The Power of Three

Three months later, Draco was five months along and on durational bed-rest with the exception of the toilet and Harry helping him with the shower. He wore a permanent scowl on his face and Harry was constantly being troubled by the ringing of his bell, while Harry tried to run the bookshop downstairs.

Their new house was complete, but Draco refused to give up his 'cock' flat and insisted they stay there until the kids came back from Hogwarts.

Lily, Albus and James handled the news that their mother had been under the Imperius curse rather well and visited her regularly in the Janus Thickey ward. She was to be released soon into the care of Neville Longbottom. They had formed a relationship; when he came by to visit his parents, they'd always talk.

Scorpius felt terrible that it was his mother that cast the curse, but the other kids didn't blame him in the slightest. On the contrary, they spent a good deal of time convincing him of his worth, that he was not like his mother in the slightest, even down to the way he looked.

But what really cheered Scorpius up was when he and Albus turned fourteen, and after sneaking into each other's beds after figuring out how to put a Confundus charm on their tracking spells, they would fuck like bunnies and could not get enough of each other. They always wore condoms, though, in addition to the anti-pregnancy spells Draco had taught Scorpius.

Harry had resigned himself to Hermione's theory that the boys shared a bond as powerful as the one he shared with Draco, while Draco remained sceptical. Harry and Draco officially emancipated them so they would not be construed as legal brothers, however they did still live with their fathers.

James was doing well in school, behaving himself to the extent that he won an award for special services to the school for taming Peeves the Poltergeist, and the school allotted a room for him to haunt. The students who went in there did it for the fun of being made fun of by Peeves, and James was allowed back on the Quidditch team for the last game of the season.

Astoria spent her time ranting and raving at the Dementor-free Azkaban prison for using an Unforgivable curse. It was determined that she was mad and thus she was placed in the ward for the criminally insane, where she met and hooked up with Gregory Goyle from Draco's year at Hogwarts. He was in for going psychotic and using Unforgivables left, right, and centre on unsuspecting people after the death of his best friend, Vincent Crabbe.

Narcissa visited Draco regularly, excited about the new baby, though not so much about the decor of the flat. Lucius was proud he would be a Papa again, but thoroughly embarrassed that it was his son carrying the baby.

Teddy's family flourished, and soon Geraldine joined the ranks of the Lupin family, bringing the child count up to four under the age of five. Without a house-elf, Victoire had her hands full.

Harry never missed another session with Luna Lovegood-Scamander out of the sheer fear of what she might Floo into next. But she had just had her second set of twins and was taking some time off to be with them, so Draco and Harry had weekly family counselling with Susan Bones instead.

All in all things worked out fine and Harry would lay his head on the lump that was Draco's tummy and sing songs off-key to their unborn daughter, much to Draco's chagrin, but Harry thought Draco secretly liked it. He'd catch him smiling occasionally or humming along without realising it.

They were a happy, if not a little defective, family.