus said snuggling in closer. "I never realized that she felt that way. I never really knew her, despite growing up together."

"We'll get through it, Sev." Lucius softly kissed him.

"We better get up. Draco will be her soon and Narcissa as well," Severus said leaving the warmth of his embrace.

"I can't wait for when we can be together openly," Lucius said as he headed to the bathroom.

"Yes, well we'll need our Lord back first. Then we'll need to get rid of Dumbledore," Severus said as he got dressed.

Lucius came out of the bathroom and started to get dressed. "Well, we will need to get him out of the school first."

"True," Severus said as he finished dressing.

Lucius slipped on his shoes. "We'll figure it out, but first we will spend the day as a family with our son."

Lucius looked up at Severus when he heard the other man sniffled. "Sev?" he walked over to him.

"You said 'our son.' I'm sorry," he said as he wiped the tears from his face.

Lucius cupped his cheek and kissed him softly, "No sweetheart. You have no reason to be sorry. Now let's order breakfast and prepare for our son and Narcissa to arrive."

Severus nodded and left the room. Lucius took a deep breath and followed.