Chapter 45

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Hadrian had noticed that Hermione rarely wrote to him anymore and the letters that came were oddly formal and stilted compared to their previous correspondence. He didn't much care about the change thinking that it might be a result her being able to read his unexpressed anger in his own letters to her. He was disgusted that she'd let Andi and Teddy down as she had. She was supposed to be Teddy's godmother but though Teddy had recognised the name and Tollie had been able to point out several picture books that had been gifts from his Aunt Hermione, Teddy didn't recognise her in the picture she'd sent Harry when her baby was born. She had still made no mention of Andi's death though he knew from correspondence with Neville and Luna that she'd been at the funeral.

She'd been apologetic about not naming him godfather to her daughter but Hadrian had honestly been glad that she hadn't. A godfather should be involved in his godchild's life and he didn't feel that he could spend enough quality time with the little girl under the circumstances. He and Tim had talked it over carefully and when they asked Gibbs and Neville to be Rosie's godparents they had also asked Tony and Kingsley to become Teddy's new godparents. Hadrian couldn't do it anymore since he was Teddy's father now, he and Tim had legally adopted the little boy after they got married and it seemed that Hermione didn't bother to be a decent godparent even when Teddy had lived with Andi less than fifty miles from her. Tony on the other hand visited regularly, taking his godson to the movies or bringing over classic Disney movies for the two of them to watch. Kingsley also made an effort to stay in touch, talking to Teddy via the floo every week and visiting whenever he could spare the time for a whole day away from the ministry.

So now that Hermione was no longer Teddy's godmother and had clearly taken little interest in him while he was living with Andi, Hadrian didn't feel the need to mention him in his letters to Hermione and the Weasleys. He had no doubt that everything he wrote to Hermione was shared with Ron and that Ron would share most of what he heard with his family. He wrote about his work without giving away locations and a little about his friends and Tim, though he didn't disclose his true relationship with him. He wrote of his satisfaction with his current life and mentioned his love for the children without telling them who they were.

Hermione in reply wrote of her daughter, of missing her work, of the boredom and isolation she felt being at home with her baby all day, and the general dissatisfaction with her life and relationships. She wrote about missing Harry but made no real effort to remain close to him. Her letters were stilted and Hadrian wondered whether Ron insisted on reading them before they were sent or if Hermione wrote that way because she felt like she was writing to someone she didn't know very well anymore. Hadrian didn't feel that he knew Ron or Hermione that well these days. He would never have believed in the early days of their relationship that Ron would force Hermione into becoming a stay at home mother when it was clear to him even at this distance how unhappy she was. He had written and offered the use of a nanny elf to assist with the baby so Hermione would have more free time to work on her own research projects or just to get out and see her family and friends but the offer was rudely declined with a rant against elf slavery though she had to know better than that by now. In return, Hadrian had sent her a book on house elves (with the warning not to show anyone because the book was banned in Britain) and didn't write to her again for quite some time.

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Being on leave Hadrian had no reason to need to return to England except to see friends and he arranged for Neville, Hannah and their children as well as Luna to join them for a week in Hawaii where the Potter's still owned a house. Tim had the last week of July off so he and Neville would celebrate their birthdays together with the week long house party. The house had been vacant for years but Hadrian had sent Quincy on ahead to do the necessary repairs to make it liveable, including renewing the climate control charms for both temperature and humidity inside the house, and hired the goblins to update the wards and provide them all international portkeys. It was a purely wizarding house and after discussion with Tim, Hadrian had elected not to modernise it or install electricity to the house itself. The property included three acres of mostly bush and a very private beach which Hadrian thought was probably a good thing seeing that Hannah and Neville would both probably bring swimsuits that would look out of place anywhere outside of a Victorian period museum.

They left DC at noon arriving in Hawaii twelve nauseating minutes later at 0712. The stomach soother potions did their job and by 0715 the four of them were ready to explore their new vacation house.

"Are we in England?" Teddy asked recognising the feel of the international portkey from when Hadrian had brought him to live with them.

"No Teddy, we're at the beach in Hawaii. Neville and Hannah are coming to have a holiday with us. They're going to bring their son Franklin who is younger than you and their new baby." Hadrian replied.

"Is Frankwin big enough to play?" Teddy asked.

"He's big enough to play but he is still littler than you so you will have to be gentle" Hadrian replied.

"I don't know how you did that every week to visit him" Tim said still looking and feeling a little green. "And the portkey to England would be even longer wouldn't it?"

"Twenty-three minutes but portkeying is worse for you than it is for me, it affects your vestibular system and yours is already hypersensitive" Hadrian said.

"Because I get seasick?" Tim asked.

"No the reason you get seasick is the reason you get more portkey sickness than the rest of us" Hadrian explained. "Do you want to go and lie down for a while? It's still early, Neville and his family won't arrive until lunchtime."

"I could lie down right here" Tim replied. "It's not as hot as I thought it would be."

"This is about average this time of year but remember that it's not even 0730 yet" Hadrian replied. "The reason people love Hawaii so much is that the sea is warm here without the weather being too hot."

"It's nice with the breeze, I can smell the sea is it close?" Tim replied.

"Close enough that we're going to have to keep a close eye on Teddy. There's a beach on the edge of the property

They headed into the cool house and were met by Quincy. "Hello Quincy. Have you enjoyed fixing this house up, it's a beautiful old place isn't it?" Hadrian greeted him.

"You have some beautiful houses but to be honest master I don't like the heat. The air be's wet all the time"

Hadrian laughed. "The humidity does take a bit of getting use to" he agreed. "Do you have a favourite of my houses?"

"I'se be likeing the house in Scotland about an hour's fly by broom from Hogsmeade" Quincy replied.

"Ive never seen that one. I'll have to visit it next time I'm in Britain if it's your favourite" Hadrian replied trying to smile at the elf in spite of wanting to punch a wall in sheer frustration and regret. All those months Padfoot had spent living in a cave and eating rats when he had a house nearby that he didn't know about.

Quincy quickly showed them the house and Tim lay down while Hadrian stripped off to shorts and a tank top, cast the sunscreen charm on all of them, including Tim because he didn't want to risk forgetting later, and took the kids out to explore.

They were joined by an elf with the darkest green skin Hadrian had ever seen. "I'se be Jib I'se takes care of the gardens here" he said cheerfully.

"They're lovely" Hadrian said appreciatively. "My friend Neville who's coming today will probably have a lot of questions for you about the plants, he's a keen gardener and herbologist."

"They'se all muggle plants heres" Jib said. "There'ses a potionses gardens on the others side of the wall. We sells ingredients to apothecaries in London, Hogsmeade and Americas."

"Well I'm sure he'll want to see that too" Hadrian said smiling.

They headed to the sand and played, Hadrian trying to teach Teddy to make sandcastles while trying to stop Rosie from rolling off her blanket and trying to eat the sand. Not entirely successful with either endeavour he was glad to pack up and head back to the house for lunch.

Tim joined them feeling much better and helped him to bath the children before his friends arrived.

They went down and waited near their arrival point and a few minutes later the Longbottoms arrived. Hannah was carrying both the children and landed gently bouncing on her cushioning charms. Neville on the other hand landed flat on his face. Hadrian rushed over and picked them both up. "Hey Nev, hello Hannah" he greeted.

"Hey Harry" Nev gave his friend a one-armed hug.

"Harry Potter!" Hannah Longbottom explained. "Is this where you've been hiding?"

"No actually, we're here for a holiday the same as you" Hadrian replied. "Hannah I'd like you to meet my husband Tim and our children Teddy and Rosie."

"This is Franklin and Ellison" Neville said introducing his own children.

"Teddy can you say hello to uncle Neville and Auntie Hannah and Franklin?" Hadrian asked.

"Unca Neville?" Teddy grinned recognising the man.

"Hey Teddy, you've grown" Neville greeted him. "Are you starting preschool next year?"

"He is" Hadrian confirmed.

"How do you know Teddy?" Hannah asked.

"Teddy is Teddy Lupin, His parents died in the Battle of Hogwarts and he lived in London with his grandmother Andi Tonks until her death" Hadrian said trying to give his friend an out.

"I met him at Harry and Tim's wedding. Part of the muggle life training I did was to fly in a muggle plane and visit muggle shopping centres and hotels and attend Harry's wedding. I spent the weekend having to fool Tim's muggle law enforcement team. And I passed the training, I never knew I was going to see Harry until we arrived and I was under orders not to tell you" Neville confessed.

"Why are you in hiding anyway? You're a hero" Hannah turned and asked Harry. She was surprised by the expression that crossed his face, he looked ten years older in that moment and she was saddened to recognise that was how he looked before he left the country.

"It's not easy being a hero. Everybody thinks you belong to them, that because you saved them they have the right to tell you what to do, who to love, what job to do, what your wedding should be like who your friends should be, who you can talk to. And when you don't do what they think they get angry. On top of that are the Voldemort supporters who are still angry that I killed him. I was dealing with an attempted attack every couple of weeks and at least one of them succeeded. Then I found out that the Weasleys were lying to me. That Ginny didn't care about me the person at all. She just wanted to be 'the-wife-of-the-saviour'. I realised that I would never really know if any other girl I dated in England would be with me only because of my fame. I just wanted to get away for a while. So Kingsley arranged for me to work overseas and I loved it. I like being able to walk down the street without anyone wondering where I was going, I could take someone out for coffee without ending up in the papers and then I met Tim and fell in love. He grew up in the muggle world and had no idea that I was rich and famous, what we have is real."

"But he's a guy!" Hannah protested.

"And if I stayed in Britain I never would have dared to think about dating a man. The British wizarding world is so homophobic there would've been an uproar. But I honestly have always been attracted to men just as much as I am to women" Hadrian replied honestly. He hoped she wouldn't freak out but there was a reason he'd sent them a phrase triggered portkey so they could leave early if they wanted to.

"What's homophobic?" Hannah asked.

"Unfounded fear of and prejudice against homosexuals, people who are attracted to their own gender" Tim said quietly.

"Our numbers are too small, we would have trouble keeping up our numbers if we weren't all encouraged to marry and have children, especially since so many witches have difficulty having more than one child" Hannah said.

"And yet the spell that lets two men have a child together is illegal in Britain" Hadrian said sardonically. "Rosie is biologically Tim's and my daughter and there's no reason we can't have another, I fell pregnant easily and carried easily. Rosie hasn't shown signs of accidental magic yet thank goodness but the healer assures me she will be a strong witch."

"It's impossible to test infants for magic" Hannah protested.

"It is in Britain, healers worldwide have agreed never to teach the charm to anyone who lives in Britain or plans to move there to practice, they even obliviate the knowledge of it from healers visiting Britain because they know that many families in Britain will kill a squib child. That kind of prejudice and practice doesn't exist where we live" Hadrian replied. "They wouldn't even cast the charm while I was in the room because I'm British."

"Did you have Teddy tested too?" Neville asked.

"I didn't need to, he'd already shown signs of magic" Hadrian said laughing, apart from morphing his hair, eyes and skin colour he's been summoning things he wants."

"He's four!" Neville exclaimed.

"Sirius once said I was performing accidental magic before my parents were killed" Hadrian replied.

"Neville laughed shakily, "I was ten before showed signs of accidental magic."

"If you hadn't been constantly run down and told you weren't good enough you probably would've shown magic earlier" Hannah said loyally.

"I've said it before Nev. That grandmother of yours was 'a witch with a B', I know she never fully recovered from losing your father like she did but she and your uncle Algie were nearly as abusive in their own way as the Dursleys were" Hadrian said. "You're a powerful wizard and it was their fault you didn't have the confidence to be a powerful child. I hope you don't leave her alone with Franklin."

"No, I don't" Hannah said fiercely. "We visit once a week but only rarely take the children and I make sure I stay with him."

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They changed to swimming clothes after lunch and while Neville just looked a little surprised at Tim and Hadrian's swim shorts Hannah looked at the two men in askance. "You can't wear that in front of me and the children" she protested.

"Actually, these are fairly conservative swim shorts in the nonmagical world" Tim replied. "Swimming costumes like yours haven't been worn since the nineteenth century."

"That's only a couple of years ago. How could things change so much?" Hannah asked.

"No Hannah, the nineteenth century was from 1800 to 1899" Hadrian explained.

"I'd hate to see what you'd think of as not conservative swimwear" Neville said faintly.

"Think of Dean's red underpants in first year, the way they fit at the end of the year and you'd be close" Hadrian said grinning. "Or for women something like this" he said transfiguring Teddy's t-shirt into a skimpy G-string bikini and handing it to his shocked friend.

"Women actually wear this in public?" Neville asked.

"In a lot of places" Tim confirmed. "In fact, in parts of the Riviera they'd only wear the bottom half."

"I'm never wearing that disgusting thing" Hannah said taking it out of Neville's hands and throwing in Hadrian's face.

"I never asked you to" Hadrian replied calmly, reversing the transfiguration and putting the t-shirt back in the beach bag. "I didn't say a single thing against what you are wearing." In truth he found the woollen neck to knee baggy swimsuit covered in ruffles to be one of the ugliest pieces of clothing he'd seen since he'd vanished the last of Dudley's old clothes but if she was happy wearing it then it wasn't his place to complain. He only hoped for Neville's sake that she wasn't that much of a prude in private.

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Harry and Neville took Teddy and Franklin to play near the water's edge leaving Tim and Hannah with the babies.

"You're good with her" she said, carefully not looking at him.

"She's my daughter, I love her" Tim replied. "I spend as much time with both of them as I can. You seem nervous. Have I done anything to upset or disturb you?"

"I've never met a muggle before, or you know a man who didn't like women" Hannah said awkwardly.

Tim laughed. "You still haven't. I like women, I just love Hadrian."

"Why do you call him Hadrian?" Hannah asked.

"That's his name. Why do you call him Harry?" Tim replied dryly.

"His name is Harry. Harry James Potter" Hannah stated certainly.

"The-Boy-Who-Lived" Tim added scowling. "He hates being thought of like that."

"I didn't call him that" Hannah protested. "Did he change his name when he left England?"

"No, he just decided to use his real name and a different part of his surname. Does Neville have more than one official name and title too?"

"Yeah, but he only ever uses Longbottom" Hannah replied.

"How'd you meet Harry?" Hannah asked.

"I actually met him on the plane as he left England. I sat next to him on the plane for xx hours and he was chattering on nervously. We got to know each other and I offered him a place to stay for a couple of days."

"You offered a total stranger a place to stay and he just went home with you?" Hannah asked incredulously. "Harry's one of the most suspicious wizards on the planet. He takes ages to trust new people."

"Well I'm in law enforcement too so we exchanged Creds" Tim said. "And I had no idea about the wizarding world so he didn't have to worry about me being a supporter of Voldemort. I'm somewhat famous in my own way in some circles too so I understand how he feels."

"How are you famous?"

"I'm an author. I write crime fiction. I'd just finished a book when I met Hadrian and I was sick of people fawning over me so we had that in common" Tim explained.

"Have you got a copy of your book?" Hannah asked.

"Not here" Tim replied. "I'm not sure how much of it you would understand. It seems like Hadrian's talking about a completely different race when he talks about the wizarding world."

"I always thought muggle houses were really different but this one's a lot like our beach house in Jersey."

"This isn't a muggle house" Tim replied. "I can't even work the lights or the taps on my own."

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"We're going to hit the sack" Hadrian said after dinner.

Hannah and Neville both turned scarlet. "It's awfully early" Hannah mumbled, thinking them rude to be going to have sex when they had house guests.

"No not like that" Tim exclaimed realising what they were thinking. "It's eight thirty here and probably feels even earlier to you because of the time difference, but it's one thirty in the morning at home and we've been up since six. Teddy and Rosie will probably be awake in about four or five hours, their time clocks haven't had time to adjust."

"Goodnight Harry. We'll see you in the morning" Neville replied feeling a little guilty he hadn't seen how tired his friends were. "Night Tim."

"Night Nev, goodnight Hannah. Feel free to sleep until Franklin and Ellison wake up. The elves will serve breakfast whenever you're ready for it" Hadrian said.

"Good night Nev, sleep well" Tim said tiredly. "Good night Hannah."

"Good night" Hannah replied softly.

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Tollie had spelled Teddy to sleep until six local time and after feeding Rosie in the middle of the night had spelled her back to sleep too so the whole family woke feeling refreshed and energetic. Glad that there were silencing charms on the guest suite thy headed downstairs to find breakfast laid out for them on the deck. They ate then explored the area around the house. Jib happily showing them the potions garden and packaging facilities.

"So even this decadent holiday house, earns its upkeep?" Tim asked amused.

"It actually makes a tidy profit, more than enough to update the house with electricity if you think we'd use it enough to make it worthwhile. I don't think you would be able to get internet reception here though."

"We could get a satellite phone and still be contactable" Tim suggested.

"Yeah, if you got called back to work, we're only an extra twelve minutes away but you'd have to deal with the portkey sickness" Hadrian replied.

"To be able to come here in the middle of winter and just spend time lying in the sun relaxing would almost be worth it" Tim said.

"Almost. Until you had to portkey back one time an hour after we got here and then try to drive to a crime scene with your stomach still feeling like its spinning around inside you" Hadrian agreed.

Rosie started to get cranky so they headed back to the house and put her down for her morning sleep handing Teddy over to Tollie to look after while they spent some time alone before the Longbottoms woke up and joined them. They lay together on the swinging daybed out on the balcony with a one way silencing charm so they could hear if the children woke up but couldn't be overheard.

"This would be a good place to make love" Tim suggested rolling on top of Hadrian and simulating a few thrusts to see how the bed would react.

Hadrian moaned, thrusting up to meet Tim rugging their erections against each other. "Here and down on the beach at sunset or in the rock pools and even the middle of the lower lawn at midnight" he agreed. "This would be a good place for us to come one weekend and have a bit of a honeymoon."

"We could make love here now" Tim suggested running a hand down Hadrian's thigh and pulling it up to open his groin up to nestle between.

Hadrian wrapped that leg around Tim for a moment before using it to roll them both back on their sides.

"I would love to but I don't want to risk it. Homophobia is not only normal in their culture it's encouraged. You heard Hannah. She was only saying what I've heard others say I needed to marry and have as many children as I could for the good of the gene pool. Their acceptance of us is so fragile I don't think she could handle catching us kissing let alone having sex. In fact, we should get up and go sit on separate chairs. I'm sure they'll be down soon"

Tim pouted for a moment before standing and holding out a hand to Hadrian to help him up. They sat on the deck chairs around in the sun and Hadrian called an elf to bring them some coffee for Tim and lemonade for himself.

"Neville and Hannah's portkey leaves on Sunday just after lunch. We could put the kids down for their naps before we go" Hadrian suggested.

Tim grinned, "And go down to the beach and test exactly how effective that sunscreen charm of yours can be on skin that's never seen the sun before? Though I'm not sure I like the possibility of getting sand in there, it's bad enough everywhere else."

"I'm sure I can cast a cleaning charm to make sure there's none on my hands or the lube as I prepare you" Hadrian reassured him.

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The Longbottoms came out on the deck perfectly groomed but somehow still looking like they'd just woken up.

"Hey there" Hadrian called, waving the coffee pot. He conjured a cup for Hannah and asked an elf to bring them a pot of tea and two cups.

"Oh thank heavens" Hannah said gulping the coffee down like an addict overdue a fix. "Good morning" she said finally looking at them.

"Morning Hannah" Hadrian laughed. "Did you sleep well?"

"We're not so formal in the mornings, feel free to come down in your pyjama's if you're hungry" Tim said.

"We took a potion" Neville replied. "I remembered how hard it was to deal with the time changes for your wedding so we came prepared."

The elf arrived with the tea and took breakfast orders from them. "It's already warm out here, what time is it?" Neville asked.

"Just after ten" Hadrian replied.

"Where Teddy?" Franklin asked.

"Upstairs with Tollie, she'll bring him down to play after you eat your breakfast" Tim replied.

Hannah looked at him gratefully as the food arrived and Franklin started to eat.

"Tollie can you bring Teddy down if he's awake" Hadrian called once he'd had enough.

A moment later they could all hear Teddy shrieking with laughter as he was carefully levitated down the stairs. She set up wards around the grass area and Hadrian conjured several climbing toys similar to the ones he used to conjure at Andi's when Teddy was younger. Tim took over cuddling the baby once she'd been fed so the two adults could eat their breakfast.

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