A.N May contain triggers!
Chapter Seventeen
Harry smiled as he rubbed the small chest underneath his hand, his eyes looking up to meet Lucius' across the bed his hand resting on Maddock's chest, the grin that he had been wearing since the twins were born five days ago still present. His silver blue eyes were glowing with happiness, and he had barely been able to take his eyes off of the twins since they were born.
Harry had moved the twins to the bed this morning once he had finished feeding them, settling them down on the mattress beside Lucius in time for the other man to wake. The smile had burst across his face straight away when he woke to see Harry carefully laying Killian down beside Maddock. He had hummed contently and rolled over to rub Maddock's chest, grinning a little wider when the baby made a contently gurgling sound and started to kick his legs slightly, his twin responding to the noise and movement waving his own arms and letting out a small noise.
They had been lying here for a good hour just watching the babies as hey nodded back off, and enjoying the sound and scent of their sons lying next to them. Harry didnt know that it was possibly to fall in love with a smell, but the scent of his five day old sons was enough to have his heart soaring.
"Mmm they look more and more perfect every time I see them," Lucius sighed sounding so content that Harry couldn't help his own smile.
"Even at one o'clock in the morning?"
"They woke you up? I thought that I had managed to get the silencing around the bed in time," Lucius asked concerned.
"The bed was cold without you, I reached out and realised that you weren't here," Harry smiled shaking his head. "We had better get up,"
"Do we have to, I want to stay here forever," Lucius actually whined.
"Well as interesting as that sounds, we might hear some complaints once they hit puberty," Harry laughed.
"I suppose," Lucius sounded so put upon Harry could not hold in his laughter.
"There are my perfect little brothers, there they are," Draco beamed when Lucius and Harry walking into the dinning room with the babies fast asleep in their arms. Harry smiled fondly when the blonde hurried over, and then was hit with the decision of which baby to take.
He looked up when he pressed Maddock into Draco's arms and started putting together his and Lucius breakfast plates to see Severus blinking at the babies with the same shocked and slightly awed expression he always seemed to wear when faced with them. He couldn't seem to get his head around the fact that they had wanted his name to be Killian's middle name.
"Ok there Severus?" Harry asked slightly amused.
"What huh? Yes, no..its fine," Severus stammered blushing. Lucius gave him a small scolding look, though his eyes were glittering with amusement.
Harry looked around the table to see who their guests were today, his family had been sneaking over a couple a day to spend time with the babies and him, today it was Bill and Charlie, though Charlie was busy trying not to nod off into his porridge while Bill was busy flirting with Marcus who was battling to stay cool and not blush.
He looked over to watch Lucius and Draco cooing at the babies in their arms as he finished putting their plates together and set one in front Lucius and the other himself. He and Lucius had quickly aquired the skill of eating one handed while they held a baby in their other arm, it was apparently something that came with learning to battle mild sleep deprivation, especially when Lucius had the bad habit of randomly waking up to poke the babies because he was worried they weren't breathing.
The last few days had been so lovely and peaceful, and he had ever been more content in his whole life, he loved Lucius more and more with every day, especially seeing him with their sons, and his babies, his beautiful sons were more perfect than he had ever imagined. He had family cared around him. He settled down to enjoy his breakfast and just soak up the feeling of his family around him.
Sirius was blowing raspberries on Maddock's stomach while Remus was having snuggles with Killian when Lucius walked in looking a little ill. Harry tensed up straight away looking over his lover's face trying to figure out what had happened. Then he spotted he paper in his hand. Sighing he rubbed his eyes and held his hands out for the papers, Lucius reluctantly handing it over.
Harry growled straight away at the sight of the headline, his head swimming and a red fog descending as he read more of the article.
Boy Who Saved Us, raped? Cursed? Under control?
We have been hearing for a few months now about the supposedly happy family that Lucius Malfoy and Harry Potter are forming together. And these stories have no doubt been very well paid for by the pockets of the Malfoy family who have been well known in the past for buying their way through difficult circumstances.
Well this reporter will not stand idly by and just allow these stories to carry on polluting the minds of the Wizarding public when the true concerns that we should be thinking about and the questions that we should be asking are being ignored. The fact of the matter is the situation between Harry Potter and Lucius Malfoy is incredibly suspicious and I have heard from a very reliable source that Lucius Malfoy has not only raped Harry Potter, the Boy who has saved this world, but that he is using their babies to control Harry Potter, and he and his family are keeping Harry Potter prisoner!
This source has informed us that the conception of the babies took place in the Room of Desire in the Ministry, and that Lucius Malfoy took Harry Potter against his will in that room. When Harry Potter realised he was pregnant, he became even more distressed and confused which led to him fleeing into the Wizarding World, where Lucius Malfoy clearly tracked him down and kidnapped him.
It is the belief of my source that Lucius Malfoy immediately took Harry Potter to his brother Marcus to help keep Harry prisoner, and proceeded to cast mind altering spells on Harry Potter, and use potions that risked the life of their twin sons to ensure that he had control over the poor young man's life and mind. Since that time they have gathered the rest of their family around them to help ensure the control over Harry Potter, making sure that he can not escape the control that they have on him and ensure he can not escape.
During any interviews that have taken place with Harry Potter he has been surrounded by the Malfoy family, and they have checked everything that the report has said to Mr Potter, they have stopped and threatened to end the interview if there is a question asked that they do not like, before the interview Lucius Malfoy's cousin Alexander Malfoy warns the reporter on subjects that they are not allowed to mention, perhaps triggering words that could risk breaking the controlling spells that they have over Harry Potter?
And the story of the fact that Lucius Malfoy was hit by the Killing Curse from He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named but was saved by Harry Potter casting a shield that was formed out of love? Who would believe a story so far fetched and ridiculous as this! The only proof we have is from the healer who has been hired, by the Malfoys! Who performed the checks on Lucius Malfoy and Harry Potter, and who is coincidentally the only healer that has been allowed near to Harry Potter during his pregnancy, and who's name is on the birth certificate of the babies!
And Harry has not been seen out of Malfoy Manor or Malfoy control since Lucius Malfoy collected him, he is being kept prisoner in that Manor and no one is questioning the safety of Harry Potter and the fact that he is clearly being kept prisoner in that house by that Death Eater family and now they have even more control over him with his sons having been born! If we can not protect the man that has saved all of our lives how can we live with ourselves?
Harry grit his teeth and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath he calmed down the need to scream only because his sons were in the room with him and he did not want to scare them. Opening his eyes he stood and was met with worried looks from the rest of the people in the room, realising that Draco, Alexander and Victoria had entered the room too.
"Remus, Sirius I am going to need you to stay here with the boys and look after them please. Alexander go to our solicitor, tell them what has happened and that I want to own the Daily Prophet before the day is out, we are going to sue them for every single Knut they posses. Victoria I will need you to go to the Ministry Hall of Records and find out for me who exactly handed the babies birth certificates over to Dumbledore, and I want them arrested. Lucius, Draco, Marcus, you can come with me if you like," Harry said with terrifying calm before he summoned his robes to himself and started storming towards the floo room.
"Where exactly are we going Harry?" Draco panted and he hurried to keep up with the fuming dark haired man.
"The Daily Prophet, I am going to go and speak to this..." Harry paused to look down at the paper but did not still his forwards march... "Mr Heyes, and I am going to tell him exactly what I think of this garbage," Harry growled out, grabbing the floo powder and threw it was force into the fireplace.
"Well hurry up! Before he murders someone!" Sirius urged when they three Malfoys stared stunned at the fireplace after Harry exploded away from them.
By the time Lucius' feet hit the floor of the Daily Prophet offices the place was already in deadly silence as every single person in the room gawped at the furious Boy Who Saved Everyone storming through their offices, magic nearly tangible around him.
"I am looking for Heyes!" Harry snarled, and even if every single finger in the office pointing towards the man hadn't given away who he was the green pallor and squeak he let out would have given him away. "You!" Harry snarled with so much venom Lucius was worried what he was going to do.
"Mr Potter you can not just come in here and attack my reporters!" The Editor in chief choked as she came running over.
"The correct form of address is Lord Potter! And don't worry none of them will be your reporters for much longer by the time I am finished with this place! Ms Sawaki! Where are you!" Harry snarled into the room.
"Here Lord Potter!" The young woman was actually trembling a little but she made her way over anyway.
"Wonderful I want you to take note of everything that I am saying here, and I want it published in tonight's edition of the paper which you will be publishing as a special edition, and only you will touch the article, I want a reporter with some morals and actual skill in facts, rather than just making up whatever the hell lies you like and printing them as fact like this pathetic and lying bastard decided to print abut my family!" Harry snarled out. The young woman's pen was already flying with Harry's word,s though she did manage to puff up at the same time and look a lot more confident.
"Mr P...Lord Potter, all the statements published in that article were a viable argument and expressed with concern as to your safety," The editor stammered.
"Firstly! Do some research on the Room of Desire, it will only kick into effect if both the people in the room share desire for each other, if it is an unrequited desire then the only thing that will happen is some very awkward flirting. I would suggest that before you start throwing accusations of rape at my fiance you at least do one spec of research on the room that you are saying was the start of all of this.
Second! I chose to go with Lucius because he offered me the chance of having a family and having love in our life, so I took the chance to give us the opportunity to be happy together, to help each other heal from our past and have a good life together with our sons!
Third! You complete and utter moron I am immune to any form of mind control, are you really saying that Lucius Malfoy can cast a mind control sell on me and have it work for months when Voldemort could even get me to bow to him for a few minutes! The accusation that he has been using mind control on me is frankly laughable and completely poor research!
Fourth! How dare you insunuate that Lucius would put the lives of his sons at risk by using mind controlling potions on me! That man is an amazing father and he loves his sons with all his heart! He would never, ever in his wildest dreams do anything to harm all three of his sons, and the fact that you had the gall, the moronic slander to accuse him of such a despicable thing is not only sickening and cruel, but completely and utterly pathetic!
Five! I have been staying in the Malfoy Manor for the safety of myself and my sons, or need I remind you that I have been heavily pregnant with twins for the last few months! With not only the Dark Lord after me, but Death Eaters as well looking for revenge against the man that defeated their Lord. I have also been trying to stay safe from Dumbledore who would not have been happy with the fact that the boy he has been grooming to be his weapon was not only out of his control, but pregnant and was not going to be taking part in any section of the war for the foreseeable future. And I have proof to back up this claim, I will be providing Ms Sawaki with memories of the challenges that Dumbledore has led and nudged me towards throughout my time at Hogwarts while knowing that I was in danger and risking my life from the age of eleven!
Six! The family have gathered around us for support during what has been a slightly challenging time, and they have been amazing supports to the both of use, they have not been keeping me prisoner, they have been helping me get ready for the birth of the babies and they have been as excited about meeting the babies as myself and Lucius, and we have been just as excitedly been waiting for the arrival of Darius and Lucien's baby who is due any day now.
Seven! The Minsitry have proof of what happened during the Battle between myself and Lucius, do you not think that they have not looked into our claim that Lucius was hit by the killing curse and my shield saved him you complete moron, they have been through everything and the Department of Mysteries are currently taking apart the remains of the spell to figure out what exactly happened to protect Lucius from the spell, and he currently has the scar over his chest where the curse hit! I nearly lost the father of my sons and the man that I love, how dare you speak about it in such a manner!
Eight! Healer Sarris is an amazing healer and someone that I have a lot of respect for, I trust him with my safety and more importantly I trusted him with the safety of my family so it was upon my insistence and request that no other healer treat us!
Nine! My family have been around me for all interviews to make sure that I did not get upset while heavily pregnant and because I was worried about being left alone with vultures like you after years of being abused by this newspaper from when I was 14 and underage!
Now, Not only am I going to have the job of the person that leaked the birth certificate of my sons, but I am going to have your job and make sure that you will never have a job in reporting again in your life! And you are about to be sued within an inch of your life for slandering my family, for insulting my fiance and from leveling such disgusting and repulsive accusations of rape at him!
And I am suing this newspaper I have had enough of you publishing whatever the hell you like, ripping apart people lives and smearing them all over the wizarding world as you see fit! Enough is enough and you have gone too far this time! My lawyers are about to rip you apart, and I will own this paper before the day is out!" Harry finished panting, leaving everyone staring wide eyed at him for the rant.
Marcus was fairly sure that the writer of the piece, Mr Heyes, had wet himself while Harry had been shouting at him, and he looked on the verge of passing out from fear as Harry's words sunk into his head.
"You will be retracting all of the papers that you published today, and you will be publishing a very public, and very grovelling apology for the lies that you published this morning, as well as publishing what Harry has just said," Marcus nodded.
When they turned to leave Ms Sawaki who was still furious scribbling away called out to Harry and Lucius.
"I'm sorry, but our readers will be very eager to know, how are your sons?" She asked.
Harry immediately calmed down a little and was able to smile as he thought about his sons.
"They are perfect, thank you for asking. They are simply perfect," Harry sighed.
"They are beautiful," Lucius added looking unspeakable proud. "Here, you may publish this along with the article," He pulled out the photo that he had taken to carrying with him, the picture of Draco sitting with the boys in each arm, Killian and Maddock were both dressed in their lion dressing gowns and looking even more adorable, and you could not mistake the adoringly proud smile on Draco's face.
"Thank you, they will love seeing this," Ms Sawaki nodded, allowing them to turn and leave again.
"Is anyone dead?" Sirius asked only half joking as he looked up from Killian when they got back to the manor.
"Physically no, metaphorically yes, and I think he is wishing that he had been killed though," Draco snickered.
"Harry was amazing!" Marcus nodded.
"He ripped them to pieces!" Draco laughed.
"Excuse us," Harry said softly taking Lucius' hand and leading him out of the room. Draco gave him a small nod when he looked back.
He led them down the corridors and to their bedroom, Lucius was worryingly quiet the whole way there, just following after Harry, holding onto his hand and allowing himself to be led to their rooms and sat down on the sofa in front of the fireplace. Harry pressed him down onto the sofa and loosened his blonde hair from the pony tail he had tied it back in, frowning when Lucius turned his head and eyes away from him.
"Hey don't do that, this is not your fault! This is Dumbledore. He is hitting back after the success that we have had with the press. But he has pushed too far, too hard and too fast, he has made a fools choice," Harry said softly, swinging himself onto Lucius' lap with a soft wince for his still healing body.
"I know, but hearing this, seeing what some people are thinking about us..." Lucius frowned. Harry leant forwards and pressed their lips together firmly, with just a little bit of nip to it.
"I am not going to let anyone talk about you like that! Dumbledore's days are numbered, I have had enough of him dogging our steps and throwing shadows over our happy moments. I have had enough of him. I will not have people think that you are some monster, let them see you as hurting me. You are the man that I love," Harry smiled.
"Just that?" Lucius chuckled.
"That is all that I see when I look at you," Harry shrugged. "I see love, and kindness, my heart, and the amazing father of my sons," Harry leant forwards to seal their lips together again, feeling Lucius' lips smiling against his own as his arms wrapped tightly around his waist, holding him firmly but gently.