Chapter 19

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Hadrian had been feeling off colour for the last few weeks. He'd gone to the muggle doctor who hadn't been able to find a cause his regular blood work had all come back as normal. When he started feeling a difference in his magical core he knew he'd have to take the risk and see a healer.

In his first few weeks in Washington, he'd investigated where the magical hospital, government offices and shopping districts were, more so he could avoid those parts of town as much as possible though he had been there a couple of times to access Gringotts and replace his wand. He'd been there on patrol of course but his Auror robes had been issued with a built in official glamour designed to be difficult to notice, and illegal to attempt to break or see through. So he now disguised himself with muggle makeup, a hat and sunglasses and walked along the edges of the shopping district looking for a healer who had private rooms.

The first healer he approached refused to give him a confidentiality oath claiming that his regular oaths would be sufficient. Hadrian disagreed and walked out without giving him any details beyond the name Mr Black.

The second healer was more accommodating having worked in England twenty years earlier and remembering how many details leaked from the hospital there in spite of the patient/healer confidentiality agreements.

After giving his oath he put Hadrian through some routine scans without finding a problem then asked to see his medical records for comparison. Seeing the thickness of the file compiled by Madam Pomfrey as well as the healers at St Mungo's he requested time to read through it thoroughly and Hadrian therefore made an appointment for early the next week.

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Hadrian waited anxiously for the appointment feeling worse each day. Tim had noticed and wanted to take him to his own doctor for a check-up. Hadrian put him off claiming that he'd already seen someone and had a follow up appointment with a doctor who knew his history next week.

After a miserable weekend where Tim luckily had been called out on a major case so Hadrian was able to keep the worst of his illness to himself he presented to the healer desperately hoping for a cure.

The healer obviously realised after reading his medical file that he was Harry Potter and understood the need for the additional oaths. He reassured Hadrian that he had very little contact with British healers these days and would not give away his patient's location.

He repeated several of the routine scans finding some slight vitamin deficiencies that hadn't been there the week before.

"Have you been nauseas? Or is there a reason you've not been eating well?" he asked.

"Nausea. Every evening for the last couple of weeks but I only started actually vomiting a few days ago" Hadrian confirmed.

"I noticed you were hit by the bearer transfiguration charm a few months ago. Is it possible you're pregnant."

Hadrian blushed "I have been with someone that way but he's a muggle. I was told I could only be impregnated by a wizard" he mumbled.

"Americans use the term mundane or nonmagical" Healer Roberts corrected gently.

"Yes I did know that, sorry I forgot. I didn't mean to insult anyone. I live in the nonmagical world and haven't had much contact with wizards since I arrived in America other than work" Hadrian explained. "Do you really think I could be pregnant?"

"That's fine, I didn't take offence but be careful because there are those that will" the healer said reassuringly casting the spell to check for pregnancy.

"You are definitely pregnant" he said gently.

"But how? I thought it had to be a wizard?" Hadrian asked, shocked.

"Yes. Normally it does. There are several possibilities. The most likely is that one of your partners was a wizard and didn't tell you" Healer Roberts said practically as he cast more spell to diagnose the gestational age and health of the baby. "You're nine weeks pregnant so intercourse would have occurred towards the end of August."

"No, I've only had one partner and I've lived with him for over a year. I would have noticed if he was a wizard. There is definitely nothing magical in his apartment" Hadrian protested.

"That leaves four possibilities, one that you had consensual sex with a wizard at the end of August and don't remember, possibly because you were obliviated, or you are so powerful that you could be impregnated by a mundane though I would have thought that even if that were the case it would take several fertility potions or spells. It's more likely that your partner has had his magic bound for some reason, or he's your soulmate."

"I wouldn't have cheated on Tim" Hadrian dismissed the first possibility.

"With your permission I can cast a long term spell effect diagnosis to confirm that?" Healer Robert said. "It's a bit of an invasion of your privacy because every spell cast on you will show up even the personal spells you cast on yourself."

"You really think that's possible? That I was potioned or raped and obliviated?" Hadrian asked worriedly. "Go ahead and cast the spell."

Healer Roberts cast the spell and tapped a piece of parchment. The parchment started to fill with a list of the spells most recently cast on Hadrian, quickly working its way backwards.

"There's no dates. How will we know when the spells from the end of August are?" Hadrian asked.

"We need to date some of the spells you do recognise" the Healer said. "The fact that you don't regularly use shaving or tooth cleaning spells means that this will go back quite a long way. There are quite a few duelling jinxes and minor curses starting to show up."

"That was when I was duelling the cadets back in July" Hadrian said looking at the spells.

"Then if you had been obliviated in August the spell would already be on here" Healer Roberts said looking for any spells which could affect memory or free will. "There's nothing."

"What about potions?" Hadrian asked.

"That's a little more complicated. I'd need seven drops of your blood" Healer Roberts said getting out a clean sharp knife and shallow bowl, pouring in a murky green potion. Hadrian added his blood to the bowl and Healer Roberts added a quill and cast several spells before putting the quill on a clean piece of parchment. "Again you'll need to remember when you took potions to work out the time frame."

"I take a weekly nutrient potion, more if I'm not eating properly and a monthly liver function potion" Hadrian said. "I don't think I've missed any so we just need to count back that one three times."

"That helps" the healer agreed.

Again there weren't any potions in the last six months that Hadrian hadn't been aware of taking.

"That rules that out" Hadrian said relieved. "What were the other possibilities again? I'm afraid I freaked out at the possibility of having been raped via spell or potion and didn't pay much attention."

"That's understandable" Healer Roberts said also relieved that he didn't have to inform his patient that he'd been abused and obliviated. "I mentioned the unlikely possibility that you are so powerful that you could be impregnated by a mundane though I would have thought that even if that were the case it would take several fertility potions or spells, which we clearly didn't find evidence of. The most reasonable explanation would be that your partner has for some reason had his magic bound or his core fractured during his mother's pregnancy in which case he may believe he's what you would call a squib."

"Why would anyone have their magic bound?" Hadrian asked disbelievingly.

"There are some first generation magic users whose parents refuse to send them to a magical school that have their magic bound to prevent further accidental magic each year. And there are some families with generational bindings in place because an ancestor committed a heinous crime against the non-magical world" Healer Roberts explained.

"So a wizard with their magic bound could still impregnate me?" Hadrian asked.

"The chances of it happening are normally quite low but it has happened" the healer confirmed.

"And with your power levels I'd have to say it's quite possible. Frankly it is more likely than meeting your soulmate, which I would put at less than seven billion to one odds."

"I don't know that I even believe in soulmates. Is there some way of knowing if Tim's magic has been bound?"

"There's no way to test him for it without him knowing if that's what you're asking. There is a test but it's highly illegal and will hurt him quite a lot and would likely damage any magical channels he had. I wouldn't advise it. Child services keep a register of children whose magic they bind. They keep an eye on them for several years afterwards to be sure there are no adverse effects."

"Are the child and their parents obliviated?" Hadrian asked. "Or is the child contacted when they reach adulthood to see if they agree with the binding or wish to have it reversed?"

"It's nearly impossible to remove the bindings so there's no point in contacting the children as they come of age" the healer explained gently.

"Depriving children of their magic like that is a monstrous thing to do" Hadrian exclaimed.

"Yes, it is, but the alternative is to remove the child from their home and alter the parents' memories so they believe their child has died. Many first generation children were severely abused or even killed when we forced parents to accept that their child was magical."

Hadrian nodded. There hadn't been any muggleborns he was aware of being abused at Hogwarts but then he supposed that they might have kept the abuse a secret out of shame, much as he had.

"So can I access the records to find out if his magic has been bound?" Hadrian asked.

"You're an Auror?" Healer Roberts confirmed.

"Auxiliary Auror really, I help out when they need an extra but mostly I consult in cases that might involve fugitives from the war in Britain" Hadrian explained.

"Then it's possible you could apply to access the records but I could do it more quietly as a registered healer, if you can give me his full name and what state he would have lived in when he was eight. Does it really matter to you though? You're pregnant, knowing how it happened isn't going to change anything" Healer Roberts said gently.

"It might make it easier to explain to Tim though. Timothy McGee, no middle name. His father was in the navy so they moved around a lot. I'm not even sure he lived in America when he was eight" Hadrian replied trying to think back through Tim's stories to find a reference point.

"Well that might make it easier actually there is a register kept of all military personal who have a magical relative. Particularly if the family has joined them on an overseas posting" Roberts said making a note.

"Can you do that? I'd like to know how it happened before I tell him" Hadrian asked. "I haven't told him about magic yet. He's never going to believe all this."

"If his family has had his magic bound they're not likely to respond well to a magical grandchild but your young man himself probably wouldn't have had any input into the decision to bind his magic. This is going to be a very difficult thing to tell him" Roberts warned. "I would suggest you go home today and tell him about the wizarding world and then if he accepts that you can tell him about your pregnancy"

"Yeah but am I allowed to tell him. What about the statute of secrecy?" Hadrian asked.

"That doesn't apply to the parent of a magical child" Healer Robert's reminded him gently. "Do you want me to give you the contact details of an obliviator in case he doesn't take it well."

"I'm a trained Auror. I could do it myself" Hadrian said.

"I don't recommend that. Your magic will react to your emotions much more strongly while you are pregnant" the healer said gently.

"No I better have the contact details" Hadrian admitted hoping he wouldn't need them. It was next to impossible to obliviate a trained obliviator and he would probably have to move again if too many people in the government knew where he was living. Not that that would be too much of a problem, even if he didn't have to go into seclusion to hide his pregnancy he didn't think he could bear to be near Tim if he couldn't be with him.

"Let's finish the examination. I don't know how much you know about magical pregnancies. The baby is currently connected to your magic. There is no way to terminate the pregnancy without turning yourself into a squib and you'd be lucky to survive it" Healer Roberts replied.

"I want to keep the baby anyway. It won't be its fault of its other father doesn't want it" Hadrian said determinedly.

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Hadrian left the healers office resolved to tell Tim about magic that night. Unfortunately, he got a phone message saying that they were flying to Gitmo to interrogate a terrorist about a new threat and wouldn't be back until after Hadrian's next appointment with the healer. Hadrian informed Auror Clancy of his pregnancy and the head Auror congratulated him though he'd clearly been surprised and removed him from the roster of field agents without grumbling about the extra work though he did point out that he wouldn't be able to offer Hadrian as many hours work if he was unable to go out in the field.

"To be honest I don't much care for desk work, and if I work less hours maybe I'll be able to get my GED before the baby's born" Hadrian had replied.

Clancy laughed, "well if you're happy about it then I could put you on leave starting immediately. We'll still call you in if we get hints that one of your lot are causing trouble."

"Thanks" Hadrian said gratefully.

"Not feeling quite up to par?" Clancy said observantly. "You go home and get some rest and leave me to reschedule this lot" he said referring to the next month's patrol roster.

"Thank you Sir" Hadrian replied before going to clear out his locker.

He spent the next few days catching up on his sleep and finding foods that didn't set off his nausea.

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"Your pregnancy is progressing well. The baby's healthy and developing nicely" the healer reported as he finished his exam.

"Can you tell if the baby is magical?" Hadrian asked.

"There has never been a nonmagical baby born to a wizard bearer though I won't be able to tell the potential strength of their magic until after birth I can guarantee the baby will be a witch or wizard" the healer reassured his patient.

"Have you been able to find any records of Tim's magic being sealed?" Hadrian asked.

"Yes Timothy McGee had his magic sealed at age eight when his parents refused to allow him to attend magical education. Timothy was recorded as being upset with their decision and obliviated of all contact with the wizarding world."

"So he might accept this. We're his parents religious?" Hadrian asked knowing this was a frequent cause of problems with parents of muggleborns or first generations. He knew Tim didn't attend church but that didn't mean one of his parents didn't have faith.

"The reason listed for their refusal was that their son would need a normal education to become a naval officer" healer Roberts reported.

Hadrian snorted "Tim gets seasick. He'd make a lousy naval officer. He's practically been disowned by his father for refusing to join the navy."

"Ironically I could easily cure his seasickness and many witches and wizards are accepted into the navy. The binding itself may even be the cause of his seasickness. It often causes minor inner ear problems."

Hadrian laughed. "I wish someone could tell that to Admiral McGee."

"Have you told Tim about being a wizard?" Healer Roberts asked.

"No he's been away on a case. He'll be home tonight" Hadrian said smiling anxiously.

"If I were you I wouldn't tell him until tomorrow. Let him settle back in to being home" Roberts suggested.

"I'll do that" Hadrian agreed.

"Tell him soon though Mr Black. Waiting to tell him is causing you stress and that isn't good for the baby" Healer Roberts said seriously.

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Hadrian had been prepared for Tim to arrive home late that night. He had mashed potatoes and Tim's favourite casserole waiting under a stasis charm to be dished up. The apartment was almost unnaturally tidy (A sign to anyone observant that Hadrian was stressed about something), the sheets had been changed and Hadrian was sitting on the couch trying to look like he'd been reading.

He looked up and smiled as Tim walked through the door giving him time to acclimatise himself before walking over and kissing him warmly.

"Welcome home" he said simply.

"It's good to be home" Tim replied returning the kiss.

"Are you hungry? Dinner should be just about ready"

Tim smiled "starving" he said sniffing appreciatively at the smell of dinner.

Hadrian dished up dinner wondering whether it was a good idea to let Tim eat before telling him about magic and the baby. He was too nervous to eat much but Tim just thought that he still wasn't feeling well. Hadrian sat watching Tim eat noticing how tired he looked. Tim had barely finished his meal before he started falling asleep at the table. Hadrian shook him gently and walked him into the bedroom. Helping him shower and putting him to bed. Tim enjoyed the gentle care Hadrian was taking as he undressed him and washed his hair. His body did react to being washed but Hadrian ignored his erection while they showered, knowing that it would soon subside and Tim was really too tired to make good use of it tonight. He tucked Tim into bed and cuddled up next to him, trying to relax.

"You don't have to stay with me if you're not sleepy" Tim said.

Hadrian leaned over and kissed him lightly. "I want to" he said. "I've missed you."

"I've missed you too love" Tim replied sleepily.

"I love you" Hadrian whispered as his boyfriend fell asleep.

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"There's something I should tell you but I have no idea how to do it" Hadrian said as they relaxed on the couch the next day. After much consideration he couldn't bring himself to call the obliviators. Tim deserved to remember that he was a father even if he chose to have nothing to do with Hadrian or the baby. Hadrian had cast his modified Fidelius on the secret so Tim couldn't betray him, not that he thought he would. Tim knew the meaning of classified and how to keep the secrets he needed to keep from people who didn't have the clearance to know them.

Tim stiffened, Hadrian's tone of voice made the sentence sound a little too much like the dreaded. 'We need to talk'. "Are you trying to break up with me?" He asked anxiously.

"Merlin no!" Hadrian exclaimed turning to look Tim in the eyes. "Do you want to break up?" He asked stiffly.

"No of course not I've never been in a relationship that made me this happy" Tim replied relieved Hadrian didn't want to end their relationship. "I just keep thinking that it's too good to last."

"I feel the same way" Hadrian said kissing Tim on the cheek.

Tim returned the kiss with interest but Hadrian drew back before they could get carried away.

"There's something I need to you to know about me. You're probably going to be upset for not telling you before now but I really wasn't allowed" Hadrian said uncertainly.

"Are you allowed to tell me now? What's changed?" Tim asked confused. "Has it become declassified?"

"Not exactly. I'll be allowed to tell you eventually but it's more you need to know now" Hadrian said.

"Okay. Is this about why you had to leave England?" Tim asked curiously.

"Not exactly. Though once you know this, there's no reason I can't explain that too if you want me to" Hadrian said getting up and starting to pace around the cluttered room.

"Hades calm down a minute and spit it out" Tim said torn between amused at his lover's behaviour and concerned.

"I'm a wizard" Hadrian blurted out.

"What?" Tim asked confused.

"I'm a wizard" Hadrian repeated slightly more clearly.

"That's what I thought you said but what did you mean? Tim asked warily.

"I mean that I can do magic, real magic not just magic tricks. I'm a wizard and my mum and Dad were a witch and a wizard" Hadrian rambled.

"Magic, like turning people into toads or something? That's impossible isn't it?" Tim protested.

"The magical world has been hidden from the rest of the world for centuries but witches and wizards are as real as you are" Hadrian stated quietly.

"Can you show me?" Tim asked carefully wondering whether his boyfriend had lost his mind.

Hadrian picked up a book off the table and with a wave of his hand turned it blue and levitated it slowly over to Tim who put a shaky hand out to catch it. "I've never turned someone into a toad but it would be possible if you were good enough at transfiguration."

Tim sat there silently staring for a good ten minutes while his brain tried to process what he'd seen. He had to accept he wasn't hallucinating so magic must be real. Hadrian was a wizard. He started to think about all the things that had seemed odd about his boyfriend and wondered whether being a wizard could explain them.

"So you're a wizard. Is that why I've never heard of the branch of law enforcement you worked in? And your area of expertise is magical crimes?" Tim asked.

"Yes though my area of expertise is specifically the British wizarding terrorist group called the Death Eaters. They're not really a problem in this part of the world. I was sent here because I'm sort of a national icon to the British wizarding world and the minister of magic didn't want to risk me being killed on his watch. It would harm his chances of re-election" Hadrian said cynically.

"A national icon? What did you do?" Tim asked surprised.

Hadrian sighed. "I was credited with ending two wars. The first time Voldemort was destroyed when the killing curse rebounded instead of killing me. Nobody's exactly sure how it happened but of course the bigots in the establishment wanted to believe it had something to do with the baby from an old pureblood line instead of being the result of something my muggleborn mother did. The second time I killed him more by luck than anything else but both times his followers tried to blend back into the woodwork and it ended the war."

"It's hard to believe there could be a war in England without us even hearing about it" Tim commented.

"You might have noticed the increase in freak weather damage, accidents, sudden structural failures and terrorist attacks nobody took credit for" Hadrian replied.

"Yeah it seemed like Britain had the worse luck there for a while, are you saying they were because of the war?"

"They were the result of Death Eater attacks" Hadrian confirmed.

"Death Eaters?" Tim asked.

"What Voldemort's supporters called themselves. Appropriate really when mouldy Voldy thought Voldemort was French for flight of death" Hadrian replied. "I've got a book about it that's fairly accurate if you want. It was released a couple of weeks ago."

Tim could see that Hades was forcing himself to talk about this. "Would it be easier for you if I read it?" He asked.

"Yeah. I want you to know about this stuff particularly as you and our family could be at risk if they find me, but I just can't talk about it" Hadrian said sighing. The release of the biography authored by one of his closest friends had been a real blow.

"How accurate is the book?" Tim asked.

"Too bloody accurate" Hadrian said bitterly. "It was written by Hermione, my best friend. I never thought she could do that to me."

"Did you ask her why?" Tim asked softly.

"I can't directly ask her why without revealing that I'm still in touch with my godson. His grandmother Andi said Hermione told her she wrote it in response to several less flattering stories some of my other class mates, including my bitch of an ex-fiance" Hadrian replied. "Kingsley confirmed that it has helped shore up public opinion in my favour but it's one of the reasons I'll never move back to Britain even if it does become safe to do so."

"We'll I'm glad you're staying here" Tim said hugging him again. "But I'm sorry that you feel that you can't go home."

'I'd stay for you and our family anyway' Hadrian thought smiling fondly at his lover.

A/N: Thank you to Kourtney Uzu Yato, icyquest4, xDarklightx, Almonda, julschristine975, Locket1, buterflypuss, Rori Potter, Silvermane1, acherongoddess, DS2010, Merlenyn, lillisa34, Village-Mystic, theShirker, Bigheadcat, anime adict44, MavisDracula118, Mtulipa, XxD3V1L-ANG3LxX, Ryry the dark, Ruby769, blackgirl663, lexypooh, emerald23dragon, M4RYJ0, Pamy91, Yin Long Nocturne, Sakya, vxgt, chibirosegirl, Emma Buitendijk, Altair4, Sushivore, Rawrimallama1390, CheliGirl, ilovemyfatboys13, Stolid-Scholar, unicatDora, henkieshome and WouldYouLikeAChallenge for your support.

A/N2: I don't believe in soul mates. The idea that there is one person out of the 7.4 Billion people on the planet that's perfect for you and that you statistically have a lot more chance of winning first division lotto every week for a year than meeting them isn't romantic. It would be tragic.