Author's Notes: Last chapter, I hope you enjoyed the story, my dear readers. It was rather short, but believe me, for being an entry in a fest it was really too long indeed. :D See you later, guys!

The One with the Happy Ending

When Scorpius opened his eyes, the sun was already up high in the sky. The sheet around his naked body was all rolled up and his legs were trapped in the material. He didn't try to smooth it out, but closed his eyes again and turned on the bed. He stretched an arm towards Lily as a smile stretched his lips.

His hand closed around thin air instead of a mass of dreadlocks, though. He opened his eyes again as his palm came into contact with the mattress, his smile faltering on his face.

He pushed himself up and tried to strain his ears to listen to any kind of sound in the flat. There wasn't any. "Lily." he called gently. "Lily?"

Nobody replied. He rubbed his fingers over his eyes and looked around himself. Her clothes, the ones that he had thrown to the floor the night before, were nowhere to be found.

"Lily?" he called again. This time a bit more forcefully.

Still nothing.

"Bloody hell," he growled. He pushed away the covers and started the hard quest of locating his clothes.

Where the heck was she? If she'd gone to see the child and the Browns again, he was going to… he was going to… Oh yes! He was going to give her a good nice spank. And then he would have rubbed his hands all over her red arse until she whimpered. And then…

And then he would have done so many more things to her, but he couldn't think about them now, because he should have been angry with her and not getting aroused all over again.

He had told her the night before not to worry about the Portkey! He had told her that mother and child would leave this morning, in all safety to Australia. To not go there, that it was dangerous. And yes, of course, while he said that he was eating her out and alternating a word to a lick a suck or a nip, or as he explained how he had gotten hold of the papers of the child she was blowing him and he wasn't exactly sure that she had paid attention to everything – or anything at all – that he had said, or that he had made a whole lot of sense, but…

"Bloody hell! When I find her, I'm going to tie her up to her bed and then spank her until she begs me."

"Hmm," came a hum from the door of the bedroom. "And then, what are you going to do to me?"

Scorpius jerked his head towards Lily as he struggled to drag his underwear over his hips. His jaw dropped as he looked at her, perfectly dressed and looking pretty as always.

When he manage to regain a bit of composure, he darkened. "Dammit, Lily!" he snapped. "Where were you? I thought you'd gone to see the Browns! I was about to come and drag you away before you got yourself into trouble again!"

Her lips spread into a smile. She raised a paper bag near her face. "I went to get some breakfast," she replied, "hope you like bacon and eggs."

He closed his eyes and rubbed a hand over his face. "Bloody hell," he muttered, feeling utterly relieved.

When she giggled he heard her bubbly laughter incredibly close to him. "You were worried for me," she told him.

He looked down at her. "Of course, I was," he grunted.

"Because I'm your job," she grinned.

"Stop teasing."

"Because you had some amazing sex last night."

"It was amazing," he conceded. "But not just for that…"

"Because you care about me."

He looked at her and took a deep breath. "Yeah."

She stood on tiptoes and kissed him softly on his lips. "Hmm, why don't you take a shower and I'll fix us breakfast?"

He slid his hands over her back and pulled her to him. "Why don't you join me in the shower and we'll fix breakfast together later?"

She grinned. "Sounds inviting, but I've already taken one," she told him, "and I need to dig the article out of my chest of drawers and I don't even remember the password to get past those annoying animals."

"Try 'Scorpius Malfoy is hot'," he drawled with a grin.

She shook her head and chuckled. "Go and take that shower," she told him, patting his chest, "and then… you know, I don't have to bring the article in until this evening, so…"

He kissed her until her back arched and her feet almost left the floor. And when he let her go and she turned, he gave her a playful slap on her arse and looked at her as she giggled and walked away.

He went into the bathroom, without bothering with the door, and turned on the water in the shower. Merlin, he felt wonderfully sated and pleasantly tired. And he was looking forward to the post-breakfast promises of more mind-blogging sex.

He discarded his underwear on the floor, waited for the water to turn the right temperature and stepped inside.

"How do you want your eggs?" came Lily's voice from the kitchen.

He lathered himself up with strawberry scented soap. "Scrambled," he replied over the rumble of the water.

"Strangled?"

"Scrambled," he repeated louder, before snickering at the conversation. She had probably waited all her life for that joke, but it was cute. Or she was cute, anyway.

"This stupid drawer won't open," she complained as a delicious smell of fried bacon and scrambled eggs started to reach him even in the shower.

"We'll try a spell, don't worry," he told her as he rinsed himself, "I know some that are quite useful… if you don't care too much about the fate of your furniture."

There was a loud crash coming from the living room and Scorpius startled for a second before chuckling softly. He could see the drawer already in pieces. "You alright, Lily?" he called from the bathroom.

She didn't reply and he just shook his head as he turned off the water. He grabbed for a towel and felt his cock stiffen a little as he thought that that same piece of material had been wrapped around Lily's delectable body.

"Baby?" he called her, the nickname giving him a little jolt of pleasure even as he said it.

Still she didn't reply. He furrowed his brow and for a moment the thought of her unconscious under the chest of drawer filled his thoughts.

Then something heavy fell to the floor, crashing as it did.

Scorpius straightened his back. He stared at the slightly ajar door that led back to her bedroom. He held his breath as he silently Summoned his uniform and buttoned it up quickly. What the hell was going on?

"Lily?" he called tentatively.

No answer.

He stretched his wand in front of him. His wet hair was pouring water down his neck and back, but he didn't care. He walked as silently as he could into the bedroom and then stepped into the living room.

And Lily was there. On her feet, behind the couch, her brown eyes wide as she stared at Scorpius.

"Lily—"

"Scorpius, it's a tra—"

A dark skinned hand clamped over her mouth as Dave emerged from behind the couch. His wand pressed into Lily's neck.

"A trap, she wanted to say," sneered Dave.

Scorpius' wand was pointed at Dave's head before the boy could add a word, but a single movement from him and Scorpius knew that he could have used Lily as a shield.

"Let her go, Dave," growled Scorpius, "and I promise that I won't hex your bollocks off."

Lily's eyes were huge on her face as she stared at Scorpius. He glanced at her before returning his attention to Dave.

The boy was sneering in his face. "Please," he hissed, "you will lower your wand right at this moment if you don't want me to blow her head." He pressed his face into her dreadlocks and kissed her softly. His eyes closing for a moment before he looked back at Scorpius. "Put your wand down," he told him. "Down. Good boy." He smirked as Scorpius threw his wand to the floor. Then he rubbed his face against Lily's head. "She smells so good," he murmured, "that's what Hans always says. That her scent drives him insane." He laughed and added, "I have my theory. I think it's because she smells like Harry Potter and we all hate the Boy-Who-Lived for what he did to Fenrir, and the idea of having his little pup to play with…" He shivered and rolled his head. "Just the idea makes my head spin."

"You're a werewolf," hissed Scorpius.

"Good job, Auror," he sneered. "Now, I need you to tell me where and when that Portkey will activate, because you see… we really didn't like it that much that you would go and get those papers and manage to get a Portkey for the child after all our efforts and money to bribe those employees at the Ministry."

"You'll have to kill me before I tell you."

"Kill you, ah of course you'd say that," sneered Dave, "what about killing her?" He pressed the wand into Lily's neck and her eyes became even wider as she brought her hands to his. "Shall we play a game? A little game… we love games in the pack… I count up to three and if you don't tell me… puff. She's gone."

Scorpius swallowed thickly. "I don't think Hans will be too happy to hear that," he hissed.

"He'll have the child, he'll be happy enough. One."

Scorpius gritted his teeth. "Kill her and I won't tell you anything."

"Two."

Lily's eyes widened as she stared at Scorpius.

"Three."

"Okay!" cried Scorpius. "I'll tell you! Just let her go!"

Lily tried to shake her head in despair. He was sure that she would be begging for her death if she could speak.

"You tell me and then I'll let her go," smirked Dave.

Scorpius glared at him. "It'll activate in half an hour, at the Ilkley Moor Quidditch Stadium," he replied in a growl, "it's an old Quaffle in the middle of the pitch."

"Thank you, Auror Malfoy," sneered Dave before whispering something into Lily's ear. Her eyes grew even wider for a moment before Dave laughed and then Disapparated with the girl secured in his arms.

Scorpius stared at the spot where they had just disappeared.

"Fuck," he muttered. That complicated everything.

oooOOOooo

The moment he Apparated on the terraces of the Ilkley Moor Quidditch Stadium, Scorpius knew that all the werewolves were waiting for the Browns to walk into the pitch, jump on them and kidnap the baby.

Scorpius couldn't see them, but the air was filled with their wild stench.

He hoped fervently that they hadn't touched Lily, that no action had followed their crude words and terrible intentions. That they were keeping her there as a hostage, waiting for the Browns to do anything to save her life. Even give them the child.

But they could have waited forever if they wanted the Browns.

Or not.

Lavender Brown walked gingerly into the pitch and Scorpius crouched on the floor of the terraces and stared at her through the legs of the chairs. She made her way to the Quaffle in the middle of the field and Summoned it into her hands.

The moment it flew in her outstretched palms, the Greys Apparated all around her, with Dave still holding Lily in his arms. Scorpius focused on her and even from that distance he was relieved to see that she was not harmed. She did look incredibly irate as she tried to wriggle free from her captor.

Scorpius gripped his wand with force as he raised his head to look around himself. His eyes met Potter's. He was crouching too and when he noticed Scorpius he raised three fingers near his head.

Then two.

Then one.

Next thing Scorpius knew, he was into the pitch with the other Aurors. Lavender Brown had gone back to being Teddy Lupin and had already took down two werewolves alone.

Scorpius had gone for Lily the moment he had Apparated behind Dave's back. The werewolf had barely time to notice what was happening before a Stunning Spell sent him to the ground with a thud. Scorpius had just the time to disentangle Lily from his arms before dragging her away.

"It was a trap," she babbled still in shock. "It was a trap."

Scorpius pulled her towards the terraces and made her sit on one of the chairs. "Are you okay?" he asked her, turning to look at the Aurors fighting the werewolves. "Can you stay here without me?"

She nodded. "It was a trap," she repeated.

He winked at her. "I'm not an idiot after all, am I?"

She shook her head, still too shocked to reply.

"Sweet," he chuckled, before bending to kiss her and bolting back to the pitch to go and help his fellow Aurors.

oooOOOooo

The pack of the Greys would finally be reunited with their leader. Probably not in the way they had hoped, though. But they were going to spend the rest of their lives in Azkaban right next to Fenrir Greyback's cell, so they should have thanked them, as Teddy kept repeating.

Scorpius was congratulated by his fellow Aurors with pats on his bruised shoulders and a rather unmanly hug from James as a thank you for saving his little sister.

He disentangled himself from them rather quickly though and made his way to where Lily was still sitting, her head hidden in her hands.

"Hey," he called as he approached her, "are you okay?"

She raised her head and looked at him, eyes shining with too many emotions. "You were awesome," she muttered. "I honestly thought… I honestly thought that you'd sell Thomas in exchange for my life…"

He blinked, unable to find a fitting reply to that. "Yeah… I…"

"I wish you'd told me," she confessed almost frantically.

"I didn't want to put you into danger…"

"I'm not a little girl," she told him seriously.

"Oh Merlin! Never thought that." He knelt in front of her and cupped her cheek. "But it was just… you know… a typical Auror's way of thinking. Go and get the baddies, but keep the plan as secret as possible…"

She gave him the hint of a smile and nodded.

He smiled back and stretched his neck to kiss her, but she tilted her head back. "I think I should go home," she murmured.

He nodded. "Come on, I'll put you to bed."

She shook her head. "No," she replied, "I'm… I'm fine. You don't need to."

"I want to," he replied softly, his voice a bit panicky.

She smiled as she stood up.

He stood as well. "Lily…"

"Listen, Scorpius," she murmured, "you were awesome and I'll… I'll owl you if I need your help again, okay?"

"But…"

"Please," she whispered frantically. "I just need to go and clear my head for a bit, okay?"

His shoulders dropped a little, as he nodded. "Sure… I… I understand," he stammered, not understanding her in the slightest.

She smiled gratefully, standing on tiptoes, she pecked his cheek and then she was gone with a loud pop.

oooOOOooo

"You were bloody awesome," James complimented Scorpius. "Bloody awesome. We've been looking for a way to catch that pack for years."

Strangely, James' compliments didn't do anything to Scorpius. He imagined that it was because he was the wrong Potter.

"Thanks," he said stiffly.

James smiled at him and patted his shoulder. "Hey," he told him, "my sister is a wild one. You'll never know how she'll react to something or what she'll do next. I wouldn't be surprised if she left for Antarctica or for Hawaii again next week. Maybe it's better this way…"

Scorpius groaned as he looked at him. "Potter," he sighed, "don't try to cheer me up, you're doing a lousy job."

James chuckled in reply. "My cousin is free if you're interested, actually most of them are, you know…"

"Except for my wife," pointed out Teddy.

"Except for Vicky."

Scorpius shook his head. "I need to go," he growled.

"Good luck with your new case," said Teddy.

"Yeah, good luck," echoed James.

He didn't even turn to acknowledge them.

oooOOOooo

Scorpius played with the beef bourguignon in his plate. He stabbed it and stared at the blood and juice overflowing from the meat without interest.

"Scorpius, only children play with their food," said his mother condescendingly.

He darkened and stabbed it more forcefully.

His father cleaned his mouth in an expensive napkin. "Still sulking over Miss Potter?" he asked. "You should go there and tell her how you feel instead of killing that beef that is already dead."

He glanced at him and darkened even more. "You don't understand," he muttered.

"Of course, I don't," he drawled, "it's been centuries since I was your age, I couldn't possibly understand the sufferings of being in love."

His mother giggled far more heartily than Scorpius thought necessary. "I never said I was in love," he replied pointedly.

"You don't have to," replied his mother gently. "It's all over your face."

"And your posture," added his father, "you look like a hunchback."

Scorpius shook his head as he stabbed the peas now. "Well, it doesn't really matter, does it? She told me that she'll owl me if she needs me. It wasn't exactly a declaration of love."

"You never know, Scorpius, maybe she—"

"I'm not hungry," he cut his mother off. "I'm off to bed."

oooOOOooo

"…and this is my cat," said Mrs Plight, "Madam Fluff. And this one is my other cat, Mr Whiskers, and this one—"

"Mrs Plight," sighed Scorpius, pushing the cup of tea in his hands on the low coffee table that stood between the flowery couch where he sat and the old armchair. "I thought you said that you've heard someone on the roof, and that's why you Floo Called the Aurors."

"Oh, there was someone," she replied gently, her wrinkled face getting even more wrinkly, "but I think it was a cat. Would you be a lamb and go and get it for me?"

"Over the roof? Have you tried Summoning it down?" he groaned.

She looked scandalised at him. "You can't Summon a cat!" she replied. "The poor fellow would have a heart attack!"

"I'll Apparate it down then," sighed Scorpius.

"Oh no, no, no," she told him severely, "you'll need to go and get it. There's a ladder in the attic." She smiled gratefully and added, "I'll make another cup of tea in the meantime."

Scorpius looked at her as she stood with difficulties from the armchair and made her way into the kitchen.

Merlin, he would have given his wand to be at Lily's flat or to be fighting against some werewolves at that very moment, instead he had to make his way to the stairs to go and get a cat from the roof. Bloody hell…

oooOOOooo

"The Head Auror is back," announced Teddy. "We're having a little party in his office if you want to…" His words trailed away as he stared at Scorpius.

"I think I'm going home," he replied darkly. Pigeon poop was still decorating his shoulders from that afternoon and he was all sore from the fall from Mrs Plight's roof.

"I'm sure he'd love to have a word with you, Scorpius," said Teddy gently. "To congratulate you on the werewolf case and for saving his daughter."

Scorpius nodded warily. "Tell him it was a pleasure," he sighed. "I'll see you tomorrow."

Teddy nodded, but he didn't add anything else as Scorpius walked out of his office.

oooOOOooo

The first thing that Scorpius noticed when he walked out of the chimney of the drawing room was the small Snowy Owl perched over the back of an armchair. It kind of looked familiar.

The bird looked at Scorpius and hooted loudly at him, before raising its tail and pooping all over the expensive Persian rug.

"Well, good job," he told the bird.

The owl hooted again and raised a little claw in front of him. A letter was tied to it.

"Is it for me?"

The owl hooted for the third time and turned its head upside down.

"Alright," he sighed, going to untie the letter. "Thank you," he told the animal absent-mindedly.

He opened the envelope and his jaw dropped, before looking down at the owl again.

Bloody hell! Of course! Lily's bird!

He felt his heart jumping up to nestle between his tonsils as he collapsed on the couch to read the letter.

Hey Scorpius,

I hope you're okay. I'm not quite sure I said thank you enough that day. I was really in shock, which I'll admit is not very flattering for you. I just thought… No, I don't even know what I was thinking. You were cool. No, you were amazing and… I was just really surprised that you wouldn't tell me anything… Anyway, I talked to Iris and Thomas and they are having the time of their lives in Australia. They invited me to go and visit them, I think I might…

Anyhow, I told you that I would owl you if I needed you, right? I kind of need you… I mean, I'm in quite the predicament and I really need your help. I don't know if you want to help me after how I treated you the other day, but… yeah, if you want to give me a hand, it'd be cool if you could meet me Sunday at twelve in Islington. You know where Jamie's is? Well, there. Yes, that'd be cool.

Don't wear your Auror uniform. It's an undercover mission.

Love,

Lily xxx

Scorpius' heart hammered in his chest by the time he reached the end of the letter.

"I heard hooting. You've got post, Scorpius?" asked his father as he walked into the drawing room with the Daily Prophet tucked under his arm. He stopped in his tracks as he saw the bird and then spotted the poop on the rug. "Bloody bird!" he cursed.

Scorpius just burst into laughter and right at that moment he couldn't have cared less about the rug or his father's glare.

oooOOOooo

Jamie's was a Muggle restaurant.

Apparently it was good, and Scorpius was looking forward to eating there. Because, come on! Meet me in front of Jamie's could only mean that they were going to eat there. Scorpius was not an idiot. He was an Auror. And a bloody good Auror too. And he knew what came after lunch. He would kiss her in an alley and then Apparate her to her flat and then… well, he was ready to call in sick on Monday morning just to spend the whole week naked with her and finally take that shower that he had been dreaming to every since—

"Hi."

Scorpius startled as images of a nude Lily dissolved in front of him. He looked down at the real Lily – who was dressed in a flowery dress and sported a shy, little smile – and felt his spine disappear from his body.

"Hi," he replied, his voice a bit too high and breathy not to make him blush. He coughed and tried again, but it just came out as ridiculous as the first time.

She chuckled gently at his embarrass, before lowering her eyes and pulling a couple of dreadlocks behind her ear. "Thank you for meeting me here," she told him, "I didn't think you'd come."

Scorpius cleared his throat. "You said you needed me," he croaked out. "And here I am…"

She smiled warmly at him and he felt his heart melt a little and probably drip down through his ribs, because he could hear it thump in his stomach now.

"Thank you," she told him. She grabbed his hand into hers and he was already starting to cross the street to get to the restaurant when she pulled him towards a little side alley.

He furrowed his brow, but followed her for a good five minutes through little, quaint streets and in front of Muggle shops without uttering a word. Bloody hell, he had worn his best suit, and he was looking rather ridiculous really, but he had hoped for a romantic Sunday—blimey! A romantic Sunday lunch! Sunday lunches weren't romantic! They were those things that they did between friends. If she had said brunch at least… But she hadn't and she hadn't said lunch either now that he thought about that.

Shite, shite, shite. She actually had meant work. A mission of some sort. He was just working. She was just his job all over again.

He cleared his throat again and tried to sound as professional as he could. "So… what's this mission again, Lily?" he asked nonchalantly.

She turned to look at him and smiled. "You'll see."

"Alright… can you tell me where we are going at least?" he asked seriously.

She shook her head. "If you knew you probably would Disapparate home right this minute," she chuckled.

"Please," he replied rather annoyed, "I'm an Auror. I'm not scared of anything."

She giggled at him and kept walking. Finally, she dragged him through a small alley and into a little square with a park and in front of it an impressive row of expensive houses that stood behind an elaborated iron fence.

She stopped in front of number 11 and seemed to focus on something in front of her. Suddenly, the row of houses started to move as another building emerged from between them. The number 12 was emblazoned on the door of the new house.

Lily tightened her fingers around his hand.

"What… what place is this?" asked Scorpius, trying to find a sign with the name of the street.

"Twelve Grimmauld Place," replied Lily simply.

Scorpius dug his heels into the ground and made her stop. "What?" he asked with his voice high. "That's… that's the Head Auror's home address."

She smiled brightly at him. "Good job, Auror Malfoy," she told him.

He swallowed. "Lily, why are we here?"

She grinned. "I told you, I need your help, Scorpius," she replied sweetly, "you need to save me from boring conversation and questions about when I finally decide to settle down with someone."

Scorpius' jaw dropped. "But… but that's… that's your parents'…"

"House," she supplied. "Indeed, and I'm inviting you to Sunday dinner. Don't worry, my mum cooks beautifully."

He made a high-pitched sound of discomfort.

She chuckled once more, before raising her hand to play with his tie. "The house is big, you know," she murmured, "with lots of unused bedrooms and secluded little bathrooms. And all of my family is there, they won't even notice that we're gone between a course and another."

He swallowed, torn between squealing in delight at what she was suggesting and squirming in fear. "Bet your father will notice," he groaned.

She giggled. "Good thing you're not afraid of anything then."

"Bloody hell."

He was about to look down at Lily and plead with his eyes to take his hand and let him take her somewhere else, when she threw her arms around his neck and pressed her soft lips against his own.

He melted completely and sighed against her mouth. She tilted her head back and looked into his eyes. "I love you," she whispered, "do you want to try to make this work?"

He blinked. "I thought you were thinking about going to Australia…" he pointed out.

She kissed him again. "Yeah," she replied, "with you, idiot."

A dumb smile crept on his face. He wrapped his arms about her body and squeezed her tightly, before kissing her back and making her go round. "You bet I want to make this work!" he laughed. "Let's go to Australia right now!"

She laughed with him, but slapped his arm jokingly. "Now you're just trying to get yourself out of this meal," she quipped. "Let's go and meet my family."

"I know your family," he protested, trying to resist her dragging him towards the main door. "I work with half of them."

She chuckled again as she came to a stop in front of the door and knocked loudly. "Now don't worry," she told him, "if Uncle George slips something in your Butterbeer, don't drink it, okay?"

"What?"

"And if Auntie Hermione asks you what your position on house-elves welfare is, you always go with S.P.E.W."

"With what?"

"And most importantly—Daddy!"

"Most importantly what?" groaned Scorpius in a murmur.

"Peanut!" exclaimed the Head Auror as he opened the door and squeezed his daughter in a tight embrace. "I missed you! Teddy was just about to tell me everything about your exploits with Lavender and the werewolves."

"Teddy speaks entirely too much," said Lily, before grabbing Scorpius' hand again. "Daddy, this is Scorpius."

The Head Auror eyed him from head to toe. "Well, don't I know him?"

"Sir," croaked out Scorpius.

Lily grinned from ear to ear. "You know Dad, we're thinking about going to Australia next week."

The Head Auror looked from Scorpius to Lily and then back. Then, unexpectedly, he laughed and stretched a hand towards Scorpius. Contrary to what the young man thought, he didn't smack him on the head, but he closed it on his shoulder. "She's already dragging you into her crazy world, isn't she?" he asked him gently. "Come on in you two, Uncle Ron is eating the potatoes out of the casserole and your mother has hexed him twice already."

Lily giggled as she made her way inside and Scorpius couldn't help following her since her fingers were secured around his hand.

And boy, was he glad she had dragged him to meet her parents! Especially when she invited him to go and see her old room between the roasted chicken and dessert…

FIN