Chapter 11: baby brother
Lucius was anxious, he was upset when he was told what had happened to his son, and definitely irate that Albus had not even called. If his brother had not contacted them, they wouldn't even know till they went to pick him up Sunday. By that time Albus likely assumed he would have Harry convinced they did not care, and he would not want to come home. Of course their son knew how much they loved him, and he was not surprised Sirius spent the night, for Lucius' canal was not forming internally even. It would be a few days before the baby came, and hopefully now, Harry would come.
Harry was finally brought through the floo by Sirius, Draco following with Johnny, and his Uncles and Lyra bringing up the anchor. Harry was conscious, but he was heavily bandaged as well, and he was looking really pale.
Lucius sunk down on the bed when his son was tucked in. "How are you Prince?"
Harry tried to smile a bit. "Okay father."
Lucius shot his husband a look, asking why Harry had not been given a potion for the pain; it was obvious he was in some. Sirius reminded his husband with a look that Harry was never one for potions; he was stubborn as a mule, even when he was a baby. They managed to sneak some into breakfast, Poppy usually not forcing it but Harry was in bad shape, and he was going to be in more discomfort traveling. Harry had eaten little of the food though; he had barely slept the night before, from dreams so bad they woke him up even with a sleeping potion.
They knew he had been looking forward to this; it was the first time he could even come stay over night. It seemed odd, they had taken him on holidays for weeks at a time, but they had always been away, and Harry hadn't spent a night here since he was a baby.
Harry looked around the room."This is my room?"
Sirius nodded. "We wanted to make sure it was ready when you finally came home. This wasn't the homecoming we were hoping to give you."
Harry knew they felt guilt, as did his brother and Uncles, but they never should. The only ones to blame for him in this bed were Ron and Albus; he wouldn't blame Hagrid for it, even if it had been his dragon. He had been convinced by the headmaster to take the egg and see if they could raise a dragon for the school, and Harry knew he would never mean to. Hagrid had too good of a heart, and it made him far too easy to corrupt, and get to do what you wanted him to do.
Lucius got a full run down of what happened, and he was irate, that child should have been expelled for what he had done. Severus quietly reminded him Hagrid would have been fired and possibly arrested for it, and Harry hadn't wanted it to happen to the man.
Lucius knew his son had a good heart. "I will make sure he has detentions every weekend until the end of the year. My position does have some perks to it."
Severus smiled."He has been forced to stay at school for the holiday and will spend all week to clean it up."
He had been ordered to help in the muggle way to clean it up, and since Hagrid would be rebuilding his own hut, to help as well. He would not be allowed his wand, and when the week was done, he would not even want to lift a fork again. Severus agreed though that the boy had got off way too easy, and he would definitely not protest if he got to have the brat clean cauldrons for a few weekends.
Draco plopped down."You know I think you did this just to make me change the diapers when our brother comes."
Harry managed a small laugh at that."No. You know dad was already threatened with diapers for two months."
Laughing Sirius reminded the boys not to remind their father, it had been upped to six months, since the last time they were with the boys. Sirius loved his husband and was doing the best he could, but he had been known to stick his foot in his mouth more then once. They were still joking when some lunch came and Harry looked at the food, even though soup was brought for him, like he would be sick.
Severus saw Harry would once again protest a potion and quietly said."Your father is worried sick about you. Take it for him, and for your baby brother."
Harry looked at his father and nodded."I don't need one, but I don't want to worry him."
The fact he was lying about the pain was more then evident, when his muscles relaxed, and you could see the tension ease from his body. Harry was convinced to eat and eventually he drifted off to sleep, they hoping he would actually get some real rest.
Sirius led his husband from the room. "He isn't the only one who needs some rest. I am putting you down for a nap while our son is."
Tuesday morning Lucius had gone into labour finally, Harry doing much better, though still a bit slow. Being home and having his family around him, was much better then at the school, where Albus was always hovering, along with hating the infirmary. The boys were down playing some chess, not able to fly or ride, well Harry couldn't and his brother wouldn't do it without him. Johnny had kept them plenty busy though, Remus happy for two sets of extra hands.
It was late afternoon when the family came into the bedroom, to see the newest member. Lucius liked the idea of having him at home, not in some cold hospital, and having to wait to be told he could come home, and Sirius more then agreed. The two dads sat proud in bed, Sirius cradling his son in his arms.
Lucius motioned the boys to come into the room. "Come and see your little brother."
Harry smiled down at the baby in Draco's arms."He is definitely a Malfoy."
Sirius reached and squeezed Harry's hand, reminding him just because he did not have platinum hair and aristocratic features, he was no less a Malfoy. The couple had taken years to get here, and the loss of one baby, but they were blessed. The new one was the only son by blood of both, but all three boys were equally their sons.
Remus smiled when he was handed his new godson."You know you make pretty cute babies, you may have to have a girl soon."
Severus laughed. "Good luck to any female Malfoy, trying to date. With three older brothers, the men would soon be running in the other direction."
All talk of any girls was cut off from Lucius who reminded them he had just spent ten hours in labour, and wouldn't be talking babies for some time. They were talking a fourth, but boy or girl four was it, to give this little one a sibling closer in age, but such talk would wait for later.
Remus looked down at the baby. "What name have you guys chosen?"
Lucius did the honours. "The boys helped us choose their little brother's name. This little guy is our little Adrian Sirius Malfoy"
It was a Malfoy tradition to take a name from Roman culture so they took the English version of Hadrian, as a link to Harry. Sirius was chosen not only for his proud daddy but a link to Draco as well, since it was a star and Draco's name was a constellation.
Author note: Adrian (Latin) derived from Emperor Hadrian, to honour Malfoys but a link to Harry for Potter names come for British history, and there is the famous Hadrian's Wall in the UK Sirius (Latin) Dog Star, named for his daddy but also an honour to Draco