Chapter 9 (Time skip)

The end of school went by with Sirius having his baby alone. In all the time he had tried to get Severus to talk to him, look at him, anything. Nothing had worked. He watched at the sides as Lily began to restore her and Severus friendship. How James would join them and laugh and joke around. He watched as everyone he had ever cared for pushed him away. Remus even gave up and stopped talking to him and stuck by James and now Severus. He could see the look in Remus eyes when he would look at Severus and it killed him.

He had his son, who he named after his brother, Regulus. He was the most adorable baby. Looked just like himself and James. Thankfully not enough of James to let on to anyone that didn't know that it was his. He continued to stay in school and took on a job to help pay for a nanny for his son. When he Graduated he joined the Auror's and moved into a small cottage with enough room for him, his son and the nanny. His son was attached to her and he didn't want to rip that away from him.

He had come in contact with James and Remus only during his time in training and then requested that he not be paired with either of them after the fact. He heard that James and Lily had gotten married and were expecting their first child. That made him run home early and hold his son in his arms. He knew that James would never take Regulus as his own, never claim him as his. Sirius knew he would never say anything to anyone either about who his son's other father was.

After one hellish raid Sirius came home to find out his son was sick. The healer the nanny called in was still in his house when he arrived and was told to go to his son's room to meet him. He quickly took off his robes and made his way up the stairs and into his son's room. He stopped short when he saw the other man sitting next to his son's bed. It had been five years since he had seen the other man, and here he was now kneeling over his four year old son.

"Severus?" He asked in a whisper as he moved into his sons room. The man stood up and turned around quickly and scowled at him.

"Black what are you doing here?" He snapped at him.

"That is my son you are looking at. Did you not know who's house you were coming to?" He asked moving over to his son and kneeling down to hold his hand. "Hey buddy how you feeling?" He asked his son.

"I feel sick Papa." He cried as he curled into his fathers arm.

"I did not know this was your house or your son. If I had known I would've sent someone else when the call came in. I think it best to do that now." Severus started to walk out of the room but Sirius called for him to stop.

"Look we are grown men now. This is my son and he is sick. You have already seen him. Please tell me what is wrong?" He pleaded, only caring for his son at the moment.

"Fine. He just has a normal stomach ache. I gave him a potion already and he should be fine by morning. Just keep him in bed for the night and let him get rest. Now I will take my leave." He nodded and left the room.

"Son, I need to go talk to him for a moment. I will come right back in with your favorite soup in a little bit." He leaned down and gave Regulus a kiss on the forhead and quickly went after the other man. He caught him just as he was about to walk out the door.

"Sarah, could you please go up to Regulus room and keep an eye on him for me. I will bring his soup up in a moment." He watched as she nodded her head and went up the stairs.

"Unhand me Black." Severus snapped at him when the nanny was gone.

"No. I want to talk to you. It has been five years Severus." Sirius pleaded.

"Yes it has and I wish it to be alot longer." Severus tried to pry his arm out of Sirius hand but it wasn't working.

"I have missed you. I used to watch you with Lily and James and everyone and wish I could have been there too. I still remember everything in that note you accidently gave me back then. I felt the same way, I still do. I have been hoping to reconnect with you." He said wishing Severus would just turn around and look at him, to see how sincere he was.

"I also bet you sat there worried that Remus or myself would spill everything to James right. There were many times I had to talk Remus out of it, along with many times he has talked me out of it. I meant nothing in that little note you gave back to me. I need to get home. Now let go." Severus stated and finally was able to pull his arm away.

"I never worried. I knew you would keep your word, and I knew Remus would also. I. Just go if you wish. It was good to see you again. I need to make my son soup and sit with him. Have a good life Severus." He started to turn around when Severus spoke again.

"He is amazing, Looks more like you which will help. I am going back home to Remus now, I will tell him I ran into you and he won't be happy but I don't ever keep anything from him." Severus stated making Sirus stop walking.

"You and Remus, your together?" He whispered, heart crushing.

"Yes almost four years now. Take care Sirius." Severus left without waiting for anything more out of Sirius. What he didn't know was that Sirius had tears running down his face after hearing about Remus. Now he knew that he would never get Severus and now all he could do was take care of his son and be alone. He couldn't go out finding another man to love, his heart had been broken twice now and he couldn't put himself into that situation again, he wouldn't. He quickly made the soup for his son and brought it up to him, spending the rest of the night with him.