More Than Strange

Sometimes, when the house was quiet and no one was home except for himself, Harry would think about how he came to be in Portland and became a foster parent for Wesen, Squib, and Mundane teens. He come to America to get away from the hordes of people that wanted The-Boy-Who-Lived-To-Defeat-You-Know-Who, never just Harry. And with Ginny stalking his every move, not believing him when he told her they were never dating to begin with, he needed to get away.

So, he’d gone to the Goblins, and found out that he had some property in the US. The house he was now living in, it had been his parents get-away home before the War had picked up and his mum had become pregnant with him. Wards for all sorts of protection, it was amazing. And now that he was the Master over Death, for the Hallows had found him the next day after he had defeated Voldemort; even though he had left the Stone in the Forbidden Forest, broke the Elder Wand, and had given the Cloak to Andromeda.

He couldn’t get rid of them, and he really hadn’t tried. But to the US he and Teddy had gone, winding up in Portland, Oregon; and within a month, he had become some-what friends with a Grimm. Harry still laughed over that, Potter Luck at its best really. But he didn’t regret moving, and finding Nick. Nick was exactly who he needed, he knew how it felt to be torn in half between two worlds and not know which side was up. And Nick was the type of Grimm that the Wesen world needed, one who tried to help those in need and saw the shades of Grey that the world was made out of.

And with Nick, came his pack of misfit stray teens who latched onto him and Harry in a world that was just too much for them. And Harry didn’t mind it all, he didn’t regret adopting the homeless siblings, Hanson and Gracie; didn’t regret becoming a mentor of sorts for Barry and Roddy and Holly, gaining a new friend in the Blutbad, Eddie Monroe. Teddy was thriving, happy to have so many older “siblings” who adored him, who didn’t mind that he became a little grouchy during the full moon and changed his hair and eye colors all the time. Really, the teens loved Teddy’s abilities and were always helping him out with his control.

The door slammed opened, multiple feet pounding on the floor and in came the teens, chatting and laughing. They all looked better than they had when Harry had first met them. And following behind them, a fond smile on his face was Nick holding Teddy. Harry gave them a fond smile, accepting the caste kiss from Nick.

“And how was your day, guys?” he asked, a content look in his green eyes.

Home, this was home.

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