Soul Bond

Draco slammed the window open and almost broke the owl’s leg off trying to get the message unattached. He was so anxious to see Lilly that he couldn’t think of anything else except getting to that letter.

“Draco! Careful!” Harry cried when he heard the owl’s soft hoot of pain. He walked behind Draco and softly pushed him out of the way. He calmly untied the message and handed it to Draco while he looked over the owl’s leg. “I’m sorry,” he crooned. “Would you like a treat?” he asked.

The bird trilled and turned and flew back towards the window.

“Draco! You need to be more careful. You could have hurt that poor owl!” Harry admonished.

“Damn!” Draco shouted slamming the message down.

“What’s wrong?” Harry asked reaching for the message.

“It’s not from Lilly. It’s just a note from Grafhook congratulating us on the birth of the twins and asking if we needed to make any changes to our wills with the new births.”

Harry felt the disappointment as strongly as Draco did but he smiled. “Siri, would you ask Zozo to bring the babies down when they wake, please?” he asked.

Siri nodded and raced out of the room making airplane noises while pretending to fly. Siri enjoyed his Muggle toys as much as his magical ones.

“Draco, relax. Arabella will get a hold of us when she knows that it is safe. She might be waiting until the novelty wears off. There have been people in and out of here since Jazzy was born, and its only gotten worse in the past few days with the twins being born. She will contact us.”

Draco wrapped his arms around Harry’s neck and snuggled deep into his chest. “I know. I just miss her so much,” he said softly. He breathed in the rich scent of Harry and felt himself relax. He loved the way he felt, the way he smelled. He soothed him as nobody else could.

“I have been thinking about what Siri said as far as the three brothers uniting the houses of Malfoy, Potter and Black. I think that we should change our wills to reflect that,” Harry said.

“But what of Lilly? You have already made her your heir,” Draco said.

“That was before we knew what she was. She will never be able to fulfill all the needs it would entail being an heir to a title. We have more than enough money to give to both her and Jazzy to make sure that they never want for anything.”

Draco thought for a moment. “Perhaps your right. Let’s set up a time to meet with Grafhook and then our attorney. We need to make sure that everything is planned and legal in case something should happen.”

Harry nodded. He knew from first hand experience what poor planning got you. “I will send an owl out now, and then I am going to go take a nice hot shower. My muscles ache and I need some peace and quiet before the babies wake.”

“Would you care for some company?” Draco asked with a smirk. “I know that perfect way to relieve some pressure.”

Harry laughed. “I would love for you to join me, but I don’t think that Siri is going to let you out of his site. He is feeling neglected again. He really enjoys the time that the two of you spend together, and I think that it is important that you continue with your routine. We have tonight, love.”

Draco snorted. “Until one of those pigs you gave birth to wakes up demanding to be fed.”

Harry laughed. “What about that daughter of yours? She eats more than the twins combined!”

“Jazzy does not! She is dainty and delicate like Lilly was!”

It was Harry’s turn to snort. “She’s about as dainty as a pig at its trough! She inhales her bottle so fast that she is gasping for breath when she is done!”

Draco laughed. “She is a bit of a porker, isn’t she?”

“Yes, but she is very beautiful,” Harry said as he gently caressed the side of Draco’s face.

“Of course she is! She looks just like her father, and I have great taste so of course her father would be beautiful!”

Harry felt his face flame. “Draco, I am not a girl!”

He thrust his hips into Harry’s pelvis and felt the burning desire flare through him when he felt Harry’s erection. “No, you are definitely not a girl!” he said crushing his lips onto Harry’s while continuing to rotate his hips against his husband.

Harry instinctively pushed his hips against Draco, loving the feeling of his firm body against his. He wrapped his arms around Draco’s waist and pulled him closer. He thrust his tongue deep into Draco’s mouth in hunger and growled when he pulled away. “Do you know how badly I need you inside of me? Draco demanded as he slid his hand inside of Harry’s trousers.

Harry felt his heart stop. “Need?” he gulped.

Draco laughed out loud. “The look on your face is priceless, love. Not that kind of need, just the need of one lover for another,” he said softly running his tongue along the side of Harry’s neck.

Harry relaxed in relief. “Really? Isn’t that funny, because I need you as well. It’s been to long, Draco,” he moaned.

“Would you two just get a room already?” George Weasley asked standing in the door way with an amused expression on his face.

“It’s not like you aren’t already married with five brats,” Fred said grinning.

“What are you two doing here?” Draco asked trying to compose himself and extradite his hand from Harry’s pants.

“We came to see the little tykes. We wanted to make sure that they were being taken well care of, we can’t have our little protégée’s being neglected while their fathers are groping in the study,” George said with a wink.

Harry laughed and straightened his pants. “They are sleeping, but I would expect that they will be waking up anytime demanding to be fed. Would you like to help?”

“As long as there is no diaper changing involved,” Fred said.

“That goes above and beyond the call of god parenting,” George added.

Draco grinned. “No it doesn’t. That’s part of the job description. I thought that I would floo call you next time Severus loaded his diaper up.”

Fred smiled. “You know, I have a little green jelly bean called the no poo pill. Perhaps…”

“Don’t you dare even think about it, Weasley!” Draco growled.

Harry laughed. He knew that Fred was trying to get Draco’s ire going. “So what have you two been up to?”

“Not much. We were wondering when the binding ceremony would be. I need to stop by Madame Maulkins for some snazzy new robes,” George said with an evil grin.

Harry knew that look only to well. “I would appreciate it if you don’t pull any of your usual tricks during the ceremony. We would like to keep it as a solemn occasion that we can look back on with joy, not a three ring circus,” he said seriously.

Both twins looked crestfallen. “Alright, mate, since you asked so nicely. Anyone else and we would have done it our way anyway.”

“I appreciate it. I also appreciate you two taking on the responsibility of being the twin’s godfathers. You both have been staunch, loyal friends to me, even through times when nobody else believed in me.”

“Oi! Harry, don’t make me cry!” Fred said with a laugh.

“There is nothing that we wouldn’t do for the great Harry Potter, and not because the rest of the world says that you are great, but because you have proven to our family over and over how great you really are,” George said.

Harry walked over to the twins and pulled them in for a quick hug. He had tears glistening in his eyes and muttered, “Thanks, guys.”

“Oh come on you sods!” Draco said trying to pretend he wasn’t moved by their conversation. “The twins will be awake and wanting to be fed.” He quickly walked out of the room and headed for the stairs. He once again wished that he had friends that were as close to him as Harry’s were to him. True loyalty was not a trait found in the Slytherin house. Save your own ass and blame the guy next to you if need be was, but not true loyalty.

Severus and Adrienne layed together in bed both reading a book. Severus could not concentrate. He kept thinking of the little green-eyed baby that had his name. Lilly’s grandson was named after him. In his mind Severus damned Harry to hell and back more times than he could count since learning of the names he had chosen for his son’s.

On one hand he had been honored to have Harry and Draco’s son named for him, but on the other he was horrified. Did that now mean he had to be nice to him? Did he have to be nice to the baby as well? He figured that as the baby was Draco’s son he could pull it off if he didn’t think of the other parent being Harry Potter. Then he thought of Lilly and cursed himself. Harry had been Lilly’s son, not James’. He acted like his mother and the only reminder in the son of James Potter was his looks. He had never been a bully or an instigator like his father had been.

He thought of how many times he had signaled Harry out for punishment over the years and how many times Harry had stoically took it. He remembered how he felt when Harry had broke through into his memories and saw one of the most humiliating experiences of his life. He had the means to make Severus the laughing stock of Hogwarts, again, but did nothing. As far as he knew it had never been mention to anyone. If James Potter had had that kind of knowledge, he would have blasted it from one end of the school to the other. Instead, his son had been ashamed.

Severus wondered if he had made a mistake with his dealings with Harry all those years ago. If he was still making a mistake by barely being tolerable to him. Obviously Harry wanted to mend fences that had been broken for decades and Severus wondered if he was mature enough to do so. Could he finally lay the past to rest long enough to befriend Harry Potter?

“You’ll do the right thing,” his wife softly whispered to him.

“What?” he gasped in a harsh whisper.

“I know you, Severus. You will do the right thing. He is not your enemy, nor has he ever been so. Take the olive branch and let it go.”

Severus pulled his wife into his arms and soundly kissed her on her lips. “How did you get to be an expert on me?”

She smiled, “I listen when you talk and I watch when you brood.”

“I don’t brood!”

She grinned. “At least once a day, love.”


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