Sorry to everyone who has waited on this chapter!! I didn't forget about it, I've been writing some other stuff, and then I finished up my last year of high school and I had SIX major homework classes and am just now getting back to Harry Potter fictions. I think I have at least five more chapters to go… I love you all and thank you for supporting me with reviews!!

A Father's Love

Chapter 14: Tears and Medicine

The Next Afternoon

Harry was not surprised by the old man's speed and agility. Almost as soon as the session had begun, it ended when Dumbeldore stood and walked out of the room. Harry followed him to the outside corridor but the old man had disappeared. That was fine with Harry because he was exhausted, they had probably been training for the past two hours. With his lack of sleep and little nourishment, he was feeling weak. A sudden pain in his side meant that somehow Albus had cut him while they spared, but there would be nothing seriously wrong with him. Harry placed a hand over the wound and the faint green glow appeared and disappeared again, he released his side and the cut was gone while the blood stayed on as a reminder to shower.

Harry slowly made his way to the old room where he could feel Draco's presence. Harry smiled knowing the promise he intended to make to Draco now that he had a ceremony director. Draco's presence shifted from the room, but Harry continued on anyways, he needed a shower before anything anyway. The shower washed away the small amount of dried brown blood from Harry's hip, and the grime that sweat brought to his body. Exhausted his body ached and begged for the attention it needed from a good meal. Harry meant only to send up for a bowl of oatmeal and a glass of pumpkin juice, but Draco intercepted the order and told Harry that their presence was desired in the teachers lounge for a dinner. Harry went down a headache forming from not having eaten all day.

In the lounge there was a smaller rectangular table set up for the six to eat. "Where is Severus?" Harry asked when he walked in and didn't see his father.

"He should be here at any moment." The gentle spoken old man said with a smile upon his lips.

"That's bullshit. He would have ordered tea by now and would be wallowing in his room avoiding the rest of us." Harry bit out. "Excuse me while I go retrieve my father for this dinner." He finished by glaring at Remus.

"That boy really does hate me." Remus said quietly to the rest of the table. An uncomfortable silence followed as Minerva left the room to follow Harry.

Severus's Room

Severus's unconscious body had been lying on the floor for hours, he had not been able to roll over and he was unaware of the wounds he was receiving from the pressure points of being in one position for those hours.

"Okay old fool here is your chance to pro…" Harry yelled before opening the door and seeing his father on the floor. The body crumpled and lying on its side. The hallow breathing barely moving his chest and his body going cold, from the eternal cold rooms. Harry gasp and launched himself to his fathers side. "You stupid git." Harry hissed out at his as he turned the body over.

"Ohh my, what's going one here?" Minerva's voice said from the doorway.

"He hasn't been eating. Ever since Remus came and they had their stupid little fight, he hasn't been eating. I've tried making him eat, sneaking muggle nutrition crap into his tea but it isn't enough he has been losing weight and now he's passed out. I think that sums it up. Now help me, we need to get food into him." Harry said in a rather irritated tone. Minerva, while peeved at the young mans lack or respect for everyone involved including herself, summoned a stretcher to levitate Severus to the infirmary.

"Poppy is still away, Professor Flitwick and I shall help re-hydrate him. Harry, please go bring Flitwick to me and inform Dumbeldore, but stay out of the infirmary, you are too far involved."

"But…" Harry began to protest but stopped. He was after all Severus's son and Minerva would not have asked him to do something unless she felt it was best. "I'll get Professor Flitwick for you." His speed was not slowed by his overwhelming anger, however he was distracted enough to miss the teachers lounge and have to turn back. There was a small amount of noise coming from pleasant conversation. Harry did as he was told, emptying the room of everyone except himself and Draco.

"It's not your fault, you did what you could. Now Minerva and Albus know… everything will be fixed." Draco said as he hugged the silent and very angry Harry. "Come on then lets go to our room."

Harry let himself be led to the room where Draco had him undress and shower. The shower was a small way of getting the dirt of his life washed away in a small amount of time. After Harry lathered his body he began weeping into the continuous stream of hard wash water. With knowing the burden of what lay ahead of him and then with three parents being taken away from him and a fourth soon if the man did not begin taking care of himself; the pains of nicotine withdraw; the new tough love strategy Draco was taking, Harry was overwhelmed with emotions he did not feel he could share out in the open. His feeling was one especially prevalent now that he was back at Hogwarts and Remus was with them, the man had left Harry and Draco, and Severus. Harry didn't know how to feel at the time and in the frustration, he thought poisoning him own mind against Remus would help him, but Remus had been around and was a second father to Harry. Harry wept.

Infirmary

Minerva slowly brought some nutrition into Severus's system and examined his former stomach contents seeing that Severus had not eaten that morning like Draco had suggested to professor Flitwick. Severus was severely dehydrated and had lost about twenty pounds in the two months since she had seen him last. Severus was in need of much more serious medical attention then Minerva or Flitwick was prepared to give him, they would have to keep him alive with a stomach pump and an IV until Poppy or another medi witch could be located.

Harry and Draco's room

Finishing his shower, Harry cast a drying spell on his body because it took to long and felt icky in the somewhat humid castle. walking out into the bedroom the portrait on the ceiling hissed out 'welcome sacred ones you are safe here'. with only a towel tied around his waist, Harry climbed on top of the sleeping Draco. Harry leaned down and kissed his companion, "Time to wake up and feed the hungry Harry monster" he whispered to the now only drowsy blond.

"Harry we can't, it's il…" Draco started but Harry just kissed him again slipping his hand inside the mostly gone pajamas, running his hand over the other young mans chest.

"But we want to Drey, there is no reason we shouldn't. We've proved that we love each other without sex, lets make love in a new way tonight." Harry spoke softly and his eyes were full of lust. "Please Drey."

"I'm scared we'll get hurt." Draco whispered back looking into Harry's eyes.

"So am I, but it'll be alright. I know it will be. I know you would never hurt me on purpose. And you know I would never hurt you. Please just trust me Drey, even if we have no clue what to do with other people, we know how to treat each other. We always have known."

"I trust you Harry." Drey said before pulling his companion down for another kiss.

Teacher's Lounge

Albus peered at his remaining dinner partner. "Well are you going to be called away by Young Mr. Snape as well?"

Remus only looked at the man with blank eyes. "Young Mr. Snape hates me for what he believes to be my fault with the elder Mr. Snape."  The silence the words brought to the table was broken by Minerva and Flitwick's entrance.

"Albus there is nothing left for us to do at this point until we get an experienced medi witch." She said out loud. "Should one of us go and inform the boys?"

Albus only smiled at her, "I wouldn't recommend it at this moment." a bit of knowledge twinkling in his eyes. "They will be told in the morning. Have you sent an owl out for Poppy?"

"Yes I have. If there is no reply by tomorrow I fear we will need to find another medi witch. Severus is on the verge of death."

Remus nearly choked when she spoke the words he had feared. Had he really done this to Severus? Or was something else going on. If he was so important to Severus why was he acting this way? Remus excused himself from the table and went to his rooms. He had to get Severus back it was killing both of them if one faster then the other.

AN: I hope this was the regular length… ;;;; I hope to have the next chapter out in a few days!! Reviews always help but if you don't have anything to say don't worry about it I will still update I have never believed in holding a story before a certain number of reviews… those authors make me sick and I don't continue reading their fictions.