Severus had settled well enough into life living here at Grimmauld. He had resumed making potions for the three major hospitals in the UK as well as for Hogwarts. Draco would take over doing the potions for the school once he was done his apprenticeship but Horace could not be trusted with it. Severus found the lab which he had used in the order days to be as good as the one he had at Spinner's End and his life had changed very little. Teddy was a pretty quiet baby and didn't disrupt sleep it seemed which had of course been a nice find. He knew he could have moved to one of the bedrooms on the other floors of the house but he didn't. He liked being across from his husband though he was holding out some small hope his husband would ask him to move across with him since Harry had the master suite.

He remembered the response Harry had to finding out they had to marry, when ever he thought maybe they would have a future together. Harry had fainted and then had looked like he was being sent off to his execution. Harry had agreed to the wedding and on their wedding day he had been good. And when they made love their wedding night Harry had called it their home. But they had not even kissed in the month since and they lived little better then roommates.

He reminded himself it would take time and that he would not push his husband for more, until Harry might be ready for more. Remus had actually encouraged him to pursue more, that he thought his son wanted more but was just scared to ask.

He came up from his lab and was surprised to find Harry and his brother in the kitchen. "I hadn't realized you were home from the academy already."

Harry sighed. "I had animagi training this afternoon and I suffered one too many dizzy spells and was sent home."

Severus had been impressed when he learned his husband had been offered a chance to train as an animagi. Auror training normally took three years and a further for officer training. Very rarely did they even take the animagi test to see if they could be an animagi, until year three. Harry had doubted s he had been fast tracked, two years to be an officer and teach at the academy, they would test him for it was for field work. Severus was a snake but he had been well into his twenties, and the marauders had taken years teaching themselves to learn. Harry had been amazed when he was allowed to take it and proud when he announced he'd be an eagle.

Though some of Harry's friends had joked he could eat his own husband in their animagi forms, they had thought it was cool. Severus was not surprised his husband had been exhausted though. He had been at the ministry since dawn and trying to be an animagi was definitely exhausting training work as well.

Severus surprised his husband by taking Teddy for a burp. "And your dad?"

Harry shocked him with this. "He and Lucius have gone out for dinner, just friends my dad adamantly reminded me. I think they headed for muggle London."

Severus had a talk with his brother when his husband and Remus had a father son talk. Lucius could not deny he was perhaps attracted or more to Remus but they both knew he was too recently a widow to even consider dating, not to mention he had a seven month old son to be concerned about as well. But Lucius was interested in being friends at the very least with the man and perhaps in a year or so down the line when Remus was ready, to date. Lucius was also a widow of course and from the final battle but his had started out as a loveless arranged marriage and had progressed to a spite filled marriage where his wife had tried to kill him more then once. Lucius was happy to finally be free of the marriage; the only good thing coming of it was his beloved son. Widowhood and sons seemed the only thing they had in common but both Harry and Severus thought given time they could actually be a cute couple.

He looked down at what he realized was his honorary brother in law, Remus having never officially adopted Harry, and smiled. He had never thought he would be much for kids. He had loved Draco and had helped to raise him but he had given up the thought of kids of his own long ago. He had told Lucius after dealing with students he would never want one. Lucius reminded him he'd love his own more, and he only stressed over students as they seemed to want to blow up his lab. He had always been a good head of house, open door to his kids, the one thing he missed truly about not returning to teaching, really the only thing.

Harry was watching him as Dobby brought them some dinner. "You know you're a natural with him. I never thought I'd say this, but you'd make a great dad."

Severus didn't look up from the little boy and didn't really think about what came out of his mouth. "Maybe one day I'll be doing this with one of ours."

He realized what he had said too late and he could not take it back. He definitely meant it but he was scared about his husband feeling like he was pressured. Harry didn't say anything and when Teddy was done being burped he took his little brother and he disappeared up the stairs. Severus heard him make the excuse he was going to change his brother and put him down but he knew Harry was avoiding the talk and he was kicking himself when Harry was gone.

As Harry put his brother down he thought about the words and he couldn't really deny he could see it as well. He had always wanted to be a dad and he could not see himself waiting till h was a widower. And he couldn't deny really that he could see having children with his husband.

Downstairs his husband looked ready to apologize to him but he stopped Severus and actually kissed him, just a brush. "Maybe one day, I'd like that too."