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The letter Scorpius received from his father two days after the birth of his twin siblings had been intense. Scorpius couldn't tell how his father felt about the news he'd dropped on his son at all. He himself didn't quite know what to feel, all he knew was he wanted to be at home, he wanted was to be with his family. Thankfully his father felt the same and so, following his instructions, Scorpius had rounded up his siblings from various classes throughout Hogwarts, broke the news to them, and had sent them to pack their things.
Julius and Hugo had both seemed troubled, Rose was predictably inappropriate, immediately condemning their mother for, as she put it, failing at the simple task of creating a child.
Scorpius had ignored her and ordered her to be at the train platform promptly at seven that evening. His father had already contacted the Headmistress, and McGonagall had given them a week off, so they could go home.
Leaving Teddy behind, right when he needed his boyfriend with him, that part sucked. His lover had been furious when denied accompanying them, his grades too low to warrant time away from class for a family matter not directly related to him, according to McGonagall. He dutifully helped Scorpius pack though, and walked to the train platform with them.
His brothers were quiet, sitting on their trunks, waiting for the train, his sister was nowhere to be seen and the clock was fast approaching seven.
"Your mums going to be fine." Teddy murmured to his boyfriend, pulling him into a tight hug. "And there's nothing wrong with being different, you know that."
"I know." Scorpius hugged him back ferociously, holding him as close as he could. He breathed in the scent of his hoodie, his cologne, and ran a hand through his fluffy blue hair. "How am I supposed to support my parents without you there to support me?"
"Because you're a big tough Slytherin, that's how." Teddy squeezed him tight and then stepped away, right as the incoming train whistled in the distance. "I'll call you, we can have nasty phone sex." He flashed his gorgeous grin at Scorpius and jumped down off the platform.
"You better." Scorpius called after him as he jogged back up the hill toward Hogwarts, his heart tightening painfully as he watched him go.
Good god was he hopelessly in love.
Rose's arrival coincided with the train almost exactly. She was fully made up and wearing a skirt and heels even though Spring had barely begun and there were still small patches of snow under tree's.
Scorpius had noticed his step-sisters decline in weight recently, but he had found himself having trouble caring. He kept finding notes in the school bathrooms, recognizably written in Rose's handwriting, spreading gross rumours about him and half of the girls and boys at the school.
They were harmless enough, people rarely bothered the slender blonde now that he had Teddy protecting him. It was more the fact that she felt the ned to say/write such things about him, when they were supposed to be family, that really enraged him. He ignored her at all costs, separating himself from her completely at school. It was only in situations like this one, where he had to include her, that he spoke to her at all.
"You're late." He said reproachfully to her as they boarded the train.
"I'm on the train, aren't I? If I was late, you would have already left." Rose snapped back, pulling out her iPhone. She stalked away from Scorpius and avoided the compartment her younger rothers had chosen and settled herself into one of her own, choosing to lounge across an entire seat. She finally had access to social media, no that they were away from the dead zone known as Hogwarts, and was immediately occupied with catching up on everything she'd missed.
Scorpius settled in with his brothers, both of whom were looking pale and scared.
"Guys, mums going to be fine, and this isn't even awful news, you both look like someone's died." Scorpius tried to assure them they had very little to worry about. "It's exciting to have a new baby brother and sister, isn't it?"
"But she'll be retarded, right?" Hugo asked, looking half ashamed, half curious.
"Of course not, she'll just be more like a child than a grown up when she's our age." Scorpius floundered a little, he himself not that knowledgeable on the subject of Down Syndrome. "But she'll be our little sister and we'll look after her."
Hugo looked reassured, and fell asleep soon after that, resting his head on his older brothers shoulder and snoring softly. Julius continued to look dismal, but refrained from saying anything, choosing to read for the duration of their journey.
Scorpius spent the journey trying not to overthink anything, and already missing Teddy. Their grandmother, Narcissa, met them at Kings Cross and drove them in their parent's car, first to get some dinner, and then to their home.
It was late when they arrived, the house was dark, and Narcissa encouraged them all to be quiet. She sent them all to bed, promising the younger ones that they would see their parents in the morning. She gave Scorpius a hug and then left, assuring him that she was just a phone call away if he needed her.
Scorpius made sure his brothers were in bed, noting Rose's locked door, and went to check on his other siblings who were too young for Hogwarts, so he hadn't seen them in months.
Surprisingly, they were all asleep, and looked peaceful. He hovered outside of his parent's door for a few minutes, unsure, before opening it and peeking inside. Their curtains were open, bathing the room in moonlight, it was almost full, and giving his family an ethereal glow.
His father was face down in his pillow, just as Scorpius himself slept, one arm hanging off the bed, the other across the side of his mother's waist, above the bandage around her lower abdomen. His mother was on her side, hands and feet buried in her husband's side. Scorpius padded over to them and pulled their blankets up higher, careful not to wake them.
At the foot of the bed stood two cribs, both ones used by older siblings. Scorpius peered into both, smiling in the moonlight as he gazed at the tiny faces of his baby brother and sister. They were adorable beyond compare, both spattered with their mother's freckles and all bundled up in matching green woollen blankets.
Satisfied that all was right in the house Scorpius tip toed back to his own room, disheartened to sleep alone in his bed without Teddy, but fully certain he was where he was meant to be.