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Harry sat next to Severus' bed in the infirmary. Poppy had insisted that after the hex Severus had been hit by and the amount of blood he had lost that he should be in the infirmary.

Severus slowly blinked himself awake thankful for the dim lighting in the infirmary.

He groaned as he tried to move.

'Careful Sev, everything is just starting to stitch back together,' Harry said softly, as he helped to prop Severus against the pillows.

'Harry, are you okay?' he asked cupping Harry's face with one hand.

Harry nodded, tears in eyes, 'I'm fine it's you I've been worried about, you big brute.'

'So long as you're okay,' Severus said letting his head drop back against the pillows. 'Ow!' he exclaimed after Harry punched his arm, 'what was that for?' He asked indignantly as he rubbed the spot.

'That was for being an idiot and almost getting yourself killed, do you have any idea what curse he used?' Harry was almost frantic now.

'I'm sorry I just didn't want to see you get hurt,' Severus tried to explain.

'So it's okay for you to get hurt?' Harry exclaimed.

'I just didn't think, I couldn't stand the thought of losing you again.' Severus replied.

'I can't lose you either Sev,' Harry whispered as his tears found release.

Severus pulled Harry onto the bed and held the smaller trembling body tightly as he cried into the warm body, all the while Severus whispered endearments to Harry.

Despite the amount of people in the office, no one was sure who had cast the hex. There was now an Auror or two at the offices at al times in case they tried to get back to make another fake paper.

A few weeks after the paper incident Harry and Severus had been invited to the Burrow to have dinner with Molly and Arthur, Ginny and her boyfriend Blaise, Hermione and Charlie.

They had just finished dinner and were scattered about the living room, kitchen and outside, where Remus, Arthur, Billf and Severus were smoking cigars. Hermione was in the kitchen with Molly and Ginny and Harry was with Draco and Blaise.

'Is this your portfolio?' Harry asked opening the heavy metal cover of the book that was sitting on the table.

'Yeah, I just finished putting it together,' Blaise replied.

'Blaise!' Ginny called from the kitchen, the Italian gave Harry and Draco and apologetic smile before hurrying into the kitchen. Draco was flipping through a catalogue of the twins products as Harry looked through the photos.

'Draco?' Harry asked, cautiously.

'Hmm?' the blonde looked up in confusion.

The portfolio lay open on the table and Harry pointed to one. 'Does this look familiar?'

Draco glanced at it and was about to reply negatively when he looked at it again, longer.

In it two women were in a rather lewd pose, one that was almost physically impossible to get. It was the exact same pose that they had seen themselves in a few weeks ago.

Suddenly a door, Harry guessed the front door, slammed and Draco was running into the kitchen.

'Where'd he go?' Draco demanded, startling the three women.

'Who?' Ginny asked.

'Blaise!'

'I don't know why? What'd he do this time?' Ginny asked, almost defensively.

'We think he maybe behind the fake papers,' Draco replied.

Ginny started muttering half formed insults as she stormed outside, and not finding her wayward boyfriend, howled in rage, 'I'm gonna kill him!'

'Kill who?' Bill asked as he and the others joined them in the kitchen.

'Blaise,' Draco stated.

'Why?' Remus sounded as confused as everyone else felt.

'Because I turned him down when he asked me out,' Harry replied.

'What?' they all spun around to stare at the brunet.

'When I first started to see Sev, Blaise asked me out, told me I could do better. I told him I was perfectly happy with the man I was seeing. He then told me he wasn't going to stop until I was his. Nothing happened so figured he'd moved on. I guess I was wrong,' he replied flatly.

'None of this is your fault.' Severus said as firmly yet as gently as he could.

'I know I just wish people would stop trying to tell me how to live my life,' Harry sighed.

Severus simply held Harry tightly, they were all quiet for a moment before Severus spoke, 'he's probably gone, and won't be back, I say we enjoy what's left of the evening with family before getting back to the school. I hear there's a lovely chocolate type dessert somewhere.'

'Chocolate?' Remus, Draco and Harry all asked together, causing everyone to laugh.