Welcome Back James

Severus was in the kitchen drinking a cup of what he thought was coffee the next morning, well if you could count almost noon as morning. He heard someone knock on the door and went to answer it and wasn’t so surprised to see Draco standing there. He ushered the boy in wondering what he was up to. He knew it had to be something to do with his son, but didn’t know what.

“How can I help you this morning Draco?” he asked his godson.

Draco was suddenly nervous talking to his godfather now that he was the father of his boyfriend. “Well I figured Harry didn’t have any clothes with him so I brought him some of mine to wear for the day.” He had brought the sweatshirt Harry always stole from him when he would wear it during one of their meetings, a pair of jeans, and a belt as he knew they would be too big for his lover.

Severus saw the cloths in Draco’s hands and decided to let him go and give them to Harry. “Well he is in the guest bedroom, which I know you know where it is. I will let you go and wake him.”

“Thanks Sev.” Draco suddenly felt more at ease with his godfather. He went to the bedroom and walked in to see Harry asleep on the bed. He walked over and set the cloths at the end and sat on the bed next to Harry. He gently shook him awake and his heart broke to see the fear in Harry’s eyes after first waking up. He knew it would take time for Harry to stop being afraid and was willing to wait for his love.

“Here I know you didn’t bring any cloths with you so I brought you some of mine.” He said as he handed over the cloths. Harry smiled when he took them and leaned in to give him a short kiss to thank him. When Harry stood was when Draco noticed what he had been sleeping in. He knew the t-shirt had to be Sev’s because it went passed Harry’s knees and hung off one of the shoulders.

“Do you want me to leave?” He asked when Harry was about to start getting dressed. They had slept together so he had seen Harry naked before, but knowing Harry had been raped recently he didn’t want to make him uncomfortable.

“No, I know you won’t hurt me. I need you to stay to help overcome at least one fear.” Harry said while looking at him.

With that he watched as his love got dressed and pulled the long black hair back. When Harry was finished he got up and pulled him into his arms and just held him for a while.

“You know your father is out there waiting for us right?”

“I didn’t know he was up already.” Harry said looking up at Draco. He liked it when Draco held him. It was safe in the blonde’s arms.

The two walked out into the kitchen just as Severus took a sip of the “coffee” and grimaced at the taste. They laughed at the face and Draco asked “what are you drinking?”

“James calls this stuff coffee. I have had coffee and I am telling you this is not it.” He said making another face causing both boys to laugh.

Harry walked over and smelled the contents of the cup and grimaced. “You’re right that is not coffee.”

“Well you will have to get used to this because neither your dad or I can cook to save our souls. I can brew the most complex potions, but when it comes to cooking there is no hope. And since the house elves don’t cook during the summers the teachers who stay here have to fend for them selves.”

“Well then it is a good thing your son can cook isn’t it?” Harry said taking the cup from Severus and pouring the contents down the sink. He never saw how the older mans eyes lit up at his calling himself Severus’s son, but Draco did.

He looked at his father and asked, “Where is James?”

“He decided to go to the Ministry and get the mutt’s name cleared and take care of some business. He left a couple of hours ago and should be back any time now.”

Just as Harry turned back to his cooking and Draco went over to see if he could help James, Sirius, and Remus walked in. Harry turned and smiled at them and went back to the cooking while James and the others went to sit with Severus.

“And what are you two doing over there?” Sirius asked.

“Well Harry is cooking and I am watching how he does it trying to figure out what exactly he is doing.” Said Draco. He had never seen anyone cook the muggle way before. “How did things at the Ministry go?”

“Well Sirius’s name has been cleared and I am no longer thought to be dead. Oh and one more thing, Sev and I officially have custody of Harry.” James said while smiling at his son and lover. Neither had known he was doing that. “There is going to be an announcement in the Daily Prophet today about Sirius and about me and Sev being Harry’s biological parents. Then we can all go to Diagon Ally and get Harry and me cloths that fit.”

Severus was shocked. James had told everyone Harry was their son. He could treat his son like any good father would when they were out in public. He then turned to his son who had his back to them and saw the shoulders shaking and knew he was crying. It was obvious Draco was trying to get Harry to tell him what was wrong, but Harry wasn’t saying anything. Severus started to worry that his son wouldn’t want him as his father, looking at James he saw that he too was unsure what their son’s reaction meant.

Harry was shocked. His dad had told everyone that Professor Snape was his father too. His parents had custody of him, they weren’t going to send him away when they got tired of him. They wanted a family with him in it. He could feel Draco trying to comfort him, but he was for once not crying from negative feelings, but from joy. He continued to cook, not burning anything until he got a hold of his emotions, which luckily was when the food was finished. He turned and looked at everyone in the room.

“So what do I call you both now as I can’t call you both Dad.” He said with a watery smile. James was on his feet and had his son in an embrace before anyone had noticed he had moved. His son hugged him back and soon both were crying as every one watched. Draco moved the food and coffee to the table so it wouldn’t burn and Harry wouldn’t have to recook everything.

It was Severus who answered the question, “Why don’t you call James dad and you can call me father if you are ok with that.” He said while trying not to sound too eager. He had always wanted a child and had accepted that he would never have one of his own. Now that he did he wanted to be called father.

Harry nodded and went to hug his father. Severus wrapped his arms around his son, everything would work out, he had his family and that was all that mattered.

“Well we should eat before all Harry’s hard work goes to waste.” James said.

“Let’s just hope he didn’t inherit either of your cooking skills.” Said Sirius and everyone laughed.

Soon they were all eating marveling in just how well Harry cooked. It was soon decided that Harry would do the cooking in the Potter-Snape family.

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A few days later found Harry, his parents, Draco, Remus and Sirius walking down the streets of Diagon Alley. They had all gone to the bank to get the money they would need to pay for the new wardrobes both James and Harry needed and had just finished shopping for cloths and had decided to take some time and shop by themselves.

Draco and Harry were looking through the bookstore and just enjoying each other’s company. They had decided not to hide their relationship any more and so were walking with Draco’s arm wrapped around Harry’s waist. Harry had just found a book on DADA and was reading bits and pieces of it with Draco reading over his shoulder making comments when someone tapped Draco on the shoulder. They turned to see Draco’s best friend Blaise Zabini.

“Draco I thought that was you.” Blaise said when they turned. He then looked at Harry and how Draco had his arm wrapped around him. “Well I guess this is where you were disappearing to this last year.” He said while smirking at Draco.

“Yes I was sneaking off with Harry this past year, do you have a problem with it?” Draco asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Are you kidding? I would rather you have to contend with Snape when you are dating his son than me. Though I can see why you like him. You two do look good together, but I prefer redheads. Harry maybe you could put in a word with your friend for me.” He said while winking at Harry.

Harry was about to respond when he saw Ron in the shop looking at him. When Ron noticed he had been seen he motioned for Harry to follow him, and Harry did until Draco stopped him. He had told Draco about his friend’s reactions.

“It’ll be ok Draco.” He said as he shook the blonds arm off and went over to Ron and followed him from the shop to an alley outside.

“Did you need something Ron?” He asked and was shocked to see the tall redhead’s eyes tearing up.

“Harry I am so sorry. I was shocked when you told us about you being gay and never got a chance to tell you that I was too. I thought you were straight and like Hermione were homophobic, that is why I never told you. I remembered how both of you were raised by muggles and figured you views would be the same. Then when you came out to us I didn’t know what to think. I told Hermione I was right after you left with your uncle and she treated me the same way she did you. Luckily for me though, my family was ok with it. Fred is also gay. I am so sorry I tried to write you this summer, but didn’t know what to say to you.” He said as the tears escaped his eyes. He had seen Harry’s uncle’s reaction and had been worried for his friend all summer. Though it had only been a little over two weeks.

Harry looked at his friend and saw how sincere he was. He hugged his friend and waited for him to calm down. “Ron there is something else I didn’t get the chance to tell you. I am now dating Draco.”

Ron smiled at his friend, “Yeah I figured that when I saw the way he had his arm around you and if he makes you happy I am all for it. Though what I really want to know about is Snape and your dad. Is it true your dad is alive?”

Harry smiled and indulged his friend as they walked back into the shop. He was glad he still had Ron who had been his first ever friend. They walked back over to Blaise and Draco who once again wrapped an arm around Harry and the four talked.

As soon they had picked out a couple of books and had paid for them, they headed to get some ice cream together. Ron and Blaise seemed to be quite comfortable talking to each other and Harry and Draco could see their friends liked each other.

They were sitting sharing some ice cream when a girl with bushy brown hair walked up to their table. “Well look at this a table full of fags.” Hermione sneered at the group. “I read the paper, is it true you are really Snape’s son?”

“Yes actually it is.” Harry said while looking at his once friend coldly while the other three glared at her.

“I should of known. You are both so worthless you don’t deserve to be at Hogwarts.” She sneered.

“Is that so Miss. Granger?” Came the angry voice of Remus Lupin. All the teens turned to see Remus and Sirius glaring at the girl. They were shocked to see the mild tempered Remus looking like he were ready to rip the girls throat out.

“Professor, I didn’t see you there, and Sirius.” Hermione said politely to the two adults. “Congratulations on your freedom Sirius.” She said while smiling at him.

“Your congratulations are not worth my time, if you can not speak civilly to my godson and his friends I suggest you leave as I see his parents coming this way and we all know how his father can be.” Sirius said while glaring at the girl. He had heard everything she had said and was angry. No one insulted who he considered to be his family.

“Well I should be going then, see you four at school.” She said while glaring at the four sitting at the table.

She was gone by the time Severus and James made it to the table. “Hello Mr. Zabini, Mr. Weasley, I would like to introduce you to James Potter, Harry’s Dad.” Blaise greeted James while Ron stared in shock at Snape talking civilly to him.

“Sev, I take it that one is a Gryffindor and not used to hearing civil words coming out of your mouth.” James said causing the others to laugh and Ron to recover from his shock.

Severus just glared at his lover, “Well are we ready to go back to the school?” He asked the others. They nodded and said goodbye to Ron and Blaise and soon disappeared into the crowd of shoppers.