A/N: This chapter is short but fun! I'm planning interesting things for the next chapter, so no complaints about this one being short.

Chapter 15

Dinner was a fairly calm affair. Draco was suspiciously glancing at his company for their odd behavior, but other than that, the meal went silently.

They're hiding something. Draco thought suspiciously to himself. Father looks far too smug, and Harry seems sore about something, as if he's contemplating something he doesn't know how to respond to. Neither of them is going to tell me, huh? That's what they think.

"Shall we adjourn to the Den?" Draco offered as he rose tiredly with his half-finished glass of wine without waiting for a response from anyone as he started off toward the room they had been sitting in earlier.

"Actually, I-" Harry began, but Draco shot him a frown with narrowed eyes -what Harry liked to call 'The Glare of Death'. The teen decided the Den wasn't that bad. Maybe he could fall asleep in the chair or something. He felt exhausted and definitely not in the mood for any of Draco's inquiries.

The nirvana surrounding Lucius from earlier fogged up for a moment as he saw his mate's weariness, and, startlingly enough, he felt a weariness of his own, but knew that he was nowhere near tired in any way with all of this extra energy pulsing inside him from the kiss. It was sensational to be able to feel Harry without being near him! It scared him for a moment, but after he realized this was a lingering effect of the kiss, he calmed. He had felt his mate's emotions and thoughts in the moments of the kiss and he idly realized that the effect remained even after the kiss had ended nearly an hour before. He wondered if it would continue forever, or if it would wear off, but he assumed it would eventually wear off and he began to dread that moment when he would no longer be able to feel Harry inside him in this sense.

Aside from his rampant thoughts, Lucius managed perfectly to keep up his smug smirk as Harry and Draco shared a look before his mate rose to leave the room.

He immediately stood as well, though he wasn't sure where they were going because he'd forgotten to pay attention.

Out in the hall, Draco called for a house-elf, ordering for desert and drinks to be served in the Den.

Ah, he has noticed. Lucius mentally rolled his eyes at himself. Of course Draco noticed their odd behavior! He was Harry's best friend and his own son -he knew them both well enough to see the difference from before dinner.

They sat down in the Den, Draco on the end of the couch. Harry walked over to a smaller sturdy maroon armchair and plopped down in it so he had a good vantage point to the room, which disappointed Lucius because there wasn't any other chair anywhere near the place Harry had chosen to sit. Lucius sat beside his son on the couch and tried his best not to pout at the distance between himself and his mate.

"What happened?" Draco demanded of them as he sipped his swirling wine.

"Lucius kissed me." Harry answered in the long silence that followed, though he barely spoke so they could hear them, and were it not for their enhanced hearing capabilities, they wouldn't have.

Draco eyes widened slightly as he looked from Harry to his father with a slightly appreciative smile to his father for taking a step forward, but when he looked back at Harry, the teen was hugging his knees, his face obscured by his legs, though his eyes looked thoughtful.

"He kissed you?" Draco asked neutrally of Harry as he tried to judge what the other's mood was and whether he should be explaining his father's actions again, or soothing Harry's ruffled feathers.

"Twice." Harry answered and Draco's eyes widened as he looked back to his father who had the decency to at least blush a light shade of pink as he remembered the scene.

"What do you think of that?" Draco asked as he stood with his wine and sat on the arm of Harry's chair -trying to calm the other teen with his presence.

Harry looked up to Draco with a crooked grin. "If this thing between Lucius and myself works out, are you really going to take orders from me?" He queried with an evil grin.

"Excuse me!" Draco responded, nearly spilling his wine in outrage.

"I'd be like… your other dad." Harry clarified, smirking. "You'd have to do what I tell you to because I know it's 'in your best interest'." He used his fingers as quotes watching Draco's face drain of color before coloring prettily again. The blush lasted until he again spoke to Harry.

"You're my peer. I won't take-"

"He would be higher in the line of authority than you, Draco. He would have just as much say in your life as I do." Lucius added with a small smile. It always warmed his heart, throwing flutters through his stomach as he considered his future with Harry, but it was even more so when Harry himself spoke of their future together.

Draco sighed as he looked back to Harry, seeming to take his friend into a new light suddenly. He would no longer be his confidant.

In an odd moment of gentleness, Harry rose to his feet with a soft smile on his face and kissed Draco's cheek with ease before ruffling his hair and taking his glass of wine.

The house-elf popped in with a tray of drinks and another of desert which he placed on the coffee table before leaving with a pop.

Lucius smiled at the display of his mate and son. How could he ever act jealous when his mate was treating like son… like a son?

Draco looked up to Harry, his eyes glazed as he looked on the other teen. In that moment, he realized a few things. His veela side was recognizing the connection between his father and Harry and it was backing down -like the son of an Alpha wolf would back down in the presence of another Alpha wolf. He and his father had been the top of the Malfoy family before, but now that Draco's veela side could sense the connection with Harry to his father, he was backing down from his position to give it to Harry. Another thing Draco noticed, besides his submissiveness to Harry's new station, was that Harry's touch and presence calmed him more so than his father's did. His father's presence made him want to stick his chest out and fight any who would come close to their home or family; yet Harry's presence seemed to do the opposite by soothing his soul and placating him to a mellow level.

They are perfect for each other. Draco thought that his father must feel this with his mate around -feel whole and balanced. Draco merely had to be in their presence and he felt balanced in an odd way. They were each the perfect contrast to the other.

A sudden swoon came over Draco and he couldn't support himself anymore.

With a loud gasp, Draco lost his balance and would have fallen to the floor if Harry hadn't grabbed him around his waist to steady him. It seemed to work for a moment before Draco's knees gave out under him completely and both men lost their steadiness.

Harry pulled Draco close to him as they fell and twisted drastically so that he was under Draco when they hit the floor with a bang.

Lucius' eyes were wide with worry as he rushed to the teens' sides, kneeling beside them both to check for injuries.

"What happened?" Lucius demanded quickly as Harry sat up with a groan of pain and Draco in his lap. The younger blonde groaned as well, reaching a hand to his head as the room began to spin.

"Uh, I don't know." He hummed with pain and growled when it seemed to intensify. Even with the pain in his head, Draco's veela side called out for comfort and contact, and his call seemed to be answered as Harry swirled the fingers of the one hand not supporting them both in a sitting position, in Draco's hair, pulling the veela's head to his chest. Draco wanted to pull back for only a moment before he realized why Harry had done that. He wasn't quite sure if his friend knew it or not, but the beat of his steady strong heart calmed the pain in Draco's throbbing head.

Lucius sighed as he saw his son lose some of his pain. It gave him pride in his mate; his veela side had chosen the perfect mate for himself as well as someone who could fulfill a space in his son that had been empty; even though Draco had had a mother, it was nothing compared to what Harry would be for him. Lucius leaned closer to his son wrapping an arm around Draco's middle to offer his warmth and veela power to Draco who sighed contentedly, seeming too dazed to react to reality as he floated in and out of awareness.

"He's got a fever." Harry announced as he used the hand in Draco's soft hair to thread through his locks to his forehead and feel it. Both veela and mate locked eyes sadly and sighed at the same time, looking back to Draco who seemed to be falling asleep against Harry. "I think perhaps that he was overwhelmed by emotions and all of what has been going on lately. He must be more stressed than either of us with all of his worrying and his job." He surmised. "He seemed very tired and weary at dinner."

The older veela nodded with a small smile. "Your presence comforts him." Lucius told his mate.

Harry chuckled once. "I suppose." After some thought Harry looked up to Lucius. "Don't you think we should get him to his room so he can sleep?"

"Yes." The blonde rose, then bent to pick up his son into his arms easily. "Would you go get that potion for fevers?"

Harry rose from the floor as well and nodded a few times. "Is it with the others?"

"Yes, it's red though."

Harry strode from the room to get the potion, holding the door open for Lucius as he exited with his precious bundle starting to squirm in his arms.

"I'll go get that potion." Harry murmured as he rushed for the potions' cabinet.

Lucius began moving toward the stairs, feeling an unending supply of strength inside him now that Draco was 'in danger', as his other side looked at it. However, Lucius couldn't begin his trek up the stairs because Draco was beginning to fidget too badly. He began moaning in pain and let out a whine of desperation.

"Harry!" Lucius called loudly and the brunet trotted up to the blonde quickly from seemingly nowhere.

"Yes." He watched as Draco struggled tirelessly against his father.

"Touch his forehead." Lucius commanded, and Harry slowly obliged. After the contact had been made Draco seemed to calm almost immediately though he was still unconscious with his eyes closed.

Draco was beginning to sweat profusely, but it seemed there was nothing that couldn't be quelled by having his father and Harry close to him because he made no noise now that he was in contact with both.

"This is curious." Harry whispered aloud.

"This is all from our kiss." Lucius told him as they began to climb the stairs together.

"What?" Harry demanded sharply with a raised brow.

"As we connected in that kiss you felt a bit of me and I felt a bit of you, but my connection to Draco by blood caused my connection with you to transfer to him as well because now his veela side recognizes you as a parent of some sort, so he is soothed by your presence just as a Childe is soothed by their Sire's presence. Do you understand?" Lucius answered.

"Yes, I suppose. Just out of curiosity… if we were to never get together would this connection I now have with Draco continue forever?"

"Yes." Lucius nodded once shortly, not liking the idea of talking about such a thing, but his mate was asking him questions and he would answer.

As they approached Draco's rooms, Harry reached away from Draco to open the door for Lucius and shut it behind them. When Lucius placed Draco on the bed the younger veela began to move uncomfortably again. Harry handed the potion to Lucius, then sat on the bed beside Draco's pillow, reaching over and stroking the blonde's hair softly which seemed to quell Draco once again, though he still fidgeted slightly.

Lucius sat down in front of Harry and opened Draco's mouth feeding him the potion with one hand as he stroked his son's throat with the other, encouraging the man to swallow, which he did.

With both the potion and contact, Draco stilled peacefully, leaning his head into the touches Harry gave him and blindly reaching his hand for his father. He grabbed and got a good grasp on Lucius' shirt and robes firmly.

Harry snickered at the veela. "I think he wants us to stay with him."

"Obviously." Lucius sighed as he was suddenly tugged closer by Draco which inadvertently pulled the older man against Harry's shoulder, toppling them backwards onto the pillows above Draco's head.

Both men stared at each other in silence for a moment until Lucius leaned closer to his mate for another kiss.

"Down boy!" Harry called out, slithering out from under Lucius easily, then before Lucius could move up, Harry had his knee pressed firmly into the blonde's back to keep him still. "You have got to control yourself." He insisted. "You can't just keep mauling me like this, so why don't you back off for a while, hmm?"

"Of course." Lucius managed with a grunt of pain. "As you wish."

"Good." Harry smiled and patted Lucius' shoulder. "Be good and we'll get along just fine." With one more glance to Draco to make sure the potion had calmed him so he wouldn't be flipping out any time soon, Harry fled the room at a smooth gait.

A/N: This was fun! I liked writing this bit. It delves a bit more into the veela society and the way shit works. You may be asking yourselves why this is so short? Well, that's because the next chapter is going to get very long… and slightly… no, I won't ruin the surprise. -laughs evilly-

Anyway… Reviews:

Chekiita: I'm glad you liked the last chapter. I was worried about it, but I think that things have gone at a good pace and now I can start accelerating. You know? I'm looking forward to writing the next chappie even if it willl be a bit... trying on me.

Xikum: Good to know you like the fluffiness. Everyone seems to like the fluffiness. May I ask you a question? Have you read a lot of Harry Potter fanfics? Have you read many where people pair Mione up with Draco? I've only seen one before, but everyone seems to think I'm going to put those two characters together... I was just wondering if it was an average thing, or not.

Griffen48035: Yeah, Lucius, the sneaky bastard. -smirk- And the kissing begins! Hale the author... or not.

Kiri: -blush- Best chapter? You flatter me... I think. Anyway, happy you liked it. Hope this one went over half as well as I planthe next one to.

Aisling Siobhan: I have a question for you, actually. I was wondering if the pairing DracoxHermione was an average one. Everyone seems to think they'll be together, and I wonder if that' my sly author-ship or if it's because it's such an overdone thing.

The Fifth Marauder: I'm sorry. I was going to attempt to write your Indian name, but I didn't want to ruin it terribly or anything. That's a cool name though! You will understand the whole 'Draco Hermione' thing in due time. I don't want to ruin that. And Ron... I mentioned him and his child Daniel in the beginning, but I think he might end up popping up before the end. I don't like him much, so I rarely put him in my stories unless he's easy to write, you know? I'd rather not work twice as hard trying to make him sound realistic if I don't have to. -raises hand-Yes, I am the laziest person alive.

Strega: -blush- Thanks. You always bring a smile to my face whenever I read your reviews. Your sense of humor is so close to mine, it's scary. -snicker- I know you'll enjoy the next chapter... at least I hope so. Sorry this was short, but the next one should be long, so... I don't know... I might end up running it by you before I put it up and get your advice on whether I should change it or not. I don't know... I'll email you beforehand if I decide to do that. It's okay, isn't it?

Morgan Eddasil: Do I have any fanart? You mean, someone drawing something of my story? Believe it or not, yes. -blush- Strega drew me a pic of Lucius kissing Harry. I love it. She even colored it for me! I just opened my email and one day I had this strange email and there it was, a random reviewer who drew me this awesome pic. She's my best writing buddy now. -wink-

Dangelic Fantasy: Ha!-snort- -ROFLMAO- I like you! You're brilliant.

Kyaku-kun: Happy you liked the kising bit. Didn't want it to get too heated too quickly, you know?

Lykaios Nyx: You liked the reading scene? I thought that was rather brilliant too. I would love to do that with my boyfriend if he liked to read... -sigh- Your review made my chest puff out stupidly and I got all proud and cocky for about two seconds... it was a nice feeling. Thanks bunches! Harry taking the Dreamless Sleep potion was -waves hand- kinda relevant to the story. I mean, I did fit it in later with Lucius' bad sleeping habits, but it's not detrimental to the plot or anything. Thank you for reviewing me. -smiles- Hope you enjoyed this chappie too, even if it was a bit short.

Jenna: It's good to know you like the way the plot is going. I hope you tell me if there's something that irks you about it. I hate reading stories with little details that aren't right or something. It bothers me to no end, but I'm happy you liked it.

Snape Seraphim: Nice name! I adore it! You only reviewed like four days ago and i"m already updating; cool, neh? -smile- Don't get too used to it. I update every two weeks... you just happened to review really close to my update time. -smile- You'll find out about the 'Hermione-Draco situation' (as I like to call it)later in the story, so you'll have to wait for that.

Snuffles: Yeah, I didn't want to just drop the whole 'Sneaky Slytherin' bit. I mean, Lucius may be a veela, but that doesn't mean he wasn't in Slytherin. -smirks- Glad you liked that bit.

Serena: HA! There is a girl named Serena in my story. I thought it was such a lovely name. Hope it doesn't bother you... makes you wonder if anyone named Harry reads the Harry Potter books. I never like reading books with my name in them because it's so damn annoying, but I guess other people don't mind. You'll find out about Draco and Hermione, and what's up with them later in the story. -smirk- I only told one person what I was doing with them, and they promised to keep quiet so you'll just have to wait it out like the rest. -smiles evilly-

Ahappyjtm: -bows back to fabulous reviewer- Thank you for your encouragement. It's only for reviewers like you all that I continue this story. I'm kind of looking forward to the ending too because I have another story in the wings to be put out after this one. I would put it out now, but I doubt I could keep up my schedule for updating if I had both out. I might just get lazy that way, and that's not fair to you all.

A/N: You are all fabulous and I love you to death! Thank you for reviewing -cough cough- I mean reading, and I hope you enjoyed the show!