All the legal stuff, summery and notes are on chapter one.
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Mini-Moony- chapter Thirty-four
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Harry glanced at the clock, getting more upset as the seconds ticked away. Seamus was late. True, it was his day to start late but even on those days, he usually showed up in a reasonable hour! He punched the dough he was working on a little harder than necessary, feeling his infamous temper rising. For the last couple of weeks he's been feeling completely restless and the littlest things made him nearly lose control. Harry naturally blamed it on Remus' impending leaving, even if they did patch things up and came to an agreement it didn't mean that Harry had to like the fact that he was going to be left a single dad for four months.
"Morning…" Harry turned, a few choice words on his lips to see Seamus with a huge goofy smile plastered on his face. He looked so chipper that Harry didn't have the heart to scold him. He rolled his eyes; he was such a sucker for romance…
Harry leaned against the counter he was working on, crossed his arms over his chest and tried his best not to smile,
"Do you know what time it is?" He asked in the most serious voice he could muster. Seamus glanced at the clock on the wall and shrugged the dreamy expression and goofy smile never wavering.
"Can I ask you something?" Harry just knew it was the sort of question that will open up a subject he really didn't want to talk about but the expression on Seamus' face told him he'd raise the subject either way,
"What is it?" Seamus grabbed a nearby chair, spinning it and straddling it, folding his arms over the back,
"Have you ever been with a circumcised man?" Harry rubbed his forehead briefly, yup; definitely not something he wanted to get into this early in the morning…
"I can't say that I have, but it looks like you have…" Seamus' grin grew impossibly wide but he tried to shrug away coyly, Harry sighed, "Ok, I'll bite- is it better than a non-circumcised cock?" Seamus frowned,
"Well, I don't know, it's certainly different…" Harry nodded, trying to hold his laugh. "I suppose it all has to do with how one uses it…" Seamus said with conspiratory wriggle of his eyebrows and Harry chuckled,
"Oh and how does our Jewish friend use it?" Seamus drew himself up and shivered dramatically,
"Ever so brilliantly…" Harry burst out laughing. "And he uses such delicious profanities in the bedroom as well…"
"You are such a little tart; you couldn't wait to get here to tell me!" He cried and Seamus grinned unabashed, "I have a brilliant idea! Why don't you floo over and tell Draco all about your night!" Seamus burst out laughing, shaking his finger at Harry,
"You are an evil, evil man Mr. Potter-turned-Lupin!" He chided his friend who wore an even bigger smile.
"I'm glad you and Adam are working out though, love suits you." Harry said once he returned from the Slytherin side. The smile slipped from Seamus' face, and he worried his lip,
"You think it's too soon? I mean, we've been going out for a couple of weeks and things are going great, but…" Harry lifted his hand to shush the man,
"If the lateness of the hour you showed up in means something then I bet Mr. Wonderful stayed over and you even had a little morning fun. If you ask me, it's a pretty safe bet that he likes you." Seamus rolled his eyes as if to shrug off Harry's words but the smile that crept over his face gave him away. He was happy, and probably in love, it's been so long since he felt like that and damn but he missed the feeling.
Before Seamus could open the subject more the grate flared green, much to Harry's relief, and admitted Remus and Aaron through it. The young boy wriggled out of Remus' grasp and rushed to Harry who caught him easily, spinning him around laughing. Catching a whiff of the delicious baking goods Aaron's nose wrinkled slightly as he inhaled deep, his eyes closing and a small satisfied smile spreading on his face. Harry caught that and gasped in mock shock,
"Did you come here to say hello to your daddy or to eat all the cakes?" He asked, poking his finger lightly in Aaron's belly, causing the boy to squirm and laugh loudly. Meanwhile Seamus zeroed in his attention on Remus,
"Say Remus, have you ever been with a circumcised man?" The older werewolf turned his gaze from where he watched his husband and son play to fixing it on the grinning Irishman,
"Is this a genuine question or do you just want to brag about having sex with your new boyfriend?" Seamus contemplated the question for a moment,
"Mostly brag…" He finally confessed and Remus shook his head fondly,
"Okay." He said, clapping Seamus' shoulder with a serious air. "By the way, congratulations, it was long overdue…" Seamus ducked his head, his cheeks flashing. Why was it that everyone he knew had a say on his sex life? Mearaid's voice cut through his thoughts,
"What was?" Remus placed a fatherly hand on Seamus' shoulder, mostly to keep the man from bolting now that the conversation was sure to get interesting,
"Oh, our young friend here just had a sample of the other white meat…" Mearaid frowned,
"Babies?" Remus burst out laughing while Seamus rolled his eyes,
"Jewish." Mearaid's jaw dropped and her eyes lit up like little fairy lights,
"Oh, that is so brilliant!" She exclaimed, "You finally nabbed your gorgeous boyfriend." Seamus rolled his eyes again; it had only been two bloody weeks! One would think he was saving his virtue for years by the way they were carrying on! "I wouldn't go telling your mother though." Mearaid's laughter was bubbling and she could hardly contain herself, leaning against the counter,
"Don't worry, I won't." Seamus muttered, but she didn't seem to hear him,
"I mean, she managed to stomach that Scotsman, barely. And now you're bringing her an Englishman, and a Jew… Oh, gods, be sure to let me know when you're going home to introduce him…" By the time she finished her statement she was practically whizzing with laughter, spurred by Remus' own. Seamus rose from his seat, trying his best to looked miffed,
"Alright, bugger off you lot!" He cried, but the two ignored him, "I'm not even sure we'll keep dating." He said primly, but that only sent the party in the kitchen into new fits of laughter.
"Oh, please," Harry said above the laughter, Aaron still perched on his hip, munching on a Danish, "I bet you already started picking out furniture for when you move in with him." Seamus threw them all a dirty gesture and stormed out of the kitchen.
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Once again, it was 'that time of the month'. Gods, how Harry hated the full moon, probably even more than Remus did. He leaned against the door frame, watching as Remus and Aaron practiced their relaxation routine on the floor of Aaron's room, turning away as tears threatened to fall.
Throughout the day he tried to keep busy in order to take his mind off of what was going to happen that night. Flashes of last month's full moon kept creeping into his conscious sending shivers down his spine. A part of him was wrecked with guilt for enjoying the way Remus was letting his wolfish side come close to the surface and dominating him so thoroughly and with such force. Harry was growing hard just thinking about it. Surely it was wrong to feel this good by something that was linked so directly to Remus' curse. Although, whenever he caught Remus' eye during the day there was a flash of feral gleam in those amber eyes that had Harry wanting to lower himself to the ground and submit fully to both the man and the wolf.
Harry was extremely relieved when Sirius finally showed up, barging in and bringing the entire house to life with his booming laughter. To Sirius it was still a brilliant adventure, running around with his werewolf friend, just as it had been back in the day. The only change was that James wasn't there with them. He and Lily tried to come along once, but James got so depressed that he could no longer change into a stag that Lily forbade him to go anywhere near 'Rose Cottage' during nights of the full moon. She had claimed that James was beginning to turn into a ghoul and she was having none of that.
The four of them settled on Harry and Remus' bed, as per usual, awaiting the moonrise. Harry was clutching both his men tight to him, rubbing soothing circles on their backs. He heard Remus chanting softly, trying to calm Aaron down and wished his throat wasn't so tight that he couldn't make a sound.
Feeling two cold and wet muzzles at his cheeks Harry couldn't help but chuckle a little, opening his eyes to rub noses with his wolves. Aaron was hopping on the bed, rolling around and trying to nip Sirius' hands as they tried to catch him. With a wide grin Sirius transformed and leaped on the bed as well, catching the cub and rolling him onto his back, nuzzling at his stomach, causing Aaron's wolf to squirm with laughter. Remus' head was resting on Harry's stomach as they both watched the two playing around.
At long last Remus shook himself and jumped off the bed, beckoning his cub to him. Aaron landed a tad awkwardly but managed to scramble to his his father, jumping up and down in excitement. He wanted to get out and run about. In some ways the full moon was the best night of the month for Aaron as he got to stay up late and go outside after dark with his parents.
The three canines turned to look expectantly at Harry who rolled his eyes and sighed dramatically, though with a smile. He closed his eyes and concentrated on his wolf, bringing it closer to the forefront of his mind so that he could tap into it. Instead of the feeling of limbs changing and fur sprouting a sharp pain seared through Harry's body, starting from his abdomen and spreading all over. Screaming he collapsed, missing the bed and falling to the floor. Dimly he could hear the frantic, near hysterical yips of his werewolf cub, before Remus who was wide eyed with fear snapped himself out of it and started herding Aaron out of the room. Sirius quickly transformed back, gathering the thrashing man on the floor in his arms, clutching him tightly to his chest as he struggled to get Harry back on the bed.
Harry lay there, panting, trying to regain his footing and start to make sense of what the hell happened to him. He felt a cool, wet flannel being placed on his forehead and turned bleary eyes to see Sirius looking at him with concern. Harry blinked a couple of times, turning his head to make sure Aaron and Remus were alright only to find out they were no longer in the room.
"Siri?" Sirius smiled weakly at him, a part of him wanted to smack Harry for frightening him like that, but most of him was just relieved the man seemed alright. "What happened?"
"You tried to transform, but then you screamed and doubled up with pain." Sirius explained, busying himself with the wet flannel and refusing the meet Harry's eyes,
"Where are Remus and Aaron?"
"Outside, probably running off the tension of seeing you collapsing." Sirius tried to grin but Harry could tell how much his collapsing scared the man, "Maybe I should call Hermione over to check you…" He mused but Harry waved a dismissive hand,
"There's no need, I'm fine. It's probably just stress from the full moon." He said, knowing that he wasn't convincing either of them. Sirius looked like he was about to argue but eventually sighed and nodded,
"Alright. Have it your way. You stay here and rest for a bit, and then you can come out and join us." Harry rolled his eyes and nodded, "But you are not allowed to transform again tonight, do you understand me?" Sirius asked, executing all of his godfather power over the young man. Harry was about to protest that he was fine again but the memory of the white-hot pain was still too fresh in his memory to argue. Even if Sirius hadn't forbid him to transform Harry doubted he'd try it again anytime soon. With one last look, just to make sure Harry wasn't about to defy him Sirius left the room, going to deliver the news of Harry being fine to his frantic husband and son.
Harry lay on his back, his hands running softly over his stomach where he still felt a dull pain, like a throbbing memory to remind him what would happen if he tried to assume a wolf's form again. He couldn't even begin to figure out what was wrong with him, and he stubbornly refused to think about it. This sort of pain did not bode well and there were very few things that popped into his mind to explain it, neither of them good.
Eventually he grew bored of just lying there, alone with his thoughts that were growing darker by the minute and Harry decided he'd be better off with the others, even though they were most likely going to pity him. Standing up carefully Harry was pleased to note that he didn't feel like throwing up right there and then. He made his way to the back of the house, stepping out on the porch. He was a little surprised to see all three canines still there, all waiting for him.
Harry carefully sat on the lounge chair, laughing as Aaron jumped right onto his lap and started licking his face, extremely relieved to hear his father's laugher.
"I'm sorry puppy…" Harry mumbled and wrapped his arms tightly around his son. Feeling a cold muzzle on his neck Harry turned his head to rub his nose with Moony's snout knowing full well that, were Remus in his human form he'd never hear the end of it. The worry and fear were plainly visible in the amber eyes of the wolf. Sirius watched the scene, feeling impatient; he wanted to run the tension of the night off, especially after Harry refused medical treatment. He was dead worried, and that aggravated him.
Harry caught Sirius' impatient growl over his family's petting him and nodded, they all needed to relieve some stress. He shoved both Moony and their cub from him,
"Go have some fun; I'll be right here when you come back." He said softly. At first both were reluctant to go but Sirius was quite insistent. The older wolf and dog herded the little cub off the porch and into the garden below. They made their way slowly towards the grove, all the time glancing back at Harry who summoned a light blanket and made himself comfortable on the lounge chair.
Throughout the night he watched his family play at the edge of the grove, always in plain sight of him. He knew that Sirius and Remus were looking over to make sure he didn't do anything stupid and he wanted to roll his eyes, sometimes they really did treat him like a child. After about three hours of playing, Moony brought Aaron back to Harry, the little cub almost swaying with exhaustion. He wasn't used to being awake at such hours, and as soon as he was cuddled in Harry's arms the little wolfling fell into a deep sleep. Harry curled around his son, running his fingers through the soft fur and closed his eyes.
It took another hour or so for Moony and Padfoot to exhaust themselves as well. Returning to the porch Sirius quickly morphed back into his human self and grabbed his wand, enlarging the lounge chair so that Moony could jump up and cuddled with his family. He watched the two wolves and Harry for a while before a huge yawn claimed him. It was high time he went back home to his own little family, slipping into Mearaid's arms and just falling asleep would be pure bliss, especially after the night he's had. Worried as he was Sirius knew for a fact that Remus would not let something like what happened tonight slide unchecked and therefore he could relax somewhat and go home to sleep knowing that Harry was going to get the medical assistance he needed whether he liked it or not.
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A/N: Babies, the other other white meat… You know, Fat Bastard from 'Austin Powers'…