A/N: I just wanted to talk a bit about COVID-19. I understand everyone is panicking, but that's not good. The best way to avoid getting sick is just simply washing your hands a bit more often, and being careful not to go around people with previous health issues. If you have lung, or immune system problems I'd recommend not spending time around other people as much, and being more careful. There are services for delivering food, but also deliver food to your elders. This wasn't made to be insensitive, but I do make some COVID-19 jokes In this. It kind of calms me down, by joking about it. I do recognize that it is a serious issue, but I also feel that if we are too panicky, this situation will gradually become worse.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter...

Summary: It's 5 days till Harry's children return to hogwarts during 2020. Harry's children want to play match maker, and he's not entirely sure he likes it.

Tags: Keepin it PG-13, gayyyy af, Drarry

Nightmares

Chapter 1: Acceptance

Sad brown eyes stared into Harry's green ones. Tears fell down the face of the woman Harry had loved. Harry tried to run his fingers through her bright red hair, but it changed into vicious snakes which had bit him. Harry stared at his arm, as green poison ran through his veins. It was strange, he could see his blue veins glowing green. He lifted his head slowly and the girl had an innocent look upon her face. Her brown eyes morphed into horribly red ones, and her face changed into Voldemort's.

"Potter..." he hissed, a forked tongue escaping his mouth which curled slightly and then his accent changed into slightly western "I've stolen your children, and there ain't nothing you can do about it!"

"Prove it!" Harry said in a challenging voice, unlike his own.

Voldemort hissed again, and a cage crashed down through the roof. The cage contained Lily, James, and Albus. Harry gasped as Nagini slithered over and sank her fangs into his children. Then Harry suddenly exploded.

Harry woke up, grasping for the warmth of Ginny. Alas, he found none. It was strange, usually his dreams were filled mostly with his dead wife. Harry let out a sob, and composed himself. He knew his children were probably fine, but he had to double check, just in case. He always did. He needed them for comfort, as Ginny had died due to some strange illness 2 years earlier.

Harry opened the door of his 12 year old daughters room. He awoke her, promising pancakes in 20 minutes. Lily found nothing strange in this, she was aware of her father's nightmares.

"Dad, can't I sleep in?" She begged her voice laced with exhaustion.

"Umm..." Harry searched for an excuse "well, you're starting your second year of Hogwarts in... Hmm... 5 days. We need to get school supplies."

Then Harry realized it. 5 days. In five days Harry would be alone, with nothing but the letters his children sent him for comfort. Of course, he had his work as an Auror, but he'd have no one to help him when things got difficult. No one other than Ron and Hermione, who already had extremely busy lives and hadn't the time to just reassure their friend during the harder times.

"Ooh, are Rose and Hugo coming with us?" She shot right up, her voice sounding excited.
"I could ask Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron."

"Please do, also could I invite Meg?"
Looks like He'd have a large group to take care of. Megan Crone was Lily's best friend since they both got into Hufflepuff.

"Okay." Harry smiled.

Harry sighed and went to wake up Albus, his 14 year old son. Albus was already awake by the time he had come, and was fiddling with his phone. When the Smartphone had come out, wizards enchanted them to work around magic.

"Oh, hey dad..." Albus said as he placed the phone down, "did you know there's a virus going around in the muggle universe, it's called the Coronavirus and all the muggles are panicking. Turns out it's not nearly as bad as the flu. Muggles are quite strange, right dad?"

Harry chuckled at his son's comment. Smiling about how nerdy his son must've been to get into Ravenclaw(A/N: Cursed child who?!).

"Well, son, I'll talk to my boss about it tomorrow. Maybe we can knock some sense into these idiots huh?" Harry joked and ruffled his sons hair "in the meantime, I'm going to make you kids pancakes, and afterwards I'll take you out to shop for school supplies."

"Oh, I can wake James-" Albus started.

"No." Harry said, we wanted to see his final son before he could fully calm down, how was he supposed to be alright during the next school year? It was horrible last time, Harry was certain it would be worse this time. "I mean. No need, I can just-"

"I get it dad. Was it the nightmares?" Albus asked.

"Yeah." Harry replied quietly, wishing he could appear stronger for his son.

"Oh, also, Can I invite Scorpius to go shopping with us... We've been planning on getting all we wanted together." Albus asked.

It took awhile for the name to register in Harry's mind, but when it did, he gave his son an awkward smile. Scorpius Malfoy, the son of Draco Malfoy, was Albus' best friend. Albus and Scorpius were both in Ravenclaw, but tended to be the pranksters. They probably were planning some sort of prank, and wanted to purchase items from Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes.

"Albus, you better not be planning anything. I don't want any letters about another one of your pranks." Harry gave his son a suspicious look, and Albus looked terrified.

"But dad!" Albus groaned "You used to sneak out and do stuff all the time!"
"I was saving the wor- wait, where did you hear that from?" Harry shot back.

"Scorpius' father has told me all about it. apparently you had a dragon during your first year."

Harry silently cursed Malfoy out in his mind, wishing his son hadn't heard about that.

"I didn't have a dragon! I was helping Hagrid get it out of the school because I was frightened he'd get in trouble for having it. Any other time I was sneaking around, I was saving the bloody world. So unless you're helping Hagrid not lose his job, or possibly saving the world, don't break rules."

"What if I'm saving the muggle world from the Coronavirus?" Albus asked.

Harry rolled his eyes, and shrugged.

"Just get ready, Al. I don't have time for this." Harry sighed.

"So yes or no, am I allowed to invite Scorpius to come with us?" Albus asked again.

Harry groaned at the prospect of even more kids to take care of, he just hoped Malfoy wouldn't trust Harry with his son and say no.

"Yes!" Harry sighed "I just hope you aren't planning anything."

"I promise, I'm not dad!" Albus called as Harry made his way to James' door.

Harry tried to wake his eldest son with his voice, but he wasn't budging. So Harry did the only thing any father with his level of brilliance would do. Harry ran downstairs.

"James! Alice is here, she says get off your lazy butt right now so she can snog you while the sun rises." Harry called, and His son was downstairs in seconds.

Harry couldn't help but laugh. Alice Longbottom was Neville and Susan Bones' daughter, named after Neville's mother who had gone insane due to Voldemort. Alice also happened to be James' girlfriend. James was his only child who had managed to get into Gryffindor.

James looked around, not even minding the fact his hair was a complete mess. James was the spitting image of Harry. James stared at Harry expectantly.

"Where is she?" James demanded.

"I only said that to wake you up," Harry chuckled then added when his son glared at him "Although, I can invite her while we get school supplies."

"I hate you dad." James grumbled.

"And for that, James, your cooking breakfast whilst I go floo call my former-rival, my best friends, and send a letter by owl to some muggles. How am I going to keep track of..." Harry counted the numbers on his fingers "8 kids?"

"I am not making breakfast!"

"Then I am not dragging your girlfriend around to buy school supplies with you!" Harry responded matching his son's tone.

"Fine." James grumbled, and entered the kitchen as Harry began writing a letter to Megan's parents.

He sent the letter off with their new owl, Mau, as soon as it was finished. James called from the kitchen that breakfast was ready, and Lily came rushing down followed by Albus. Harry started digging into his pancakes.

"So, did you invite Rose, Hugo, and Meg yet?" Lily asked.

"I'm gonna floo call Aunt Hermione after breakfast, and I just finished writing to Meg." Harry replied, as he took a sip of coffee.

"Wait... Did Lily invite Rose? Scorp is going to freak when he finds out." Albus commented then had a mischievous look on his face as he said "Don't tell Mr. Malfoy, I want Scorpius to have a panic attack right then and there when he sees her!"

"Wait... what? Why would Draco Malfoy's son freak out at the prospect of seeing not only a Weasley, but the daughter of Hermione Granger?" Harry asked in disbelief.

"Oh he has a massive crush on her!" Albus responded grinning.

"Yeah, like you have a massive crush on Elijah Miller!" Lily piped in.

"I told you that in confidence!" Albus looked offended then nervous "Anyways, I was waiting for the right time to come out to dad. Now you've ruined it Lily!"
"Elijah can be a girls name!" Lily protested.

"No, it really can't Lily." James chimed in.

Harry chuckled. Albus's head whipped around and stared, confusion on his face.

"Albus, I will always accept you. Although, I am interested to hear about this, 'Elijah Millers'." Harry gave his son a mischievous grin.

"Oh, he's someone from my house. Albus is always pining over him!" Lily responded, and Albus blushed.

"He's hot, and I'm a gay teenager. I can't help it!" Albus defended.

"What does he look like though? What is his personality? Are you friends, or does he not even acknowledge your existence? Do you want me to befriend his parents so you guys are forced to hang out? Maybe… just maybe I can help him fall in love with you!" Harry exclaimed.

"Dad!" Albus' face was now bright red.

"Al, Dad is the best matchmaker ever. How else do you think me and Alice got together?" says James.

"Oh, Dad… Do you think I'll be able to make people fall in love with each other? I absolutely love seeing happy couples." Lily sighed then added "Maybe… I can even make you fall in love!"
Harry's eyes darkened. The whole morning he had been able to keep himself together, but something broke inside him. He found himself missing Ginny even more, even the idea of starting another relationship was foreign to him. Harry couldn't help the choked sob that bubbled out of his lips. Harry tried his best to compose himself, and after a few long seconds he was okay.

"Lily…" Albus sighed.

"I… I haven't really been thinking about that. It's too soon for me." Harry stated.

"But Mom would've wanted you to be happy!" Lily protested.

"I understand that, but I'm not ready for a relationship yet. I promise, Lily, when I find the right person…" Harry trailed off.

"Well I'll just have to help you-" Lily started then stopped abruptly, she turned to Albus and whispered something in his ear.

"Lily!" Albus snapped and smacked her.

"It was just an idea!" Lily threw her hands up.

"Well… you may have a point…" Albus trailed off.

"What the bloody... What did you just say Lily?" Harry demanded, giving his children a suspicious look.

"Can't you guys at least tell me? I am kinda curious." James piped in.

Albus sniggered and whispered into James' ear. James looked shocked then nodded slowly.

"It's perfect right?" Lily asked.

"Well, that depends. Dad, are you gay?" James asked.

Harry gaped at his son. What in the world gave them that idea? Harry stared at them for a few seconds. He found himself unable to answer the question, because he didn't know. He never even considered the idea. Oh god, he'd never think this day would come. His children were shipping him with another guy.