He held Harry in his arms and kept looking at the little boy. He knew he looked like someone but at first he was not sure who. He knew Harry and Severus were madly in love. Neither would have had an affair. And how could Harry have been pregnant and no one noticed? He was sure that Severus could not have. Suddenly realization hit him who the child looked like.
He tuned Harry to look at him. "You might legally be the father but he is Lupin's isn't he? That child is your godfather's son. He looks like him."
Harry wanted to protest but he nodded. "Now can you understand why you have to go? I have to get him out of here. I can not risk him. I swore to Remus."
Stopping him Lucius didn't. He did not understand why Harry would be scared. He had all the legal documents. Even if someone could prove he was not the biological father of the little boy. It was not like he was the son of Voldemort or something. The little boy would not be taken from Harry. But the way Harry kept looking at the bed and wanting to pack he knew there was more.
Lucius stopped him. "I assume he is Tonks' son as well. Is it a custody dispute? I mean does Andromeda want him? Harry please help me understand."
Harry shook his head. "Andromeda knows I have him and supports it. He never should have been born. What do you know about the old werewolf laws?"
Lucius was hit. "They were sterilized back in the days Remus was bit."
Harry nodded. Remus' father learned they were not sterilized but castrated and branded. He refused to let his son be mutilated. He had paid a healer to fake paper work saying that his son had been. It was the only reason that Remus had been allowed at Hogwarts. The laws were over turned a few years after. The little boy should never have been born. Tonks and Remus had been scared for their son and Harry and Severus had agreed to put their names on the birth certificate. Tonks had hid her pregnancy from all but them and her parents. Teddy had remained with his grandparents till after the war and Harry had come for his legal son. Andromeda had given him the baby and Harry had fled to the US to keep him safe.
Lucius stopped him. "They would not harm the baby. Those laws were over turned. Teddy is in no danger Harry. Your little boy would not be hurt."
Harry shook his head. "Since the werewolves fought on his side, the ministry has created new laws again. They want to brand werewolves and....."
Lucius quieted him. "The baby is human; you can't pass it on like that, need to be bitten. Harry they will not brand a little baby even if they knew who he was."
Harry sat down and kissed the boy. "I can't risk it Lucius. I swore to his daddy I would keep him safe. I won't let the ministry get their hands on my son. I won't."
Sinking down next to Harry he understood better then Harry might know. He knew what it felt like. But with him it had been the Dark Lord. Voldemort had wanted Draco to join his ranks. He believed the next generation had to join. Severus had done everything in his power to protect Draco from that. He would not allow his son to be branded. He had sent his own son away to Severus over the years to keep him safe. Just as Harry had fled to New York and kept the boy here. Harry may not have been the daddy at birth but there was no doubt how deeply he loved the little boy.
Lucius held him. "I am falling in love Harry. I would do anything for you. I swear I will help you keep him safe. No one will ever take your son from you. No one."
Harry rested his head against Lucius. "I have been doing this alone so long. So scared someone would find out. I just need to keep him safe Luc. I can't loose him."
Holding Harry he wore he would help him where he could. He convinced Harry to bring the little boy back to the hotel where he noticed Harry had extra bedrooms. His son needed him right now. He knew he needed to get in contact with the attorneys. He needed to ensure Harry had nothing to fear. He wanted a future with Harry but he wanted to be able to return to London for things like his son's wedding. And he wanted Harry to have the freedom as well.
He watched Harry tuck the little boy into his new bed. "I promise I will do everything in my power to keep you two together. Everything Harry."
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For three days Lucius had been in contact with attorneys back home. There was some founded concern it turned out. There was a move to have wolves who had avoided castration whether laws were in place, arrested. And any children they may have had were to be placed in the hospital to undergo testing. Lucius knew what that meant. It was not unheard of in England for wolves to have children but only since the laws had been thrown out and their children could not be touched. Lucius knew they would want to see the children and know if they had any special traits. Lucius' attorney had made one suggestion.
He looked at Harry sitting next to his sleeping son. Harry looked up. "Did your attorneys have any advice on what we could do?"
Lucius nodded and showed him a bottle and a legal document. "Blood adoption. You need to blood adopt your son so that no one can claim he is not yours."
Harry was shocked and Lucius understood why. For the blood adoption to actually fully altar Teddy's genetics there needed to be two donors. Usually it was only one parent like an adoptive father who took the potion to claim a wife's child. To erase all traces of Tonks and Remus from the boy's genes so if anyone ever tested him to prove he was not Harry's son there needed to be two.
Harry shook his head. "Severus and I would have. Remus said if he died he wanted us to. But Sev is dead. The potion won't be complete without another's blood."
Lucius took his hand. "Use mine. Let me adopt your son as well. Both of our blood mixed would allow him to be safe from test."
It was not unheard of for the father listed on the birth certificate not to be the real father. Unfortunately the commonality of affairs in pure blood arranged marriages. If asked it could look as Lucius had slept with Harry and conceived a child, a child his brother had adopted legally as his own. It would explain why the baby had been hidden, why Harry had hid the pregnancy as well. The son of a Death Eater spy. The baby would have been at risk from both sides in the war.
Harry looked at Lucius. "You would really adopt my son to keep him safe? I mean blood adopt."
Lucius pulled him into a kiss. "I want a future with you and that little boy. And I will do anything to keep him safe. I want to spend my life with you."