Home Sweet Home

Harry sighed tiredly. He walked into his rooms at Hogwarts. He headed into the shower and turned the water on. He stepped in under the warm stream. It had been a rough day. He had a lot of excited students this year. Six years. He had taught for six years now. He loved it. No one could question his skill in teaching the new generations anymore. He heard a door open out in the apartment. Erenigh must have returned. He didn't have classes on Wednesdays. He tended to go to the Black house and meet with his mother and Dora and little Teddy so Nathaniel could play with his cousin. The two of them were less than a year apart after all.

Harry stepped out of the shower and dried up.

"Daddy!"

"Umph," Harry caught the little bundle of joy that had attacked him. "Hey Nate," he said. "Was it fun at Sirius'?"

Nathaniel nodded vigorously. "We played with brooms. We were flying around all over the place. And Sirius turned into Padfoot and we played around. Papa didn't join though because Dahlia was all fuzzy. She didn't want to be with grandma," he said rapidly.

Harry smiled. "That happens," he said. "I'm sure you had loads of fun anyway."

"Ah ha," Nathaniel said happily. He bounced off to his room.

Harry smiled. He looked up at his husband and daughter. "So, she's been fuzzy?" he asked.

Erenigh shrugged. "Nathaniel might be exaggerating just a bit," he said. He shifted Dahlia. "She's asleep. She's been asleep for a while now."

Harry reached out and pulled his husband closer before kissing him. "As long as you all had a good time," he said.

"Oh, we had fun," Erenigh said.

"Was it Dora or Remus there with Teddy?" Harry asked.

"Remus," Erenigh said. "His books are doing great. They even use them in the States now."

"Really?" Harry said surprised. He knew the States and Canada's course books had been more up to date than the British books for quite a while. That they were now using Remus' books meant that he wrote them better. He was using them with his students. He knew the books were good. He used a lot more books than that though. It just happened to be Remus' books that he wanted the students to get themselves. The rest of the books he used, he supplied a bunch off himself.

Slowly they put the children to bed. It took just a bit longer than normal considering how exited Nathaniel was.

"Draco invited us over," Erenigh told Harry once the children were in bed.

"This weekend?" Harry asked.

"Yes, it is little Scorpius' birthday tomorrow," Erenigh said. "He would like to have family around. To be honest I think he wants some help to set the right mood. You and I are a little less stiff than he tends to be, and he wants Scorpius to have fun."

"It's hard when he's never experienced it though, I take it," Harry said.

Erenigh nodded. "He's doing rather well. As long as he never does things the way father would, he'll be fine. I keep reminding him of that, but he is still really nervous. At least Astoria has a good head on her shoulders," he said.

They settled down in bed.

The weekend came quickly. Erenigh battled with Nathaniel about clothes. The young boy thought pants were overrated. Erenigh was arguing with him about it. "I know you don't want them Nathaniel, but it isn't very nice to Scorpius to show up without pants. We might go out somewhere and then you will need pants," he said.

"They're stupid," Nathaniel said.

"That might be so, but you have to wear them, or we'll just stay home. I'll have to let Draco know we aren't coming and Scorpius will be sad," Erenigh said.

Nathaniel sighed. He didn't want to make cousin Scorp sad. "Fine," he said. He pulled the pants on.

"Now, brush your hair and then we can go," Erenigh said.

Nathaniel pouted and headed into his room. He ran his brush through his hair a few times and walked back out.

Erenigh huffed defeated. His husbands hair had infected their son. It didn't matter what the boy did. It always stood in every direction. "I guess that is good enough," he said. "Harry time to go!" he called.

The raven-haired man was humming happily as he came walking out of their daughter's room. He had changed and dressed her. He took Erenigh's hand and the four of them headed out of the castle.

"Professor, Professor!"

Harry turned slightly. "Hello, Miss Jacobs. Do you have a problem?" he asked.

"Jake and Oliver are messing around with some Snakes," the girl said. "Please make them stop. They are really mean."

Harry sighed. He handed Dahlia over to Erenigh. "I'll catch up with you. Just head over to Malfoy Manor. I'll get there once I've dealt with the kids."

Erenigh chuckled. He took their daughter. He didn't complain. Harry took his job very seriously. He cared about all of his students, and he really disliked bullies of any kind. Erenigh though it was good he cared as much as he did. It meant the students felt they always had someone to go to. There had been less aggression between the houses since Harry had started teaching.

The white-haired man and his children left the grounds of the school and disappeared into thin air. Astoria greeted them as they arrived. "No, Harry?" she said surprised.

"He got held up by some medling students," Erenigh said. "He'll come over once they are dealt with."

"Ah, well that does make sense," Astoria said. "Scorpius is outside with grandma Narcissa and Draco. I think Sirius is showing up too and Dora with little Teddy."

"Teddy is coming too?" Nathaniel said. He shone up. Teddy was way more fun than Scorpius.

"Just remember you can't exclude Scorpius today. It is his birthday," Erenigh told his son. "It wouldn't be very nice to shut him out."

Nathaniel sighed. "Fine," he said. It wasn't like Teddy would let them do it anyway. Teddy was way too nice.

They got outside and Nathaniel took off as soon as he had grass under his feet. It didn't take long for Scorpius to realise that his cousin was there and take off after him.

Draco rose from where he had been kneeled down next to his son just a moment earlier. "It is good to see you again brother," he said as he approached the older man. He reached out and pulled Erenigh into a tight hug. "How have things been?"

"Oh, well enough I guess," Erenigh said. He sat down with the other adults. "Last week about a dozen or so freshly bit children showed up in Athens. I had to go over to help master deal with everything. Poor things had lost their families."

"There are still pack roaming around then," Astoria said.

Erenigh nodded. "Unfortunately," he said. "Some just don't want to give it up. We supply to potion for several Auror departments around the world now. If a werewolf breaks the law it doesn't matter if they want the cure or not anymore. They get cured either way. It is just too dangerous to keep the around otherwise. I don't know how I feel about that. I prefer that people have a choice."

"But you were the first one who used it on someone who didn't want it," Draco said.

"I know," Erernigh said with a smile. "I'm a bit of a hypocrite. I know it is necessary sometimes. That's why we supply the cure the way we do. It saves lives." he shook his head. "Apart from that life just rolls on. Dahlia is crawling now. Pretty soon we're going to have two balls of energy bouncing around at home. We don't mind though."

"You know all of you have to do is ask if you feel like you need some time to yourselves," Narcissa said.

"I know mother," Erenigh said with a smile. "I'll consider it for this summer. For now Harry is teaching so we can't really have time off anyway."

"Of course, dear," Narcissa said.

Scorpius laughed in the distance.

Draco looked out over the grounds. He smiled. His son was happy. Free. he was never going to be as strict as his father had been. It wasn't healthy for a child to be restrained the way he and his brother had been. At least they had still turned out alright.

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Harry sighed. He shook his head annoyed. He wished that kids could just behave sometimes. Then again the boys he had dealt with weren't all to blame. Their parents really needed a talking to. Slytherins aren't evil. Parents and older siblings were the cause of that belief. He really wished people would stop saying that to kids. It had been bad enough when he was little.

He left the castle behind. A brisk breeze blew over the grounds. Harry stopped by the lake and closed his eyes. The wind caught in his hair. He let out a deep sigh. He was considering taking a few years off. He knew Erenigh wanted to travel. Maybe it was time to get out there qa bit. They really should do it before Nathaniel got too old to go along with them. He would need to speak to Minerva. They would have to find someone to take over for him. Maybe they could find someone who wanted only a few years. He shrugged. He would have to speak to Erenigh.

Harry pulled himself out of his thoughts. He had a birthday party to get to. He wasn't sure Scorpius would miss him, but it wouldn't be very nice of him to not go. He headed towards the gates. Once outside the wards he apparated away. He landed in the travel room in Malfoy Manor.

"Master and mistress be outside," a small elf told him.

"Thank you," Harry said. "I'm sure I can find them. You can return to what you were doing. Don't let me interrupt you."

The elf bowed and disappeared. Harry walked through the entrance hall. A great staircase led up to the next floor. It was a magnificent looking home. It was far too big for his liking though. He and Erenigh had a nice house in Greece that technically belonged to the Black family. Sirius had wanted them to have it. It wasn't like he was going to use it himself. Harry opened the front doors and headed outside. The grass was vibrantly green. He smiled. He knew Erenigh would like to run around. He better get go grab their daughter. In the distance he could hear laughter. His son, Scorpius and Teddy were playing. He chuckled. It was good to see them happy. They were all sons of fathers who had never had the chance to play for real.

Erenigh was sitting with the other adults not counting Sirius who was running around other there with the boys. Harry slowed down. He watched his husband, and he realised something. He was happy. He hadn't thought that much about it. He was truly happy. He had a husband and two wonderful kids flaws and all. He had come a long way from the scared kid that had run away from Hogwarts all those years ago. It had been the best decision of his life. He had a home now. It was wherever his family was. A home wasn't a house. He didn't need a house. His home was with his family.

"Harry come over here!"

Harry chuckled. He started moving again joining his family. His home.

Harry wrapped his arms around Erenigh. He sighed contently.

Home.