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Disclaimer: I own the unfamiliar, the rest is JKR's.
A/N: I have this story completed, have for a while, but thought I'd post it for you all. Anyways, it's all uploaded and I'll just post it chapter by chapter, one day at a time. It'll give you all something of mine to read, and me time to get some work done on other stories.
Anyways, here it is. I've noticed a lot of losing memory spells where Harry comes back and he's attacked viciously by uncaring people, seemingly alone after a long period of time. So, I felt the way that I think they would react needed to be written. Here it is! Enjoy!
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Lost Memories
Chapter Five: Remembering
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Severus stepped out of the fireplace cradling James closely to him protectively. He was now convinced this was all some sort of dream, and he would wake up and Harry would still be missing and their child would be nowhere in sight. Until then, he was going to enjoy the dream as much as possible. He put James down and smiled at the boy before saying, "Stay close, I have to get a Potion for Daddy."
James just gazed curiously up at Severus before starting to walk around the room a bit. Severus didn't waste time, he went into his stores and got the right potion before coming out and smiling at his son. The smile grew a bit larger at that, the little boy was almost Harry cloned, aside from mild differences that showed he was Severus's as well. Thank Merlin the child had Harry's nose.
James was looking at the various things around the room, grimacing and frowning at some of the less pleasant things. Severus chuckled and said, "James, let's go give the Potion to Daddy."
James turned, grinned and chimed, "Dada!"
Severus just smiled and picked the boy up before flooing back to Albus's office. Harry was watching them come out with an amused grin. Severus didn't see why until he put James down and realized the little boy was absolutely covered from head to toe in black soot. Disgusted, Severus waved his wand and James was spotless again. Satisfied, he handed Harry the potion and took the seat next to his husband praying this wasn't a dream.
Harry was about to take the potion when he stopped, looked at James and said, "James Sirius Potter what did you do?"
Everyone in the room turned and looked at James, who was looking utterly innocent, and none of them noticed their hair had been charmed Slytherin Green with Silver stripes. James pointed a finger at himself and shook his head and said, "No, No, Dada."
Harry rolled his eyes and said, "James I'm counting to three and then I'm taking away your Shooting Star racing broom."
Albus raised an eyebrow and asked, "Harry what exactly did James do?"
Harry raised an eyebrow right back and asked, "Looked in a mirror lately Albus?"
Albus looked down at his beard at laughed out loud at the green and silver. Severus looked around and groaned before looking at Harry and saying, "You've doomed our son with his first two names."
Harry turned back to James, ignoring everyone else and started to count, "One. . ."
Everyone's hair changed back almost immediately. Harry nodded and said, "Much better James. Sit with Daddy please Jamesie."
James looked at Severus and then looked at Harry as if asking, 'him?' Harry smiled and nodded, and James slowly waddled over to Severus, who picked him up, smiling. James looked up at Severus and looked back at Harry before leaning into and cuddling with Severus. Harry closed his eyes and took the potion.
Everyone watched, helpless, as Harry's head flew back and his hands went to his scar. Abby took James out of the room quickly, and Severus took Harry into his arms, trying to calm any pain he might be in. Sirius, Remus and Tony were all sitting on the sides placing comforting hands and words on Harry hoping to help him through his memories.
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Harry's Dreams/Memories. . . .
(Random of course. . .)
He was smiling and laughing with Ron, Lavender, Hermione and Seamus, while they prepared for their finals in his fifth year. They hadn't been half way through when Severus came to them with the news. Hagrid had been murdered. Ron and Hermione sobbed with their significant others, leaving Harry to sob in his hands. That was the first time Severus held him, as Harry grieved for the first person in his life to have shown him kindness in the offer of friendship.
The house on 4 Privet Drive was nothing but a smoldering pile of dust, Vernon's dead body lay inside it. Petunia escaped with an amputated foot, and a back full of scars. Dudley broke both legs getting out, and an arm. Harry, however, had managed to throw his belongings out the second story window, and levitate himself to safety. He sobbed in Severus's arms again that night, blaming himself for Vernon's death.
When Harry asked where he was going to go after his sixth year as his only remaining family was gone, everyone in the room looked between him and the Headmaster oddly. Then Harry asked, "Oh I see, this is yet another thing little Harry doesn't know is it? I've got other family somewhere then? Someone who left me to be raised by people who hated me and threw me in a cupboard under the stairs for ten years?"
Albus rose from the seat behind his desk, hands shaking slightly and said, "Please follow me Harry. Sirius, Remus if you would come with us please."
Harry followed, Sirius and Remus close behind him. Albus led them into his private library, adjacent to his office and his rooms acting as a buffer between the two. Everyone sat and Albus started by saying, "Harry I'd like to start by apologizing for keeping this from you. However had you been with this knowledge when you were questioned under Veritaserum by Voldemort, the result would not have been good and you would likely not be here at the moment."
Harry raised an eyebrow but said nothing. Albus took a deep breath and said, "Harry your Mum wasn't a Muggle-born student. She was of pure Wizarding blood, raised as a Muggle for her protection. Your Aunt Petunia was a Squib, the first in nearly thirty generations on both sides of the family lines. Lily's Father, Jason Evans, was a Wizard who's family left and moved to America generations ago. Jason moved back to England and met Lily's mother, Thyme Harper."
Harry was nearly captivated, no one ever told him anything about his Mum, so in all honesty the Headmaster hadn't really lied to him just yet so he was curious as to what the big secret was. Albus took another deep breath and said, "Thyme's Mother, Sage Harper, was my wife. Thyme was our daughter, Lily our granddaughter, which makes you my great-grandson."
Harry blinked, his jaw dropped and he stared at the older Wizard. Without saying a word, Harry stood, left the library, walked through Albus's office ignoring everyone in it and walked straight out of the school. Severus was the one that found him four hours later, in the Shrieking Shack, sobbing his eyes out. It took four weeks of the combined efforts of Severus, Sirius and Remus to get him to talk to Albus again.
Christmas of his sixth year, he spent with Remus and Sirius inside the Shrieking Shack. Severus, Albus and Minerva joined them for dinner and present opening that night. Severus had given him the Python that Sirius had refused to buy him for his birthday that year. Harry had jokingly named him Salazar, right after giving Severus an incredibly rare edition of a Potions Text that Harry had ordered from Egypt through Bill Weasley, who had found his request beyond odd, but complied nonetheless.
The first day after the start of the new term, Draco Malfoy presented Harry a box in front of the entire Great Hall. Harry had lifted the lid only to slam it down and look at Draco in pure disbelief. Draco raised an eyebrow and asked, "Isn't that the rat responsible for your parents death, Harry?"
Harry lifted the lid again, slammed it shut again and looked back at Draco. Harry grinned, kissed Draco on the cheek and said, "You have no idea how much this means to me Draco. I thank you on behalf of my godfather, and myself. May I ask why?"
Draco grinned and said, "Well, bending down and kissing someone else's feet just sounded beneath the Malfoy name in my opinion. Besides, did you know Voldemort tortures even the loyal servants? No wonder no one wants to join his little band of groupies."
Harry burst out laughing and then said, "You do realize you're talking about your Father don't you?"
Draco nodded and said clearly, "Put him in Azkaban Harry, and demand the Kiss. My Father and the rest of those morons deserve nothing less. And when you bring Peter Pettigrew here into the Ministry, make sure Sirius Black's name is fully cleared BEFORE they give Pettigrew the Dementor's Kiss."
Harry rolled his eyes and pointed to his forehead before saying, "Who do you think I am? Honestly. I'm Harry Potter, you know, the person that's supposed to kill Voldemort? The job comes with perks."
That Easter Break, Sirius and Remus had been away on spying missions. Draco and Harry spent it with Severus in the Dungeons, and the three formed a very close friendship. One night after Draco had gone to bed early, Harry took a chance and kissed the Professor he'd had a crush on for nearly a year. Surprising the hell out of Harry, Severus kissed back as if his life depended on the kiss itself. They secretly dated for the rest of Harry's years in Hogwarts, their relationship only known to Draco.
The year after Harry graduated, he was granted the Unspeakable level in the Ministry. He had a small break in his training and paid a visit to his lover, godfather, Grandfather and friends who were at Hogwarts. He hadn't counted on said godfather and Grandfather to find out about he and Severus so soon though. Sirius had gone to Harry's guest rooms with Remus that morning to wake him up for breakfast, and when he found that Harry wasn't there, he went ballistic.
Four hours into the search for Harry, Draco Malfoy and his fiancé, Colin Creevey, had come to the school to see Harry. Albus looked at Draco, a fellow Unspeakable with Harry, and asked, "Do you have any idea where Harry could be? We can't find him anywhere, he's been missing for at least four hours!"
Draco, forgetting who was in the room, asked, "Did you try Severus's rooms?"
Albus raised an eyebrow, Remus got a sudden knowing glint in his eyes and Sirius was livid as he snarled, "Why would Harry be with that greasy git?"
Draco was not about to let Sirius find him like that and snarled right back, "They're in love you moron, and Severus isn't a greasy git. If you so much as offend Severus in front of Harry I'll hex you on the spot, Harry's godfather or not."
Colin, next to him whispered, "Dray, Harry wanted to tell them himself."
Sirius, beyond livid demanded, "How long have they been together?"
Draco sighed and Colin answered that one, "Long enough to know they're in love. I've never seen Harry half as happy as he is with Severus and if you dare take that away from him when Dray's done hexing you I'll murder you myself. He's been unhappy too long."
Sirius shook his head and Albus said, "Now, now, let's just see if Harry's in Severus's rooms, we'll discuss the rest later. By the way Sirius, I'll provide a room without Ministry detection for Draco and Colin if you upset Harry or Severus."
Sirius sighed and then Harry's voice called out from where he and Severus were watching, "How nice of you all to make death threats on our behalf."
They all turned and saw that Harry and Severus weren't bothering to hide their clasped hands, and Severus was glaring at Sirius. After a long argument and several hexes, Sirius took six months to accept their relationship. Harry smiled at the memory though, because the whole time, Severus was there holding him when he cried, or when he just seemed to need it.
Their wedding was a simple affair, Severus wore silver robes with a green under tunic while Harry wore gold with a red under tunic. Their wedding bands were both engraved ("I love you always and forever"), but while Harry's was silver with a Emerald in it, Severus's was gold with a Ruby in it. They only had close friends and the few family they had left at the ceremony, with Albus leading it.
Harry and Severus were eating in a fancy Muggle restaurant in Paris, as Harry had very important news to share with Severus. They'd been married for quite a while, and had seen their friends marry, have children, quite a few had died or lost loved ones. Severus smiled at Harry over their dinner and the candlelight before asking, "You had something you wanted to tell me, love?"
Harry smiled shyly, blushing a bit before nodding and saying, "Yeah, I do."
Severus smiled back wondering why his husband was blushing, but said nothing. Harry took a deep breath before looking deeply into Severus's eyes and saying, "We're pregnant."
Severus, in Harry's opinion, couldn't have looked happier if he tried. He hadn't looked this happy since their wedding day. Severus's eyes danced with a twinkle Harry hadn't seen before, and the first thing his husband did was pull him in for a long, passionate kiss. They spent the rest of the night celebrating their unborn child. When they announced it the next day to their close friends and family, everyone had the same remark; they'd never seen Severus Snape so happy in all his life.
Harry and Severus kissed one last time before they joined the people on the battlefield. Voldemort was attacking Hogwarts, and everyone was rushing to defend it. Colin Malfoy had been dead a week, leaving Draco behind with his son who had since been with Severus as Severus and Harry were his godparents. Harry had his nearly nine month pregnant stomach hidden under an illusion charm; he didn't want to become a bigger target than he already was.
Walking out onto the field, Harry made his way towards Voldemort, losing Severus somewhere in the process. Ron jumped in front of a killing curse sent at Harry, Harry in return killed the death eater that had attempted to kill him and had killed Ron, Percy Weasley. Harry stared in shock for a moment before moving on. After a brief duel with Voldemort, Harry killed him and won the battle for the light side.
Lucius Malfoy raised his wand at Bill Weasley, who stood next to Harry, and before anyone could say anything, Harry threw himself in front of the curse meant for Bill. Harry somehow ended up in front of the Ministry of Magic offices in Kansas City, Missouri. The last thing he saw before he passed out with severe memory loss was the smiling turned horrified face of a Ministry worker as they saw Harry appear.
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Harry whimpered and turned towards Severus, who merely held him closer and as if his life depended on it. Every once in a while a tear would run down Harry's cheek or he would whisper or gasp someone's name and then start to tremble and shake. Half an hour later Harry sat straight up, gasping for air and looking around the room until his eyes landed on Severus.
Harry smiled at Severus, his eyes full of the love he finally remembered, before pulling him into a long passionate kiss. Severus was startled at first but then poured all of his emotions into kissing his husband. Both had their arms wrapped around one another, tears streaming down their cheeks and their bodies pressed against one another They pulled apart panting, but in one another's arms.
Harry smiled at Severus and said, "Let's go get James and spend the rest of the day alone, just the three of us. You've missed too much, my love."
Severus smiled back and nodded before saying, "Do you remember everything?"
Harry grinned, nodded and narrowed his eyes before saying, "Which reminds me. James picked up your god awful annoying habit of scowling at everyone and everything whenever he's in a slightly bad mood and he's never been with you to learn it. Is that genetic, love?"
Severus smirked and said, "Of course."
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Severus, Harry and James spent the rest of the day in their quarters at Hogwarts, as Severus was still teaching Potions. When James literally collapsed from sheer exhaustion against Severus, Harry and Severus had to bite their tongues to stop themselves from laughing. Severus smiled at Harry and whispered, "I still have the nursery set up, should we put him down for a nap?"
Harry smiled back and nodded, unconsciously twisting his wedding band around his finger. Severus picked up James and carried him into the nursery. Harry smiled at them and followed, admiring the room he hadn't seen in a year. They'd decorated in silver and gold, with a few wisps of green and red. Severus put James down in the enchanted crib, gently kissing his forehead before walking back out of the room with Harry.
They sat down in the loveseat, cuddling and enjoying one another's embrace. Severus smiled at Harry before saying, "So, tell me what you've been up to the past year."
Harry smiled back at his husband, glad to be home, and started to tell Severus everything. Harry told him all about the first month, not leaving out a single detail and then told him all about their son. James's first smile, his first laugh, his first word ('Go!'), the first time he crawled, the first time he walked and all of the memories he could think of.
By the time he was done both of them had tears rolling down their cheeks and flushed faces from laughing. They helped one another get James ready for dinner that night, and when they went to dinner in the Great Hall where everyone was waiting they were starting to fit like they should have from the beginning. Two men in love with one another and their child, just a slightly different family.
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Disclaimer: I own the unfamiliar, the rest is JKR's.
A/N: I have this story completed, have for a while, but thought I'd post it for you all. Anyways, it's all uploaded and I'll just post it chapter by chapter, one day at a time. It'll give you all something of mine to read, and me time to get some work done on other stories.
Anyways, here it is. I've noticed a lot of losing memory spells where Harry comes back and he's attacked viciously by uncaring people, seemingly alone after a long period of time. So, I felt the way that I think they would react needed to be written. Here it is! Enjoy!
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Lost Memories
Chapter Five: Remembering
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Severus stepped out of the fireplace cradling James closely to him protectively. He was now convinced this was all some sort of dream, and he would wake up and Harry would still be missing and their child would be nowhere in sight. Until then, he was going to enjoy the dream as much as possible. He put James down and smiled at the boy before saying, "Stay close, I have to get a Potion for Daddy."
James just gazed curiously up at Severus before starting to walk around the room a bit. Severus didn't waste time, he went into his stores and got the right potion before coming out and smiling at his son. The smile grew a bit larger at that, the little boy was almost Harry cloned, aside from mild differences that showed he was Severus's as well. Thank Merlin the child had Harry's nose.
James was looking at the various things around the room, grimacing and frowning at some of the less pleasant things. Severus chuckled and said, "James, let's go give the Potion to Daddy."
James turned, grinned and chimed, "Dada!"
Severus just smiled and picked the boy up before flooing back to Albus's office. Harry was watching them come out with an amused grin. Severus didn't see why until he put James down and realized the little boy was absolutely covered from head to toe in black soot. Disgusted, Severus waved his wand and James was spotless again. Satisfied, he handed Harry the potion and took the seat next to his husband praying this wasn't a dream.
Harry was about to take the potion when he stopped, looked at James and said, "James Sirius Potter what did you do?"
Everyone in the room turned and looked at James, who was looking utterly innocent, and none of them noticed their hair had been charmed Slytherin Green with Silver stripes. James pointed a finger at himself and shook his head and said, "No, No, Dada."
Harry rolled his eyes and said, "James I'm counting to three and then I'm taking away your Shooting Star racing broom."
Albus raised an eyebrow and asked, "Harry what exactly did James do?"
Harry raised an eyebrow right back and asked, "Looked in a mirror lately Albus?"
Albus looked down at his beard at laughed out loud at the green and silver. Severus looked around and groaned before looking at Harry and saying, "You've doomed our son with his first two names."
Harry turned back to James, ignoring everyone else and started to count, "One. . ."
Everyone's hair changed back almost immediately. Harry nodded and said, "Much better James. Sit with Daddy please Jamesie."
James looked at Severus and then looked at Harry as if asking, 'him?' Harry smiled and nodded, and James slowly waddled over to Severus, who picked him up, smiling. James looked up at Severus and looked back at Harry before leaning into and cuddling with Severus. Harry closed his eyes and took the potion.
Everyone watched, helpless, as Harry's head flew back and his hands went to his scar. Abby took James out of the room quickly, and Severus took Harry into his arms, trying to calm any pain he might be in. Sirius, Remus and Tony were all sitting on the sides placing comforting hands and words on Harry hoping to help him through his memories.
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Harry's Dreams/Memories. . . .
(Random of course. . .)
He was smiling and laughing with Ron, Lavender, Hermione and Seamus, while they prepared for their finals in his fifth year. They hadn't been half way through when Severus came to them with the news. Hagrid had been murdered. Ron and Hermione sobbed with their significant others, leaving Harry to sob in his hands. That was the first time Severus held him, as Harry grieved for the first person in his life to have shown him kindness in the offer of friendship.
The house on 4 Privet Drive was nothing but a smoldering pile of dust, Vernon's dead body lay inside it. Petunia escaped with an amputated foot, and a back full of scars. Dudley broke both legs getting out, and an arm. Harry, however, had managed to throw his belongings out the second story window, and levitate himself to safety. He sobbed in Severus's arms again that night, blaming himself for Vernon's death.
When Harry asked where he was going to go after his sixth year as his only remaining family was gone, everyone in the room looked between him and the Headmaster oddly. Then Harry asked, "Oh I see, this is yet another thing little Harry doesn't know is it? I've got other family somewhere then? Someone who left me to be raised by people who hated me and threw me in a cupboard under the stairs for ten years?"
Albus rose from the seat behind his desk, hands shaking slightly and said, "Please follow me Harry. Sirius, Remus if you would come with us please."
Harry followed, Sirius and Remus close behind him. Albus led them into his private library, adjacent to his office and his rooms acting as a buffer between the two. Everyone sat and Albus started by saying, "Harry I'd like to start by apologizing for keeping this from you. However had you been with this knowledge when you were questioned under Veritaserum by Voldemort, the result would not have been good and you would likely not be here at the moment."
Harry raised an eyebrow but said nothing. Albus took a deep breath and said, "Harry your Mum wasn't a Muggle-born student. She was of pure Wizarding blood, raised as a Muggle for her protection. Your Aunt Petunia was a Squib, the first in nearly thirty generations on both sides of the family lines. Lily's Father, Jason Evans, was a Wizard who's family left and moved to America generations ago. Jason moved back to England and met Lily's mother, Thyme Harper."
Harry was nearly captivated, no one ever told him anything about his Mum, so in all honesty the Headmaster hadn't really lied to him just yet so he was curious as to what the big secret was. Albus took another deep breath and said, "Thyme's Mother, Sage Harper, was my wife. Thyme was our daughter, Lily our granddaughter, which makes you my great-grandson."
Harry blinked, his jaw dropped and he stared at the older Wizard. Without saying a word, Harry stood, left the library, walked through Albus's office ignoring everyone in it and walked straight out of the school. Severus was the one that found him four hours later, in the Shrieking Shack, sobbing his eyes out. It took four weeks of the combined efforts of Severus, Sirius and Remus to get him to talk to Albus again.
Christmas of his sixth year, he spent with Remus and Sirius inside the Shrieking Shack. Severus, Albus and Minerva joined them for dinner and present opening that night. Severus had given him the Python that Sirius had refused to buy him for his birthday that year. Harry had jokingly named him Salazar, right after giving Severus an incredibly rare edition of a Potions Text that Harry had ordered from Egypt through Bill Weasley, who had found his request beyond odd, but complied nonetheless.
The first day after the start of the new term, Draco Malfoy presented Harry a box in front of the entire Great Hall. Harry had lifted the lid only to slam it down and look at Draco in pure disbelief. Draco raised an eyebrow and asked, "Isn't that the rat responsible for your parents death, Harry?"
Harry lifted the lid again, slammed it shut again and looked back at Draco. Harry grinned, kissed Draco on the cheek and said, "You have no idea how much this means to me Draco. I thank you on behalf of my godfather, and myself. May I ask why?"
Draco grinned and said, "Well, bending down and kissing someone else's feet just sounded beneath the Malfoy name in my opinion. Besides, did you know Voldemort tortures even the loyal servants? No wonder no one wants to join his little band of groupies."
Harry burst out laughing and then said, "You do realize you're talking about your Father don't you?"
Draco nodded and said clearly, "Put him in Azkaban Harry, and demand the Kiss. My Father and the rest of those morons deserve nothing less. And when you bring Peter Pettigrew here into the Ministry, make sure Sirius Black's name is fully cleared BEFORE they give Pettigrew the Dementor's Kiss."
Harry rolled his eyes and pointed to his forehead before saying, "Who do you think I am? Honestly. I'm Harry Potter, you know, the person that's supposed to kill Voldemort? The job comes with perks."
That Easter Break, Sirius and Remus had been away on spying missions. Draco and Harry spent it with Severus in the Dungeons, and the three formed a very close friendship. One night after Draco had gone to bed early, Harry took a chance and kissed the Professor he'd had a crush on for nearly a year. Surprising the hell out of Harry, Severus kissed back as if his life depended on the kiss itself. They secretly dated for the rest of Harry's years in Hogwarts, their relationship only known to Draco.
The year after Harry graduated, he was granted the Unspeakable level in the Ministry. He had a small break in his training and paid a visit to his lover, godfather, Grandfather and friends who were at Hogwarts. He hadn't counted on said godfather and Grandfather to find out about he and Severus so soon though. Sirius had gone to Harry's guest rooms with Remus that morning to wake him up for breakfast, and when he found that Harry wasn't there, he went ballistic.
Four hours into the search for Harry, Draco Malfoy and his fiancé, Colin Creevey, had come to the school to see Harry. Albus looked at Draco, a fellow Unspeakable with Harry, and asked, "Do you have any idea where Harry could be? We can't find him anywhere, he's been missing for at least four hours!"
Draco, forgetting who was in the room, asked, "Did you try Severus's rooms?"
Albus raised an eyebrow, Remus got a sudden knowing glint in his eyes and Sirius was livid as he snarled, "Why would Harry be with that greasy git?"
Draco was not about to let Sirius find him like that and snarled right back, "They're in love you moron, and Severus isn't a greasy git. If you so much as offend Severus in front of Harry I'll hex you on the spot, Harry's godfather or not."
Colin, next to him whispered, "Dray, Harry wanted to tell them himself."
Sirius, beyond livid demanded, "How long have they been together?"
Draco sighed and Colin answered that one, "Long enough to know they're in love. I've never seen Harry half as happy as he is with Severus and if you dare take that away from him when Dray's done hexing you I'll murder you myself. He's been unhappy too long."
Sirius shook his head and Albus said, "Now, now, let's just see if Harry's in Severus's rooms, we'll discuss the rest later. By the way Sirius, I'll provide a room without Ministry detection for Draco and Colin if you upset Harry or Severus."
Sirius sighed and then Harry's voice called out from where he and Severus were watching, "How nice of you all to make death threats on our behalf."
They all turned and saw that Harry and Severus weren't bothering to hide their clasped hands, and Severus was glaring at Sirius. After a long argument and several hexes, Sirius took six months to accept their relationship. Harry smiled at the memory though, because the whole time, Severus was there holding him when he cried, or when he just seemed to need it.
Their wedding was a simple affair, Severus wore silver robes with a green under tunic while Harry wore gold with a red under tunic. Their wedding bands were both engraved ("I love you always and forever"), but while Harry's was silver with a Emerald in it, Severus's was gold with a Ruby in it. They only had close friends and the few family they had left at the ceremony, with Albus leading it.
Harry and Severus were eating in a fancy Muggle restaurant in Paris, as Harry had very important news to share with Severus. They'd been married for quite a while, and had seen their friends marry, have children, quite a few had died or lost loved ones. Severus smiled at Harry over their dinner and the candlelight before asking, "You had something you wanted to tell me, love?"
Harry smiled shyly, blushing a bit before nodding and saying, "Yeah, I do."
Severus smiled back wondering why his husband was blushing, but said nothing. Harry took a deep breath before looking deeply into Severus's eyes and saying, "We're pregnant."
Severus, in Harry's opinion, couldn't have looked happier if he tried. He hadn't looked this happy since their wedding day. Severus's eyes danced with a twinkle Harry hadn't seen before, and the first thing his husband did was pull him in for a long, passionate kiss. They spent the rest of the night celebrating their unborn child. When they announced it the next day to their close friends and family, everyone had the same remark; they'd never seen Severus Snape so happy in all his life.
Harry and Severus kissed one last time before they joined the people on the battlefield. Voldemort was attacking Hogwarts, and everyone was rushing to defend it. Colin Malfoy had been dead a week, leaving Draco behind with his son who had since been with Severus as Severus and Harry were his godparents. Harry had his nearly nine month pregnant stomach hidden under an illusion charm; he didn't want to become a bigger target than he already was.
Walking out onto the field, Harry made his way towards Voldemort, losing Severus somewhere in the process. Ron jumped in front of a killing curse sent at Harry, Harry in return killed the death eater that had attempted to kill him and had killed Ron, Percy Weasley. Harry stared in shock for a moment before moving on. After a brief duel with Voldemort, Harry killed him and won the battle for the light side.
Lucius Malfoy raised his wand at Bill Weasley, who stood next to Harry, and before anyone could say anything, Harry threw himself in front of the curse meant for Bill. Harry somehow ended up in front of the Ministry of Magic offices in Kansas City, Missouri. The last thing he saw before he passed out with severe memory loss was the smiling turned horrified face of a Ministry worker as they saw Harry appear.
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Harry whimpered and turned towards Severus, who merely held him closer and as if his life depended on it. Every once in a while a tear would run down Harry's cheek or he would whisper or gasp someone's name and then start to tremble and shake. Half an hour later Harry sat straight up, gasping for air and looking around the room until his eyes landed on Severus.
Harry smiled at Severus, his eyes full of the love he finally remembered, before pulling him into a long passionate kiss. Severus was startled at first but then poured all of his emotions into kissing his husband. Both had their arms wrapped around one another, tears streaming down their cheeks and their bodies pressed against one another They pulled apart panting, but in one another's arms.
Harry smiled at Severus and said, "Let's go get James and spend the rest of the day alone, just the three of us. You've missed too much, my love."
Severus smiled back and nodded before saying, "Do you remember everything?"
Harry grinned, nodded and narrowed his eyes before saying, "Which reminds me. James picked up your god awful annoying habit of scowling at everyone and everything whenever he's in a slightly bad mood and he's never been with you to learn it. Is that genetic, love?"
Severus smirked and said, "Of course."
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Severus, Harry and James spent the rest of the day in their quarters at Hogwarts, as Severus was still teaching Potions. When James literally collapsed from sheer exhaustion against Severus, Harry and Severus had to bite their tongues to stop themselves from laughing. Severus smiled at Harry and whispered, "I still have the nursery set up, should we put him down for a nap?"
Harry smiled back and nodded, unconsciously twisting his wedding band around his finger. Severus picked up James and carried him into the nursery. Harry smiled at them and followed, admiring the room he hadn't seen in a year. They'd decorated in silver and gold, with a few wisps of green and red. Severus put James down in the enchanted crib, gently kissing his forehead before walking back out of the room with Harry.
They sat down in the loveseat, cuddling and enjoying one another's embrace. Severus smiled at Harry before saying, "So, tell me what you've been up to the past year."
Harry smiled back at his husband, glad to be home, and started to tell Severus everything. Harry told him all about the first month, not leaving out a single detail and then told him all about their son. James's first smile, his first laugh, his first word ('Go!'), the first time he crawled, the first time he walked and all of the memories he could think of.
By the time he was done both of them had tears rolling down their cheeks and flushed faces from laughing. They helped one another get James ready for dinner that night, and when they went to dinner in the Great Hall where everyone was waiting they were starting to fit like they should have from the beginning. Two men in love with one another and their child, just a slightly different family.
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