Harry looked up from his husband and to his Uncles and back. "Red. You never mentioned red. What does the color mean?"
Severus turned to Regulus who nodded his head in total shock. "Red means Regulus is not your Uncle. It means he is your father."
Harry felt faint. He looked between his Uncle and his husband sure one of them would break into a smile but neither did. "How?"
Regulus was just as shaken as Harry was by the announcement that he was Harry's father. "I don't know. I mean this can't be possible."
Harry wasn't sure why he was so upset. He had been prepared to here Sirius was his dad, so why was he so upset. "I have to get out of here."
Both his husband and Regulus made a grab for him as he got up but he slipped past them both. He heard a slightly pained "Harry" as he fled.
Harry ran from the room. He wasn't sure why. He had all but known James was not his father but some how this was too much. He could have handled Sirius but some how as much as he had come to love his Uncle Reg, his father he reminded himself, he wasn't ready for that news. This was just too much. He found his way stumbling down into the stables and only putting a bridal on Quaker; he launched himself onto the bare back of his horse and took off onto the grounds.
He had been riding for some time unaware of where he was going or why, safe in the wards when he heard another horse and someone calling. "Harry?"
He turned expecting to see his husband on Judas but it was Bill on one of the other horses. He reined in Quaker. "What are you doing out here, Bill?"
Bill brought his horse to Harry's side. "I have been trying to catch up to you since you left the stables. What has gotten into you, I've never seen you like this."
Harry lowered himself from his horse and went to sit on a rock. "I don't know. I'm so confused. I just had to get out of there."
Bill came and sat down next to him. "The paternity test? You were doing it this morning. Should I assume that Sirius is your father?"
Harry shook his head. "No but I am a Black. The paternity test turned red which my husband informs me means that Regulus was my father."
Bill was shocked. "What did Regulus say when you found out? I mean how?"
Harry had no answers. "He didn't know either. He seemed as surprised as I like there was no way."
Bill felt for his brother. "Why are you out here and not talking to him? I mean it must be a shock but you were prepared for Sirius to be your dad."
Harry knew it didn't make sense but he couldn't help it. "I love Uncle Regulus but my dad? I don't even know how it's possible. I mean my mum and Reg?"
Bill pulled him into a hug. "There is one person who can answer all of these questions for you and he is back in the house and probably as upset about this as you."
Harry shook his head. "He doesn't even seem to believe I am his son. He all but said it was impossible"
Bill stopped him. "You know he was probably just as much in shock as you were. Give him a chance and talk to him; I'm sure he'll be able to explain."
Harry admitted that he perhaps should have given Regulus a chance but he had just been too upset. "I guess. I mean I need to know."
Bill helped him to his feet and Harry pulled himself back on to his horse. He headed back to the stables where the house elves took Quaker and the other horse and Harry stood looking up at the house.
Bill put an arm around him. "Don't be afraid Harry. You already know he's your dad, find out the rest. I will be here by your side if you need or want me."
Harry nodded. "Please stay with me. I need my big brother by my side for this."
Bill smiled at that. "See, you already have practice adopting new family. You love Regulus already; will it be that hard to accept him as your father?"
Harry was not able to answer as he was cut off by Fabian who come in. "Harry. We were so worried about you. You didn't need to take off like that."
Harry felt such a pang of guilt looking at his pregnant Uncle who now held his daughter. "I'm sorry. I was just confused and needed time to think."
Fabian came over to hug him. "How about the two of us sit down and have a bit of a talk. Your husband and mine are talking up in your room right now."
Harry looked up the stairs and suddenly was happy for any reason not to have to go and speak to Regulus for he wasn't sure what to say to him. He turned with his Uncle Fabian and walked into the library. He wondered what Fabian thought about finding out his nephew was actually his stepson. Could he or should he still call Fabian his Uncle?
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Regulus had stood stock still when Harry had disappeared, unable to make any sense of what had just happened. Harry was Lily and James son and his brother's godson. He had been slightly prepared to find that Sirius was the dad but this?
Severus finally broke the silence after minutes of watching the man pace. "Why did you go through with this if you knew there was a chance that he was yours?"
Regulus turned on the man. "I didn't. I mean I have no idea how this test can be right. I met Lily only once. There is no way that I have fathered her child."
Severus shook his head. "I know you're shocked but Harry deserves the truth from you. Even if you don't want him to be your son, he deserves to know the truth."
Regulus hated this. "I would love to call him my son but it can't be. That potion must have been wrong. There is no possible way that the boy is my son."
Severus was confused. "The potion was made right and it worked properly. Are you sure, I mean when you were a death eater spy, that you could not have?"
Regulus nodded. "I never raped women when I was a death eater and even if I had I would have remembered Lily. I have never been with a woman, ever."
Severus sunk back down on the bed. "That test worked perfectly. There must be some way for this to be the truth."
Regulus wished he had some answers but he didn't. "I have been a one man man. I never had to resort to raping when I was a spy. Fabian is my only partner."
Severus understood the shock he saw in the man. "You need to speak to Harry even if you don't have an answer. He needs to speak to you right now."
Regulus looked up from where he sat staring at his hands. "I don't have any answers for him. I don't want to hurt him more by saying I don't."
Severus stood up from the bed. "My husband is already suffering right now. You staying silent like this is not saving my husband any pain. He needs you."
Regulus drew to his feet. "I would do anything to make this news any easier on Harry but how?"
Severus led the man towards the door. "Right now he just needs you. Even if just as his Uncle right now. He is shaken and confused. He needs us both right now."
As Severus was about to get him out Bill came in. "Harry is back. He is down in the library speaking with your husband, Regulus. I convinced him to come back."
Severus was relieved. He had been worried when he agreed to let Bill go looking for him instead of going on his own. "Thanks for finding him Bill."
Bill turned and looked at Regulus. "He was quite upset. He seemed hurt that you were so confused about the prospect of being his father."
Regulus sighed. "I am still confused and have no idea how it might be true. I have no answers for Harry but I will go and talk with him."
Bill shot a glance at Severus who just shrugged. "Harry just needs you to be there with him right now. Even if you think there is no way you can be his dad."
Regulus knew that both men made sense and he had to do this. "I will go. I will do anything to make that boy less upset. I'm not sure how but I will try."
Severus walked down the stairs with him. "Trying is all I ask."
Regulus came to the door to the library and he could hear his husband and Harry speaking inside of the library but some how he could not bring himself to go in. He knew he had to but he felt like he had been put in a full body bind.
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Harry wasn't sure what to expect when he walked into the library with his uncle/stepfather, what ever Fabian was. He knew the man had cared about him as a nephew but he wondered how Fabian was feeling now.
Harry looked up at his Uncle. "How come you're not more upset about this?"
Fabian was taken by surprise with the question. "Why would I be upset by the test results?"
Harry gaped at the man. "You just found out your husband has a son you never knew about. I would have thought you'd be angry with him and with..."
Fabian cut him off before he could go on. "With you? No. Harry there is a very good reason I'm not upset with you or my husband right now."
Harry was growing more confused by the moment. "What do you mean? What reason?"
Fabian took a deep breath and after looking at his belly, he found the words. "I'm not upset because..."