"Do you think you could make it to the manor for Christmas, love?" Draco asked, kissing his boyfriend's nose.

"Well I don't see a problem with that." Harry smiled at Draco as they snuggled deeper into his bed.

"Great, we have somewhere to be Christmas afternoon. I really want you there with me to announce this..." Draco started. Harry furrowed his eyebrows together in confusion and the blonde kissed the wrinkles in the middle. 

"I wish I could bring Teddy." Harry's face fell and he placed his forehead on Draco's chest and took a deep breath. "He loves the holidays and I was going to
take him to see the lights in Godric Hollow."

"So why don't you?" Draco asked petting Harry on the head.

"You know why I can't do that."

"Bring my aunt with him. I don't mind. Give her a chance to accept the situation instead of letting her have her way." Draco chuckled. "Here I was thinking that Malfoy's were spoiled. Harry you should call her. I know this is hurting you. Tell her that."

"Dray- I just can't. You should go. I have a class to teach in an hour and Hermione did babysit last night, but probably has to work so she'll be leaving the house elves in charge of Scorpius if you take too long." Draco nodded at Harry's suggestion and pulled himself out of the bed then searched for his wand before transfiguring his clothes back. He turned and winked at the green eyed man before swaggering into the floo.

When Draco passed through he headed to his own bedroom to get a nice shower in, but was stopped by a crying Scorpius on his empty bed. He rushed over and got on one knee so that he was eye level with the small boy.

"What's wrong, Scorp?"

"Aunt 'Mione p-put me to bed early and I-I had a nightmare. I c-came to your room, b-b-but you weren't here..." Scorpius looked down and wiped his eyes and nose with the bottom rim of his pajama shirt before looking back up at his father and wrapping his arms around his neck in a hug.

"Oh Scorp, I'm so sorry I wasn't here for you." He lifted his son off the bed and squeezed him tightly, kissing the top of his small blonde head. "I was out with Harry...You remember Harry right?"

Scorpius visibly brightened at the sound of his name. He pulled back with a huge smile on his face even though he still had tear in his eyes.

"Really!? I wish we could hang out with Harry all the time!" Draco looked at his son and nodded.

"Maybe we could. Scorpius, if I told you that I liked Harry, would you be mad?"

"No daddy. Why would I be mad? I like Harry too!"

"What if I liked Harry the same way I liked your mum? Would you be okay with that?"

"So will 'Arry be my mummy now?" Draco chuckled at his son and shook his head.

"No, it just means he'll be around more. We'll hug and kiss sometimes..."

"He makes you happy, Daddy?" Scorpius says with big eyes.

"Yeah he does, Scorp."

"Then it's okay. I like 'Arry too, daddy. He's really nice." Scorpius smiled at his father. His eyes were no longer glossy with tears, but his face was still visibly red from having cried so much before. He waited for his father to put him down before running out the door and to his own room.

Draco smiled once his son left and headed into the bathroom to shower and finally relax. When he came out Scorpius was in his own pajamas snuggled into his father's bed.

"Hello, little one," Draco said sliding into bed next to his son. Scorpius cuddled in closer.

"Hi..." He smiled up as his dad shyly before turning over and whispering. "Daddy?"

"Yeah, Scorp?"

"Are you gonna marry 'Arry?"

"Well uh- I- I don't know Scorpius. This is all kind of new for us."

"Oh. That's fine, daddy. I just thought it would be nice for him to have a real family for Christmas." Draco looked at his son surprised, but Scorpius eyes were already closed.

"As long as we love him, Scorp, we are his real family. I promise."

"Okay," Scorpius yawned deeply as his breathing evened out. "Goodnight, daddy."

"Goodnight, little one." It wasn't long before Draco followed his son into the realm of sleep.

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The bed shook with the small weight of Scorpius' constant jumping.

"Get up! Hurry up daddy! C'mon, we have to go get it!" Scorpius pushed at his father until finally he opened a tired eye and stared into matching pools of mercury.

"Get what, Scorp?" He asked groggily trying to close his eyes to no avail as his son used his small thumbs to hold them wide open.

"We have to get 'Arry and Teddy's Christmas presents!" Draco smiled down at his smaller self and nodded.

"Right you are," he said through a yawn before lifting the boy off of him and peeling himself out of the bed to stretch. He found his wand and cast a quick tempus. "Well, its only 8:30 so I guess we can have breakfast before we go, huh?" He smiled down at his son who slip from the bed, attempting to find the floor first so that his feet dangled just above the cool floorboards. He huffed once he finally landed with his hair looking even more ruffled.

"Can we have caramel apple pancakes?" Scorp asked excitedly while bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet. Draco chuckled.

"Of course, but you have to go and get your clothes out for the day." Scorpius nodded once and ran out of the room, slipping a bit on his too long pajama pants. "Don't forget to get one of the elves to iron it for you!"

Draco laughed to himself then headed into the bathroom to brush his teeth and prepare for the day. Once he was dressed in his casual shopping attire he headed downstairs to make a quick bit of breakfast. He finished the eggs, hash and sausages first then set out to mix the pancake batter when Scorpius finally came running down the steps, through the dinning room and into the kitchen wearing dark khakis and a warm red jumper.

He attempted to pull himself up to the counter to sit on the stool there and when he couldn't Draco came around and helped him.

"Be careful up here, Scorp. Wouldn't want you to fall, okay?" He went back to stirring the batter then ladled it into the pan. Moving back to the counter and throwing all the leftover peels in the trash he cut up an apple and gave the slices to Scorpius to munch on.

He flipped the last of the pancakes and placed them on a serving platter before using his wand to lift all of them into the dinning room while he picked Scorpius up in his arms and walked him to the table. Once they were seated he called a house elf to bring each of them a glass of juice and some caramel syrup for the pancakes.

"So what did you have in mind for presents, little one?" Draco said taking a bite of his eggs and mentally praising himself. Putting pancake batter in the eggs always made them fluffier.

"Uh- I think I wanted to get Teddy some new books, but I don't know if he's gonna like what I pick. He acts really nice, but he's older than me, what if he really doesn't like the same stuff." Scorpius looked down into his food.

"Why would you think that?"

"'Cause he never comes over anymore so I always have to go play with Rose-y. I thought it was 'cause I have to play with kids my own age."

"Oh, no Scorpius, it isn't you. Teddy's grandmother is just different. She has certain- opinions that she doesn't want to change." Draco tried to explain while holding his fork and knife out with each arm laid on the table each on one side of his plate.

"Okay..." Scorpius muttered then lifted his hand to lift the sticky pancake that Draco had already cut for him.

"Hands, Scorpius."

"Sorry, daddy." The boy picked up his fork and then poked a square of pancake before popping it in his mouth and smiling for the first time since they sat at the table. "Wow! These are delicious daddy!"

"Delicious?"

"Yeah, I was looking up words from my books. I found delicious, delectable and delightful. Your pancakes are all three!" Draco smiled at his son's ecstatic expression and realized that he wanted to share this with Harry and Teddy too. He wanted what Scorp called 'a real family'. When they were done eating he called an elf to help Scorpius get cleaned up and another to clean up the table and his mess in the kitchen before heading into his study.

Draco closed the door behind him and moved over to his desk to begin construction of a letter.

Dear Andromeda,

I have no preference whether you like me or not. I don't care if you hate me and all that I stand for, but I will not sit by and allow you to make Harry miserable. He loves Teddy like his own son and as a father I can sense his pain.
It hurt even worse when I sat at breakfast with my son this morning only to discover he thinks his new best friend hates him. He hasn't seen Teddy in months and has begun to assume it is a punishment for something he hasn't even done! In the spirit of Christmas (and Harry's best interest) I am requesting your attendance at Malfoy Manor for Christmas Eve dinner and presents in the morning.
I am not asking. I am however telling you that I will be sending a portkey the morning of dinner. Teddy is a great child and it would be nice to see my younger cousin again.
I wish you a Happy Holidays until then.

Draco L. Malfoy

He read over his letter once and nodded to himself. This was as polite as he could manage for someone who hurt Harry so easily and seemingly without a care. He folded the parchment and placed it into a silver envelope before dripping on the molten green wax and pressing it with the Malfoy seal. He signed her name on the front in his usual neat script then called his owl over to deliver it. He left his study just in time to be met with a blur of blonde hair as Scorpius ran into him and fell over, still trying to tie his left boot.

"Daddy can you help me?" Scorpius asked with his eyebrows furrowed in confusion as though he honestly couldn't understand why the laces wouldn't come together properly in his hands. Draco chuckled then got on one knee helping his son then lifting him back onto his feet. He looked down at the miniature Malfoy in his warm winter attire and accio'ed a pair of ear muffs for the small boys already reddening ears before calling forth his own extra jumper and robes.

"Are you ready to go, little one?" He asked smiling down at Scorpius who only brightly smiled wide and gripped his father's hand tighter as they apparated out of the manor and into busy London streets for a day of shopping and Christmas cheer.

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Hey futher muckers

this chapter is kind of late
but im kind of with family for the holidays & have terrible wifi

on the bright side longest chapter so far

& its the holidays!

happy Hanukah
happy Kwanza
happy whatever else

fyi i really liked this chapter

i love writing for Scorp 💚

he's my lil cupcake

hope you all enjoyed!

love you!

-- angel janeé xoxo 💋