"Sev?" Harry called before he collapsed.
Severus had been in bed and ran to his husband's side. "Harry. Harry come on. Please you need to wake."
He looked in horror as he saw blood starting to soak through his husband's clothing. He hurried as fast as he could do the fireplace and took the floo through the infirmary but he knew what was happening. He prayed to any Gods above that this could be stopped.
Poppy was alerted by the alarms that there was someone and she paled at the sight. "What happened?"
Severus lay his husband down on the nearest bed. "He came out of the bathroom and he said my name and he collapsed."
Transforming his clothes Poppy had prayed that seeing the boy was in the early stages of a miscarriage that there was some way to stop it. She knew how much this baby meant to both the fathers but the moment she saw a canal she knew it was too late.
Severus did not need to be told. "He lost our baby already didn't he?"
Poppy shook her head. "The baby has not passed but the canal is fully formed. If it hadn't I could have perhaps stopped it but I am sorry Severus. I can't."
Looking at his unconscious husband Severus watched as the nurse fed his husband a sleeping draught for they both knew he would not be able to handle any of this. He could not believe this. They wanted this baby so badly. He had no idea how he was going to tell his husband they had lost their first.
Poppy turned to him. "You might not want to watch. I will have to help bring the baby out or the canal won't close and your husband could bleed to death."
Severus shook his head and looked down at his husband. He would not leave Harry's side through this. His little baby deserved someone there when his or her life ended. He'd not leave either of them.
Poppy put a hand on her arm. "There won't be, I mean the baby isn't developed enough. Sev go contact his dads. It won't do either of you any good to be here."
Severus kissed his husband but before he left he asked. "Will we know if it was a boy or a girl? My husband and I will want..."
She nodded and confirmed while an ultrasound could not be performed for two weeks, she could see once she took the baby. There would be a death certificate for the child and they might want to consider a name.
Severus headed for the floo and took it straight to the Malfoys. He did not even realize he was covered in blood until he saw their shock. "You need to come."
Lucius stood up with Emma. "Sev, what happened? The blood."
Severus noticed the blood on his robes but only slightly. "Harry had a miscarriage. Poppy is performing the...she told me to come and get you."
Shock ran through both men. Tonight their eldest son had married and now their younger son, two weeks from the end of his first trimester, had lost his baby. The shock in their friend's face was in theirs as well.
Lucius looked at his husband. "Contact Carlos and get him to find the boys. I hate interrupting their wedding night but Draco will never forgive us if he is not here."
Severus stopped him. "Don't rush them back tonight. Harry won't forgive himself for ruining their wedding. He will be out until near lunch likely."
Sharing a look with his husband both of Harry's dads knew that Draco would be back as soon as he could and his husband would insist on it. Blaise cared about Harry nearly as much as his husband did. Harry was going to be traumatized but the death of the baby and he would need all the love and support he could get right now.
Lucius accompanied him back through the floo and Poppy looked up. "It is done. I'm sorry Severus; it seems your husband was carrying a little boy."
Severus would have collapsed if Lucius had not been there holding him. "Our son. Our little boy."
Though he had wanted to know for he knew there would be a death certificate and he wanted a memorial for the baby for his husband as well as him, hearing it had been a little boy hit home like a run away train. Lucius steered him towards the chair next to Harry who was in a fresh gown and looking as white as the sheets.
Remus appeared with Emma moments later and bent down and kissed his son's head. "Oh sweet heart I am so sorry. We will all help you through this."
Severus was holding his husband's hand. "It was a little boy. We lost a little boy. We haven't even talked names yet. We were going to wait until we knew."
Harry's dads shared a pained look. They hated that their son and son in law had lost their first baby. Unfortunately with male pregnancies it was unfortunately not uncommon with the first time. Women had a womb; men's was created by magic. Sometimes it was a learning process for the body and the womb did not create properly and the child was lost. It did not mean that next time they would not have a healthy baby. But right now that was no comfort for Severus.
Remus put his sleeping daughter down on the next bed. "Carlos is contacting the boys as we speak. He agrees, Blaise will want to come home as much as Draco."
Lucius looked at his friend. "You are covered in blood. Why don't you floo down at change? You said it yourself our son will not wake until tomorrow."
Shaking his head Severus could not seem to leave his husband's side. He and Harry had been hoping for a little girl but they would have loved this little boy more then anything in the world. They did love this little boy. To have him taken like this.
Severus looked up. "How do I tell my husband he will never hold our little boy? How do I tell him the name will be on a death and not a birth certificate? How?"
Remus wished he knew. "You just remind him it wasn't his fault and with time you'll try again. You will have a little one in your arms. You just need time."
They would have a gravestone made and put in the burial plot at Malfoy manor. The little boy would always be remembered by his dads and his family as well. The little baby may have only been known to exist for a few months but he was loved and he'd never be forgotten.
Severus reached down and kissed his husband. "I just hope he survives this. After everything he has been through, I am scared he will not survive this loss."
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Draco and Blaise were shocked to say the very least when they had a knock at their honeymoon suite door. Draco grumbled and put on a robe and headed for the door were he found a bell hop standing there blushing.
The man looked at him. "There is an urgent floo call message from England for you and your husband. I was told it was an emergency. It was patched through."
Draco knew it was an emergency before the kid said it for he knew the family would not call him otherwise. "Thank you."
He saw his husband's worried face behind him and they both headed for the fireplace in the sitting room where they opened the floo connection. They were surprised to find Carlos' face. So many horrific scenarios ran through both of them.
Carlos sighed. "You boys need to come home. I am sorry to disturb you on your wedding night but Draco your brother needs you."
Draco went pale. "Harry? What happened to my brother?"
Carlos was silent a moment but he finally spoke. "Your brother had a miscarriage. Your godfather did not want to interrupt..."
Blaise was the one who spoke. "We will come home immediately. We will pack and come back."
When Carlos was gone Draco was staring in shock. How could this be happening? This was his wedding night, the happiest day of his life. Now his niece or nephew was dead. He had no idea how his brother would survive this. He wanted that baby so much. This would devastate Harry.
Draco turned to his husband who was already packing.. "I am sorry to make us return on our wedding night. I just..."
Blaise cut him off with a kiss. "He is my brother too and before we married. There is no where else I'd be then by his side."
They knew that the Weasleys would be contacted soon enough and his dads and sister were there but they needed to go as well. As the portkey was activating Draco wondered if they should send word to his Aunt and cousin to tell them what happened but he thought it could wait. He needed to get to his brother.
They appeared at the Zaibini manor and Carlos was waiting. "I contacted the Weasleys for your dads as well. Harry won't wake till lunch though."
Draco had to go now even if his brother would not. "We can use the guest suite in my dads' apartments for the night. I want to be there in case..."
Nodding Blaise assured his husband that he understood and as he was leading Draco off he thought about the same thing his husband had. He knew the address for Petunia and her son and asked his dad to rack them down. Muggles could go to the school for certain things like graduation and he knew it would be permitted now.
Carlos nodded. "I will send someone tomorrow and if she is willing to come we'll bring her to Hogwarts. I am sure Harry will need all the comfort he can."
Maria hugged both of her sons. "Send your brother and his husband our love. It's a loss no one ever should suffer."
Like his dads, when Draco apparated to the school gates he thought of how common miscarriages could be with first time male pregnancies but it brought no comfort. His brother never seemed to have luck and statistics were always against him. It seemed unfair with age ad werewolf conception against them, his dads had never had a miscarriage though they had come close once. Severus was their age but Harry was young and healthy.
When they got to the hospital wing even though it was 3am in the morning they found they were not the first to come."I am surprised you all got here so soon."
Bill looked up. "Our little brother needs us. And before you say it for Severus already did, we know he will not wake till morning."
All of the Weasleys were there and like when Harry was in a coma were taking up a number of guest suites in the school. The brother's wives and kids, or Rodger in Charlie's case with their son were getting some sleep. Emma had been taken by Penny.
Draco went to his brother's side and kissed his head then hugged his godfather. "I am so sorry Uncle Sev. I can't believe this happened."
Severus looked down at a piece of paper, still not filed for a name was not chosen yet."It was a little boy. You were going to have a little nephew."
Never in his life had he ever seen his Uncle like this. He had seen him when Harry was in a coma but this was worse. His Uncle was not only worried about Harry but mourning the baby that was never to be as well. He wished there was something he could do but he had no words to comfort him. No words to make any of this better.
Severus looked at Blaise as if seeing them for the first time even after talking to Draco. "You guys should be on your honeymoon. Harry would not want to ruin that."
Draco stopped him. "You and my brother need us. We wouldn't be any where else. Besides we are going on our proper honeymoon at Christmas."
Blaise agreed. "My dad is contacting Petunia and Dudley. If they want to be here for Harry he will bring them tomorrow"
Hermione and Viktor had been contacted and would be coming the next day and Luna was still here at school as was Neville and they were sure to come.. Hannah was there in the corner, having come soon after Poppy had but she was shaken badly by it.
Poppy came in. "I suggest you guys all go and get some sleep. Guest rooms were made up for you all and he will not wake till lunch at least. He will need you."
Lucius turned to his son. "You know Harry's bedroom is ready for you in our apartments. Go get some sleep. You two have had a long day."
Reluctantly Draco allowed himself to be led off by his husband after hugging his godfather and dads once again. He knew they made sense and he was exhausted but he was still having a hard time leaving his brother. He knew his dads or Severus would contact him if Harry woke up or anything happened, before he returned.
Blaise held him as they headed downstairs. "We will help him get through this. Your brother is too strong to let this keep him down. You know it."
Draco wasn't so sure. "I know he has us all here and his Aunt and cousin likely but that baby meant everything to him. He will never forgive himself for..."
Being that they were considering children they knew the risks for a male pregnant. They knew this was not Harry's fault. But they also knew Harry well enough to know he would blame himself. He would think that he did not deserve the baby. That this was just another punishment in his life for the death of his parents and Sirius.
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Harry slowly started coming around an hour or so before lunch the next day and most of those who had come had not returned. Draco and Blaise sat with his dads and husband though. Word had come from Carlos that he had collected Petunia and Dudley and would be arriving on the Knight Bus that afternoon.
Severus helped his husband with his glasses when he started coming around. "How are you feeling my love?"
Harry looked confused at his surroundings and at his dads and the others. "How did I get here? Sev what happened?"
Sharing a look with the others Severus had no idea how to tell his husband that he had lost the baby. He had not slept the night before and he had been plagued with the question and he still had no idea.
He held Harry's hands. "Harry you collapsed last night and I am so sorry but you..."
His voice trailed off but Harry knew. "I lost the baby. No, no. No you're lying. You're lying. I didn't loose the baby. Dad tell him I didn't loose the baby."
Tears streaming down the cheeks of everyone there no one was able to tell him what he wanted to hear. Every one of them wished that they could tell him it was a horrible lie but they couldn't. He saw the truth in their eyes but he kept shaking his head.
Severus kissed him. "I am so sorry Harry. We lost our little boy. I am so sorry. He just wasn't ready for life. Harry I am so sorry."
Harry clung to his husband. "Little boy? We were having a little boy? Sev why am I being punished? Why? My little boy? Oh Merlin, my little boy."
Collecting his husband into his arms and holding him as best as he could he wished he had an answer. He wished he knew why their little boy was taken. Medical facts were no comfort. He shared his husband's feelings of guilt. His days as a Death Eater even as a spy. But Harry didn't deserve this. He deserved that baby.
Poppy came over with a bottle. "Your husband needs to calm. He hasn't healed fully from the miscarriage."
Severus knew it would take weeks but his husband right now was seriously weak and coaxed Harry to drink the draught. "Come on sweet heart. You need rest."
Struggling against it Harry finally took some but he clung to his husband sobbing without words. His dad and Draco and Blaise, and Hermione, Viktor and the Weasleys who had come through the door as well, all watched in pain as Harry drifted off again.
Tonks had come as well with Moody but while she bent to kiss Harry's head, there for him Moody had business. "Poppy I was sent for the certificate."
Poppy shook her head. She knew an auror usually would not be sent but knew he had come for Harry like Tonks. "The papers are just waiting for one last thing."
They all looked at Severus. Technically an unborn baby did not need a name on the certificate but most chose to include if they knew the gender. The papers needed to be filed and with Harry out for another twelve hours they could not wait. Officially it had to be filed in twenty four hours.
Severus looked up. He said the one name he thought his husband would have chosen for a son. "James Sirius Snape, our little boy's name was James Sirius Snape."
