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Children's voices and laughter rang across the park. One young boy with sturdy strong limbs crawled all over the jungle gym. His bright red hair shining in the late afternoon sun. Long arms reached over and plucked him off the bars and held him upside down.

"Da! My Da! You're here early."

"Yep, did you miss me?"

"A course Merri is nice but you're my Da!"

Righting the wiggling boy to face him Percy's face was quickly rained with kisses.

"Don't go away again Da!"

"I won't at least not for awhile. Why are you yelling instead of talking normal?"

"I wanted to make sure you could hear me."

"I'll always hear you and listen to you Austin."

"Even if I'm bad?"

"Especially if you're bad."

"Goody, did you sell lots of paintings?"

"Enough to buy you new shoes."

"I like my shoes I no want new ones."

"Okay, I'll buy myself new shoes and Spongebob underwear."

"No, I want the Spongebob underwear!"

"Okay shoes for me underwear for my boy." Percy smiled as the little boy nodded in agreement with him. "You ready to go home? I have a surprise for you."

"I gotta say bye to Jimmie and Merri then I want my surprise."

"You got a deal Buddy."

After arriving at their house Austin began bouncing, "Where's my surprise Daddy? Is it in my room? Is it in the kitchen? Is it a puppy? A horsie? Where Da? Where is it?"

"Go into the living room kiddo."

"Okay!"

A high pitch shriek filled the air, "Unca Ron, Unca Dray, Unca Ron, Unca Dray!"

"Hey squirt did you miss us?"

"Lots n lots n lots everyday. Didja miss me?

"Of course red haired monkey boys are quite rare."

"I'm not a monkey boy Unca Dray. "

"Are you sure? I know you like to climb like everything. Trees, people, bookcases, cabinets…."

The small boy propped on Draco's hip gives him a fond look and shakes his head, "Uncle Dray, I am a boy. I gots red hair but I'm not a monkey."

"Hmm there's a present in the room but the tag says it's for a red haired monkey boy about this tall with lots of curly hair."

"That's me!"

"But you said you're not a monkey."

"I can pretend. Look I'll make monkey noises for you."

While Draco and Austin fell into a monkey sound contest in the living area Percy started to prepare dinner and caught up with Ron.

"What's up little brother? You don't usually lie in wait in my house with the look of mischief about you?"

Ron grins, "I told Mum about me and Draco."

"Really? What happened? Is the Burrow still standing?"

"She ranted and raved and started all sorts of drama until Bill spoke up."

"Bill?"

"Yep Bill. Turns out he and Snape have been together since before the war ended."

"The greasy git Potions master? The undisputed longest standing most hated professor of Hogwarts, King Snake Snape?"

"The one and only."

"Damn half of her boys are gay. How did she take it?"

"She didn't speak I've seen muggle statues that are more animated. Dad just nodded his head and said he expected to see Draco and Snape at the next Sunday dinner."

"When did this happen?"

"About two weeks ago. Draco was a perfect gentleman at dinner. Snape looked constipated having to be surrounded by Weasley's. Then again it may just have been the whole Gryfindor aspect Weasleys, Harry, Hermione, Dean"

"I can just imagine."

"You and Austin should visit. I wanna see what color Mum's face turns when she realizes she has a grandson. Especially since none of her other kids some to be inclined to reproduce. Besides they should know about their only grandchild and know they are missing out on a great kid."

"I don't know Ron. It still hurts. Being told I should have stayed gone if I was going to lead a perverted lifestyle. I don't want my son to be hurt by them if they aren't going to treat him right."

"I spoke to Mum yesterday. Hermione convinced her to speak with a Muggle psychologist; she says it's helping her deal with things. She's almost willing to admit that she might have been wrong in they way she handled things."

"I haven't been to England in years. You are the only person in our family who speaks to me. Bill never even tried to find me and now you're telling me he's gay too!"

"I did ask our big brother about that. He told me he was kind of in denial about being in a relationship with a man. Snape finally got fed up and split up with him more than a year ago. Apparently Bill finally faced up to the truth a few months ago and convinced Snape to give him a second chance. Snape's not a bad guy; he still sucks as a teacher but he's a good person. He seems to have forgiven Bill for dating most of the witches in Europe."

"Turns out that Bill and I were both planning on coming out to the family on the same day. We rocked the Weasley world off it's axis that day. "

Percy tosses a few onions onto the oil and studies his brother while he stirs the veggies in. The chance of being a part of his family again was very tempting. But was the chance of being hurt enough to risk exposing the most important part of his life.

"You can tell them where I am and how I can be reached. But do not tell them about Austin. That's my job and I don't want to risk him getting hurt if things don't turn out all right."

"If the twins decide to just show up are you ready Austin to meet them. They know I come and see you but they claim to have never followed us here."

"Hell no. I'm not ready. Austin and the twins would be a very volatile mix. He gets into enough trouble on his own. Merri bought him a Junior Potions kit last week and even though he can't read very well the diagrams and ingredients are color coded. The reactions are shown on a little moving picture chart."

"That very day the mini volcano that came with the blasted thing was engorged to half the size of the living room. The freaking edible lava was in every room of first floor. "

Ron barely holds back his laughter at the thought of a flowing river of candy that must have engulfed the house. "Mum would have killed the twins for something like that. How did he manage to engorge it?"

"The brat nicked my wand."

A piercing scream from the living room startled the men in the kitchen and they made their way to the boy and Draco. Upon entering the room they found Austin standing on the sofa arm kissing Draco over and over.

"Hey, that's my man you're kissing little monkey."

"Unca Ron," the happy little boy shouts while leaping onto the red-haired man, "thank you, thank you, thank you."

"Look Da a broom"

"It's a very nice broom not to mention very green. Why don't you take Draco out back so he can safely show you how to use that broom. But first do you remember the flying rules we have."

"No taking Da's broom or ninnybody else's outside without an adult."

"Anybody else's. Next rule?"

"No flying in the snow or rain or if it's too windy. Or if I see muggles."

"Sounds good. You can go outside just be careful. "As the two leave the room Percy turns to Ron with a pained look on his face.

"Ronnie, just how high does that thing rise if you remove the tamper resistant child proof height charm."

"Five feet. Why would you remove the charm? He's much too little to go that high."

"I wouldn't but he'll probably attempt it next week if not tomorrow. And by next month he'll have figured it out and taking Jimmie up with him when I'm not looking."

The two men went back to the kitchen to finish up dinner. While they were working Percy noticed that Ron was thinking rather hard about something and kept looking at him thoughtfully while they worked.

"Okay little brother spit it out already."

"Percy who is Austin's other father? Does he know that he was such an amazing little boy?"

Percy sighs and chews on his lip.

"I used to write to him once a week. After Austin was born I'd send him pictures so he'd know what his child looked like. I did that till Austin was 18 months old. He never wrote back. Now I send a picture every month and nothing else. He's never written or visited us."

"I don't think he reads the letters"

At that comment Percy just raises his eyebrows and looks at his younger brother.

"Oliver Wood is his father. I know he his."

Percy doesn't answer but begins to fill plates with food and cuts Austin's portion into smaller bits. Taking a deep breath and just holding onto the counter he raises his head, bright eyes meet Ron's.

"Why do you think he doesn't ready the letters?"

"Last month I saw the owl you use for international mail at Oliver's. He took the parchment and placed it in a box on his coffee table he never opened it. It wasn't a small box and there were a lot of letters. "

"Later I asked him how often the two of you kept in touch and all he said was he did not deserve a friend like you and changed the subject back to Quidditch."

"He left me the same day Mum told me not to come back until I could be a proper son. You already know that was the same day I found out about Austin… He was afraid to be kicked off the team. I remember he used the word tenuous in his letter I was surprised it was spelled right and used properly. "

"He didn't even face you? I'll beat him up for you if you want."

Percy chuckles, "Thanks I appreciate the gesture but don't hurt him."

"Just a little bit? Please?"

"No Ron, but find out if he knows about Austin. If he doesn't bind him to a chair and I know a charm that will make the letters read themselves out loud. Then show him the pictures. He should know that he has a son. Even if he doesn't want anything to do with either of us. If he still doesn't do anything I'll let his mum know about her grandson. Then there will be fireworks. "

"Can I punch him? At least once? Please!"

"No Uncle Ronnie you must set an example for your godson. Speak to Oliver before you tell the family anything. I know I'm throwing a lot on you. I can do it myself, talk to Oliver if it's too much…I'll just need you to take care of Austin."

"No. I'll take care of it. You've been there for me and accepted the Ferret with very few questions asked. I owe you a quite a bit."

"You don't owe me anything. You're the only one who reached out to me after I left. I wrote letters to everyone…even individual letters to mum and dad. No one bothered to write back. You owe me nothing little brother."

TBC….