It was one of those July days that are so hot and humid that you don't want to do anything but lay under a cooling charm with a fan and a glass of something cold. Hermione quickly stepped outside the wards of their cottage and Apparated to St. Mungo's.
She took the lift to the maternity ward and asked the receptionist for Rose Malfoy's room. She walked in to see her daughter holding her newborn son. "His name's Antares, Mum. Isn't he perfect?"
She grinned at her grandson, who was sporting a lock of curly white blond hair. "He is," she agreed.
The men had gone down for a coffee and Rose had decided to take a nap as little Antares was napping. "Sleep while the baby sleeps," she said with a wink. Hermione sat on the sofa cradling her little grandson.
Draco quietly knocked and entered the room. Hermione held a finger to her lips to keep him from waking Rose or Antares. He sat beside Hermione to get his first glimpse of his new grandson. She leaned into him so he could get a better look.
"See, he has your hair color, but my curls. And look at the smattering of freckles right across the bridge of his nose. Those must be from Ron. And he has a cute button nose, just like Astoria's," she cooed. "Here, you should hold him."
She handed the bundle to Draco who looked down at the sleeping baby. He grinned at Hermione. "He's perfect," he breathed. "He's absolutely perfect."
She grinned back. "He sure is. He's your grandson after all," she joked.
"He's perfect because he's your grandson," he replied seriously. "He's going to be the brightest wizard of his age, just like his brilliant grandmother."
Across the room, Rose cracked her eyes to see her father-in-law smiling down at her son, and then at Hermione, and then back to Antares. It was at that point when she realized that she had never seen him smile before, but there he was, grinning like he had just won the Quidditch World Cup.
A light knock at the door brought him out of his quiet revelry. He handed Antares back to Hermione as Scorpius and Al walked back into the room. His expression was quickly schooled back into the usual indifference. "Congratulations, Son. It is a great milestone to meet the newest Malfoy heir." Draco turned and nodded his acknowledgement to Al Potter and then left the room.
Disappointment flitted across Scorpius's face, but then quickly passed as he saw Hermione holding his little Antares. Hermione noticed that he was grinning just like his father, when she passed him his son.
Days later, Rose tried to tell Scorpius just how happy Draco had looked when he held Antares for the first time. She swore she saw him smile and coo at their little son, but while Scorpius never argued with her, he always thought that she must have still been affected by the little sleep and the healing potions from the night before.