Chapter 5: Settling in
Severus set aside the pile of essays he was marking, opting to take Emrys lunch upstairs for him; he did need to eat after all. He first decided to check on Sean, and found him in the family room playing video games.
"Hey dad!" Sean smiled brightly.
"I'll be upstairs for a bit, help yourself to a snack if you get hungry, which I daresay knowing you, you will." Severus then grabbed the sandwich and soup that had been prepared for Emrys and took it upstairs for him. He found Emrys sitting on the bed awake when he came up, giving Severus another timid smile.
"Emrys, I've brought you up so lunch, hungry?" he asked.
"I get lunch?" Emrys asked surprised.
"Of course you get lunch!" Severus resolved to stop by the Dursley's to give them some 'proper' punishment. He took a seat next to Emrys setting down the tray between himself and Emrys. "Go on eat some of it, you desperately need to put on a bit of weight!" Severus told his son.
"Okay, thanks, ummm dad" Emrys quietly answered, picking up his sandwich.
Severus smiled encouragingly to Emrys, "How would you like me to read you a story?" he asked.
Emrys gave a bright smile, "Sure!"
Severus then went over to the bookcase, which only held a few books, as Severus had not known what his son would like. "How's say...Mystery at Lake Placid? It's about a hockey team that goes to a hockey tournament, but someone seems to be sabotaging their equipment, I'm sure you'd like it" Severus said brightly.
"Sure, it doesn't really matter to me..." Emrys answered shyly.
And with that Severus dove into the book, entrancing Emrys in the world of hockey and mystery.
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'knock''knock' Sean interrupted the two that evening, Severus and Emrys had been so entranced in the novel that Severus had completely forgotten to fix dinner for the three.
"I'm sorry Sean, you remember this book?" Severus asked Sean.
"How could I forget" Sean rolled his eyes, he could not understand his father's strange love of sports as well as reading, which in Sean's opinion was completely boring.
"Well Sean, Emrys how would you like to order pizza for dinner?" Severus asked, at least Emrys needed the greasy food, perhaps it would help him put on a few pounds.
"Ya!" Sean answered, as if for both of them.
"Okay, I'll go out and pick some up, Sean why don't you show Emrys some of your video games?"
"Okay dad, get extra extra cheese!"
"I'll head out then, Sean take it easy, Emrys is still technically on bed rest."
"Sure thing dad, come on Emrys." And with that Sean and Emrys headed of down to the family room, all the way Sean talking about his favorite games.
Severus gave a slight shake of his head, glad the two seemed to be getting along. Until he notice the tray, it seemed that while he was reading to Emrys, the boy had only eaten a bite out of the sandwich, and had not touched the soup. He hoped for Emrys sake that the boy would eat some dinner. He grabbed his coat and headed out to pick up the pizza.
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"Emrys?" Sean asked turning to his brother once his father had left.
"Uh huh.."
"Want some cookies?" he asked.
Emrys gave a shake of his head answering, "no thanks."
"Well I'm going to have some, be right back" Sean came back with a plateful of cookies, "Why don't we watch T.V?" Sean asked.
"If you want" Emrys answered as though he was afraid of Sean.
Sean grabbed the remote and switched through the channels eating his cookies rather quickly, Emrys just stared in awe at the T.V he had really seen T.V and it was a rather new experience.
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"Sean, Emrys, go wash up for dinner..." Severus shouted as he walked through the door holding two pizza boxes.
Sean raced into the bathroom, leaving Emrys standing in the family room, Emrys timidly walked in the direction Sean went hoping he would find the bathroom.
As all three sat down for dinner, Severus then served both boys a slice of cheesy,gooey pepperoni pizza, giving himself two slices. Sean needing no further encouragement dove right in, while Emrys awkwardly picked his piece up, losing the top. Severus snorted at Emrys luck and began to slice Emrys pizza into little squares telling him, "Emrys you barely had lunch, I want you to have all that pizza eaten!". Meanwhile Sean was already starting on his third slice. Towards the end of dinner, Emrys had slowly but surely eaten all his pizza and promptly looked like he was going to be sick while Severus was instigating conversation. Seeing Emrys's yawn he told him, "Emrys, you've only just been healed, I think and early bed would do you some good.", Emrys nodded timedly at his father. At this point Sean was already on his sixth piece of pizza as Severus had not been watching just how much his older son ate. Severus then stretched and pointed his wand at the table, muttering an incantation, then telling Sean, "I'm going to help Emry's wash up."
Severus waited while Emry's used the washroom and brushed his teeth before helping him into bed, snorting as Emrys promptly fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
Walking back downstairs, Severus decided on taking a swim in the in ground pool he'd had installed the year before. Noticing Sean once again sitting and playing those blasted video games he persuaded Sean to come with him. They both changed into swimsuits, Severus noted as they walked outside that Sean was getting a little too chubby, hell, he was practically bursting out of his swim trunks. Severus had not realized how, well chubby almost fat Sean had gotten, his stomach was soft and flabbly looking and he had little rolls of fat spilling over the sides of his swim trunks and his tummy was hanging almost an inch over the trunks as well, even his chest had gotten soft, a sharp contrast to a few months ago! He could tell that Sean at least needed new swim trunks and judging by them must need a new wardrobe as well, he needed to think of some physical activities he could enroll Sean in.
"Well Sean, how about tommorow, we go out and buy you and Emrys new wardrobes, Emrys defidently needs it, as well as many other things, and you seem to have put on a few pounds." "Sure dad, it's not like I'm fat or anything!" Sean said somewhat defensively. "I know Sean, but you know, some more physical activity, and less snacking would do you some good." "Whatever dad" and with that Sean cannonballed into the pool.
Both did have a relaxing swim, although Sean mostly floated around in an inner tube, Severus swam laps, as he is the type of person that is very active, his body reflected it, as although he had a slim build he had well toned muscles.
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shopping trip the next day? Read + Review, thx.
Severus set aside the pile of essays he was marking, opting to take Emrys lunch upstairs for him; he did need to eat after all. He first decided to check on Sean, and found him in the family room playing video games.
"Hey dad!" Sean smiled brightly.
"I'll be upstairs for a bit, help yourself to a snack if you get hungry, which I daresay knowing you, you will." Severus then grabbed the sandwich and soup that had been prepared for Emrys and took it upstairs for him. He found Emrys sitting on the bed awake when he came up, giving Severus another timid smile.
"Emrys, I've brought you up so lunch, hungry?" he asked.
"I get lunch?" Emrys asked surprised.
"Of course you get lunch!" Severus resolved to stop by the Dursley's to give them some 'proper' punishment. He took a seat next to Emrys setting down the tray between himself and Emrys. "Go on eat some of it, you desperately need to put on a bit of weight!" Severus told his son.
"Okay, thanks, ummm dad" Emrys quietly answered, picking up his sandwich.
Severus smiled encouragingly to Emrys, "How would you like me to read you a story?" he asked.
Emrys gave a bright smile, "Sure!"
Severus then went over to the bookcase, which only held a few books, as Severus had not known what his son would like. "How's say...Mystery at Lake Placid? It's about a hockey team that goes to a hockey tournament, but someone seems to be sabotaging their equipment, I'm sure you'd like it" Severus said brightly.
"Sure, it doesn't really matter to me..." Emrys answered shyly.
And with that Severus dove into the book, entrancing Emrys in the world of hockey and mystery.
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'knock''knock' Sean interrupted the two that evening, Severus and Emrys had been so entranced in the novel that Severus had completely forgotten to fix dinner for the three.
"I'm sorry Sean, you remember this book?" Severus asked Sean.
"How could I forget" Sean rolled his eyes, he could not understand his father's strange love of sports as well as reading, which in Sean's opinion was completely boring.
"Well Sean, Emrys how would you like to order pizza for dinner?" Severus asked, at least Emrys needed the greasy food, perhaps it would help him put on a few pounds.
"Ya!" Sean answered, as if for both of them.
"Okay, I'll go out and pick some up, Sean why don't you show Emrys some of your video games?"
"Okay dad, get extra extra cheese!"
"I'll head out then, Sean take it easy, Emrys is still technically on bed rest."
"Sure thing dad, come on Emrys." And with that Sean and Emrys headed of down to the family room, all the way Sean talking about his favorite games.
Severus gave a slight shake of his head, glad the two seemed to be getting along. Until he notice the tray, it seemed that while he was reading to Emrys, the boy had only eaten a bite out of the sandwich, and had not touched the soup. He hoped for Emrys sake that the boy would eat some dinner. He grabbed his coat and headed out to pick up the pizza.
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"Emrys?" Sean asked turning to his brother once his father had left.
"Uh huh.."
"Want some cookies?" he asked.
Emrys gave a shake of his head answering, "no thanks."
"Well I'm going to have some, be right back" Sean came back with a plateful of cookies, "Why don't we watch T.V?" Sean asked.
"If you want" Emrys answered as though he was afraid of Sean.
Sean grabbed the remote and switched through the channels eating his cookies rather quickly, Emrys just stared in awe at the T.V he had really seen T.V and it was a rather new experience.
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"Sean, Emrys, go wash up for dinner..." Severus shouted as he walked through the door holding two pizza boxes.
Sean raced into the bathroom, leaving Emrys standing in the family room, Emrys timidly walked in the direction Sean went hoping he would find the bathroom.
As all three sat down for dinner, Severus then served both boys a slice of cheesy,gooey pepperoni pizza, giving himself two slices. Sean needing no further encouragement dove right in, while Emrys awkwardly picked his piece up, losing the top. Severus snorted at Emrys luck and began to slice Emrys pizza into little squares telling him, "Emrys you barely had lunch, I want you to have all that pizza eaten!". Meanwhile Sean was already starting on his third slice. Towards the end of dinner, Emrys had slowly but surely eaten all his pizza and promptly looked like he was going to be sick while Severus was instigating conversation. Seeing Emrys's yawn he told him, "Emrys, you've only just been healed, I think and early bed would do you some good.", Emrys nodded timedly at his father. At this point Sean was already on his sixth piece of pizza as Severus had not been watching just how much his older son ate. Severus then stretched and pointed his wand at the table, muttering an incantation, then telling Sean, "I'm going to help Emry's wash up."
Severus waited while Emry's used the washroom and brushed his teeth before helping him into bed, snorting as Emrys promptly fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
Walking back downstairs, Severus decided on taking a swim in the in ground pool he'd had installed the year before. Noticing Sean once again sitting and playing those blasted video games he persuaded Sean to come with him. They both changed into swimsuits, Severus noted as they walked outside that Sean was getting a little too chubby, hell, he was practically bursting out of his swim trunks. Severus had not realized how, well chubby almost fat Sean had gotten, his stomach was soft and flabbly looking and he had little rolls of fat spilling over the sides of his swim trunks and his tummy was hanging almost an inch over the trunks as well, even his chest had gotten soft, a sharp contrast to a few months ago! He could tell that Sean at least needed new swim trunks and judging by them must need a new wardrobe as well, he needed to think of some physical activities he could enroll Sean in.
"Well Sean, how about tommorow, we go out and buy you and Emrys new wardrobes, Emrys defidently needs it, as well as many other things, and you seem to have put on a few pounds." "Sure dad, it's not like I'm fat or anything!" Sean said somewhat defensively. "I know Sean, but you know, some more physical activity, and less snacking would do you some good." "Whatever dad" and with that Sean cannonballed into the pool.
Both did have a relaxing swim, although Sean mostly floated around in an inner tube, Severus swam laps, as he is the type of person that is very active, his body reflected it, as although he had a slim build he had well toned muscles.
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Anyways hope you liked, I know, haden't updated in a while, I'm thinking of updating chapters about this long every few days...anyways...any ideas for the
shopping trip the next day? Read + Review, thx.