Sirius' POV

"I'll see you tonight," I tell my Mate.

"Check on Devlin before you leave," Moony murmurs.

"I will," I promise. "I love you, Moony."

"Love you too," he snuggles back under the covers.

I walk out of the bedroom shaking my head gently. I peek into Devlin's room to find out if he is awake yet. He is, and now he's just lying in bed watching me.

"Hey, Devlin," I smile.

"Padfoot," he smiles.

"You don't have to stay in bed in the morning if you don't want to," I tell him. "You can play with your toys."

"Not bad?" he looks surprised.

I shake my head,

"If you don't go to bed at all, that's naughty, but if you wake up and you aren't tired anymore you can get up and play."

He beams happily and scrambles out of bed. He pads over to the two wooden trains and the stuffed dog.

"Thank you," he tells me.

"Just be careful not to break anything, hurt yourself or wake Moony," I tell him.

He beams and nods.

"Devlin quiet," he whispers.

"Good boy," I kiss his forehead. "I'll see you tonight."

"Bye-bye Padfoot," he smiles.

I Apperate off to work.

Later, Remus' POV

I must have fallen asleep after Sirius left, because it is now 9 o'clock and I am feeling distinctly guilty.

I look into Devlin's room and find him playing quietly with his trains. The stuffed dog from Ginny seems to be having a ride.

I walk in and he looks up. He smiles happily, which relieves my guilt a little. I flick my wand to open the curtains.

"Hey," I smile at him. "Have you eaten this morning?"

He shakes his head,

"No. Padfoot tell Devlin can play with toys."

"Yes," I agree. "It's good that you play."

He grins,

"Hungry, please?"

"Certainly," I smile, "let's go get something."

I walk out into the landing and wait for him to join me. He follows me happily and we walk down to the kitchen together.

"Were you warm enough last night?" I ask as I pour him a beaker of milk.

"Yes," he takes the beaker, "thank you."

As I'm making us some porridge I hear someone call me from the fireplace.

"Remus?" I turn to find Lily looking up at me.

"Hey, Lily," I smile at her and drop down to her level.

"I just thought I'd let you know that the reporters have found out where we live and work," she jumps straight to the point. "We knew they would sooner or later, and it just seems that it is sooner rather than later."

She sighs,

"I guess you haven't seen the paper this morning?"

"We don't get a paper," I admit.

"There is an old picture of the four Marauders taking up about half of the front cover," she tells me. "There are smaller pictures of all of us dotted around the article, which spans about four pages…"

"I'm guessing they have dragged out just about everything there is to know about us…" I sigh. "Like, for example, me being a werewolf?"

"And Sirius' gay lover," Lily nods. "Yeah. Actually, they are quite nice about it. They don't go off on one at all. They actually praise you for your work during the war."

"Did Harry have a word?" I smile.

She laughs,

"Probably."

"Do they know about Grimmauld and Devlin?"

"No and Yes," she smiles weakly. "They are guessing that you and Sirius are staying in the 'Black Family Home', but they don't know anymore than that it's in London. They do mention Devlin though, but again, they go on about him being, and I quote, 'a poor abandoned child', so that isn't too bad either. About the only bad thing about the article is that now everyone is crowding around the Burrow, the Ministry and James' club for interviews"

"Lily?" Devlin joins me by the fire.

"Hey Sweetie!" she beams.

He reaches out to her and I pull him back quickly,

"No, Devlin. That would hurt."

Lily smiles,

"I'll talk to you later, Remus."

"Yeah, bye Lily," her head vanishes.

"Hurt?" Devlin looks up at me.

"Yeah," I hug him close. "You have to be careful near the fire, do you understand?"

"Fire hurt," he nods.

"That's right," I give him a kiss then stand to check on our breakfast.

Sirius' POV

"What part of NO do you people not understand!" I yell at the reporters. "Get out of the way before I hex you!"

"Yeah sure…" one of them starts to say, but then I pull out my wand.

Mostly they still just keep yelling questions at me, but a few of them back off warily.

I mutter a spell under my breath and the reporters closest to me drop like stones. The others back away from me, watching my wand.

"Thank you," I tell them, and get onto the lift before they can stop me again.

I practically run off of the lift and into the Auror HQ, where I promptly throw myself behind the screen and to my desk.

"Hexing reporters, Black?" my boss wanders over.

"Yeah, well," I mutter.

"I have sent a team to clear them from the lobby and make sure they don't return," he adds, then walks off again.

I wonder if he does that to everyone, or if it's just me? I shake my head and get back to work.

Later

"Home sweet home," I grin to myself.

"Hey," Moony joins me in the hall. "Have a good day?"

"Nah, not really," I admit as I wrap my arms around him. "Reporters kept ambushing me whenever I went to the records office."

He leans into me, sighing happily,

"Yeah, Lily told me they were at the Burrow too, and at James' club."

"It was bound to be leaked sooner or later," I let my hands stray down his back. I scowl slightly, "where's Devlin?"

"He's in the living room playing with his trains," Moony replies. "He probably didn't hear you come in."

"Padfoot!" Devlin bounces over from the living room.

"He has now," I grin. "Hey, Devlin."

He walks over a little nervously, as I am still holding Moony close. I stoop down to pick him up and he beams again.

"Do you want a drink?" Moony asks.

"I'd kill for a coffee," I reply instantly, "but don't worry about it. You go sit down; I'll get the drinks."

He smiles sweetly,

"Thanks, Siri."

Remus' POV

My Mate puts our cub back down, then goes to the kitchen.

I wonder if he knows I only call him Siri when he has just done something to make me fall in love with him all over again?

I know it isn't a big thing, but the fact he doesn't expect me to wait on him when he gets home makes me feel better. I feel less like a househusband and more like an equal in our relationship.

I follow Devlin back into the living room and curl up on the sofa. Devlin scoops up Doggy and brings him over to me.

"Doggy say hi Moony," he tells me.

"Hello, Doggy," I reply and scoop them 'both' onto my lap. "So, Doggy, do you like it here?"

The toy dog's head nods,

"Yes," Devlin tells me. "Doggy likes playing on trains."

"I'm glad," I smile and stroke the head of the toy. I notice that Devlin's sentences are becoming more full.

Sirius walks into the room, while levitating the three drinks,

"Tea for Moony," he gives me mine. "Milk for Devlin, and coffee for me…"

He drops onto the sofa on the other side of Devlin,

"I'm shattered."

I smile over at him,

"Happy to be home, then?"

He laughs,

"Gees, Moony, I'm always happy to be home!"

"Nice home," Devlin agrees.

Devlin wanders off to play on the floor again, so Padfoot shifts closer to me,

"I think Lily wants another kid," he murmurs.

"Of course she does," I reply as I rest against his shoulder. "She always did want two."

"Does she want to have another, or adopt?" he asks.

I laugh,

"How would I know? She doesn't tell me that sort of thing. Ginny probably knows, if you really want to know."

He just smiles,

"I was just thinking about that place in the Ministry. Do you think more kids will come in after the next Full Moon?"

I wince,

"Probably. Some werewolves get spiteful after being treated… the way we are. They let themselves loose over the Moon on purpose."

"Hmm…" Sirius pulls me into a tighter hug.

We sit in silence for a while, then Devlin tells us he is going to get his other train from his room. He runs off up the stairs.

"You do like having him?" my Mate asks very quietly.

I look up at him,

"Are you jealous?"

He laughs,

"Maybe a little, but he doesn't get to do this…" he catches my mouth in a powerful kiss.

I moan happily as we break apart,

"I love having him," I snuggle back against him. "Moony… Moony didn't understand when Prongs and Lily had Harry, but we had no cub…"

"I don't understand," he admits.

"In wolf packs… only the alpha pair normally have cubs. If another pair do, then it would normally be at the same time as the alphas'… In our Pack we are the alpha pair so Moony thought we should, you know, have a cub…" I explain.

"I see," he murmurs. "So if Lily has another, Moony will want to keep up?"

I laugh,

"Maybe, well, probably. But we can't plan our futures around what my alter-ego wants, Sirius."

"We can if you and Moony happen to be in agreement," he replies, with a soft laugh.

"I'll let you know if Moony starts to get broody then, shall I?"

Sirius lets out a snort of laughter,

"Yeah, you do that."

I hear a soft cry from upstairs and jump up quickly. Sirius follows me as we head upstairs.

I find Devlin holding his hand tightly against his chest with tears running down his face.

"Aww, Wolfcub, shh…" I drop down beside him. "What happened? Did you touch the fire?"

He nods unhappily and backs away from me.

"Hey, I can make it better," I tell him. "Come here."

He hesitates, then walks into my arms. I hug him tightly, then get out my wand. I mutter the spell and his hand heals over.

"Hurt," he sniffs.

"I know," I murmur. "That's why I told you not to."

"Sorry," he tries to pull away.

"Hey, you have nothing to be sorry for," Padfoot joins me on his knees. "You got hurt, that isn't really your fault. You just didn't understand. It's ok, you know now."

I feel him relax against me,

"Not in trouble?" he murmurs.

"No, of course not," I reply. "Let's go back down stairs, ok?"

Later, Sirius' POV

"He's asleep," I report as I join my Mate on the sofa.

"Do you want another?" Moony looks over at me, guardedly.

I hesitate,

"I don't know," I reply honestly. "I love Devlin, but I'm not the one who has to look after him all day."

Moony smiles suddenly. I know it makes him pleased whenever I acknowledge that his day is different to mine, but not necessarily easier.

"Why?" I ask. "Does Moony also believe that wolves should have a large litter of cubs?"

He laughs,

"No, I was just wondering. I don't want another right now. I just thought you might… I don't know, I'm just rambling."

"I love you when you ramble!" I grin as he blushes. I pull him against me again, "What's with Wolfcub anyway?"

He laughs,

"I don't know. I guess… I mean, I think of him as our cub. I don't… think, 'oh there's our son', he is our cub. I guess it comes from that. That and I don't want you to give him something terribly… I don't know, like you do with names."

I laugh,

"Hey, I thought up Moony! You can't complain about that!"

"You also thought up Wormtail, and if that isn't a rubbish name I don't know what is," he counters easily.

"Yeah, well, Wormtail deserved it," I tell him.

"You didn't know that at the time," he closes his eyes.

"Moony did," I rest my head against his. "Remember how he would never let him close?"

He nods against my chest but doesn't say anything.

"Hey, are you ok?" I nudge him. "It's a little early for you to be sleeping…"

"I'm comfy…" he replies. "And feeling guilty over the various things that have come up over the day…"

"Oh?"

"I didn't get Devlin his breakfast until after nine, I let him burn himself on the stupid fire and now I should have listen to Moony when he didn't trust Peter."

"Please don't go on a guilt trip, Love," I murmur. "I love you, none of that stuff was your fault. Any of us could have picked up on Moony's behaviour, you can't take all the blame."

"I guess," he replies. "I love you too," he adds.

James' POV

"They've all gone," I report as I rejoin my family.

"What did you do to them?" Lily looks at me suspiciously.

"Where is the trust in this relationship?" I object. "I gave them what they wanted."

"An interview?" Harry glances up from his magazine.

"Yeah," I shrug. "Wasn't hard really, and I let them take some photos."

"What did they want to know?" Lily asks.

"Just how we came back, where Padfoot and Moony are holed up, what I think of the Ministry abusing small children…" I shrug. "You know, the normal."

Lily nods,

"And you actually managed to pacify them?"

I laugh,

"I transformed into Prongs for the pictures and now they are scurrying back to be the first paper out with the story."

Lily laughs,

"You make a very cute stag. Almost makes me want to try it myself."

"Moony would like that," I reply as I pull her over to snuggle.

"What do you think I would be?" she asks.

"A frog," I tell her instantly, then regret it as she jabs me in the ribs.

"Seriously, what do you think I would be?"

"Probably something that eats deer," I tell her.

She laughs,

"But you're so edible!"

"Your son is sitting right here!" Harry objects. "I don't want to know about… that stuff…"

I just laugh,

"Ok, seriously, I can imagine you as… definitely a predator… Maybe a big cat?"

"Tiger Lily," Harry laughs suddenly.

Lily groans as I laugh as well,

"Yeah! You'd be a tiger, Evans."

She shakes her head,

"Fine. Will you teach me?"

"To be an animagus? I'm hardly an expert!"

"You were fifteen!" she exclaims.

"I've been learning," Harry adds.

We both stare at him,

"You have?" Lily asks after a long pause.

"Well, yeah," he looks a little embarrassed. "I rather fancied the idea since year three, but during the tri-wizard I thought about it more. When I started training to be an Auror I thought I'd give it a go. I need to be able to conceal myself anyway."

I laugh,

"Do me a favour? Don't tell Moony. Let it be a surprise!"

Harry nods,

"Sure. I was going to anyway."

I shake my head,

"I wonder what you'll be…"

"Well, everyone keeps telling me how much like you I am, so logically I'll be a stag too."

"You're nothing like James!" Lily exclaims.

We both give her identically bemused looks.

"Well, ok, you are remarkably similar," she concedes, "but you are different. You didn't go through a phase of hexing people, did you Harry?"

He shrugs,

"True."

"Also, you have my temper. James isn't as fiery as we are," she continues. "Though you do have an affinity for rule breaking…"

We both snort with laughter.

"Harry's more like Sirius then," I groan suddenly. "I'll never live it down if you're a dog like him…"

Lily laughs,

"Yes, me an Sirius we always amazed at how lucky we were that Harry looks like he could be yours!"

I groan,

"Lily, please?"

She snuggles up against me,

"Sorry," she's still giggling.

Harry just shakes his head in amusement,

"I'll see you tomorrow, then."

"Goodnight," Lily calls after him.

We sit in silence for a while and I think over what Padfoot told me yesterday.

"What's wrong?" Lily asks.

"Wrong?"

"You went all tense," she replies.

"Sorry, I was just thinking about something Sirius told me."

"Oh? What did the mutt say?"

I snort with laughter,

"He said you were getting all broody after watching Devlin."

She laughs,

"I admit nothing!"

I laugh,

"Yeah, ok, but hypothetically?"

"You mean, if we had a house, and if you promised to do your share of the nappies?"

"Yeah," I grin, "something like that."

"Then yes, I would love another child," she relaxes back against my chest.

"I have been looking at houses," I tell her. "There's a nice one in the Peak District."

"Sounds promising," she smiles. "Tell me in the morning."

Sirius' POV

"He's still sleeping," Moony tells me as he slips into bed beside me.

"That's good," I smile.

He snuggles up beside me as usual,

"Love you."

"Love you, too," I kiss his forehead and run my fingers throw his hair.

He starts to purr happily.

"I remember the first time you did that," I murmur.

"Hmm?" he asks quietly, mid-purr.

"The first time you purred," I reiterate. "It was autumn of year two, the very first time I went out to you after the Moon."

"I remember," he nods, then continues purring.

I don't cease the movements as I talk,

"You had told me not to come, but, being me, I did anyway. You were happy to see me."

"You were the first person to ever comfort me so soon after the Moon," he tells me. "Everyone else left it a few hours…"

"Everyone else was stupid," I cut him off. "You were at your most vulnerable then, and they just left you…"

"Shh…" he murmurs. "Please don't get upset."

"Sorry…" I sigh. "I love you, Moony."

"Hmmm…" he nods in agreement, then starts purring again.

Author Notes:

Heh, new chapter! Uni. clearly isn't giving me enough work to do… Maybe I should get another job… Hmm? Sorry? You want notes on the story? Well, I suppose so…

Miss Anonymous hp- Wolfcub! As requested! Thank you, though, I really couldn't think anything up myself… I'm all named out from suggesting baby names to my cousin…

Volleypickle16- Hey, thank you! As you can see, they aren't yet, but will be!

AffectedMangoO- I am happy that you are happy!

Thanks to everyone else who reviewed. It keeps me happy.

PS. I will now have to think up what animals Lily and Harry will be… I can probably do it myself, but it will take longer! Hint hint… Sniggers evilly.

Thanks again!