The King and I

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, actually, other than the idea.

Thank yous: Ceyxa, orlin, Eleonora1, brilliantbrunette89, inumoon3, CrazyForYou, EsScaper, SilverGlitterSprite, Mistress Vamp, iamtherealmaverick, Goddess of Gorgeousness, and Bulisen.

Eleonora1: Would it help if I said sorry? Anyway, I am trying to update my old stories but I'm having trouble with it at the moment, which is partly why I start new ones.

Inumoon3: The baby is already named, but Sirius has not decided on the name I have in mind yet.

Pairings: Lucius/Sirius, Severus/James, and Remus/Regulus. Yes everyone is GAY. Why? Because I want them to be.

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Just to dampen any curiosity there may be, Lucius and Sirius's son is actually Draco.

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Chapter 2: Charity Ball

Sirius was sitting in an armchair in his apartment with his legs crossed and gazing off into space when the front door opened and James and Remus entered. "Are you two incapable of knocking or do you just enjoy annoying me?"

James grinned; he hadn't really grown up too much since the three of them had left school twelve years ago, although he did have his husband to keep him in line. "You still love us."

"I do not."

Remus punched James lightly in the arm, "How are you?"

Sirius leaned back in his armchair and stretched a little, "I'm fine, sleep deprived and enjoying the tiny bit of time I have to myself before he wakes up again, yourselves?"

James fell down into an armchair opposite Sirius while Remus claimed the couch, "I'm good," Remus nodded in agreement. "And how is the little angel?"

Sirius snorted, "What little angel?" he got up and headed for his kitchen. "He doesn't understand that daddy needs some sleep as well." When he came back from the kitchen with three bottles of the strong butterbeer with him, he noticed James and Remus regarding him suspiciously. "What?"

James took a bottle of his best friend; a frown set firmly on his face, "Just how much have you actually eaten in the last three weeks?"

Sirius handed the other bottle to Remus and rolled his eyes as he sat back down, "I have eaten plenty, thank you. What are you implying anyway?"

"Si, you are significantly smaller than when we last saw you…" said Remus in concern, he knew how vain Sirius was about his appearance and it was just like the dark haired man to do something drastic to get his old body back.

Sirius narrowed his eyes slightly, he hated it when his friends did this just because of a slight change they always thought there was something wrong with him. Anyway, if he was going to try and meet up with Lucius soon he wanted the King to see him the way that he had been the last time they had been together. "There is nothing wrong with me, if that is what you are trying to say. I have just been eating healthily and working out, nothing more nothing less…except for the odd glamour charm every now and then." They were still regarding him suspiciously. "Honestly, I am fine. I appreciate the concern but you don't have to worry about me, I am an adult remember."

"You're also a single parent, you need some help," replied James pointedly.

Sirius ran a hand through his dark hair, causing it to stick up a little bit, "Yes, well…hopefully that status won't last too long. I plan to hunt the father down tomorrow night."

"You don't know if he's going to accept the responsibility though, do you?"

Sirius chewed his bottom lip thoughtfully, Remus had a good point but he felt sure that Lucius wouldn't completely abandon him. Of course, it could just be his naivety showing through again. "I have every faith in him."

"Are you ever going to tell us who he is?" asked James curiously; he and Remus had been trying to get this out of Sirius for years now. At least, they felt sure it was the same man that had caught Sirius's heart so many years ago.

"No I'm not."

"Why not?"

"Well, for one, you'd probably want to sever all ties with me if I do tell you. And two, you probably won't believe me anyway, so there's really no point."

"Nice to know how little you think of our friendship, Padfoot."

Sirius groaned quietly, "That's not what I meant, I just…I can't risk it, all sorts of crap could happen if it ever gets out and so far, we have done a very good job of keeping it low key."

James raised his eyebrows slightly, "Oh come on, Si, we won't say anything, we're not at school anymore. I mean, its not like he's the King or anything…" Sirius's eyes widened and he quickly got to his feet. "Sirius…he isn't the King…right?"

Sirius quickly made his retreat to his son's nursery, "Erm…possibly…"

Remus choked on his butterbeer; "You're kidding, aren't you?"

Sirius leaned against the hallway wall and ran his hands nervously through his hair before heaving a deep sigh and returning to the living area, his eyes averted from the faces of his two closest friends. What was the use in hiding it? They knew the general truth now. "Yes, okay. I have been shagging my cousin's husband for the last twelve years…he got me pregnant, and I haven't seen him for nearly nine months now." He slowly raised his eyes back to look at his friends, and he saw that both had their mouths partly open and their eyes widened in surprise. "Do you see why I've been reluctant to tell you?"

James mouthed silently for a moment before he finally found his voice again, "…This isn't a belated April Fool's joke, is it?"

"See! I knew you wouldn't believe me."

Remus scratched his head, "Its not that we don't believe you, Si, but…this is big news, you can't expect us to get over it quickly." Sirius slumped back into his armchair. "That aside, do you really think he's going to take full responsibility for your son? I mean, I've heard things about that man and none of them were pleasant…he doesn't sound like a Prince Charming."

Sirius gazed down at the floor, no matter how much he wanted to deny it he knew Remus was right. He had suffered plenty from the King's arrogant and insensitive ways, but it still didn't make him love the man any less. "Maybe so, but he was happy when I told him I was pregnant."

"You still haven't seen or heard from him in months though, have you?" James shifted uncomfortably; it was obvious to Sirius that he was having a hard time accepting this.

"That may not necessarily be his fault," replied Sirius quietly. "He is a busy man, and I wouldn't put it past Narcissa to blackmail him or something if she's found out."

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It was the next night now and Sirius was on his way to the King's Trust Charity Ball that he had been invited too, Remus and Regulus had agreed to baby-sit his son so he was free for the entire evening. An evening he planned to spend trying to talk with Lucius. He had been invited to this Charity Ball, not because he was an important person in the Wizarding World (far from it), but because he was a relative of the Queen. Regulus had been invited as well but he had decided not to go, for fear of having to face their mother.

After he had given his invitation to one of the doormen, Sirius entered the huge palace ballroom and gazed around at the splendour of the massive marble-floored room. As he scanned the room his grey eyes fell on a tall, elegant looking blond man who seemed to be deep in conversation someone that appeared to be the Minister for Magic. He took a glass of champagne from a house-elf's tray and continued watching the stunning blond from across the ballroom; he caught every little mannerism, every little bored or uncomfortable movement. He knew them all too well; he had spent a great amount of time studying the regal blond in the past and he had enjoyed every minute of it.

"I thought that was you, Sirius," came a voice from behind the dark haired man.

Sirius turned around and came face to face with the old Headmaster of Hogwarts, "Albus, hello. How are you?"

"I am very well, thank you," replied the old man, "And yourself? I hear that you have recently become a parent."

Sirius smiled slightly, "Yeah I have, my son's nearly two months old now."

"They grow up very fast."

"Oh good, I'll be able to have a full night's sleep sometime soon then, right?" replied Sirius half-jokingly, he really did want a proper night's sleep but he also didn't want his little son to grow up.

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"Rem, have you been smoking something?" question Regulus Black as he gazed at his fiancé suspiciously.

Remus smirked and sat down, he had just put Sirius's son down to sleep, "No, I haven't. We interrogated him about the father and he spilled. I think he was being, excuse the pun, deadly serious."

Regulus raised his eyebrows slightly, he was still a little sceptical about what he had just been told, "My brother has been shagging the King since he was at school," he stated and Remus nodded. "Why didn't he tell me?"

"Why didn't he tell anyone, is the question."

"You sure you're not yankin' my chain?"

Remus rolled his eyes, "You're as bad as James, he doesn't want to believe it either. But I do believe Sirius, and if you take a good look at that kid you can definitely see some Malfoy in him."

"So all that stuff about Siri being a slut…that isn't true at all?"

Remus put his feet on the coffee table and shook his head, "Unless being with only one person for nearly half your life constitutes as being a slut."

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Sirius had been at this Charity Ball for over an hour now and he still hadn't been able to get very close to Lucius to try and make a secret meeting with him. Though he was now very desperate for the toilet so he left the ballroom and headed to one of the luxurious bathrooms down a red carpeted hallway. After he had relieved himself and washed his hands, he opened the door and started to leave only to find himself being pushed back into the bathroom and having the door locked.

"What are you doing here?"

Sirius raised his slightly wide eyes up to the face of the blond that he had been trying to talk to all evening, "I was taking a piss. Nice to see you too, by the way."

Lucius narrowed his eyes slightly at the sarcasm from the younger man, "I meant, what are you doing at the ball?"

Sirius narrowed his eyes as well; "I was invited. Anyway, you have no right to question me after what you've done."

"What did I do?" questioned Lucius in slight confusion.

Sirius smirked slightly, he was glad he had wiped that nasty look off the blond's face, he had never liked having it directed at himself. "Nearly nine months ago, I told you I was two months pregnant with our child. Barely a week later I just stopped hearing from you; no floo chats, no letters, no anything! I wrote to you and I never got anything back either. You weren't there during my pregnancy, you weren't there for the birth of our son, and you haven't been there for his first couple of months of his life! That is what you've done! I don't care if you're the fecking King either! Even you should be able to spare some time for your own damn child!" his fists were clenched at his sides and he was breathing heavily.

Lucius merely raised an eyebrow; "Do you feel better now?"

"No I bloody well don't, and it's all your fault!" Sirius was pouting now and he folded his arms in a huff.

"You know, if you came here to have a discussion, yelling at me wasn't exactly the best way to go about it, was it?" replied Lucius, he folded his own arms and leaned against the bathroom door.

"Oh shut up," snapped Sirius. "What would you know about civil discussion?" He knew he was treading on thin ice now, Lucius would only take so much back talk from the few people he was close to before he turned on them. He had his head down in petulance, but he could feel Lucius's cold grey eyes practically boring into him and it was starting to get him a little on edge. "Would you stop that?"

"Stop what?"

Sirius looked up and straight into Lucius's eyes in annoyance, he could see amusement shining in the blond's eyes. "You're enjoying this, aren't you? My misery…"

Lucius sighed and moved towards Sirius a few steps; "I do not take pleasure in your misery, Sirius, despite the things people say about me. However, I should be allowed to complain here as well. I've written to you several times over the last few months and have never had anything back, I understand now that you probably didn't get any of them, but you should at least have taken the time to think of all the possibilities before yelling at me." His voice was very level and calm, considering the shouting he had just suffered and the scowling dark haired man in front of him. "Look, I'm not going to stand here and argue with you, I have to get back to get back to my guests. If we can sort out a time to meet somewhere then fine, I'll be there, but now isn't exactly the time for a deep discussion."

Sirius sniffed, "I want to know why I haven't gotten your letters."

"Maybe they were intercepted."

Sirius moved nervously from foot to foot for a few moments before he spoke again, "Are you free tomorrow?"

Lucius shook his head, "I won't have some spare time until next Saturday, the day before I go to Spain for a week."

"Next Saturday then? My place?" said Sirius hopefully. "We could even name our son."

"You haven't named him?"

"No, I was rather hoping both parents could be present to name him."

Lucius nodded slowly, "All right, your place next Saturday." Sirius chewed his bottom lip lightly. "You go out first, I do actually need the toilet."

Sirius smiled a little, he headed for the door but before leaving he pressed a kiss to the corner of Lucius's mouth, "I'm sorry for shouting, but I needed to get it out."

"Always lovely to know I hold some purpose in your life."

"You do. You're a good shag, Your Majesty."

"Shut up."

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A/N: Did that make up for the short first chapter?

Next Chapter: Lucius and Sirius's day together. Naming their son. Rumours are surfacing about the King having an affair.