Togetherness

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

A special thank you to Tarallynne Moon for the spectacular beta work.


Chapter 13 Revenge or Vindication?

The morning dawned and the two lovers were still wrapped around each other. Not many would have believed it unless they saw it themselves. The blonde hair overlapping the shoulder and blending with the dark haired wizard’s. It was a combination not many would have thought of or suspected.

Lucius Malfoy stirred from his slumber. It had been too long since he had woken with a warm and willing body next to his and he was going to enjoy it. He snuggled up to the body next to him and inhaled a long missed scent, settled, and exhaled. And waited.

The dark haired wizard had never slept deeply unless it was with the help of a potion or unless he was next to the only person he ever spent the entire night with. He opened his eyes a crack to see the silver blue eyes staring at him, leaned down, and gently kissed the lips. “Good morning Lucius. I’ve missed you.”

Lucius looked at the man with the dark eyes and hair. He scooted up and placed a longer, more inent ent kiss on the lips. He finally broke off the kiss. “Good morning to you Severus. You have no idea how much I’ve missed you.”

The two men lay together quietly talking about the years they had been apart. Lucius learned that Severus blamed J Pot Potter and visited the blame on the undeserving young man now with his son. Lucius began the long journey of convincing Severus to treat Harry better since it was James and Lucius fault they were parted all those years ago. The only thing both men agreed fully on this morning was they had Draco and he had been the hi-light of those years. He was the glue that kept them together and at least speaking when it could have ended so badly. Lucius was surprised when Sev con confessed that he hadn’t wanted anyone else in his life and wouldn’t let a man or woman in to usurp Lucius’ place.

In another part of the dungeons, a similar scene was taking place. The blonde was waking, curled around his lover. His Harry. Draco cuddled closer and began running his hands over Harry’s chest to wake him. Draco wanted Harry before the day turned to madness. Harry woke to the touches of Draco and moved to kiss those lips. It was going to be a good day.

In the Gryffindor tower, a young Hermione Granger woke alone in her bed. She was frustrated and lonely. This morning also reminded her of her other condition. She was pregnant and would be letting Harry have the baby since it was his anyway. She had plans for her future, and they all began again today.

The house elves were busy but happy to be delivering breakfasts to the dungeons. The happy atmosphere in the dungeons was a long awaited change for Hogwarts, and it was most welcomed. Now, if things could only go that way for the rest of the castle. They even wished the know-it-all frizzy haired witch who tried to destroy their lives a good day.

Harry and Draco ate breakfast and then showered, taking time to caress each other just in affection, not necessarily trying to start anything sexual. They had a future together and they needed to learn more of each other in a slow way while thinking of the babies to come in their lives. They were finished dressing and remembered they were supposed to have a guest. Draco went to the room his father was supposed to be in and knocked several times. He gave a worried look to Harry when there was no answer and opened the door to check on him. Harry heard him suck in a breath and start chanting “No, no, no. HARRY!”

Harry feared the worst as he ran across the suite to Draco. He stopped his momentum by grabbing onto Draco. “What’s wrong, love? Where’s Lucius?”

Draco began worrying. “That’s what’s wrong. Father is missing. I have to find him, I can’t lose him now, I just got him back. Harry, help me, please, help me find him.” Draco was becoming frantic and Harry needed to think fast.

“Draco, stop and think. We saw him last night leaving with Snape and Hermione. Let’s just assume they walked Hermione to the tower and started back here. Maybe they stopped at Severus’ to have a drink. Calm down, we’ll go check with Severus and then call in others to help search if we can’t find him there.”

Harry took Draco’s hand and pulled him in for a hug, rubbing his back in small circles, trying to comfort him. He kissed Draco’s forehead and looked into the eyes that captivated him. He kissed the lips gently and led him to the door. They made their way to Severus’ private chambers. When they got there, Draco didn’t think about it, he just uttered the password and the door opened and they walked in and stopped dead in their tracks. Both young men pulled their wands at the unexpected sounds coming from the other room and slowly made their way to the door that was opened just enough to see through. The site that greeted them made them gasp and freeze.

There on Severus’ bed were the two men they had been looking for and both were naked and could only be said to be enjoying themselves. The two youngest were frozen to the spot and could only watch as Lucius Malfoy kissed and sucked on the neck of Severus Snape while in the process of thrusting as hard as possible into the other. They heard the mewling of satisfaction and Severus on the verge of yelling. They heard the harsh whisper from one of them “Yes, oh gods, yes. You are still fantastic and so tight. I never want to stop again. Come for me, now.” They watched as Lucius grabbed onto Severus erection and begin stroking. They saw Severus’ legs stiffen around Lucius’ waist and Lucius pull back and slam in forcefully one more time. They heard both men cry out, saw them shudder and then collapse into each other.

They backed away slowly from the door, both looking flushed, and embarrassed at intruding on such an intimate moment. They crept back to the door and let themselves out and resealed the door. They hurried back to their rooms and collapsed on the couch and looked at each other.

“Oh gods, did we see what we think we saw?” Harry couldn’t believe he actually got that sentence out.

Draco sat there still stunned. “My father and Severus? Why? Is this something new? Was it because Father was lonely after Azkaban? Why, Harry, why?” He threw himself into Harry’s arms and lay there. Harry began stroking his hair. He shifted so Draco was lying on top of him. He kept on stroking the hair and started rubbing his back. “Sshh, we’ll find out when you father comes back here. He will tell you what’s going on. But think before you say anything, remember they have known each other most of their lives. There’s an explanation and you’ll know when they’re ready to tell you.” Draco looked at Harry, still not convinced. Harry had to distract Draco from worrying. He pulled the blonde up over him and began kissing him slowly; letting Draco set the pace from there. Draco wanted Harry, there was no denying it and he wanted him now. Draco began to deepen the kisses and feeling Harry’s arms. He started unbuttoning Harry’s shirt and got impatient, grabbing it and ripping it open. Harry inhaled in surprise, Draco had been impatient before, but never to this extent and he was looking forward to it. He watched as Draco dragged his pants, shoes and socks off and then began on his own. The sound of bouncing buttons was enough to make Harry giggle and Draco looked at him and smirked.

Draco wanted Harry fast and furious, but he also wanted him to lose control totally. He couldn’t get the picture out of his mind and it drove him on. There wasn’t a spot on Harry that his lips and tongue hadn’t or wouldn’t touch. Harry whimpered and squirmed underneath of Draco, encouraging him.

“Right there, oh yes Draco” was a frequent phrase. Harry tried to return the moves, but Draco was having none of it. He sat up straddling Harry. “Let’s take it to the bed. I want to romp.” Harry gathered him closer and stood up. Draco wrapped his legs around Harry as Harry headed for the bedroom. Harry turned around and fell backwards on the bed bringing Draco on top of him.

Harry looked at Draco and saw a gleam in the eyes and wondered what was next. Draco grabbed Harry’s arms and lifted them over his head and started kissing him again. Harry heard Draco mutter something and found his wrists encased in silk and tied to the headboard. It made Harry harden even more. “Yes, Draco, do me now. Hard and fast.” Harry was getting impatient now and Draco only wanted to make it last and prolong it now. He moved down Harry, kissing and sucking on him like a starving man enjoying a buffet. He even took the time to pay attention to Harry’s erection, but only briefly before moving on. He paid homage to Harry’s sack and brought his fingers up to tease and massage Harry around his anus. Harry felt like this was the torture of the best kind, but he wanted release. “Draco, oh gods, Draco now, please. I can’t take it anymore. Fill me, fuck me.” He thrust against Draco and wrapped his legs around his waist, presenting himself to Draco.

Draco looked at Harry. He looked totally debauched and wanton underneath him. He could feel the tension radiating off of him and his own manhood twitched in anticipation. He called for the lube and began to work on his fingers, each one slowly in front of Harry, teasing him, making him watch the caressing. He finally moved his fingers down and let them dance around Harry’s opening. He stopped the dancing and placed one against Harry’s orifice and pushed just the smallest amount, not breaching the entrance and began wiggling it around. “Tell me Harry, I need to hear it.”

Harry shuddered and arched up with his hips, trying to impale himself on the digit. His leverage was off because of his arms bound the way they were. “Please, Draco, please touch me, feel me, fill me. I want to feel you in me, all of you. Oh gods, it’s torture. Let my hands go so I can feel you too, please Draco.” Harry was frantic now, begging and pleading and he didn’t care if that’s what it took to make Draco fuck him.

Draco relented and let the first finger enter Harry, slowly. Harry convulsed and moaned at the contact. “More, damn it, more.” Draco inserted a second finger and began thrusting again, moving his fingers to find Harry’s prostate and hitting it. Harry yelled and saw colored lights explode behind his closed eyes. “Oh fuck yes, do that again.” Draco smiled and inserted the third finger and began stretching Harry and occasionally hitting the prostate again. Harry was now a quivering mass under Draco, and just let his body take over. It began rubbing and thrusting against Draco. His cock hardened again and twitched. Harry felt his balls raise and tighten. “Oh gods, Draco I’m going to cum.”

Draco stopped. He wasn’t ready for Harry to cum yet. He grabbed Harry’s cock and applied pressure to the vein on the underside. “Not until I want you to, love.” Harry whimpered and Draco uttered another spell and Harry felt something tighten around his cock and the pressure build. “Draco, please.”

Draco thrust his fingers in again, purposely hitting the prostate and watching Harry squirm. He removed his fingers and positioned his lubed cock against Harry. “How, Harry, how? Choice is yours.” Harry tried to move against it but couldn’t, he was already stretched as far as his arms would let him. He looked at Draco and growled, “I don’t care you prat, just fuck me into the mattress.” Draco plunged fully into Harry in one stroke. Harry cried out and brought his legs up straight from where they had been wrapped around Draco. “Yes, harder and faster.” Draco did his best to comply. The bed began thumping as he plowed into Harry over and over and then he stopped. “Harry.” Draco pulled all the way out and looked at Harry. Harry was ready to explode and was whimpering in earnest now. “Draco, please don’t leave me like this.” Draco grabbed him by the hips and flipped him over and pushed so Harry’s ass was swaying in front of him. He parted the cheeks and laid his cock against the hole again. “Ready, Harry?” He plunged in for all he was worth and began riding Harry, varying his thrusts. Harry tried to support himself on his crossed and bound arms. Harry could feel the pain building in his cock. “Draco, stop, please stop.” Draco heard the frantic cry and stopped. He only wanted to please Harry, not hurt him. “What’s wrong Harry, where does it hurt?” Harry wiggled against Draco. “My cock Draco, take that ring off, please, hurry.” Draco had forgotten about it. He released it with a spell and heard Harry groan in appreciation. Harry took him by surprise as he began thrusting back against Draco. “Now, Draco, now.”

Draco leaned over Harry and started again. This time he wrapped a hand around Harry and gently stroked the inflamed cock, trying to soothe him and bring him off at the same time. Harry felt the pressure build and his balls tighten. He grunted and pushed as hard as possible onto Draco and tightened his muscles around the cock in his ass. Draco felt the pressure surround him and jabbed twice more. “Now, Harry, now”.

Both young men threw their heads back and let the sounds erupt in time with their release. Harry collapsed on the bed and Draco fell on top of him. They lay there panting, trying to savor the experience and let the aftershocks ripple through them. Draco looked down at his lover, kissed his neck, and muttered the releasing spell. He pulled out of Harry and performed the cleaning spell on both of them and rolled to his side. Harry was replete and didn’t want to move, but he managed to throw an arm over Draco. “Bloody fantastic Draco.” Those were the last words he uttered before sleep claimed him. Draco couldn’t even mutter as sleep claimed them.

Lucius had gotten up and bathed with Severus in the mini pool/bathtub. He dressed and helped Severus dress. “When is your first class?” Severus looked at the clock in shock. “It was about 45 minutes ago. Shit”
That’s when he noticed the owl on the perch in his common room. He gathered the note from the owl and gave it an owl treat. He opened the note and read it and blushed. He handed it to Lucius and he blushed. Leave it to Dumbledore to know what was going on. It was just as well though, they had a lot of catching up to do and they had to get the boys and Hermione and make plans for one Simon Snarkle.

Lucius held out his hand to Severus who joined him at the door. Lucius ran his hands through the silky dark hair and brought Severus’ face in for a kiss before they left. They made their way to the suite and Lucius said the password and entered. They saw clothes strewn over the common room and smiled at each other. Lucius and Severus made their way to the bedroom door. The smell of hot steamy sex was overpowering as they looked at the naked, exhausted boys on the bed and backed away.

They went to the common room and picked up the clothes and what buttons they could find and laid them on a chair. Lucius summoned a house elf and ordered tea and biscuits for the wait.

A little while later they heard the stirrings and groans coming from the bedroom.
“Oh gods, Draco, I don’t know if I can even get up now.”
“Not to worry Harry, you were “up” enough earlier.”
“Prat, you know what I mean. I can barely move, that was absolutely the best shag we’ve ever had. What caused that?”
“Might have been seeing my father and Severus at it like bunnies or it could have been this delectable ass of yours.” A kissing sound was heard from the bedroom in time with an indrawn breath.
“Draco, we have to get ready. We’re already late.”

More groans were heard as the two got up and made their way into the shower. Another fifteen minutes saw them back in the bedroom finishing drying and dressing. They walked hand in hand out to the common room and stopped at the sight of Lucius and Severus curled up on a couch, snogging.

“Good morning all.”

The two on the couch broke apart and looked at the two younger men. “Rest well? See anything interesting or provoking lately?” Lucius raised an eyebrow at his son and smirked.

Draco curled into Harry and whispered in his ear “I don’t know how, but they know we saw them.” Harry blushed and didn’t say a word.

Severus took pity on them and with his trademark smirk looked at them. “Sit down boys. You need something to fortify you for the rest of the day. We have work to do.” He summoned the house elf and ordered food for five and instructed the house elf to take this note to whichever class Hermione Granger was in and give it to the instructor.

Hermione joined them 15 minutes later and the plans were well under way and they still had time to put them in motion today, if they wanted. They had to tell Albus they were all leaving and their approximate destination. They decide to tell Albus together and set out for his office. When they entered his eyes were twinkling as normal and offered the Lemon drops. All refused and took their seats.

Harry began explaining to the Headmaster what they were doing for the day and it included a trip to the Ministry of Magic and St Mungo’s. Mr. Snarkle was in for a surprise as well as a few others.

The five walked to the apparition point. Hermione was flanked by men on either side. Instead of all five trying to apparate and not splinch themselves, they made use of the port key Dumbledore had provided. They landed in the alley behind the call box for the MoM and made their way around and squeezed in.

Their passes were sent in and they entered the MoM building. They got into the elevator and made their way to the minister’s office. Harry introduced them and within minutes they were ushered into the Ministers office.
“Good morning, Miss Granger, Mr. Potter. Misters Malfoy, and Mr. Snape. What can I do for you today?”
Harry began outlining taletale and was shaking again by the time he was finished. He was enveloped by four arms, the two youngest giving him comfort.

“Please minister, understand this. There are now three people expecting unplanned children because of the machinations of this madman. After thinking things through, we have solutions for the babies and all are in favor of them. But we still want justice. If he did this to me, what else has he done to others? If you were to question him, you will find he was not in this alone. Call to St. Mungo’s and get a copy of my file. Tell them you need it for the archive records. I want to see what they will send you.”

The minister proceeded with Harry’s suggestion and they waited for 15 minutes until it was delivered. Since Severus was the one most familiar with the file he read over the Minister’s shoulder and pointed out the pertinent points. The minister saw red that Harry or anyone should be treated like this. He summoned two as ans and sent them to retrieve Mr. Snarkle and all of his records, past and present.

The first auror arrived with Mr. Snarkle in about ten minutes. The second auror was a little longer and began unloading and enlarging boxes of records

The minister looked at Snarkle and asked if he had any idea why he was called here. In a whiney voice that just grated on the nerves, Snarkle tried the age-old tradition of confusion and then denial when he heard the allegations against him.

The minister had another cup brought for Snarkle and poured for all of them, “Now, Mr. Snarkle, why don’t you tell us who convinced you to pursue this line of treatment for Mr. Potter. Before you answer that, are there any others we need to know about? It would be easier on you if you told us ahead of time and not make us go through all of those records.”

Simon Snarkle sat in the chair and began to sweat. He opened his mouth to recite what he had been told to if he ever found himself in this type of predicament but what he wanted to say would not come out.

The Minister looked at him and took some pity. “Don’t fight it Mr. Snarkle, it will only make the truth serum hurt that much more. You might as well tell us the truth and spare yourself as much as possible.”

Simon looked at the crowd and realized that Harry Potter was very much alive and ang tha than when he had to face Voldemort. It was enough to swing Simon to start blabbering and letting the truth roll from his traitorous lips. The minister halted him long enough to call for parchment and a self -writing pen. He wanted to make sure it was all written down correctly so there would be no questioning it.

When all was said and done, it seems his uncle, Cornelius Fudge had convinced him to train in the Muggle treatments of hypnosis and to begin practicing on people. Just little things at first, so families wouldn’t get suspicious. By the time the war was over, he had “graduated” to the manipulative stage, causing people to become gravely ill, the way Harry had been doing. Yes, there were ways around it and he snarled at his audience that it looked like it had been found.

Harry, Draco and Severus were all clenching their teeth and fists. They all wanted a piece of this filth and his bloody uncle. Hermione sat there in silence, waiting to move in for the jugular vein. Patience was something she had had to learn while dealing with H and and Ron. It was put to good use again.

“Mr. Minister, if I may?” Hermione addressed the man behind the big desk. “Mr. Snarkle’s crime goes further than what he has confessed to simply because we don’t know the correct questions to ask. It seems that there was also some Dark Magic overlaid in the hypnosis. When Harry lay thinking he was dying, he touched Draco Malfoy, who in turned touched Professor Snape and myself. We were all immediately impregnated. Do you have any idea of the ramifications of this if it were to get out? You, sir, would have chaos on your hands. Think of all the past and present patients he has worked on? What has he done to them? You are going to need a lot of help figuring out this quagmire, but it better start soon to nip this in the bud. I would not presume to tell you how to run your job, but you better remove Fudge from power before this goes further and something is done that is not correctable. Luckily, these children will be wanted and loved. Others wouldn’t be that fortunate.”

Hermione sat back with the others and waited. The Minister sat there and looked around at the gathering. “I will be calling a special meeting of the MoM and the DoM. Fudge will be out by the end of the day, but that must go no farther than here. I am placing Mr. Snarkle under gag and arrest until the meeting is convened and we have agreed on his punishment. Harry, since you are the one directly affected by this the worst” three pair of eyebrow shot up at that “I think you should present the case and offer your solution for punishment –be it revenge or vindication. The councils will probably follow your suggestions.”

The Minister called for the aurors and gagged and bound Snarkle. “Put him where no one has access to him accept the two of you and myself. No one, even family or government official, except myself will be allowed to see him. You will know the pass code for this day and it will be used to retrieve him.”

The aurors removed Snarkle and he once again regarded the audience. “Mr. Potter, I know this is a huge decision we are asking you to make in a short time. Please, talk it over with your friends or anyone else you would like to before you come to the meeting. Thank you for your time. If you would go downstairs to the atrium, you will find any thing you may need in there. I will see you at the meeting. Good day all.” He stood and motioned them to the door. As they were leaving, he heard him giving orders for an emergency floo call to all members and the DoM and for four aurors to escort Minister Fudge to his office and stand guard.