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In Want of a Child
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Harry Potter › Slash - Male/Male › Harry/Snape
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
14
Views:
26,564
Reviews:
45
Recommended:
3
Currently Reading:
1
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I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Babies and Consequences
Babies and Consequences
***
Chapter 3
Babies and Consequences
By: Moon of the Sea
Beta: Ari
***
“Come again?” Harry asked although he had heard perfectly well.
“I want to have a baby and given the fact that I do not have a partner in life I am trying to develop a potion that will allow me to conceive a baby without the mentioned partner,” he stated in his most matter of fact tone.
“A baby?”
“Yes, Mr. Potter you know those little people that cry and sleep and say gugu gaga.”
“Professor I know what a baby is, but are you sure you want to have one? You know that in eleven years it would be a student here at Hogwarts.”
“ Your point, Mr. Potter?”
“ Oh, nothing if you’re certain that you would want one of them to be with you all school term and then go home with you come the holidays; by all means, have one then.” Harry’s smirk was blunt but this did not seem to bother the Potions Master.
“Mr. Potter, I assure you that I have thought this through. I am not one to do things in haste. This is something I have always wanted and now that we are at peace I feel I can do this and give one hundred percent to this effort.”
“So you are serious?”
“ That I am Mr. Potter.”
***
Harry found it difficult to sleep that night. Snape was serious. He was going to find a way to have a baby; to have a family. Harry did not understand the pang in his stomach. Snape was not waiting around for a miracle or a fairy tale ending in his life. He was out there making it happen. It was yet another reason to admire the man.
A baby! He couldn’t quite wrap his mind around the idea. Snape was going to have a baby. It was then and there that reality hit him. Snape couldn’t have a baby. Not in the wizarding world.
***
Snape was startled out of his sleep by the yelling from his floo.
“Professor! Professor! Pro…”
“Mr. Potter, what is going on? Are you hurt? Is anyone hurt? Why are you screaming at this time in the night?”
“ May I come through, Sir?”
“By all means, please do so.”
“I don’t think you have thought this through. You know you can’t have a child by yourself in our world. They will test the child to see who the mother is. Where are you getting these eggs from?”
“ Mr. Potter you have made so many blunders in four sentences that I feel at lost as to where to begin correcting you. First, as I told you earlier, I have thought this through. And yes I do understand I will have to leave the wizarding world if I succeed with my potion…”
“LEAVE THE WIZARDING WORLD! HAVE YOU GONE MAD?”
“ Mr. Potter I would appreciate it if you do not yell at me. I think we are two adults speaking here.”
“ Sorry, Professor.” said Harry feeling like a schoolboy who had just been reprimanded. “But, honestly Professor you can’t be serious about leaving us.”
Severus felt a pang in the pit of his stomach at Harry’s words. Why? He had no idea.
“Mr. Potter, I have given the wizarding world all I am capable of. Now, I feel it is time to tend to my needs. Continuing with my corrections, Mr. Potter, I am not acquiring eggs from a mother donor but sperm from a father. A wizard can only conceive with another wizard. Hence I must make this potion with sperm not an egg.”
Harry had no idea how to respond to that. He had been in the wizarding world for almost ten years and yes, he had seen wizards pregnant. And seen this amazing world in which he lived not bat an eye at the fact that a man was pregnant. How did they do it? He had never dared ask and no one thought to explain it to him.
“I don’t get it. I have seen wizards pregnant; why can’t you get pregnant?”
“ What part of ‘I don’t have a partner’ don’t you understand?”
“ So what exactly are you trying to do?”
“ I have been purchasing sperm from a sperm bank. It is a muggle institution- quite respectable if I must add.”
“ You’re going to have a baby with a muggle father? What if the baby is a …”
“…Squib?” He looked at Harry and with his heart in his hand, he continued. “Do you believe I would not love my child because he had no magic? Mr. Potter you have seen into my pensieve. Do you not know that nothing in this world would keep me from caring for this child? From giving it what all children need to grow up strong and healthy?”
Harry knew where Snape was coming from and of course, he did not doubt for one second that Snape would give one hundred percent in this endeavor.
“Sorry Sir, I honestly didn’t mean it that way. It’s just that you are such a strong wizard… I don’t know. I guess… I don’t know what to make of all this. You tell me that you want to have a baby. You tell me that you will leave the wizarding world. And I feel lost as if…”
“Mr. Potter, what I fail to see is why this is affecting you?”
***
Chapter 3
Babies and Consequences
By: Moon of the Sea
Beta: Ari
***
“Come again?” Harry asked although he had heard perfectly well.
“I want to have a baby and given the fact that I do not have a partner in life I am trying to develop a potion that will allow me to conceive a baby without the mentioned partner,” he stated in his most matter of fact tone.
“A baby?”
“Yes, Mr. Potter you know those little people that cry and sleep and say gugu gaga.”
“Professor I know what a baby is, but are you sure you want to have one? You know that in eleven years it would be a student here at Hogwarts.”
“ Your point, Mr. Potter?”
“ Oh, nothing if you’re certain that you would want one of them to be with you all school term and then go home with you come the holidays; by all means, have one then.” Harry’s smirk was blunt but this did not seem to bother the Potions Master.
“Mr. Potter, I assure you that I have thought this through. I am not one to do things in haste. This is something I have always wanted and now that we are at peace I feel I can do this and give one hundred percent to this effort.”
“So you are serious?”
“ That I am Mr. Potter.”
***
Harry found it difficult to sleep that night. Snape was serious. He was going to find a way to have a baby; to have a family. Harry did not understand the pang in his stomach. Snape was not waiting around for a miracle or a fairy tale ending in his life. He was out there making it happen. It was yet another reason to admire the man.
A baby! He couldn’t quite wrap his mind around the idea. Snape was going to have a baby. It was then and there that reality hit him. Snape couldn’t have a baby. Not in the wizarding world.
***
Snape was startled out of his sleep by the yelling from his floo.
“Professor! Professor! Pro…”
“Mr. Potter, what is going on? Are you hurt? Is anyone hurt? Why are you screaming at this time in the night?”
“ May I come through, Sir?”
“By all means, please do so.”
“I don’t think you have thought this through. You know you can’t have a child by yourself in our world. They will test the child to see who the mother is. Where are you getting these eggs from?”
“ Mr. Potter you have made so many blunders in four sentences that I feel at lost as to where to begin correcting you. First, as I told you earlier, I have thought this through. And yes I do understand I will have to leave the wizarding world if I succeed with my potion…”
“LEAVE THE WIZARDING WORLD! HAVE YOU GONE MAD?”
“ Mr. Potter I would appreciate it if you do not yell at me. I think we are two adults speaking here.”
“ Sorry, Professor.” said Harry feeling like a schoolboy who had just been reprimanded. “But, honestly Professor you can’t be serious about leaving us.”
Severus felt a pang in the pit of his stomach at Harry’s words. Why? He had no idea.
“Mr. Potter, I have given the wizarding world all I am capable of. Now, I feel it is time to tend to my needs. Continuing with my corrections, Mr. Potter, I am not acquiring eggs from a mother donor but sperm from a father. A wizard can only conceive with another wizard. Hence I must make this potion with sperm not an egg.”
Harry had no idea how to respond to that. He had been in the wizarding world for almost ten years and yes, he had seen wizards pregnant. And seen this amazing world in which he lived not bat an eye at the fact that a man was pregnant. How did they do it? He had never dared ask and no one thought to explain it to him.
“I don’t get it. I have seen wizards pregnant; why can’t you get pregnant?”
“ What part of ‘I don’t have a partner’ don’t you understand?”
“ So what exactly are you trying to do?”
“ I have been purchasing sperm from a sperm bank. It is a muggle institution- quite respectable if I must add.”
“ You’re going to have a baby with a muggle father? What if the baby is a …”
“…Squib?” He looked at Harry and with his heart in his hand, he continued. “Do you believe I would not love my child because he had no magic? Mr. Potter you have seen into my pensieve. Do you not know that nothing in this world would keep me from caring for this child? From giving it what all children need to grow up strong and healthy?”
Harry knew where Snape was coming from and of course, he did not doubt for one second that Snape would give one hundred percent in this endeavor.
“Sorry Sir, I honestly didn’t mean it that way. It’s just that you are such a strong wizard… I don’t know. I guess… I don’t know what to make of all this. You tell me that you want to have a baby. You tell me that you will leave the wizarding world. And I feel lost as if…”
“Mr. Potter, what I fail to see is why this is affecting you?”