Harry felt warm. Not a uncomfortable warmth but a content warmth. Something he had never felt before, like safety. He felt himself waking, and tried hard to stay asleep. He didn't want this feeling to ever go away. But his body and mind refused to stay asleep any longer. Slowly his eyes fluttered open. The first thing he saw was Padfoot. His head laying protectively on his hip. He lightly pet the animagus, not sure how he had come to be there. The next thing he noticed was the body squirming behind him. He turned to see Draco Malfoy of all people. At first he felt a bit of panic. But that quickly subsided when he realized the other boy had been sleeping with his head atop his own. Being comfortable in his presence. What surprised him the most was the arm he and Draco where using as a pillow, and who the arm belonged to. Severus Snape was laying on his side with one arm laying under the two boys heads, and the other laying on Padfoot's back intertwined with another hand. Almost protective of the two boys. He didn't have time comprehend the presence of his loathed potions master, as his eyes traveled from the intwined hands up to the body it belonged too. Professor Lupin. Professor Lupin and Professor Snape were holding hands… sitting on top of Padfoot's back… Harry was even more confused than he had been before. This had to be a dream. A warm chuckle met his ears and he jumped at the sound. He glanced up to see a man smiling down at him. He looked a lot like Sirius. Except healthy. More put together.
"Welcome back to the world of the conscious." The man said as he looked deep into Harry's green eyes. The boy at once felt safe. This man, he had never met before, felt more safe than any adult he had ever met. He looked up confused and the man's smile faltered a bit. "Let me introduce myself. I am Regulus Black… I am your…"
"Dad." Harry said a bit shyly. He then looked around the bed. "Why is everyone here?"
Regulus ran a hand through his son's hair and the boy cuddled up closer to him. That made Regulus's heart sore. "Your Black Family Bond had been suppressed for a long time. Once a Baby is born to the Black family, they are surrounded by other members of the Black family. Allowing the bonds to grow and settle. Allowing us to recognize what those people mean to us. You had a few bonds made as a baby. To me. To Draco. To his mother Narcissa… and to Severus. When the suppressant was taken off you, you needed the closeness of your family to settle the bond. My brother and his mate were a bit of a surprise. My guess is that a bond had been formed when you recognized him as your godfather. And Lupin, when you saw him as a close friend of the man you thought to be your father."
"I'm not a Potter." Harry almost growled. "Why was I raised to that I was?"
At his growl every one else seemed to awaken. He hadn't even noticed that Narcissa had been sleeping in a chair next to the bed till she sat up in a bit of surprise.
"We do not have all the answers, Harry." Severus said as he gently pulled his arm out from the boys' heads. "But once we are all fully awake and had breakfast, we would all like to sit down and talk about the situation we have found ourselves in."
Sirius let out a loud bark and licked at Harry's face, causing the boy to giggle and gently push him away. He then felt hands on either side of his face. In shock he turned to see Sirius back in his human form. He still looked a bit haggard, but was much healthier than he had been a few months prior.
"Merlin, Regulus. He has your eyes. And cheek bones. And your dimple." Sirius said in awe. Sirius then launched himself at his brother. He wrapped him up in a tight embrace, like he was scared to let the other man go. "Don't you ever fake your death again! Oh Merlin's tits I was devastating when I got the news. But you have been alive! This whole time! I should throttle you like I did when we were kids. It is so good to see you baby brother."
Regulus scoffed and pushed his brother away. "You and I have another conversation coming. But right now, all I care about is my son."
Severus cleared his throat. "If I may suggest the mutt and wolf having a diagnostic done on them as well."
"No need." Lucius said as he walked into the room. Put together and looking aristocratic as always. "I took care of all that before I let them set foot in the house. Both compulsioned. Quite a lot I am afraid. The mutt also had his Black bond suppressed. Someone is going to have a lot to answer too by the end of this."
Lupin's face paled. "What where my compulsions for?"
Lucius eyed him a second before clearing his throat. "Loyalty to Dumbledore. Loyalty to the Potters. Disdain towards Tom Riddle, Fenrir Grayback, Severus Snape and the Lestrange brothers. Also a block on your werewolf. There was also a love potions. Being as you are a werewolf, and your wolf could not be restrained all the time, the potion had little effect."
"Who?" Lupin nearly growled.
"The Granger girl." Lucius said with a slight wince.
Harry burst out laughing. Every one turned and looked at him in confusion. "Sorry, it just makes since now. Even though she tried to turn me against you, she always seem infatuated with you. I never understood how she could go from singing your praises to telling me off."
"I think I'm going to be sick." Lupin said as Sirius rubbed his back. "Do we even want to know Sirius's."
Lucius thought about it for a moment. "Not unless we want a horde of Blacks on a rampage through Hogwarts."
Each Black in the room seemed to consider the pros and cons of his words and he quickly sighed. "Lets all just get cleaned up and to breakfast. That is, if the four red heads already at the table have left us anything."
Harry perked up at that. "Bill, Charlie and the twins are here?"
At Lucius's slight nod, he quickly got out of bed. Stumbling over the multitude of people in the bed, then froze once his feet hit the floor. He looked back at them, seeming to be a bit embarrassed. "Um, bathroom? I also don't have clothes here."
Regulus chuckled. "After our talk we will go buy you new clothes."
Draco groaned and got out of bed. He was not a morning person, and realizing he had shared his bed with most of his family had him on edge. "Come on Harry. I'll show you. And you can borrow some of my robes."
When the boys where in the bathroom, door fully closed, Severus cleared his throat. "Regulus, we may want to bring your husband…"
"No." Regulus growled.
Severus sighed. "There is no killing curse on his scan. Regulus, we need him to tell us what happened that night. And… I think it would be good for the boy to know. He doesn't seem to do well when things are kept from him."
"He has had that his whole life." Draco said as he came back into the room. "How would you feel?"
The room fell silent and Draco sighed. "Just because we weren't friends, doesn't mean I didn't watch him. I probably picked up on more than his so-called friends did."
Severus raised an eyebrow at his blonde headed Godson. "Explain."
Draco shrugged as he went to his closet to try and find something for Harry to wear. "Well… the whole first year could have been avoided. He went looking for information because no one else gave him anything other than stay out of it. It wasn't his place. He was too young to know. He didn't go to get glory like most thought. We went because the adults in his life alienated themselves to him. He didn't trust them. And he really hasn't since. Well… except for Sev. Even though you hated him. Never understood that one. He trusted you more than the rest of the teachers."
Severus pinched the bridge of his nose. "Because the brat knew I would save him."
Draco just shrugged again. "Second year, he already didn't trust the teachers. And practically the whole school turned in him after the whole talking to snakes thing happened. He pretty much much kept everything to himself after that. Then last year he was told a mad man was on the loose. No one ever told him who Sirius was to him. Or the story. So he didn't see reason to be cautious. If people would have just told him the situation, all three years could have been avoided."
"You noticed all this by just watching him?" Severus asked with a raised eyebrow. Draco blushed a bit.
"I think Harry and I are soul brothers." Draco said quietly. He was a bit nervous saying the words out loud. There hadn't been a case of soul brothers in centuries. When no one answered him, he turned to look at the adults on the bed.
"It would explain how close you two got in such a small amount of time. Even before the compulsions had been taken off. Or how obsessed the both of you had been with the other." Narcissa said with a knowing smirk. "I am guessing once the compulsions had been taken off, you started to get a backlash of emotions from him?"
Draco blushed and nodded too. "Visions too."
"The soul bond is probably stronger with the Black bond." Narcissa said as she got to her feet and kissed Draco on the top of his head. "I always had my suspension after he was born. You always knew what he needed before we did."
"But a soul brother bond?" Lucius said in a bit of shock. "For something like that to happen… usually all for parents had to already have a deep connection."
Narcissa smiled at him. "Regulus and I are closely connected by the Black bond. And don't think we don't know about your connection to Tom before you and I were forced to wed. I know very well that you could have easily been Harry's father."
Regulus snickered. "Lucius Malfoy… a bottom. I am surprisingly not surprised."
Lucius glared at him. "Of course you wouldn't be."
Regulus held up his hands but couldn't help but smile at the blonde man, and the blush that quickly took over his face. "Oh but wasn't it fun."
"Uh, gross. I really don't need to know my dad's sexual history. Next thing you'll tell me is he has slept with everyone in this room." Draco gagged but froze when the room became silent. "Seriously Father."
Lucius rolled his eyes. "I liked to explore my sexuality in Hogwarts. I knew I was going to have to marry your mother. There was no way around the damned contract. And to put the facts straight…. I never touched Severus."
Severus nodded. "I would have hexes his dick off."
"He tried once." Regulus said with a chuckle.
"I just heard he had slept with Potter. Who was caught by Lilly." Severus said as if it meant nothing. "Of course I was angry to see my best friend cry."
Draco looked around the room again. "Are all of you gay then?"
"I am." Lucius said proudly.
Severus rolled his eyes. "As am I."
"Bisexual." Regulus and Sirius said together.
"Definitely gay." Remus said with a nod.
"The only straight Black." Narcissa said with a knowing smirk at her son.
Draco huffed. "Good to know Harry and I have such good sex crazed roll models. How where we not accidentally born before is beyond me at this point… no that was rhetorical. I've had the talk. I'm just going to hold this all over your heads when I or Harry become sexually active. One word of grief and I'll start reminding you all of your Hogwarts sexapaids."
Draco walked into the bathroom and the adults all started to laugh. Sirius turned to Lupin and wiggled his eyebrows at him. "Had a bit of a Slytherin kink in Hogwarts I see."
Lupin growled at him. "Two Slytherins does not count as a kink Mr ropes and whips."
The rest of the room hooted with laughter as Sirius turned red. "Wait… two…. I knew about Lucius…. But.."
Sirius looked up at his lover and watched as his face pales. He glanced over at some one else in the room and Sirius followed his line of sight. He smiled wickedly at who his eyes landed upon. "Oh really now. Was this before or after me Severus?"
The man in question tried to not blush under Sirius's sharp gaze. "Shortly after."
Sirius gave out a bark of a laugh then kissed Lupin. "Interesting indeed. Oh to be back in Hogwarts again when hormones ran high."
Lucius rolled his eyes. "Yes well, now that my son knows of my… sexapaids… We do still have four Weasleys waiting for us. May I suggest we all start heading down."
Lucius left the room along with Severus and Narcissa. Regulus wasn't ready to be far from his son. And he had a feeling Sirius wasn't done with the previous conversation.
"Soo… Lucius huh?" Sirius said with a waggle of his eyebrows.
Regulus rolled his eyes. "It was one if his attempts to get the contract changed. I was a Black. The right sex. Approved by his father. Mom wouldn't allow it. She threatened some pretty nasty hexes. Went through with a couple of them. And that is when Tom made his first appearance. He got me out of the house. No one other than Tom, Lucius, and Severus knew I was no longer living at home. Long story short. Tom started to court me. I refused, knowing the history he had with Lucius. I thought I was just what he was settling for. Eventually he explained that Lucius and he were nothing more than getting the frustrations out. And he was taken by me. Or some romantic words he spewed at me. The romantic words worked. When I found out I was pregnant… Tom faked my death. Put me in hiding and we got married. Even after our son was taken… he still tries. Thats how I know he had loved me, and still does. He hasn't given up on me yet. Even after almost destroying his manor and throwing hexes at him that would make our mother proud."
Sirius took it all in and sighed. "He never went missing that night, did he? He has been held up with you for all these years?" Regulus nodded. "Harry's other father is Voldimort.. isn't it."
Regulus glared at his brother. "He doesn't go by that stupid name any more. He did when he was young and naïve. But he tried to kill off the name as he got older. It was Dumbledore that made the name something to be feared. Half of the things my husband had been accused of are false. He was more political, not the raging maniac Dumbledore portrays him as."
An: So I have a busy schedule at work. One that I practically live there and my coworkers forget what shift I was actually hired for. Any way. I have four days off after a 10 day stretch.So this is a bit more of a developing possible relationship and a bit more of the manipulations they had all been through. I am hoping to put more humor into it. This will have the drama and the tragedy. But it will definitely have humor. Hope you enjoy. Also the last couple chapters are back to being skimmed through, edited lightly and definitely not beta checked. I apologize for the atrocious spelling and grammar. But unfortunately it will most likely continue. Once again apologies.
