This chapter has not been beta'd read at your own risk!
Two months and one Quidditch World Cup defeat later…..
Under Austin's very watchful eyes Percy made blueberry pancakes. Austin is very meticulous and persnickety when it comes to pancakes. They must be perfectly round and not too brown. Percy knows he can't complain and only has himself to blame for this character flaw.
"You're cooking them too brown."
"Monkey child I've been cooking pancakes for a long time I'm not going to burn them."
"They have to be perfect!"
"If you had let me sleep a little longer this morning the first batch would have been okay."
"The firsted ones were kinda gloopy."
"First not firsted and is gloopy a real word?"
Yes, gloopy not perfect. Birthday pancakes have to be perfect."
"I didn't get birthday pancakes."
"I didn't have no one to waked up to help me. Sides I gave you lots of hugs and kisses."
Percy smiles at the boy on the counter as he places the last pancake on the platter.
"You know what little monkey."
"Uh uh."
"Hugs and kisses are the best presents you can give me."
At those words Austin's face lit up and jumps from his perch on the counter into his Da's arms. He commences to kiss him wildly and thank him for the pancakes. He eventually stops and looks at his laughing father.
"I love you Da."
"Love you too Bludger."
"You laugh more now than you used to. And you laugh for real too."
"What do you mean for real?"
"You would laugh sometimes and mean it but not always. Now you laugh and I can see it here." The boy points to Percy's chest.
"That's good thing right?"
The little boy nods while placing his head on his fathers shoulder. "Da do we havta move to Scotland?"
"Well that's where Daddy is going to work. If we all want to say together we have to move."
"I like Texas though. You can sell more paintings and we can stay here. Can't he work at home like you?"
"He made a promise to teach at Hogwarts. He has to be at Hogwarts. We'll be able to see Ron and Draco more often. And you'll get to meet your uncles Bill, Fred and George."
"I'm gonna miss Jimmie."
"I know you will bludger boy, so will I. But Jimmie can visit us and we are keeping this house so we will visit too. Now, we're almost finished here go get the tray out ok."
Austin wiggles out of his father's arms to get the bed tray and the flowers he picked earlier that morning. And Percy adds the pancakes and drinks to the tray and makes the entire thing spill proof and not quite weightless."
"I want to take it up Da!"
"Ok but be careful. No acting like a monkey or bludger."
"It's not heavy I can do it."
After making their way carefully up the stairs into the master bedroom they wake up Oliver by singing a very off key and loud rendition of Happy Birthday. Oliver makes the appropriate fuss over breakfast, the flowers, and the drawings Austin had given him as gifts.
All three men are enjoying breakfast and each others company when Austin asks if he and his Da can wait till after Halloween to move.
"Why Kiddo?"
"Cause I wanna go trick or treating with Jimmie. And I gots a costume picked out for me and Da. But I don't have one for Daddy so he can stay at school."
"You decided on your costume already? It's only August."
"Umm Hmm. Unca Draco gave me an idea Da. He called me a curious little monkey. So I picked to be that for Halloween."
"Okay so what's my costume?"
"You're the tall man in the yellow hat."
"Okay, Percy's costume is a yellow hat. What's yours?"
"George."
"George?" asks Oliver. "You're Uncle George?"
"I don't know Unca George."
"So who's George?"
"He's the curious monkey daddy. Don't you read?"
Oliver is a bit taken aback by his son but at Percy silent laughter merely soldiers on with the conversation.
"Are you sure you don't want to be a bludger? You sure have been acting like one lately."
"No, 'sides muggles don't know what a bludger is."
"But they know this fellow George and the man in the yellow hat?"
"Yes! I have some books you can borrow if you need them Daddy."
Percy enters the conversation knowing that Oliver needs a few moments to recover from their son's logic.
"We have to move Austin. And soon. But if we can I'll try to get us here for Halloween. It might not happen but we'll try."
The small boy launches himself at Percy and hugs him tight. "Thank you Daddy."
Percy stares at his happy little family and just smiles. A few months ago he had been resigned to the fact that his only family was his son, brother and a somewhat reformed Malfoy.
Now another brother and his lover were speaking to him and Oliver's mother and father had berated their son when the man had finally told them about Percy and Austin. In no time at all Austin had three new conquests wrapped around his little finger. Snape of course was immune to cute children.
Hopefully one day Austin's other grandparents would be a part of his life. Snape and Malfoy had been invited back to another family dinner at the Burrow by Molly herself. Surely an invitation to Percy would be issued soon. He was still wary of taking the first step. And his mothers words and fathers inaction still stung. But his boy deserved to know his history and his family.
For now he would wait. Eventually word would reach the other Weasley's that he was back in Europe. He was not going to hide his renewed relationship with Oliver or his son. But he knew he had no reason to apologize. His only crime was loving another man. And perhaps loving his son too much to want him to be hurt by Molly's rejection.
Percy grinned as he watched his men wrestling on the bed. There was time to worry about that later…right now his boy seemed to be conspiring against him with his other father. The twinkle in their eyes always gave them away.
FIN...for now anyway...
Sorry to all who reviewed that this last chapter took me forever to post. I had a family member die, one of my best buddies from college also passed on suddenly, my wallet was stolen, and I just about sliced a finger off in one of those run of the mill kitchen accidents. (Now there's a run on sentences if I ever saw one!) Hopefully every thing stays calm for awhile and once again thanks to all who reviewed my little story.
