The Return

After breakfast that morning Sirius and Remus decided to go back to their classroom to set up for the year. Harry and Poppy had made a list of potions they needed in the hospital wing the night before, so Harry was going to help Sev brew them. More like sit and watch him brew them as Severus refused to let Harry near a caldron, Harry really wasn’t known for his potions skills.

Just as the two were about to leave when someone grabbed Harry’s arm and pulled him back.

“Harry I was wondering if we could use this time to catch up before the teacher’s meeting today?” Asked a somewhat hopeful Lily.

“When you say you want to catch up it sounds like you were only gone a year, not 19 bloody years. Frankly there is nothing I want to know about you or want you to know about me. So why don’t you and your family go and leave me and mine alone.” Harry said through gritted teeth.

“But Harry we are your parents, we are your family.” Came the confused voice of James.

“No my parents died that Halloween night. My family is right here next to me and has been with me since the beginning of the war. Albus, is family, Remus and Sirius are family, but mostly Severus is family.” Harry said, his voice getting louder as he went.

“How can you say that we aren’t your family? Lily and I are your parents. Cody, Alex, and Mitch are your brothers. And there is no way Snape can be your family, lord Harry, he is my age for crying out loud.”

Harry couldn’t take it any more. He could handle people insulting him, but no one spoke badly of his husband to his face, and James found that out when he got first hand knowledge of Harry’s right hook.

James couldn’t believe it his son just hit him. For someone Harry’s size he sure knew how to pack a punch. All he could do was watch as Snape came and took his son’s hand to lead him off.

“Harry, Please, we just wanted you to be happy.” Came Lily’s pleading voice.

“Yeah, it couldn’t have been that bad living with Padfoot.” Said James.

“It wouldn’t have been if I had lived with him, but you will have you ask him why I didn’t. But don’t blame him for not taking me as there was nothing he could have done.” With that Harry and Severus left the Great Hall to go to the dungeons.

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Sirius and Remus were in their office when suddenly someone knocked on the door. Knowing it couldn’t he Harry or Severus, as those two would just walk on in, which had made for some very embarrassing situations. The two shared a look as if asking if the other was expecting someone. Both being equally confused Sirius called for the person to enter. To their surprise Lily and James walked in.

“What do you want?” Was spat surprisingly by Remus.

“We just wanted to talk. We tried to talk to Harry earlier, but he told us if we wanted answers we would have to come to you. Said it quite loudly too.” Said Lily

Sirius looking at James’s black eye voiced the question, “So what did you say about Sev that pissed Harry off enough to punch you like that.”

“How did you know it was Harry?”

“Anyone else in the building would have tried for a few more hits. Harry is the only nonviolent one.”

“All I said was that Snape couldn’t be his family, and since when do you call him Sev?”

“Since he is married to my Godson”

“Speaking of which how could you let that happen. What kind of godfather would let their godson marry Snape and why the hell weren’t you the one to raise him?” Yelled James.

“You really want a matching set don’t you? Believe me keep talking like that and I will make your other eye match. For your information I didn’t let them marry, as I was dead at the time, but Albus, Minerva, and Remus did after a potion showed they were soul mates. And incase you didn’t know you can’t raise a child in Azkaban.”

“What the hell did you do to land in Azkaban?”

“I sold my best friends to Voldemort. And killed 13 muggles and Peter. Or at least that was what they thought I did. Who knew Peter could be so cunning?”

“Wait if you were dead, how are you here.”

“I fell behind the veil in the Department of Mysteries in Harry’s fifth year. Sev found a way to pull me out the month Harry turned 18.”

“God Sirius, we are so sorry. We …”

“Sometimes sorry doesn’t cut it.” Sirius interrupted. “I think you two should leave. And as for who raised Harry. Well figure it out your selves. Just don’t come crying to any of us once you do.”

With that James and Lily left to think about what Sirius told them.

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Harry was watching Severus add the last ingredient to the potion from his perch on the counter. When the potion was done he started helping his husband bottle the different potions and label them. They had been quiet ever since they got to the dungeons thinking about what happened with the potters.

“Are you ok?” asked Severus.

“Yes…No… I don’t know. I mean how can they act like they didn’t do anything wrong? How can they just come back and expect me to welcome them back with open arms? And then to talk about you like James did, the man knew we’re married for crying out loud. Did he think that would make me think better of him?”

Severus moved to stand in between Harry’s legs, which were dangling off the counter and took his husband into his arms and Harry buried his face in Sev’s chest and relaxed into his husband. He always felt safer in Severus’s embrace. “I don’t know the answers to your questions Harry, I don’t think anyone does. However the look on James’s face when you hit him was priceless.” That was all it took and Severus could feel Harry’s body shake with laughter.

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I hope you all liked this chapter, and that Lily and James were dealt with appropriately. As for his brothers they won’t be getting along with him. They didn’t like that he punched their dad. Oh well tough. Thanks for the reviews let me know what you think of this chapter.