Lucius reached over and even though he saw the Weasleys he kissed Harry and took Teddy from his arms. "I thought we were going for some ice cream?"
Harry didn't care what the others thought and returned the kiss. "Teddy and I thought we'd look for a new books before we met you at the shop."
Teddy did not seem to catch on to the tension around him. He had just latched on to his Uncle Luc. Lucius was quickly becoming one of his favourite people. Harry loved watching them together. And for a moment he forgot the others were there. He could almost imagine they were a family shopping. And wanted it. He shook his head and returned back to the here and now.
Ron sneered at him. "It was not bad enough you were fucking one Death Eater but now a second? And a Malfoy? And whose devil spawn is that?"
Harry glared. "I don't know if you usually talk like this around your daughter there but you won't around my son. Neither my fiancé or Luc were Death eaters."
Technicality being that they had once been. But they had been tortured into taking the mark. They had turned spy in weeks. But they had saved hundreds of lives. He would not have either of them besmirched. Especially by the likes of these three. They did not know the meaning of loyalty. Or use that kind of language here. The baby who he assumed was a girl as she was in pink was too young to understand but Teddy was not.
Hermione smirked at the boy. "He does not look like either of your sick little lovers but he looks to be what three? Maybe he does not know who the father is."
Lucius spoke. "You want to talk children who do not look like their dads I could comment on yours but I won't. You will leave my nephew out of this."
Ginny laughed. "So the spawn is a Snape. I should be glad if I were you that he did not get the beak or greasy hair. What did he do, hide the baby in a cauldron?"
Looking at Teddy it definitely was a bit hard to explain. It would have been a hell of time hiding a pregnancy for Harry. But Tonks had been at school when she was pregnant and no one had known either. Harry had been away with his fiancé and his dad o missions a lot and he could easily have given birth then. There was more then enough story to explain. Andromeda was a midwife and she had delivered the baby so she would attest if anyone asked who had given birth to the baby.
Ron pointed at the door. "You made the smartest move of your life when you fled after the war. Go back under what ever slimy rock you climbed out from under."
Harry laughed. "Unfortunately Ron London is home. Teddy and I are going to be moving back here permanently. To be closer to our family and to Lucius."
Though he had not mad the decision consciously till that point he did not regret it when he said it. Just like picturing being a family with Lucius when he had come into the store, it seemed right. He and Teddy were comfortable at Grimmauld and it was a proper home. There was a garden out back unlike the penthouse. And he reluctantly admitted he thought perhaps thy would be living at the manor soon enough.
Hermione moved to leave with her daughter. "Well don't be expecting a dinner invitation any time soon. We would not want to ruin our appetites for dinner."
Harry smirked at her. "I would be worried you put rat poison in the food. Honestly I would rather eat food that was made by Kreacher, even if you didn't."
She stormed out of the shop with Ginny on her heels. Harry felt pity for the baby girl in the pram. He could only imagine the kind of role models she would have had in her life. Well hopefully Molly was still warm towards her own family. The only Weasleys that he would have wanted to have any kind of influence over his son were the twins and they had no part of their family. From what Harry knew they had not spoken to any of them in over a year.
Ron was the last one to leave. "I am sure your parents and godfathers are glad thy are dead. They would have been so ashamed of both the men you have fucked."
Harry glared at him. "My parents and godfathers would be proud that I found not one but two amazing men who have stood by me."
Ron looked towards where hi wife and the baby were with his sister outside. "You could have had it all, the fame, the friends, the family but you threw it away."
Harry looked at Teddy in Lucius' arms. He thought about the twins, Neville and Luna, Oliver, the Tonks, even Blaise and Draco and he knew he was lucky. He had all the family and friends he could need. Not that he would not have given anything to have his godfathers and parents back. He had the fame even though he had never wanted it, and e definitely had more then enough money. He was not missing anything.
Harry looked with him. "I agree with Lucius, that little girl looks nothing like you. I might be looking at what or perhaps who your wife is doing after work."
Ron snarled at him. "Just because you are into fucking sick relationships does not mean my wife is a whore. Lynette is definitely a Weasley."
Harry had been saying it to get back at Ron for what h had been saying but he could see a look flash in his friend's eyes. He wondered if there had been some truth to what he had been saying. He wondered if the marriage was not as happy as Ron might want to make it seem. Lucius was right, the baby did not look much like Ron and his old friend did say the baby was Weasley definitely but not his. Harry shook away the thought. The marital problems of his former friends were not his concern now.
He turned back to Lucius and his son. "How about we go and buy these books and go for that ice cream? I think our shopping trip has been interrupted enough."
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Later that evening when Teddy was down in bed Lucius was thinking. Not about Ron and possible paternity though it crossed his mind. He was thinking about his relationship and something that Harry had said when they were in the shop. He was not sure whether Harry had just been saying it in the heat of the moment in an argument with is friends or if he had meant it. Lucius knew it would drive him nuts till he knew and the only way to get the answers was to ask for them. He found Harry in the library and he took a deep breath. He had never really been this worried about such a simple question before.
He looked at Harry. "Did you mean it in the shop when you said that you and Teddy were moving home to London for good?"
Harry nodded. "I have been thinking of it since we returned and I know it is right. I want to be here for my family and friends, and for you as well."
Lucius drew him in for a long warm kiss. He was happy to hear that he had been included in that. He hoped Harry would want to be here with him. Harry knew his mind and assured him that he was definitely a big part of it.
He drew Lucius down. "I am not ready to live with you or an engagement but I want for this to continue. And I know you want to be here with Draco and Blaise."
Lucius nodded. "I would have com back to New York till I convinced you to return with me but you're right. I want to be here, but with you and Teddy here too."
Leaning into his arms Harry assured him he wanted the same. H admitted the vision he had of the three of them as a family, when they were in the store. He was growing more comfortable with it. Lucius knew he was winning and he had every intention of Harry and Teddy living in the manor by Valentine's at the latest.
He kissed Harry and showed off their hands. "I plan on having a ring on their by this time next year, and if I have my way two rings on there."