Severus was still out when Harry and Voldemort woke several hours later. Working together they gently lifted him long enough to magically change the bedding and use a cleaning charm on him before settling the Damphyr in the middle of the bed. Wrapping him in the covers as they cleaned up and dressed before retiring to the sitting room to discuss Lucius, planning on returning to the bed before Severus woke.
"Lucius needs to die," Harry said flatly. "I don't care how valuable he is to you he hurt Severus and from the sound of it has been trying to hurt him since they were in school together."
"No argument," Voldemort said with a mirthless laugh. "I suspect you'll also want to kill Bellatrix since she's obsessed with me and has tried to make her way into my bed on more than one occasion. The woman fancies herself in love with me and I'm partly to blame for it."
"I might be able to let it go if she doesn't try anything now that we're mated," Harry said honestly after several minutes of deep contemplation on the matter. "Of course I fancied someone earlier this year and while I kissed her she could only think of Cedric who died at your resurrection, water works and all. On top of that she was one of the students to trigger my transformation, without all of that I would have kept trying to kill you until one of us died. With that understanding I think that we should leave their punishment to the ministry besides with anyone else at Hogwarts who showed an interest I either played clueless or avoided because they were obviously fans stalking me. I'm just glad that my most dangerous stalker turned out to be my mate."
"Fair enough but if I ever meet this Cho person I reserve the right to curse her," Voldemort countered, his natural possessiveness kicking in as he ignored the stalking jibe knowing it was true. "You have permission to kill any of my Death Eaters who try anything with you or Severus but as the Dominant I will deal with any who make a pass at me or at the two of you within my sight or immediate reach. Anyone unmarked that you find wandering around bring to me especially if they seem to belong and have made a pass at either of you, unfortunately allies need slightly more delicate handling than minions."
"First, I can protect myself but I would also be a hypocrite if I insisted on dealing with it myself after what we did with Severus. Second, I will not back down if they attack me but I also promise not to seek a confrontation. Third, there may not be time to get you at which point they'll either be dead or mangled if I respond," Harry warned, deciding to make sure he couldn't be blamed after the fact if something strange happened and he was forced into killing someone.
"Understandable," Voldemort allowed before countering. "That does not excuse me from acting as your Dominant. You are both my submissives and I will treat you as such but I also recognize that you are both strong, more than strong enough to protect any children the three of us may have. I would also like to know your real level of schooling."
"Near or just above NEWT level in most things," Harry admitted with a grimace. "I suck at History, middling at Astronomy, and Divination is a farce to the point that I'm barely OWL level with them. I've been studying everything else on my own when I wander off for quiet time away from everyone. I'd be further but this year I had to run the Defense class for a large part of the school and try to take out Umbridge on top of her damn blood quill detentions. The Aurors arrested her during Spring Holidays because we managed to sneak Madam Bones in and give her the evidence directly. Its being kept quite since it sparked an investigation into Fudge. I also found out that Hermione set it up under some lordship law about training retainers and potential retainers."
"No wonder the hat wanted you in Slytherin," Voldemort said with a delighted laugh, only to swoop down and scoop him up into his arms. "Now that we have that sorted out lets go check on Severus and make sure he doesn't think we've abandoned him."
They found Severus sitting up in bed looking lost, causing them to exchange half panicked half worried looks before the climbed into bed next to him. The lack of resistance to their impromptu cuddle session with Severus in the middle had them even more worried until he gave a soft hiccup and tried to bury his form into both of them simultaneously. The nearly silent tears broke their hearts as they realized he really had thought that they had either abandoned him or that earlier had been a dream, despite the plug in his arse keeping him full of their come.
"Shush, we're here. We were just in the other room talking and didn't want to wake you," Voldemort soothed as Harry started purring against Severus' back in an attempt to offer comfort. "You did very well and we are both proud of you, proud that you are our mate, that you accepted us and trust us enough for what happened earlier to be safe."
The sudden noodle consistency of Severus' muscles had them both happily cuddling even closer to him. The peaceful if tired look on his face told them they had managed to not only reassure him but comfort him. He wasn't alone any more and they would happily remind him of that as often as necessary one way or another.
"Harry remembered to ask for blood this morning after we were done," Voldemort offered quietly easily ignoring Harry's annoyed huff as they all continued to cuddle.
"Did he?" Severus asked a little horsely.
"It made me think that he simply didn't understand he was supposed to ask for help when he needs something and it was exacerbated by the transformation, like Nagini said. If that's the case and he doesn't need the elixir or at least a high dose of it..." Voldemort pointed out, trailing off even as he had to lunge across Severus to keep Harry from slipping out of the bed and their immediate reach. Harry glared back mutinously but didn't say anything nor fight back when they dragged him back into the bed.
"What did you leave out of your life's story, little vampire?" Severus asked darkly, glad for something to focus on as he helped trap the green-eyed imp on the bed.
"Asking for anything at the Dursleys usually meant it was shoved in my face before they made me watch as they destroyed it or they gave it to Dudley as being too good for a freak like me," Harry admitted resignedly, knowing that he not only couldn't hide it but that his answer would get his relatives into even more trouble with his very vindictive mates. "I wasn't allowed to see the school nurse or a doctor and the only reason I saw Madam Pomfrey was usually because someone made me. The first time it was because I didn't realize that Medi-witches and Healers were the wizarding equivalent of nurses and doctors. If I couldn't fix it or scrounge it myself then I usually wasn't allowed to have it."
"And being locked away into your cupboard as punishment wasn't enough?" Severus demanded, feeling both sick at the soul destroying tactics that had been used on Harry as well as unendingly greatful it hadn't quite worked the way they had hoped. Harry's attempt at avoiding eye contact told them there was more.
"What else?" Voldemort asked numbly, clutching both of them closer.
"If I was being punished I wasn't allowed to eat and Dudley liked breaking my bones," Harry said softly in shame, finally fully understanding exactly how bad his treatment had been.
"We had gathered that about your cousin but hadn't realized that whenever you were confined they didn't even bother to feed you. Its no wonder you don't ask when you need something. You must trust us very much to have asked for blood this morning," Voldemort said softly, easing the tension and making no mention of punishing the Dursleys to avoid upsetting Harry.
"The elixir will help but some of this will simply take time to heal. At least the extra blood we've been giving him has obviously helped and while I despise how we were treated as children it does make us uniquely suited to help him if he doesn't want to see a mind healer," Severus said fretfully. Harry made a face but didn't say anything, he knew he was screwed up with how often he'd tried to live up to everyone's expectations whether it was the wizarding world or the Dursleys or Dumbledore.
"I'm not seeing a mind healer," Harry told them firmly, only to receive more cuddling in answer.
"Then you need to actually ask for it when you need something," Voldemort said equally firmly in a "discussion closed" tone of voice.
"Fine," Harry said with a put upon sigh only to yelp when they suddenly yanked him beneath them both, playfully pinning him on the bed.
"He fed us yesterday perhaps its time we hand feed him more than blood?" Severus suggested thoughtfully, a wicked playful gleam in his eye.
"Then I'm glad I asked the house elves to make everything bite sized for our morning meal and wait for us to call for it. Though I suppose its considered brunch by now," Voldemort said wickedly, ignoring Harry's muffled protest at being buried underneath them. A quick call to the elves had them served with various bowls of bite sized foods ranging from fruit to chopped meat to nuts and berries, there was even a bowl of scrambled eggs with a smaller bowl of bacon pieces.
"After we eat Harry needs to take the elixir and we need to feed him our magic. Once administered we'll know how much is the transformation and how much is just Harry since he was relatively functional before if a bit on the thin side," Severus reminded them softly as the trio separated enough for actual movement on the bed.
"Why do you think I managed to survive everything? I'm only partly sane but I'm not stupid enough to think that purposefully weakening my body is a good idea. I just couldn't get my stomach to take more than a certain amount no matter how hard I tried. I still can't eat the same amounts as the two of you. I had to bribe the house elves so they wouldn't tell you, got scolded more than once by them and had to ignore the nutrition potions they kept slipping into the food. I almost flipped the first time I realized they were dosing my food until I remembered to make them show me what they added and told them if they were going to dose me with something it had be something Sev made," Harry told them with a snort of wry amusement before taking a drink of the tea and herbal infusion that had replaced his pumpkin juice.
"Which explains the rapid reduction in my potions stock," Severus said, eyes narrowed nostrils flaring. "It also explains why your friends started asking me about how to recognize potions in another person's food and if they were harmful during the last few weeks of school."
"Ah, oops?" Harry said sheepishly, thoroughly embarrassed at worrying everyone.
Voldemort simply snorted in amusement and shoved some chopped ham into Harry's smiling mouth. Severus followed up this assault with a half slice of toast loaded with scrambled eggs and sprinkled with bacon pieces. Harry didn't get another chance to speak for another half hour as they took turns slowly feeding him breakfast in bed, careful to watch his expression in case they were feeding him too much as they all ate together. Harry's light burp and contented sigh told them he was not only done but they had taken the right approach.
A quiet call for the elves had the food cleared away and elixir in Severus' hand. Harry willingly drank the potion and settled down with his mates curled around him relaxing into the feel of their magic pouring into him. The next twelve hours had them oblivious to the world and Nagini had to stop more than one Death Eater from interrupting them. This included Lucius, Bellatrix, and Fenrir Greyback who all watched at least one member of the trio hungrily before being chased from the room by two angry familiars. Nagini and Hedwig guarded them jealously with Hedwig having been fetched by Nagini to help guard them after the first idiot had tried to pull them apart, dying under Nagini's fangs for his trouble. They awoke groggy and sore but could immediately tell that Harry was feeling so much better. The face Harry made when he realized that he no longer needed glasses had them both laughing quietly with the sense that everything was going to be alright.