I don't own Harry Potter, I just like to entertain myself a bit with its wonderful characters. I am not a native English speaker, so I am sorry for any mistakes in the translation as this is a story originally in Spanish.
Special thanks to NinjaDevil2000 and Jetainia for betaing this chapter, thanks for your wonderful work.
THE ADVENTURES OF SEVUS
Hermione walked with little Aidan on her hip, with his half-asleep head tucked into the hollow of her neck while he sucked on his thumb. Severus had left very early in the morning as it was an ingredient gathering day due to the full moonlight.
"Sevy, baby, today we will come up with something special for dad," Hermione spoke in the ear of her fluffy-haired son. "Tomorrow is a day that in the muggle world we normally celebrate as Father's Day and we must do something special for that wonderful daddy that you have."
"Daddy?" Aidan said, raising his head and looking around.
Aidan had been with them for almost a year and although he deeply loved his mother—who was the only one who referred to him as Sevy—it was quite obvious that he was a daddy's boy. Severus was the first Aidan would run to when he got hurt or the one to turn to when he wanted some candy before dinner.
"Dad is working, love, remember? He went out very early to collect ingredients," she said as she put him in his high chair.
"Ingredients! For potions, Daddy makes potions," Aidan said with a nod. "I make them in my lab, too." He continued to refer to the small corner dedicated only to him in the large laboratory of Severus' where his children's potion kit was.
"Of course, my smart boy," Hermione replied, putting a bowl of cereal in front of him.
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After breakfast Hermione changed her son, put his shoes on and took him by the hand, ready for a quick trip to the store.
"What should we buy for Dad, darling?" She asked Aidan as they walked down the street.
"Ingredients, Mum, so he wouldn't have to leave in the morning and he would play with me," he replied seriously. He had become more fluent when speaking each time.
"You don't like spending the morning with Mum?" said Hermione, pretending to pout "And I wanted to buy an ice cream for my dearest son."
"I'm your only son, Mum!" he answered logically. "I love you, Mum and Daddy, I want to be with both of you always," He expressed while hugging her leg. Of course Severus was 'daddy', while she was just 'mum' "I like cocholate ice cream hit with sprinkles."
"Chocolate, baby," his mother corrected him patiently as they entered a large department store.
"I said that!" he replied indignantly with a frown.
"Of course, my life," Hermione agreed, stroking his hair. "You are identical to your dad, you are never wrong!"
"Yes! I Sevus just like dad." Aidan smiled.
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They searched for hours while Hermione did not get anything special enough for such an important day as it was the first Fathers Day, the store was full of generic gifts, colorful ties which even as a rag in the laboratory Severus would not wear, key chains and cards.
She managed to buy a few things for a special roast chicken dinner to which her husband was addicted, but nothing to deliver wrapped and Aidan was already getting impatient and wanting to be carried. In the end she bought a fancy frame where she planned to put a photo of Aidan in. It wasn't terribly unique but time was running out and she wanted to be home before Severus would arrive and suspect anything.
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Aidan played with a small train in the living room while Hermione finished dinner, her husband had arrived in the middle of the afternoon completely exhausted and had done nothing but kiss his wife and son, take a shower and go to take a nap.
The little boy had orders not to wake his father, so he looked around the kitchen making sure that his mother was concentrating on what she was doing. He sneaked up as much as a small child could up the stairs. Walking down the hall, he quickly reached his parents' room, Dad lay on the bed with his mouth open. Aidan really wanted to spend time with him so he started tickling the soles of his dad's feet sticking out of bed. Severus just grunted a little and shuffled his feet. Frustrated, Aidan clambered onto the bed.
"Daddy?" He asked softly so that his mother would not hear him, while he tapped the man's cheeks."Wake up Dad, it's time to open your eyes ..."
Saying this, he began to open his father's eyelids, forcing him to wake up.
"Mmm." Severus abruptly woke up, moving his face away from the little brat's reach. "Aidan, Dad is tired..." he said, squeezing his eyes.
"It's not yet time to sleep daddy... You're old, your bedtime is after me..." Aidan expressed, riding on his father's torso and taking his breath. "You have to be awake to read me," the boy affirmed, putting a hand on each cheek and sticking his forehead to his father's.
"Aidan Severus! I told you not to wake your dad," Hermione scolded as she entered the room.
"He was awake!" The boy argued, raising his head. "Dad didn't want to be alone, right, Daddy? You had your eyes open right?" Aidan asked now, lying completely on his father, moving as if it were a bed and not a human body needing to breathe.
Severus just wrapped his arms around the little manipulator while shrugging. He couldn't be annoyed with his little one just because he wanted to spend time with him.
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Aidan played in his room after dinner while his Dad had entered his laboratory to order and classify what he brought from his expedition of the day. His mother was at the door, watching him quietly.
He had a toy cauldron, a spoon and a teddy bear near him . He frowned slightly as he "waved" the imaginary mix.
"This needs slimy eyes..." he murmured, stroking his chin. "The color is not right, it is red like the sky..."
"Sevus!" Aidan exclaimed, seeing the bear that was resting next to him. "Daddy is working! This potion is very volatile and can explode."
He picked up the bear and took it to a corner of the room where there was a small seat without realizing that his mother barely contained her laughter from the door.
"You are grounded! For a long long time," he said, "sitting" the bear in the small chair. "Stay there and take time to think, Sevus."
After "grounding" his bear / son, he walked to the cauldron with his hands behind his back and then added small toys, a shoe, a ball and then mixed.
"It already has the correct consistency, see Sevus?" He said, raising the spoon with his "potion" to his obedient son, still punished. "This is cold, I'm going to keep it."
The boy looked for a small bottle of cream from his shelf, opened it and proceeded to simulate pouring the potion into the container.
He grabbed a crayon from the nearby toy chest and scribbled on the container. "Don't fool around with dad's pen, Sevus" the child scolded the bear with a frown again, "it's for work"
With great care he ended his day by putting the bottle on the shelf again. After that was done, he walked back to the bear.
"Done, Sevus," he said, taking it in his arms and giving it a kiss on the plush head. "I love you, so no more punishment. Be good."
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That memory in a small glass bottle, a portrait of Aidan holding "Sevus" and a really elaborate dinner was the way in which this little family celebrated Severus for the first time in the important role of father that he held.
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Hello everyone, I know that the delay is long and the chapter is a little out of season but it was written a few months ago. The reason is that I started writing the chapter the days before Father's Day since I received an inspiration at the moment. I planned to mount it on Father's Day at night after absorbing the vibes of that day ... however my grandfather from all the days of the world passed away that day I have been very sad and the truth is that the day itself was impossible to write is still a bit difficult ... that's why the abrupt end.
I hope you are all safe and well, the only thing lucky about this situation that we live in worldwide I suppose is that I may publish more often wanting to lose myself between fics so any suggestion or opinion will be welcome. Aidan grew a bit from the previous chapter but it was necessary to fit the timeline…