Writer: Azure K Mello
Title: A Bond Never Dies
Part: 46?
Words: 299
Warnings: Angst. Non-canon.
That finally spurned James into talking and he said, "Harry, I could never leave you. They are horrible people and I would never ever leave you with them ever again. You will never see them again."
"But ifs I was very bad you might!" The little boy nearly wailed the statement.
"No, There is nothing you could do short of killing someone that would ever make me anything but proud." James sounded so authoritative that even Sirius felt somehow more secure at hearing the words.
The little boy's lip trembled as he said, "My Auntie Petunia saids tha' I killed-ed Mummy. She saids we was in a acid-ent and tha' Mummy was holdin' me so she dieds."
"She's wrong, Harry, nothing was your fault," James sat on the bed and pulled the child into his lap. He seemed calmer now that he was touching his son, "Why don't you come sleep with me and Sirius? Sirius is an expert at keeping nightmares away. We'll just cuddle up and you'll get some sleep."
Again Harry looked contemplative as though afraid of consequences he said, "My Auntie Petunia saids tha' only s-boiled kids get cuddled. She saids tha' cuddles make kids go rotten."
"I bet she had no problem cuddling her brat," James said with a bitter edge. The woman had justified not touching the child so well that she had made Harry scared of affection.
"Yes! An' Dudley's ah-ful."
"It has nothing to do with if he gets cuddled," said James and he realized that Sirius had been quiet for too long.
He looked towards his lover just as the man said, "Your Auntie Petunia is a cunt. She is stupid and everything she said was wrong and lies. C'mon. Let's all go climb into bed. It won't spoil you."