Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I do own Sean and Paddy. Snape may come across a bit OOC but that's only because he's being nice. SLASH!

Family

Chapter One,

The doorbell would ring right when Seamus was halfway through changing Paddy's nappy. Typical. Sean looked up from the plate of carrots he was eating.

"Sean, could you see who that is?" Seamus asked kindly. Sean nodded and walked slowly to the door of the flat. Seamus was in charge of the family now and they were struggling. Almost all of the money was gone, he couldn't get a job, the house was filthy, their clothes as well, they had no heating…all in all life was tough. "Who is it Sean?"

"A tall man in a dress," came the innocent reply.

"Try asking for his name," Seamus suggested while doing up the nappy. "Bloody tricky things…"

"He says he's Professor Snap…sorry, Snape," Sean said happily. Seamus froze, he'd given up on the chance of ever going back to Hogwart's, he couldn't exactly take the boys with him and there was no way he was putting them in a home.

"Bring him in here," Seamus said slowly. He picked Paddy up and rocked him gently, trying to sooth his tears. It worked just as Snape entered the room.

"Mr Finnigan," Snape said quietly. He was shocked at the state of the place, and the fact that Seamus had a baby in his arms. He knew it was his brother but to anyone else it must look like his son. "I am here to discuss your return to school."

"I can't go back to school can I? I've got to look after these two," Seamus said. Sean went back to his plate of carrots, he held one up to Seamus. "No you eat it Sean, there's not going to be any tea so eat it all."

"Mr Finnigan, Dumbledore is aware of your situation and has agreed to allow you to return to school with your brothers," Snape said. Seamus stared at him in shock. Paddy started to fuss and this snapped Seamus back to reality.

"He needs some milk," he said before going into the 'kitchen'. This was a three roomed flat, bedroom, bathroom and living room. The 'kitchen' was behind a curtain in the living room. When he returned, Paddy happily sucking on a bottle of milk, he motioned Snape to sit with him on the old couch. "Explain."

"You'd have a room of your own with beds for your brothers in it. You'd eat at Gryffindor table, your brothers at the teachers table with Madame Pomfrey who has agreed to look after them during the day," Snape said. He hadn't been thrilled at this idea but after seeing how Seamus had spent his summer holiday he realised that Seamus needed help, quickly.

"They'd do that for me?" Seamus asked amazed.

"You need an education and by the looks of it help," Snape looked around the room. Seamus flinched, beginning to explain why it was such a mess but Snape held up his hand. For once Seamus obeyed him and shut up. "Your to spend the rest of the holiday with me at my house in London. Pack your things." He really hadn't been happy with this arrangement, protesting that Seamus wasn't even in his house! But none of the other teachers had a spare room or the time.

"With you?" Seamus asked. Snape nodded. "Wonderful," it was part sarcastic and part sincere which confused Snape slightly. "Let's get packing."

Snape was woken in the middle of the night by a wail coming from the spare room. He got out of bed and walked down the corridor. Sean was sat up in the bed rubbing his eyes while Seamus was trying to calm Paddy's cries.

"I'm sorry about this Professor, I should have mentioned it, maybe you can put up a silencing spell and go back to sleep," Seamus said in a dull voice. It seemed that he was used to this. Snape stood in the doorway for a few minutes, watching the suddenly mature Seamus try and calm his brother.

"I wanna go back to sleep," Sean complained.

"I'm sorry Sean, I can't help this," Seamus sounded so tired.

"He can go and sleep in my room if he wants," Snape's offer surprised even him. Seamus glanced at Snape and then at Sean who nodded.

"Thank you Professor and I'm sorry for the inconvenience," Seamus said. Sean slid out of the bed and Snape saw he had on an old shirt, probably his fathers. He led the small boy to his own room and made sure he was comfortable before casting the silencing spell, immediately the cries of Paddy vanished.

"Wow," Sean mumbled sleepily as his eyes started to close. "Well cool." He was asleep. Snape returned to the spare room and stood silently in the doorway, watching Seamus sit on the bed rocking Paddy weakly. He looked so tired. He moved quickly to sit by Seamus and reached for Paddy. Seamus was too tired to protest as his Potion's teacher took his brother. Paddy started to calm immediately.

"Go to sleep Mr Finnigan, I will look after him," Snape said quietly.

"But…" Seamus mumbled.

"Sleep boy," Snape said, his voice slightly sharp. Seamus nodded and simply fell back onto the bed. Paddy blinked up at Snape before yawning widely. "So much trouble young one, and now you decide to sleep," he said quietly. He lay Paddy in the cot he'd transfigured from a chair and then looked at Seamus, shivering slightly. He pulled to covers over his student before going into the lounge. He lay on the couch and was soon asleep, not even caring that his bed was taken by a muggle boy.

"We're going shopping?" Sean asked as Seamus packed a back full of supplies for a shopping. He'd received his letter for Hogwart's and some 'sponsorship money' to buy his supplies with.

"Yes, for my school stuff and some new clothes for you," Seamus said. Snape had insisted that they get new clothes as the things they were wearing were very muggle, very old and rather smelly.

"Good good," Sean said cheerfully.

"Are we all ready?" Snape asked. After spending a week together he'd realised that Seamus Finnigan wasn't a bad kid at heart, in fact he was a very good kid and Seamus had realised that Snape's heart wasn't made of stone, it was just hidden away but Paddy and Sean had found it.

"How are we getting there?" Seamus asked putting the bag on.

"Floo powder, you will need to carry Paddy and I shall take Sean otherwise they wont get through," Snape said putting a wooden box on the table.

"What's Floo Powder?" Sean asked. Seamus smiled at him.

"You'll see," Snape said, picking up Sean with a slight noise of struggle, he was 5 after all. He reached into the box and took a handful of the powder. He went to the un-light fireplace and stood in it. "I'll be waiting on the other side. DIAGON ALLEY!" He and Sean disappeared in green flames. Seamus had been covering Paddy's eyes so he wouldn't be frightened. He took some of the powder himself and stood in the fireplace.

"You ready Paddy? Good. DIAGON ALLEY!"

Seamus pulled Sean's jumper down over his head and then started helping him to get his arms in the sleeves. It was an hour before the Hogwart's Express left but Snape said they had plenty of time to get there and to try and look smart.

"You excited Sean?" Seamus asked his brother.

"Yes," Sean was smiling broadly. Paddy giggled from the cot. They all looked much nicer in the clothes Snape had bought for them, for one they were of a Wizard style, not muggle and they all fitted.

Once Sean and Paddy were dressed Seamus got himself ready and then it was time to go. They reached the station in 10 minutes and Snape helped put Seamus's trunk and the smaller ones of Sean and Paddy's on a trolley. He agreed to push the trolley so Seamus could carry Paddy and hold Sean's hand tightly. Seamus didn't ask where all his things were.

"Which is our train?" Sean asked looking around.

"We have to go through the barrier to the station first," Seamus told him.

"How do we do that?" Sean asked.

"See that wall, well we've got to run at it, " Seamus laughed at the shocked impression on his brother's face.

"Won't we hit it?" Sean asked.

"Not if you hold onto my hand tightly, as tight as you can," Seamus said. Sean's grip tightened as Snape pushed the trolley into the wall and promptly vanished. "Ready? Set, Go!" he and Sean ran at the barrier…and appeared on Platform 9 and 3/4.

"Wow…can we do that again?" Sean asked excitedly.

"No Sean, we have to get on the train now," Seamus said happily. He walked over to where Snape was standing.

"I'm travelling with the other teachers. You can sit wherever you like. Here's some money for the sweet's trolley," Snape gave him 3 galleon's. "One each."

"Thanks sir," Seamus pocketed the money. Snape smiled for a second before his mask was back on and took the trolley over to the guards wagon. "So where do you want to sit?" Seamus asked Sean.

"Seamus!" Seamus turned to find Harry, Ron and Hermione walking towards him. "How are you? Whoa you've got kids!" Ron said in shock.

"They're my brothers," Seamus explained.

"Where's your mum and dad?" Hermione asked. Of course none of them knew what had happened on the second day of the holidays.

"They're dead," Seamus said coldly.

"Oh Seamus I'm sorry," Hermione gasped, covering her mouth with her hand.

"Where are your brother's going while your at school? Your relatives?" Harry asked. He knew how it felt to be an orphan, knew it all too well.

"Don't have any, they've all died at one point or another. No, they're coming to Hogwart's. Dumbledore's arranged everything," Seamus explained. The trio nodded.

"Do you want to share a compartment with us?" Ron asked suddenly.

"Sure, why not? Is that alright Sean?" Seamus asked Sean.

"Yep," Sean was usually happy to do anything.

"I saw Dean a while back, I'll go get him and then we can all sit together," Hermione said cheerfully, walking down the station. Harry and Ron led the way and found an empty compartment. Sean rushed and sat by the window, having never been on a train before. Paddy was asleep now and snuggled into Seamus's chest.

"What are your brothers names?" Ron asked.

"Sean and Paddy," Seamus said. The three 16 year olds were chatting when the door opened and Hermione entered, followed by Dean.

"Hey Seamus, so I here your brother's are coming with us to Hogwart's," Dean said cheerfully. He'd met Seamus's brother once but obviously his mother had had a baby since then. Hermione had warned him not to mention Seamus's parents as they were dead.

"Yep they are, you remember Dean don't you Sean? He helped you draw that picture last year," Seamus said to Sean who nodded enthusiastically.

"Can you help me draw more? Only we left everything at the old house before going to the flat," Sean asked innocently.

"Sure, hey we can do one now if you want," Dean suggested. Sean got up and went to Dean who lifted him onto his lap before getting out his sketchpad. Soon he was helping Sean draw a picture of the people in the compartment. Seamus sighed contently, it felt good to be among his friends again, to not have to worry about money for food or the fact that the police could turn up any time and throw them out onto the streets. He could finally relax. Obviously it was too good to last,

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? Is that your baby Finnigan?"

A/N Next chapter people don't approve of Seamus's 'children'.