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For the next several mornings and afternoons and dinners, Harry was gifted with a variety of flowers, chocolates and an assortment of odd gifts. There was no guessing as to who they were from because all of them had little notes attached.

"Orchids are your favourite."

"You don't like peanuts in your chocolate."

'Your socks never match."

"You put hot sauce on practically everything."

"There's always a pen on you somewhere."

"You always have an extra notebook."

"You can't stand onions."

"Your favourite colours are purple, fuchsia and teal."

All were signed 'Sev'.

Harry kept all of them.

At the beginning of the third week of gifts Harry sat next to Severus. He gave his husband a small smile before he dug into his breakfast, it was all Severus could do to keep himself from assaulting Harry right there. It was a little odd but after the first day of awkward meals they began to talk. At first it was about the school and the weather but it slowly evolved into more. Severus didn't stop with the gifts or the notes.

Almost two weeks later Harry didn't show up to dinner and a worried Remus came in to talk to Severus and Draco.

'Harry collapsed in class today, he's in the infirmary.' Remus whispered before he left again.

Draco was already in his feet following his wolf, he stopped when he realized that Severus hadn't moved, 'are you coming?' he asked exasperatedly before he rushed off.

It took a stunned Severus a moment to comprehend what was going on, but he soon fled after Draco.

He found Remus and Draco with Harry, as Bill had taken Hermione out for a proper dinner that night.

'Merlin Harry, what happened?' he asked rushing to Harry's bedside as he checked Harry over for any injuries.

Draco and Remus had to hold back their snorts of amusement as Severus fussed over Harry.

'Severus,' Harry batted at Severus' hands trying to still them but they wouldn't, 'stop it,' he cut into Severus' rant, 'I'm fine,' he insisted when the hands came back, 'SEV!' he yelled trying to get the man to stop, which he did. The older man blushed and looked both ashamed and hurt at the harshness in Harry's tone.

'I'm fine, really,' Harry insisted taking the hands in his and squeezing them tightly.

'But Lupin said you had collapsed,' Severus mumbled.

Harry glared at Remus, 'I didn't collapse, I had a dizzy spell and now no one will let me leave here.' He replied not bothering to hide is irritation.

'Oh good you're here,' Poppy said as she joined the small group.

'Remus, Draco, you can go now,' Poppy dismissed them with a wave of her hand. 'I know all about your relations Mr. Lupin this however is between Harry and Severus.' She glared at the pair as they slinked out of the infirmary.

Before Poppy could start Luna suddenly started yelling, 'what part of private don't you infuriating twats not understand?' followed by matching indignant cries of 'ow I was trying to get him to leave,' and 'ow he's my son.'

Poppy shook her head and waited a moment, 'they're gone Poppy,' Luna shouted.

Poppy looked from Severus to Harry, 'Sometimes magical scans aren't always correct, same with muggle scans. Sometimes something gets missed.'

'Poppy, what are you talking about?' Harry asked fearfully.

She sighed, 'when scanning you to find out if you were pregnant, I only found one foetus,' she began.

'I know I did that spell a dozen times it all came back the same,' Harry cut in.

Poppy scowled at Harry but continued, 'and with the miscarriage, Merlin I don't know how I missed it,'

'Missed what?' Severus asked, just as irritated with the roundabout way of the mediwitch.

'The second one, it seems Harry that you are still pregnant.' She said a little smugly, if embarrassed that it had been missed.

'What?' both Harry and Severus stared at her like she had just announced that Harry had developed a vagina and breasts.

'It seems that you were pregnant with twins, fraternal ones, and that when you had the miscarriage only one of them was aborted. It's rare but not altogether unheard of.' Poppy explained gently.

'You mean I'm still... I have... I didn't...' Harry babbled as a hand gently caressed his abdomen.

Poppy smiled, 'yes Harry you still have a tiny life growing inside you.'

Neither Harry nor Severus knew whether to laugh or cry. It took a moment thought for Harry to laugh then he broke into tears. Severus was next to Harry in a flash, and had his arms wrapped around the smaller man holding him tightly.

Poppy stood and left the two men to each other.

Severus had closed his eyes as he held Harry close and a few of his own tears escaped and fell into Harry's hair.

Maybe, just maybe not all was lost.