Prompt: "Broadcast"
"Dad, help!"
Scorpius pinched the bridge of his nose. "Rigel, do you mind telling me how the-" Scorpius bit his lip to keep from cursing as his daughter gazed up at him curiously. "Just how did you get stuck up there anyway?"
"I'm gonna fall," his son sobbed.
He looked to Antares. "You didn't trick him, did you?" he asked suspiciously.
His daughter scrunched her face up, and shook her head vigorously. "He was stuck when I got here."
Scorpius sighed. "I told you to watch him."
"Mama said you were supposed to," Antares shot back, coolly. He had to give her credit—Antares wasn't one to panic.
Must have gotten that from her mother, Scorpius decided as he turned back to his son. "Rigel, this is exactly why you've been told to not climb this tree."
"Dad-dy!" Rigel yelled louder, as if to make sure everyone knew how upset he was. Not that there was anyone else this far in back of the Malfoy Manor to hear.
"Me, your mother, and your grandparents have repeatedly told you to not climb this tree. And what do you do?"
"He climbs it," Antares answered helpfully.
"Yes, exactly. Now, Rigel," he called up to his son who tried to pronounce his hysterics even more. "I want you to promise never to do this again. Otherwise, you'll just have to learn how to climb back down yourself. Understand?"
Rigel blubbered on, milking it for all it was worth before he gave in and nodded.
"Good. Now, Wingardium Leviosa," Scorpius said, and quickly was able to lower his son back down after he moved him away from the tree branches. "Now that that's all done, let's just keep this between us three, okay?" he started to say to his children.
"And what, cut me out of the fun?"
"Hi, mama!" Antares said gleefully, waving to her mother. Rigel and Scorpius both went pale as she wandered over to them, Astoria and Draco following a little after her. Antares abandoned her father's side to run over and giver her mother a hug. After hugging her daughter, Lily handed Antares over to Draco, who slipped her an acid pop.
"Hello, Lils," Scorpius tried with a pinched smile.
Lily gave him a merciless grin in return before she kissed his cheek. "We'll talk later about this," she promised him softly.
Scorpius swallowed nervously as Lily turned to their son to scold him for disobeying the rules. He tried to look to his father for help, but Draco merely gave him a pitying look before Astoria caught it, which he quickly covered by turning to dote on his granddaughter.
Scorpius sighed and silently resigned himself to being yelled at later.