Disclaimer: The characters and places and stuff belong to JKR. But for now, they are at my mercy. *evil grin* I'll return them as soon as I'm finished…maybe.

This is the sequel to "The Long Hard Road." To understand this story, you must first read that one. It is located at http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=949557

Author's Note:
I'm sorry this took so long! I've been working on another fan fic (my first attempt at HP-SS slash) as well as planning for a non-fan fic I want to write. I wanted to have this chapter up for you on Christmas, as a Christmas present, but I was at my sister's house in Minnesota, and she didn't have the stuff on her computer that I needed. But here's Chapter 3!

In this chapter: Harry/Draco sappiness, Harry flips out, Harry/Sean quality time

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"Dad told me what happened."

When Harry returned to his suite later that night, Draco was waiting for him, arms open wide. Harry immediately fell into Draco's hold. Draco rubbed his hand over Harry's back and led him to the sofa.

"Are you all right, love?" he murmured.

"I'm fine," Harry replied, laying down with his head in Draco's lap. He stared up at the blond boy. "Sean's not."

"Madam Pomfrey's the best medi-witch in Europe," Draco reminded him, running his finger's through Harry's raven locks. "She can fix anything. Sean's in good hands."

"I didn't get there soon enough... I should have gotten there sooner..."

"Do you have to go to your classes tomorrow?" Draco asked, softly. Harry shook his head. "Do you want me to skip?"

"No, it's all right," Harry sighed. "I'll just be in the infirmary with Dad and Daddy; Kayla's with your mum... I think something's going on between Dad and Daddy. They hardly said anything to each other, and they seemed so angry..."

"I'm sure it's nothing to worry about," Draco assured him. "Sirius and Remus are completely in love, and they hardly ever fight. It's okay for them to fight every once in a while."

"I hope you're right..." Harry mumbled as he drifted off to sleep in Draco's lap.

Draco eased himself out from under his fiancé and placed a pillow under Harry's head. Then he pulled a blanket up to Harry's shoulders and knelt down next to the sofa. Giving a soft smile, he brushed Harry's hair from his face and placed feather-light kisses over his forehead and cheeks.

"Eventually, Harry, things will go right for all of us," Draco murmured. "Sean will get better. Sirius and Remus will work out whatever's going on with them. You and I will graduate. We'll have a perfect wedding. We'll have a perfect honeymoon. We'll have a perfect family. We'll live happy, and in a long, long time, we'll die happy. I promise you. I love you, honey."

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"Harry, wake up, kiddo."

The next day, Harry woke up to find Sirius sitting next to him on the bed. Harry yawned and stretched his arms out, then sat up. He frowned when he saw that he was still wearing his clothes from the day before.

"I seem to be making a habit of this," he muttered. "Hi, Dad."

"Morning, buddy," Sirius greeted him. "How about some breakfast? Then we'll go up and see Sean."

"Dad?" Harry said as he and Sirius ate breakfast in the kitchen. "What's going on with you and Daddy? Are you fighting?"

Sirius was taken aback by question. After a moment, he shook himself out of his daze and gave Harry a tight smile.

"It's nothing for you to concern yourself with," he said, firmly. He put his knife and fork down. "Are you finished? Good. Let's go."

The two silently made their way up to the hospital wing. Once there, they found Remus lying on the bed with Sean, who was awake, though groggy. Remus gave Harry a small smile and motioned for him to come over.

"He's been asking for you," Remus said, softly, as Harry sat in a chair next to the bed.

"Hey, buddy," Harry murmured, stroking Sean's hair. "How are you feeling?"

"Tired..." Sean whispered. "I hurt all over..."

"What did Madam Pomfrey say?" Harry asked Remus.

"The potion and the spell removed about ninety-seven percent of the silver," Remus replied. "The damage isn't too severe, but he'll be in a lot of pain for a while. After a week or so, it will fade, but there will probably be a slight pain for the rest of his life."

"Oh, Sean," Harry mumbled, hugging his brother. "I'm so sorry I didn't get there sooner, buddy..."

"Not your fault..." Sean mumbled.

"And what of the bastards who did this to him?" Sirius asked, sharply.

"For Merlin's sake, Sirius, will you watch your language?!" Remus shot back. "Those two Slytherins are being expelled and turned over to the Ministry."

"No, I won't watch my language!" Sirius snapped. "I'll use whatever language I damn well please because I--"

"If you two are just going to start fighting, get out," Harry interrupted, "because Sean doesn't need to hear it, and neither do I." Sirius glared at him.

"How dare--"

"Don't even start with that 'how dare you' bull shite," Harry hissed. He looked down at Sean, whose tired eyes were wide with shock. "I'll be back in a minute, buddy. Everything will be okay, I promise."

Then he grabbed his fathers by their arms and pulled them to the other side of the room. Once they were out of Sean's hearing range, Harry took hold of Sirius's and Remus's robes, at their necks, and pulled them down to his level.

"Now you listen to me, both of you," Harry whispered harshly as he looked back and forth between the two of them. "I don't know what the hell your problem is with each other, but I'll advise you to work it out and get over it soon. In case you haven't noticed, your son is sick and injured--and scared--and you aren't doing anything to help him by fighting with each other.

"So until I know that the two of you can be in this room without starting in on one another, you will not come in this room. Madam Pomfrey and I will take care of Sean. Hell, I'll get Dumbledore to keep you from coming in if I have to, but hopefully, it won't come to that.

"You both have severely pissed me off, and you know that's not a good thing. You know the kind of power I have, and if you ever come in here and yell at each other like that again, and you scare Sean like that again, I just may have to use that power. And you will regret it. Get out."

With that, Harry dropped his fathers' robes and went back over to Sean. He lay down next to the boy, hugging him and whispering to him, while Sirius and Remus stared at him in shock.

"He scares me sometimes," Sirius said quietly. Remus nodded his agreement. They decided it was best to obey Harry when he was in this state, and they left the room, going their separate ways.

"You all right, kid?" Harry asked Sean, pushing the boy's hair back from his forehead.

"What's wrong with Dad and Daddy?" Sean whispered, tiredly.

"They're just having some kind of problem. They'll work it out." I hope...

There were a few moments of silence after that. The two brothers just lay on the bed, the elder with his arm drapped protectively over the younger. Sean shifted uncomfortably several times, as the pain was irritating him. Finally he gave up and looked back at Harry.

"Where's Kay?"

"She's staying with Katie and Catherine right now," Harry murmured. "Maybe she can come and visit you later tonight." Sean nodded, laying his head on Harry's shoulder.

"Where's Draco?" Sean mumbled.

"In class," Harry replied, gently rubbing circles over Sean's back. "I skipped. Draco's going to come up for lunch with us later, if you want." Sean nodded again.

"Harry? After you and Draco get married, are you going to adopt kids like Dad and Daddy adopted all of us?"

"We might. There are several ways that Draco and I can have children. We really want to have children of our own, and there are ways to do that. But we haven't really talked about it too much. Right now, we need to plan the wedding, find a place to live, and possibly find jobs before we decide about children."

Harry leaned over and kissed the top of Sean's head.

"Go to sleep for a bit, kid," he said. "I'll wake you when it's time for lunch."