Wow. 70 reviews for four chapters! I'm sorry this one took so long. However, I just finished my finals for the semester so I'll probably have a lot more time to write for a good while.

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James stumbled into the den, silently cursing trick steps and portraits that wouldn't let him in a room without lecturing him on how much rest they required.

"Sorry I'm late, Sirius. Albus wanted to talk to me and then those blasted steps-" James trailed off, looking around the room. "Siri?"

The door to Harry's room opened and Sirius stepped out, the sleeping toddler clutching Siri's black t-shirt.

"I can't get him to let go," he smiled.

James smiled back, watching Harry's tiny fists clench. "Any problems?"

"Nah." Sirius sat on the couch, pulling James down beside him on the black leather. "What about you? Any trouble with that pain in the-" he glanced down at the slumbering child in his arms, changing the wording of what he was saying, "-tail third year in your Huffleclaw class?"

"Huffleclaw?"

Sirius shrugged. "You know what I mean."

"I know. Actually, they were all well behaved today. A few of them said it was because "Mr. Professor Potter's Boyfriend" threatened to let his dog loose and give them all rabies." James raised an eyebrow. "Any idea who that could be?"

"No." Sirius mock pouted, "And here I was thinking I am the only one you are dating. "Mr. Professor Potter's Boyfriend" and I need to have a little chat."

"You prat," James laughed.

"Sugarmuffin! What horrible things you call me!" Sirius leered, "You know how I love it when you talk nasty."

Harry whimpered and moved one tiny fist to his babysitter's hair. James' smile softened as he watched Sirius struggle to remove the toddler's fingers from his shoulder-length midnight tresses without waking the kid up.

"And you thought he wouldn't like you," he teased.

"Hush, you." Sirius finally managed to free his hair. "So...what took you so long getting back? All I heard was something about steps," he smirked.

James sighed and leaned against his boyfriend. 'It feels good to be able to call him that again.'

"James?"

"Albus thinks Voldemort is going to go after Neville Longbottom."

Sirius' eyebrows scrunched together. "Frank and Alice's little boy? What for?"

"Apparently a real prophecy was made about the little tyke being the only one who will be powerful enough to take down the," James looked at his dozing son, "prat."

Sirius glanced down at the child as well. "Isn't he Harry's age?"

"Yeah. Born on the very same day. For a little while I worried that Harry would be the one the prophecy spoke of."

"What changed your mind?"

"The so called Chosen One was to be born to parents who had denied Voldemort thrice. Albus said my divorcing Lily is counted as "repentance" for marrying a muggle-born and the marriage doesn't count anymore."

Sirius watched the other man yawn deeply. Gently nudging James aside, he stood up and left the room to put Harry back in his bed. He returned to the den and bent down to scoop James up in his arms bridal style.

"Siri!"

"Shhh. You'll wake the midget."

James muffled his giggles as much as he could, barely managing to keep from a laughing fit when Sirius threw him onto his bed and crawled in after him. When the last of his giggles had receded the two curled up together, Sirius with his chest to James' back. James squirmed a bit, blushing when he accidentally brushed against his boyfriend's erection. He tried to scoot away, but Sirius was having none of that and quickly pulled the man back.

"Just go to sleep, James."

He couldn't, though, and turned to face the longhaired man.

"I want to, Siri. I just...I want to do things right this time."

Sirius smiled, not his usual smirk but an actual smile, and darted in for a quick kiss.

"I know, baby. Now, go to sleep."

James did, held gently in the arms of the man he loved.