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Co-written with Tiger of the Fire. This is now being posted at Archive of our Own, under the user name of Duochanfan, I am slowly getting all my work over there.

Sorry for the long wait, been a little busy with real life and Camp Nano.

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Chapter 32

Severus shook his head as he watched Ginny barrel down the corridor towards the parlour where he had said Lucius was. He then carried on walking back to the rooms he shared with Harry and Draco. He had needed to get out of the room for a while as Harry was having one of his mood swings again and last he saw Harry was trying to throw a few things at his head, he had left Draco to deal with it while he went to the potions lab to get a couple of headache cure potions for himself and Draco, he knew the blond would need one after all Harry was once again screaming at them.

The strange thing was that there was silence in the rooms. Sure they had silencing charms, but they didn't exactly work on vampiric hearing. He raised an eyebrow, a little bit confused. There was something up. Opening the door to their rooms, he saw Draco sitting on the couch, one arm slung around Harry. Harry was leaning into Draco's side, a slight smile on his face. He looked at Severus and smiled. One of his hands rested upon his stomach and so was Draco's free one. He hummed a tiny bit. Severus only raised an eyebrow and kept the headache potions in his pocket. He knew that Harry needed to stay in that position for a bit, so Draco wasn't in any way able to take the potion.

Severus went over to the pair as sat down on Harry's other side, Harry reached over and grabbed one of his hands and brought it to his stomach and held it where Draco's hand had just been resting. He felt a slight raise in the skin and smiled. They baby was kicking. No wonder Harry and Draco were quiet. He smiled at Draco and Harry; he gave Harry a quick kiss on the cheek and leaned back into the couch. Harry then leaned back followed by Draco. Severus and Draco were both leaning against the back of the couch with Harry once again resting on Draco; both of the other wizards had a hand on Harry's stomach while the other was wrapped around his waist.

Harry smiled softly at them and then shifted a bit. He felt an incessant kick right over his bladder. He had to shrug out of their holds. "I'll be right back." He stood up and walked out of the room. Severus shook his head and handed the headache potion he knew that Draco would need to the younger Veela. Draco took it with a nod and downed its contents. He could feel the immediate relief flow through his head. Right as he sighed and closed his eyes, Harry returned and sat down. He smiled at the two of them. "I think this kid is meant to be a Malfoy, completely cruel and keeps kicking my bladder."

"Malfoy's aren't cruel we just distance ourselves from the idiots, and fall in love with the best people around," Draco said haughtily. Harry giggled at the way Draco was acting. Draco looked at his mate and gave a cute little growl, making the pregnant Fae burst out laughing. Severus gave a slight chuckle knowing that Draco was putting on this act to help keep Harry happy and calm.

Harry rubbed a side of his stomach at a particularly hard kick. He brought his feet up and curled them up next to him, letting them touch Severus' leg. Severus wrapped his arm around Severus' shoulder and smiled at them. "Well, at least this is going smoothly." Harry looked at him and nodded. He gave Severus a smile at that statement. Of course, that was right when Conner woke up. Severus sighed and kissed Harry's cheek before he went to get the little boy. Conner was six months old, as was Aislin, but he still wanted as much attention as he could get.

He walked into the nursery and noticed that both Conner and Aislin were awake. "You my little boy are spoilt, and fussy," he said to the wide eye little boy as he picked up his son. He went over to Aislin's cot and noticed that she was quiet content on trying to chew her toes, and left her while he went and fed the little boy. He walked back into the living room and noticed that Harry was once again curled up close to Draco. "Aislin is awake as well, though I think she has enough on her plate with her toes," he said, getting a confused look from Draco. "She is chewing on her toes Draco," he clarified for the blond.

Draco nodded. "Ah, so what's up with this little guy?" Conner looked at Harry and Draco. He let out a little giggle that got him attention from all three of his parents. Severus went and sat back down, sitting Conner up in his lap. The little boy had to be supported, as he was still a little unsteady. He gave a grin that revealed a tooth. Harry saw the tooth and instantly pulled away from Draco to look over Conner. He had a smile on his face and began to tickle the little boy in response to seeing the tooth. Conner began to giggle and started to struggle to get away from the attacking hands. Harry kept up the motions, being care to make sure that Conner stayed in the sitting position that Severus had placed him in.

"Now who is getting to be a big boy now, hmm?" Harry said to the giggling little boy that Severus was holding steady. "You've got your first tooth, now are you a big boy, yes you are you're a big boy." Harry continued in the voice he used when he was talking to one of the children. "He has his first tooth coming through, isn't it wonderful," he said as he stopped tickling the little boy and looked up at Severus and Draco.

The two nodded in agreement. They could tell that it made Harry happy to see Conner with his first tooth. Out of the twins, Conner was the one he worried about the most. He hadn't been the strongest of the two when born, but he was also the one that appeared to have empathic abilities. It was natural for the young Fae to worry over the little boy. The normal behavior that the boy exhibited showed that he was definitely the 'mother' of the group. Conner pouted at Harry for ending the tickling. He reached his arms out to the Fae. "Daddy," he said.

Harry's jaw dropped and rushed to pick up the little boy from where he was held on Severus' lap. "Oh aren't you a cleaver little boy. But it is Mommy not daddy for me sweetheart," he said to his baby son as he held him in his arms and danced around the room. "That is Daddy." He said showing Conner to Severus, trying to impress who his daddy was. He then walked over to Draco and told the little boy, "And this is Papa."

Severus raised an eyebrow at Harry. "Who said I would allow my children to call me daddy?" Harry looked at him with a little pout. Severus kept up the look. This appeared to be the first time that Severus was not going to back down on such a request. Harry went and sat down between the two, rubbing his shoulder against Severus'. Severus turned his head to look at Harry. He knew what the younger man was trying to do. He didn't say a word. Draco on the other hand, seemed ready to cave.

Draco did cave and said, "I don't mind being called Papa." He smiled at the little boy, sitting and gurgling in Harry's arms. "Father seams to harsh for you Severus, I think Daddy is better than being called Father it seems as though you are trying to distance yourself like my father did when I was younger. I was never allowed to call him dad or daddy, it was always father. It was like he never cared about me. He let me call him dad yesterday and I feel like I am getting closer to him," Draco tried to explain to Severus why he should allow himself to be called daddy instead of the normal father.

Severus gave his raised eyebrow look at Draco. "I never said that I could not be called dad, I just refuse to be called daddy." Conner was looking around at this point. He appeared absolutely interested in the movement of the fabric of Severus' black robe. He giggled and reached out to grab onto the sleeve. Harry had a good enough grip on him, so he wouldn't fall, but none of the three noticed this. Conner suddenly latched onto Severus' sleeve. Severus happened to notice the tugging once it was in Conner's mouth and being slobbered on by the six month old child.

Severus sighed and bent down to his son's level and said softly, "Now Conner that is not a chew toy, I will get you one as soon as I can for you to chew on, as I know that little tooth of yours must be hurting. So daddy will get you one in a bit okay, you have to let go of my sleeve so I can get you one. Will you let go of daddy's sleeve now Conner?" he asked in a baby voice, he hadn't noticed the slip he had made by saying daddy twice while he was talking to his son.

Harry chuckled at Severus' slip and helped him extract his sleeve from the little boy's mouth, though now it was covered in quite a bit of drool. Draco next to him snickered as well. He found it interesting how Severus hadn't noticed his slip. This was something the man rarely did, if ever. Severus looked at the two of them, pulling his arm out of his robe sleeve. He had apparently decided to just take the robe off. Harry just smiled coyly and Draco kept on snickering. After a moment, Draco managed to stop and look at him, mirth shining in his eyes. "That's right; DADDY'S sleeve isn't for chewing on, now is it?" Severus only gave Draco a look.

Harry chuckled again at the look that Severus was giving Draco. "You didn't even notice that you made a slip, it appears my dear mate that you don't mind being called daddy at all since that is who you said you were to our little boy." Harry grinned at his mate. "That's your daddy that is Conner, and he is going to get you something a little cold so it will numb your gums a little. I know it must hurt for your new tooth to come through so let's make sure it doesn't hurt to much yes little one," he said to the little boy he was still hold.

Severus stood up and shook his head. He then made his way to the bedroom. He had been keeping teething rings for Aislin and Conner, though he hadn't told either Draco or Harry. Harry looked up when he walked off and frowned. Draco put his arm around Harry's shoulder. "Don't worry; I'm sure there's nothing to worry about. I mean, he probably just went to get something." In fact, Severus came back a moment later with a teething ring in his hand. Harry raised an eyebrow at his vampire mate's preparedness. Severus only grinned at him, showing off his elongated canines.

Harry took the ring and held it in front of Conner who attacked it with gusto. "Sev, do you think Conner has more Vampiric traits than we thought, as I know Aislin doesn't have any teeth coming through yet?" Harry asked his mate as he watched Conner chew on the plastic ring with cool water inside of it. Harry smiled, thinking that he son would take more after his daddy that his mommy.

Severus sat down and thought for a moment. "It is possible. There are times that some genetics take more precedence over the other. That means it is likely that he's more vampiric than Aislin." He then shrugged a bit and watched Conner nearly put a hole in the teething ring. He was feeling glad about the fact that he had put an anti-breaking charm on the piece of plastic. Conner looked up with his big round eyes and smiled. They were beginning to change colour from the regular baby blue. It was hard to tell which colour they were becoming though, as one moment they were black, and the next green.

Draco got up from the couch and went into the nursery where Aislin still lay in her cot, chewing on her toes. "Well Aislin do you want to come out and join your brother?" he asked the little girl in his baby voice. Aislin giggled and let go of her feet, letting them hit the mattress below her a couple of times as she held her hands out for Draco to pick her up. "It's not fair that your brother gets a lot of the attention, I know, but he can feel what everyone else is feeling and it can hurt him. You don't need someone to make sure you are happy and that is all you feel like he does, then again you aren't bothered really are you, as long as you have your toes to chew on." He smiled at the little girl as he picked her up and walked into the living room.

Aislin giggled again and held onto Draco. She looked to see Harry holding Conner. She squealed and latched her hands into Draco's hair. Draco sat down with the little girl, hoping that she wouldn't tug on his hair. Apparently he had no such luck. She gave a good tug, which caused him to yelp. Slight problem was that it caused Conner to start crying. He grimaced and gave the others an apologetic look. He didn't mean to startle the boy, but he also didn't mean to get his hair pulled. Severus reached over and took Aislin from Draco, after detaching her from his hair. Harry rubbed soothing circles into Conner's back, effectively calming the little boy down.

Conner and Aislin were facing each other, one was on Harry's knee, chewing on a teething ring, and the other was perched on Severus' knee. Aislin wanted to play with her brother and reached forward and patted one of his hands. Conner looked up at his sister and smiled, drooling onto the teething ring he had just taken out of his mouth. He held it out for Aislin to take, which she did and chewed it. She made a cute face and held it out for her brother to take back, she didn't like the taste, and she preferred her toes and went about trying to get them in her mouth again. Harry, Draco and Severus watched them play and laughed softly at them both.

Draco smiled slightly and shook his head. "They make a pair. So Harry, you said that Ron wanted to talk to my father, do you know what he wanted to talk about?" Harry looked at Draco and only smiled. Of course he knew, but that didn't mean he had to share. Draco waited to see if Harry would say a thing, but that wait looked to be a long one. Harry just went to humming and looking down at Conner, who had gone back to chewing on the slobber covered teething ring. Draco glared at Harry; he didn't enjoy being ignored.

Severus shook his head at Harry's stubbornness. "Interesting Draco, as Miss Weasley went running to where your father was as well. So Harry what did Ron want? You know you will end up telling us in the end," Severus asked his mate as he smiled at them both.

Harry hummed. "Remember how Ron and I went to visit Madam Pomfrey earlier?" The two nodded. Harry didn't continue for a bit, just sat there and let them think. This mostly annoyed them. Once he was sure that they were sufficiently annoyed, he smiled. "Well, she checked on our progress, offered us to find out what we're having. Ron decided to let the gender remain a mystery, but I found out ours." He didn't elaborate; he was going to just let that sit for a moment. He laid his head on Draco's shoulder and chuckled. "Ron fainted when she told him that he's having twins." He then stopped and watched to see what the reactions his mates would have.

"Twins, never in Malfoy history have there been twins in the family. Oh I bet dad is so happy about that, he always wanted more children, but my mother didn't want anymore. That it wonderful news Harry. So what is the gender of our little baby?" Draco asked his younger mate. "You know Harry, a part of me wants to wait to find out, but the main part of me is dying to find out if our baby is a little girl or a little boy," he added, smiling as he gave Harry a soft kiss.

Harry cuddled up against Draco. Severus knew he was trying to make Draco squirm with anticipation. It was working quite well. The younger man squirmed for Harry well. "Well, what do you want to have more?" He rubbed his stomach, emphasizing something. He hummed again as he waited for Draco's response on the matter. Draco looked at Harry, still smiling. The younger man was having fun with him, and Draco knew it. Draco reached out and lightly placed his hand on Harry's bulging stomach. He loved seeing his mate with the perfectly rounded form of pregnancy. He liked the way he glowed, not that Harry didn't have a tendency to glow in some way.

Draco leaned forward and kissed the rounded stomach, he then looked up at Harry and said softly, "You know what Harry I don't care I would love to have both, I don't care as long as they are healthy and we are happy." He rubbed Harry stomach softly, feeling a little kick against his hand every now and then. He was happy and content, he didn't care if it was a girl or a boy, and they would both be treated like royalty as far as Draco was concerned.

Harry smiled and put his hand over Draco's. "Alright, I'll end the suspense." This got a snort out of Severus. Nothing would ever end the suspense in their lives. As far as everything went, their lives would be nothing, but suspense. Harry smiled at Severus, knowing what the older man was thinking. He then turned back to Draco. "It's a girl." He knew that it was to be interesting, no matter what was to be said. Their lives was going to become a handful. Of course, Harry didn't know that girls never happened when it came to the Malfoy family.

Draco's jaw hit the floor; he had been so sure that it would be a boy as no girl had been born into the Malfoy family in generations. "A girl," he said softly as though afraid it would not be true. "You sure? Yes of course you are, sorry. It's just that there has not been a baby girl born into the Malfoy family in generations, it's never happened, oh I can't wait until I tell my father he will be over the moon, he always wanted a little girl to spoil. I know he is trying to spoil Aislin, but she is not interested is she, she would rather be left alone most of the time, quiet content in finding her own amusement." Draco was babbling, he didn't do it often only when something shocked him.

Harry started to laugh at Draco's incessant babbling. Severus on the other hand wasn't sure that he could take much more babbling. After a moment, he put a stop to it. "Draco, stop babbling this instant. You can tell your father later, now just quiet down before Harry here starts to laugh too hard." That stopped Draco. He looked at Harry and noticed the young Fae laughing. This just caused Draco to shake his head. He pulled Harry into his arms and gave him a good sound hug. This was turning out to be the best day for Draco.

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