Halloween Prompt - #26 Trick Or Treating
Worth It
"He's so cute!"
"Ohh, isn't he adorable."
"You're so sweet taking him trick or treating!"
"You're son is handsome. Looks just like his father."
Severus groaned as he and Teddy finally made it to the seventh floor, where the Department of Law Enforcement beckoned. When he'd offered to take Teddy trick or treating for Andromeda, he hadn't expected the insipid comments from the members of the Ministry of Magic. He hadn't expected to have to cast an actual shield charm to protect himself from overly amorous women either.
Halloween, the one day of the year that the Ministry allowed children, was always a fun day at the Ministry, or so Harry told him. His husband had been a bit upset that he couldn't take Teddy with him, but as Head Auror, he really couldn't spare the time to walk around every floor in the search for sweets, toys and whatever else the workers were putting in the kids extendable charmed bags.
"Is this where Uncle Harry works, Uncle Sev?" Teddy asked, pulling at Severus' hand.
"It is. See that office at the end of the corridor. That's Uncle Harry's."
"Can I go see him?"
With a soft smile that was reserved only for Teddy, Severus nodded. "Make sure you knock on the door and wait for Uncle Harry to say you can go in, okay?"
With that, Teddy was off, running down the corridor with the wings of his hippogriff outfit flapping behind him. Severus followed at a more sedate pace, happy that Teddy was safely in his sights.
When he saw Teddy open the door, and the smile that lit Harry's face up at the sight of his Godson, Severus knew the trip was worth it. Reaching the door, he heard Harry exclaim, "Look at you, Teddy-Bear! Don't you make a fine...crup?"
"Don't be silly, Uncle Harry! I'm a hippogriff like Buckbeak!"
"Ah, but can you fly like Buckbeak?"
Severus watched from the doorway as Harry sneakily levitated a laughing Teddy a few feet off the floor. "Look at that, you can fly just like Buckbeak!"
When he set Teddy down, Harry turned his attention to Severus. "Thank you," he murmured, pressing a chaste kiss to Severus' cheek.
"Of course. Have you half an hour free?"
Harry nodded, raising his eyebrow in question. Pulling a picnic basket from his pocket, Severus placed it on the desk and enlarged it. "I thought Teddy should eat before he starts in on the pile of sweets he's managed to procure. Would you care to join us?"
Taking a blanket from the very top of the basket, Severus lay it down neatly on the floor.
The smile on Harry's face told him he'd done good. The whispered words in his ear told him the reward would be worth it.