Tonks had been bothered by what Lucius had said. She had talked to Oliver and he had confirmed Harry had written a letter. Something seemed off. Remus had been sure his son would not accept a picture from him. He had thought Harry had hated him. He had not responded to any contact. Tonks needed to sort this out. Harry was badly in need of his dads. He didn't see she noticed but she had seen the saltines. She had her suspicions he was pregnant. It explained why he had been hiding away. Harry would need his dads even more. She was not sure she would ever get through to her cousin. But Remus was another matter.
She went on the day of Charlie's wedding. She knew Sirius had gone into the office for a bit. Though he had been the one to give birth Remus was staying home. He wrote texts anyways. Sirius would not return fully till the New Year started. But Remus and Mira would be alone. And she might have a chance to talk to him.
Remus looked up surprised when she came into the sitting room. "Hey Tonks. I wasn't expecting you. I thought you were going to the wedding."
Tonks nodded. "I spent Christmas with my family at the Malfoys. Harry's husband said something that had me wondering. Why did you never write back?"
She could see the look of confusion pass over his face. She knew she had been right. Somehow the letter had never made it here. But Hedwig would have delivered it. The bird was reliable. And Oliver had sworn he had seen Harry send it off. Something really was not right about all of this.
Remus spoke up. "What do you mean? I sent my son my pocket watch at the train station. He never responded to me. That is why I had you send the photo."
Tonks sighed. "Remus something is going on. Harry wrote to you a few weeks after you sent it. He is in pain because you never responded to the letter."
Standing up Remus looked absolutely confused and having no idea what to do. He had been sure Harry had not written. But he believed Tonks. He had thought Harry was so angry. He remembered the look of absolute pain in his son's eyes when he was taken away from his birthday party. To his own shame he knew how much he had caused his son that pain. He had thought that Harry had decided he could not forgive him and had refused to speak to him. He thought about something. There had to be some reason. He knew like Tonks that Hedwig would have delivered it. There was only one explanation. But he was scared to find out if he was right about it.
He summoned Kreacher. "Did my husband order you to destroy any mail that came in from our son?"
Kreacher shook his head. "Master be giving no such orders. But letter be coming from master's son. Master burn letter in fireplace. Letter addressed to you."
Remus was irate and miserable at the same time. He could not even believe his husband had done this. Sirius had kept a letter from him. He had destroyed a letter from Harry. Sirius had no right to even read his mail. He had let Remus go on believing that their son wanted nothing to do with them. More then that he had allowed Harry to believe that they wanted nothing to do with him. Sirius was being an arse and had turned his back on their son but Remus had not. It killed him to realize that their son must believe that he hated him. Here he had been thinking that Harry had hated him.
Sirius had come in unnoticed and glared at Kreacher and then turned to his husband. "He is not our son any more. You did not need to read that letter."
Remus snarled. "He is my son. I don't care what you say. You had no right to keep that from me. You had no right. How could you let me think he hated me?"
Sirius tried to come across the room and take his husband into his arm but Remus was not having any of it. He could not believe this. He had done this because he was scared of losing this man. He had sent the watch and not even spoken to Harry at the train station. He had missed his son's wedding. He let his son miss the birth of the little sister he had been so excited to welcome into the world. He had done it because he loved Sirius and he was scared of ruining what they had. He had chosen his husband over his own son and his husband had bee lying to him. Harry may not have been his son at birth, but he didn't care. Harry was his as much as Mira was.
Sirius looked at him. "We decided he made the mistake and he must live with it. You did not need to hear him begging. You have too good of a heart Moony."
Remus felt worse. "You will tell me what that letter said. You will tell me every word of it or I swear to Merlin you will wish it was a full moon out."
Tonks had ever seen Remus so angry before. And obviously nether had Sirius before. He looked near wolf like right now. Sirius told him. He told him Harry confessed his fears. He had said he had been nearly catatonic in fear in the graveyard. He had needed help; he thought he was going to die. He had been so scared to tell anyone. They expected him to be such a hero and he was too ashamed to admit he had been scared. He had not told them because he was scared they'd be ashamed and leave him. The look on their faces when they found out haunted him to the day he wrote the letter. He spoke of the fear and pain of the marriage, of knowing he would soon have to be a father and knowing he did not have his dads to turn to.
Sirius finished. "He begged you to tell him what the watch meant. He begged to know if it meant you wanted him still. To respond to him either way."
Remus smacked him. "You bastard. You fucking bastard. You let him believe that I did not even care enough to write back. I can't believe you."
Sirius caught him and stopped him from smacking him again. "I did this for us. Harry tried to destroy this family. He made his bed. I was trying to protect you."
Remus kicked him where it would hurt most. "Don't. Don't you dare. You did this for yourself. You didn't care about me or Mira, not to mention our son. OUR SON."
Remus turned around and stormed out of the room leaving his husband and Tonks watching him. Sirius was confused to say the least. Tonks could see the fool actually still believed that he was right and that his husband was being unreasonable about all of this. She could hear him muttering under his breath Moony would be back, they were bonded and he was not about to walk out on their daughter.
Tonks looked at him. "He might not be able to break the bond but he can divorce you and if he does you can be sure Lucius will help him get custody of Mira."
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The wedding had been beautiful. Harry had been worried about going. He had not seen all the Weasleys since he had left his birthday. But he was not only a groomsman but had been the ring witness for Oliver. Charlie had originally planned to have Bill stand with him but had opted for Fred instead. The ceremony had been amazing and Harry had been so happy for his brothers as he considered them both like brothers. They had been there for his wedding, they had been there when he wrote his dads and they were still the only ones who knew he thought he was pregnant. He had feeling slightly better since Christmas thankfully.
Lucius had been with his husband for the wedding. He was happy to see that Harry was doing better. And smiling from the wedding. He was heading inside to find his husband when he ran into Harry's dad. He had not known he had been invited to the wedding.
Remus looked at him. "Where is my son?"
Lucius raised an eyebrow. "Your son? I thought you had cut him out. It is cruel you know to send a watch and a picture but refuse to even respond to his letter."
Remus was pale. "Tonks told me about it. I confronted my husband. He burned the letter. I didn't know my son had written. I swear I would have written back."
Listening to him Lucius was shocked. He had never expected something like this from Sirius no matter how angry he was. It was even crueller then before. And not just for Harry either. Though bonded Remus could divorce his husband, he just could not marry again unless Sirius died. Lucius swore he would help Remus get custody of the baby if he came to his senses and dumped the mutt.
Remus shook his head. "I will deal with my husband later. I need to see my son. I need to make this right. I need to make things right with my son."
Lucius nodded. "He went upstairs to use one of the bathrooms. I know that my husband is as desperate as you are to see you. He has missed you both."
They were heading for the stairs when they started hearing a commotion. They could hear voices arguing up the stairs and they knew one was Harry and they heard footsteps on the stair and Harry appeared looking like he had been crying. They could see Hermione, Ron and Ginny up on the landing.
The anger and pain in Harry's face turned into confusion when he saw his dad standing there. "What are you doing here?"