As Severus stepped out into Muggle London he turned to Harry. 'Where is it we are going for our third date then Harry?'

'We are going completely Muggle! Movies, followed by dinner'.

'Completely Muggle?'

'Yes. No using magic.' Harry said and took Severus' hand as the walked to the big building that held not only a cinema, but shops and restaurants also. When they got in the cinema, Harry looked up at the board. 'What shall we watch? So many to choose from.'

Before Severus could answer, he felt something land on his feet. Looking down he frowned when he saw a small child lying across his feet. 'Kindly remove yourself from my person'

Harry laughed and crouched down and helped the little boy to his feet. 'Are you okay?'

'Thank you mister.' he said, giving Harry a toothless grin before running towards his mother who had saw and started to come and get her son, smiling at Harry in thanks.

'He must have only been about four Severus, 'remove yourself from my person' he doesn't understand that', Harry laughed.

'By the time our child is that age, they will understand everything'

Harry froze. 'Our children?'

'Yes. Elf males can get pregnant Harry, how else do you think we pass on our inheritance if you get two males that are mates like us?'

'If I am honest, I never really thought about it. But seriously? We can have children? I can be pregnant and carry all of our children?

'All of our children, Just how many do you want?'

'I would like to beat Molly'

Severus looked around the cinema and saw children screaming and laughing in excitement, some pulling on their parents demanding sweets and screaming and crying when their parent said no. 'No. No I can't, I cannot and will not do seven children,' he said as he continued to look around before looking at Harry who had a smile on his face.

Harry laughed. 'As long as we have more than one so we don't have an only child I don't care how many we have Severus'

Severus nodded and looked at the queues for each film. 'Let us go and see this one'

Harry looked at the name of the film. 'It's a foreign film with English subtitles. I won't know what they are saying and will spend the whole time reading the bottom of the screen'

Severus wrapped his arm around Harry and pulled him close. 'Who said anything about watching a film? There is no queue so no one but us will be in there, plenty of privacy I say'

'I will go and get tickets', Harry said and hurried away.

'Are you like me?'

Severus turned at the voice and saw a man standing there. 'Excuse me? Like you in what way?'

'I'm a weekend dad'

'Again I ask you. Like you in what way?'

'Isn't he your-'

'Finish that question, I dare you to,' Severus warned.

The man blinked. 'But that boy I saw you with'

'That 'boy' as you put it is eighteen and is getting impatient as he is looking forward to a night out with his husband!' snapped a voice causing the man to spin around and see Harry there.

'I'm sorry, I just-'

'Dad!' A girl shouted as she went running up to the man, 'I got the drinks I-' she cut off when she saw Harry. 'Oh wow!' she thrust the drinks at her dad and shook Harry's hand. 'Thank you so much!' she said and then turned to Severus. 'And you too Professor, I am so glad you survived'

'Miss Morgan, I trust you will still try and be the top of potions despite me no longer teaching?'

The girl looked crestfallen. 'You are not?'

'You are my daughters Professor at Hogwarts?'

The girl turned to her dad. 'This is Professor Snape dad, my head of house,' she said as she looked closely at the looks Harry and Severus gave her dad who was looking sheepish. 'Dad? What have you done?'

Late that night, Harry and Severus walked into the house laughing. 'I can't believe he thought you was a weekend dad', Harry burst into another fit of giggles.

'I suppose when you think about it, we cannot blame him. I am the same age as your parents'

Harry smiled and cleared his throat. 'Age is just a number, I don't care how much older you are than me, you are my mate and I love you, and thank you for paying for dinner'

Severus frowned. 'I didn't pay for dinner, I thought you did'

'No', Harry said before giving a chuckle. 'Well we can't go back there again. So. Nightcap before bed?'

'No', Severus said as he pulled Harry close so the younger man could feel his erection. 'Something else before bed'

Hermione sat across from Harry at the long wooden table in the kitchen at Grimmauld place; Severus had gone out that morning on another errand, he assured Harry that all was well and he would be back later that afternoon, the younger man was doing his best not to let his mates absence worry him and so had called Hermione to see if she was free to keep him company.

Although all the reassurance he needed was memories of the night before, the sounds his elf made were beyond sinful, as Harry had sucked his cock, the taste still lingering on his tongue.

Feeling himself heat up, Harry turned his focus back to the game Hermione was teaching him, a card game called Fish, so far it had very little to do with fish and more to do with his best friend taking all his cards.

'Do you have a Queen?' Hermione asked

'Nope Go Fish' Harry chortled, quickly moving the Queen he had

'Harry James Potter stop cheating and hand over your Queen', Hermione demanded

'How dare you accuse me of cheating', Harry said feigning affront 'I would never do something so underhanded and dishonest'

'Really?' Hermione snipped, lying her cards flat on table and eyeing her friend 'then what's that card you have in your lap?'

'Oh this one?' Harry said casually 'must have slipped from my hand, see it's a King' he showed Hermione the offending card

'Harry Potter that is no more a King than I am, you changed it to look like a King' Hermione huffed 'now hand it over or suffer the consequences' she made a grab for it, just as Harry moved his arm out of reach.

'I'll set Sev onto you' Harry threatened

'Severus Snape does not scare me' Hermione stated 'last chance hand over the card'

'No' Harry said defiantly

'I warned you' Hermione sighed and with a flick of her wand, Harry was suddenly lifted from the table and suspended in mid air, the card floating from his hand and landing effortlessly on the table.

'Let me down you rotten…' Harry yelled, scrambling to get any sort of traction that being in thin air would give him

'I don't care for your language Mr. Potter', Hermione quipped as he continued to throw a tirade of expletives her way. The next time he opened his mouth to curse her, nothing came out, Hermione smiled as she shuffled her cards.

'When you're ready to play properly without cheating and telling fibs I will let you down' she added

Harry glowered at her and crossed his arms over his chest, muttering in spelled silence, several minutes later he surrendered, throwing his hands up in the air and pointing downwards. Hermione waved her wand and slowly Harry came to rest at the table, she waved it a second time cancelling the silencing spell.

'Do you have a Queen Harry?' Hermione asked in a polite tone

'Of course Hermione, here you go?' Harry smiled handing over the card

'Thank y…' Hermione looked closely at the card and huffed out a breath 'Very clever Harry' she muttered, instead of a queen on the card there was a picture of Hermione with Cornish Pixie ears on the top of her head and big bulging eyes, bringing back memories of when real Cornish Pixies had drawn the same thing on a portrait of Professor Lockhart back in their second year.

'I thought so' Harry smirked

The game continued and as things settled down, Harry found his mind wandering to thoughts of what his mate could be doing, the feeling still gnawing at him that Severus didn't want him anymore. Hermione noticed that Harry had retreated into himself a bit, knowing that it wasn't over being suspended in mid air, she put two more pairs aside and cleared her throat.

'You ok Harry?' she asked

'Hmm?' Harry replied looking over at his friend

'Are you ok? Hermione repeated, 'you have been very quiet'

'Yeah, just thinking about Severus', Harry gave her a sad smile

'Good thoughts?' she probed gently

'More like worrying thoughts' Harry countered 'he's been disappearing a lot lately, won't tell me where he is going or what he's doing only that it's a surprise'

'Sounds reasonable enough' Hermione thought

'Mione what if he is seeing someone else, there is nothing in any of those books that say an Elf is restricted to only one mate' Harry's voice came out in distressed bursts

Setting her cards down, Hermione moved around to Harry's side of the table and sat down beside her friend, laying her hands over his, she gave him a warm smile

'Harry you need to take some deep breaths and calm down' she started 'Despite his past faults, Severus isn't the kind of man to lead someone on in that way, give them false hope then leave them broken afterwards'

'Never thought I'd hear you defending Sev' Harry chuckled lightly

'When he is making my best friend smile like you have been I can look past the not so good stuff' Hermione shrugged

'Thanks Mione, I know it's silly to think like this, but I have never had anything close to proper love and affection in my life, Sev gives me that I couldn't bear to lose it' Harry sighed

'And he will keep giving it to you' Hermione assured him 'I think he is in this for the long haul, Harry the man played strip Monopoly with you'

'It was his idea' Harry giggled

'My Point exactly' Hermione smiled 'Now let's have a cup of tea out in the sun, then you can teach me to play Monopoly'

'Hermione Jean Granger I am shocked' Harry gasped 'I didn't think you were the sort of girl who participated in such activities as strip Monopoly'

'Get your mind out of the gutter Potter' Hermione chided, swatting his arm 'I meant play like civilised human beings not randy men who can't wait to have each other on the carpet'

'Admit it' Harry winked 'you just want to see me and Sev naked'

'Merlin above Harry' Hermione grimaced 'I don't need an image like that in my head'