Edited 9/13/2023 Minor Grammar/Spelling.
2/2 for today!
Friday, July 31, 1998
Harry's birthday, unlike Neville's, was quite small and only included Order members. The Weasleys, excluding Molly and Ron, were gathered in the living room when Hermione, Ginny, Draco and Theo arrived that evening. Ginny went to join her brothers with a wave while Hermione dragged her husbands to find Harry.
"Why do we have to attend Potter's party, I would have much rather attended Longbottoms," Draco grumbled, wincing when Hermione elbowed him in the ribs.
Harry was sitting at the kitchen table, holding Teddy in his lap, with Augusta, Narcissa, and Andromeda hovering over the stove. Regulus, Remus, and Kingsley were talking to a content looking Neville while Luna flitted around the house in a startlingly violet dress.
"Happy birthday, Harry," Hermione said, dropping a kiss to the top of his head.
"Hello!" he said, grinning up at her, "Come on in," he gestured to Draco and Theo to fill the open seats at the table. Hermione drifted over to the women hovering over the stove, but went back to the table when she was shooed away by her mother-in-law.
Draco pulled her into his lap and held her firmly against him. "Oi," Harry joked, "that's my sister, no manhandling her on my birthday."
"But I can on my own?" Draco said cheekily, causing Hermione to blush and Theo to snort into his drink.
"Er-" Harry's face turned bright pink and he looked around for someone to save him from his embarrassment.
Remus chuckled and looked at Regulus, "You know, Draco," Regulus said looking at him thoughtfully, "the more I get to know you, the more you remind me of my brother."
Remus smiled fondly, "I would never have guessed, when I was your professor, but now I definitely see it, although you chase a lot less skirt than he did."
"Don't let him fool you," Theo winked, "before we forced him to commit he was known as the Slytherin Sex God."
"Oi!" Harry said, "It's my birthday, I do not want to hear about Draco Malfoy's predilections."
"That's quite a big word, Harry," Hermione teased, "have you been using the Thesaurus Quill I got you?"
Harry dropped his head to Teddy's stomach, causing the baby to laugh and grab onto Harry's messy locks. "I'm going to go sit with the Weasleys, they know how to treat a bloke on his birthday," he got up with a pretend huff and carried his godson into the front room.
Hermione was glad to see him in joking form, he hadn't gotten to have particularly joyful birthdays when he was younger, and she hoped that by the time the next one came around this War would be over and done.
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