No Day But Today Drabbles

Summary: As the title may suggest, these are drabbles for my story No Day But Today. Technically they can be read alone, but I wouldn't recommend it; full understanding requires reading the story. HP/DM slash. Implied mpreg. Non-magic AU. Very few are in chronological order timeline wise (except for ones like these, obviously).

Author's Note: This is a companion piece to Draco's Baby Part 1 and 2 (coming soon...well, eventually). In my spare time ( a fit of insomnia) I worked out a timeline for 'major events' such as this. Would you guys like for me to post it on my live journal?

Note: Feel free to request drabbles (any time frame - past/present/future). I'll need a prompt or a title.

Sister

Word Count: 1318

Cailean hesitated even as his Papa beckoned him forward with a smile large enough to split the man's pale face. He'd been very excited when he'd first found out of course, and had even taken part in the name suggestion process, but as time wore on, the prospect of having a younger sibling had started to seem daunting.

He wasn't very enthusiastic about the idea of having to share his daddy with a baby. He had no doubt that Daddy would still love him, the man told him everyday, multiple times a day, but the man's attention and affections would have to be split between him and the new baby and that wasn't a very happy thought. What was an even worst though was the thought of not being loved by his Papa any longer at all. It wasn't as if Draco was his real papa after all, and he'd only been calling the man by that title for the past two years. Who was to say that Draco wouldn't change his mind about wanting him as a son now that he had his own baby?

"Imp," the man insisted and Cai shook his head, unwanted tears welling up in his eyes. He didn't want to make trouble, not when everyone was so excited about the new baby, but he couldn't help it.

"Imp?"

Cailean sniffed and looked tearfully up at Draco who stepped all the way through the door of Daddy's room. Feeling embarrassed he hunched further into Granddad Lucius's side. The man was sleeping, his head tilted back slightly to rest on the wall behind him. Usually he would have burrowed into Granddad Severus's side as Lucius had the tendency of being a bit cold but Granddad Sev and Grandma Cissy had disappeared a few minutes ago to find coffee.

Papa looked down worriedly at him and came to kneel in front of him. "Cailean," he asked and Cai instantly felt bad. Papa only used his whole name when he was angry or upset. "What's wrong?"

"I don't want to see the new baby," Cailean muttered shamefully. Draco frowned.

"Why?" he asked softly. Cai didn't know what to say. What could he say? That if he saw her it would make her real? That he would have to face the fact that he would be loosing his Daddy's attention and his Papa's love?

Draco, very gently, drew him out from Lucius side. A part of Cailean wanted to protest but a larger part of him desperately wanted to be in his Papa's arms. Draco held him close and Cailean buried his face in the man's shoulder. "Why don't you want to see the baby?"

Cailean resisted the urge to sob as he clung to the man. "I d-don't want t-to lose you," he admitted.

"Lose me? Why would you think that?" Cailean shrugged and remained silent.

"Cai, tell me. Please?"

"It's your baby," Cailean choked out. "It's your baby and I'm not and since you have a baby of your own you'll forget about me." Cai stubbornly refused to say anymore and was both surprised and hurt when Draco pulled away from him.

"Cailean," Waterlogged green eyes blinked up at the stern voice, one which had rarely been used on him. Draco was staring at him, face set in a grim line. "You're such a silly imp, aren't you?" Cailean frowned as Draco shook his head, blond hair falling into his face.

"Cai, from the second I saw you were my son." The little boy sniffed in disbelief. "Really," Draco insisted. "You were tiny and beautiful and you became the most precious thing in the world to me. I wanted to hold you so badly and when your daddy let me I was terrified because you were so tiny and I thought I would hurt you. But I was positive that at that very moment that you were mine and that we were going to be family." Draco smirked a little even as he dried Cailean's puffy face with his thumbs. "Your daddy didn't know it yet of course, but he's always been in denial about these kinds of things."

Cailean giggled in spite of himself and welcomed the hug he was once again pulled into a moment later. "I won't lie to you Cai," Draco said sagely. "Having your sister around now will make things difficult. We'll have to give her a lot of one-on-one attention for the next few months because she's just a baby, but that doesn't mean that I'll love you any less just because she's my daughter biologically. Not only would your Daddy, Granddads, Grandmas, aunts and uncles kill me for hurting your feelings, it would also not be true."

Cailean wasn't sure what to say to that. He was so happy his Papa had said it all and though his worry wasn't totally abated (he'd have to see it to believe it he supposed) he did feel much better than he had in weeks as he had constantly been thinking about his sister's impending birth…

"Wait," Cailean sniffed pulling back from Draco abruptly. "Did you say sister?"

Draco blinked in surprise before scowling. "Damn," he muttered and Cailean's lip quirked. "I guess I ruined the surprise. Erm, don't tell you dad?" Cai giggled and smiled secretively.

"Tell dad what?" Draco smirked, his eyes light with amusement, before he stood from his keeling position and swung Cailean up and into his arms. "Let's go see her now, shall we?" Taking a breath to prepare himself, Cailean nodded only a little shyly and they proceeded into his Daddy's room with quiet care.

On a very white bed his daddy lay, propped up with a couple of pillows and holding something very small close to his chest. He was paler than usual though his face was flushed and Cailean had trouble not thinking of him as beautiful. Daddy insisted that he was handsome.

Green eyes glanced up as they entered and Cailean caught the little smile that the man wore, the one that meant he was very, very happy about something. It wasn't hard to guess what. "Cai-baby," he called softly and Cailean smiled at his soft tone.

"Hi daddy," he greeted shyly. "Are you okay?" Harry smiled.

"I'd be better if you came over here," he said patting the bed and a moment later Cailean had slipped down from his Papa's arms and was beside his daddy, climbing carefully onto the high bed. "Would you like to see your little sister?" Harry asked as he settled and, biting his lip, Cailean nodded. Slowly his daddy leaned a little towards him and Cailean caught sight of the face poking out of the blanket in the man's arms. If he hadn't known she was a girl, it might have been hard to tell, but girl or boy, she was a pretty little thing. Her face was round and red and her eyelashes were so pale they looked silver. She was also very tiny, much tinier than he'd expected considering how large his daddy's belly had gotten.

Cailean ran a finger as softly as he could down her face and she turned to it sleepily, baby blue eyes flickering open for a moment before closing again. She was perfect. "Do you want to hold her?" Daddy asked and Cailean nodded. Papa came over and arranged his arms and Daddy shifted again, tenderly placing her in his arms. She had weight to her, certainly not the heaviest thing he'd ever held but the fact that she wasn't feather light relived him. "Her name's Mira. Mira Alannah Malfoy."

Cailean tore his eyes away from the little face, startled. "Alannah? But that's the name I picked."

His daddy looked amused while Papa outright snorted. "Yes, well, she is your sister."

Cailean considered this for a moment and looked back down at Mira. His sister?

Well, yes, she was.