Not old yet

Title: Not old yet

Pairing: DracoxHarry, ScorpiusxAlbus, GeorgexFred, BillxFleur, TeddyxVictoire

Fandom : HP

Notes: Post Series/slight AU; part of my universe with Hiding in the Shadows, true sequel to Undeniable- takes place about one year after the Epilogue. Draco and Harry's eldest son and his wife are expecting their first child; Draco refuses to accept he is 'old'. Draco has a hard time dealing with an 'empty nest'; four children at Hogwarts and no little ones running around anymore. George is having a hard time, as his daughters grow up, Fred is seemingly farther away and he feels more alone then ever. All that is truly left of the slightly older Weasley twin is a portrait, or is it?

Happens between Ch1 and Ch2 of The Rebirth!

Chapter Three

Draco had left Harry home alone because he didn't want to discuss having another child for now. Why? Because like Blaisé and Charlie they couldn't decide who should carry it. He walked in, "Good afternoon, Verity, Lee."

Lee pulled him aside, "I'm at my wits' end. George spends almost all day in bed and Fred's bloody portrait broods. Hell, they won't talk to Angie and I don't feel comfortable being involved. Your position doesn't require you to come in all the time but it would be nice if you came in more often."

Draco sighed, he finally comes in and finds out that George is falling apart again. He pinched the bridge of his nose, "I'll talk to Fred first." he was getting better at dealing with emotional Gryffindors after becoming a part of Harry's family and Bonding to the man he loved. He'd had to combat his own depression and sense of worthlessness but he was actually happy for the first time in his life. He was living within his own expectations, making choices that defined him and made him happy. He walked through the shop and headed up the office, he opened the door, "hey Fred…" he'd gotten rather close to the fallen twin's portrait since he became their third partner and resident Potions Master years ago. He'd finished the exams successfully just before Charlie proposed to Blaisé which was about thirteen years ago.

"Hey Draco, how have the new recipes been turning out…"

"Fine, what this I hear about you and George."

Fred's visage visibly winced, "I upset Lee that much huh? He must not have forgotten I said I'd rather talk to you then him."

Draco sighed sitting on the desk, "Talk, since apparently I may understand."

Fred sat in his portrait, "He's upset with me…"

"George is? What did you do…"

"He was depressed, he missed me so much. Our girls are about to graduate…I was afraid he'd do something to join me. So…I um…remembered where I stored an experiment."

Draco raised an eyebrow, "Oh really, what experiment would that…"

"Preservation of spunk…magical adaptation of Muggle means."

Draco gasped, "You…oh Merlin Fred! If Harry did that to me after I lost him…I'd probably have a heart attack or destroy part of the house."

Fred glared, "I took our son to the grave with me, I owe him something. Please…help me. Georgie says he doesn't want to carry a child we didn't make in love. You're a potions master…can't you make him have an erotic dream? I'd be the only one he would dream about. Then…you can cast that into his womb. I saved my research, it's been preserved properly so he should conceive if we do it properly. Please Draco."

Draco pinched the bridge of his nose, "Fred…you're asking me to do something I would kill George if I found out he did it to me."

"I can't have him killing himself because he needs me and I can't be here for him. The twins are a little older then James. They won't need him so much now that they are of age, they seem more interested in Quidditch then WWW. Our son was supposed to inherit, but we don't have one…he died with me."

Draco sighed, "I had nothing to do with this okay, I don't know how it happened…."

Fred gave him a small smile, "So you'll do it…"

"Only so I don't have to bury George so soon, we still haven't recovered in some ways from losing you or Oliver. Percy has never been the same, he merely exists like George…"

Draco sighed, "You didn't hear Percy that day, it was like hearing George if we'd been there. We all saw it, I think it was the only time Percy was ever completely open about his emotions."

Fred nodded, "He spent hours crying in George's arms because Georgie was the only one who could understand his pain. I wish one of them had actually carried a child, then they would have had a memento. A child that was equally theirs…"

Draco nodded, "I think that is what he regrets most, that he put his career always ahead of their relationship."

Fred shook his head, "There was one time, he put his Ministry Career as a last priority, He found out about Oliver's nieces, he was afraid it would do damage to Oliver's career. Oliver hadn't been Captain of Puddlemere for long then, he never once brought up how the girls' existence would affect him. He put Oliver first, I've never known him to do anything I like before."

Draco nodded, "Losing Oliver broke something in Percy, he had decided he wasn't interested in being Minister of Magic before they Bonded but after Oliver died he put all his dreams away. Leaving the Ministry should have been the hardest decision he ever made but he turned to Hogwarts and became a professor, the last thing any of us expected."

"I like Oliver, I would never have wished the pain I see in Georgie on anyone much less my brother."

Draco stood slowly, "I better hurry if I plan to brew the proper potion, I may have to ask Severus for his assistance. He would come up with the right one, we need it to put him to sleep and give him the right kind of dreams."

Fred sighed, "I trust you…he'll be angry with me later…but I'm trying to give him what he wants. He needs a reason to live, someone to inherit our dream and the son I failed to give him."

"Try not to brood so much, he can't be happy if your portrait isn't happy."

Fred attempted a smile, "Good bye my friend and thank you."

A/N: What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds Expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?

Should Draco or Harry have their next child? Any theories on whether they should be boys or girls? Name ideas? - This is not a poll it's reflection you can ignore it.

CM - Okay Harry is an idiot. He had serious groveling to do. He really shouldn't have been placing contraceptive spells without discussing it. Yes he'd wanted a family but he had one and he was satisfied. Draco was pissed- Bill was actually surprised Harry'd done that and told him off. It's not like Harry permanently removed his ability to have kids. It's like using a lube that has spermicide in it really [Don't think they make them but it's the concept.]  Draco has his 'revenge' because they'll have five infants and they are keeping all of them. Draco did give him an ultimatum. Harry's not allowed to do that again. If it had only lasted until Scorpius, Albus and Lily where five Draco would have been okay with that. But until they were twelve/thirteen? No way.

suezq - hmm...