1.
Harry was sat in the window sill, looking out over the grounds of Hogwarts. He was shivering, not only because it was cold in the dungeons but also because of all the thoughts going around in his head.
He was thinking about the recent war. ‘If I’d just surrendered myself not so many people would’ve died. Fred, Remus, Tonks… I can’t help but blame myself for their deaths.’
“Hey, are you okay?”
Harry turned around and saw his dad.
“Just thinking about the war” he replied.
Severus saw his shivering and the tears in his eyes and walked over to him.
“I know it’s hard, but try not to think about it so much.” He said as he wrapped him in a hug. “I know that you blame yourself for their deaths, but that’s not true, they chose to fight for themselves, so it was their own fault they died. And on the contrary, you killed Voldemort, and thereby you saved so many people, you should be proud of yourself… I am proud of you.”
Harry sniffled and pressed his head in his dad’s chest. “Thanks dad” he said, Severus responded by kissing him on his head.
They are in their eighth year at Hogwarts.
Because of the war and the cancelled exams, the headmistress, McGonagall decided to give all of the seventh years another change to finish their school.
Even if Harry could’ve got any job he wanted, he decided to go back to school with all of his friends to have one last, hopefully peaceful, year at Hogwarts.
After the war, Harry didn’t stay with the Dursley during summer holiday, but he stayed with his dad, Severus Snape. Severus adopted him in his third year after his uncle showed up to the school… as a boggart.
~5 years ago~
Harry was anxiously waiting in line to face his boggart when he was thinking about what he was most afraid of.
‘Would it be Voldemort, a dementor? He did faint when he saw one.’
“Next is Harry Potter” called out professor Lupin.
Harry shakily stepped forward, not yet feeling ready to find out what his boggart would be.
He was sweating when he saw the boggart change shape from his previous form as a spider with skates.
He almost let out a shriek when he saw uncle Vernon appear in front of him. He forgot what was happening around him and just saw his Uncle run towards him and grab him by his neck.
“Please, please don’t hurt me uncle Vernon I’ve done nothing wrong” Harry mumbled as he was punished by his uncle.
“Shut up you freak” replied his uncle while squeezing hard.
He was pulled out of the trance when suddenly his uncle changed into a moon. And all of the sudden everything came back to him.
‘Shit he was in class, what would his classmates think, what would professor Lupin think?’
It was very quiet, Harry opened one of his teary eyes and saw everyone stare at him.
Harry flinched when he heard professor Lupin shout “class dismissed, everyone get out of here, Harry stay behind please”.
When the class was cleared professor Lupe told Harry to wait in the classroom while he went into his office. A few minutes later he came back with some other teachers following him.
Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore, Madame Pomphrey and professor Snape were there. Harry was sat down, looking at the ground while Lupin explains what happened.
Professor McGonagall gasped as she heard the news, she had tears streaming down her face while Madam Pomphrey swiftly went over to Harry to look for any injuries.
However, Harry was most interested in what was happening between the headmaster and Snape. Dumbledore was as white as a ghost while Snape was screaming things at him.
Harry could hear “I told you they are bad people, Tuney was horrified by magic and I informed you of this right as I knew you were going to place him with them. You told me you had checked up on him many time over the years, be ashamed of yourself!”
Harry felt the tears stream down his face. He felt very humiliated and scared.
Madam Pomphrey sensed this and took him to the hospital wing, where she checked him over, mended some of his injuring, and gave him some dreamless sleep.
When Harry woke up he was surprised to find his potions professor in a chair next to his bed.
Snape helped him sit up, eat and go to the bathroom.
A few hours later, when Harry was dismissed from the hospital wing by madam Pomphrey, Snape took him to the headmasters office. They argued about where Harry should live during the summer holidays.
Dumbledore manipulated Snape into the job, which Harry and Snape were both not happy about.
However as the months went on Snape found himself really beginning to care for the boy. He was reminded by his own history and saw that Harry was more like his mother, than he was like his father.
Harry got an own room in his quarters in which he sometimes slept and every Wednesday he started eating dinner with his guardian.
When the summer holiday came about they went to his professors childhood home. During the holiday their trust to each other grew much and during one evening an emotion Harry told Snape how he saw him like a dad.
After a tearful but happy conversation they decided that Harry was to be adopted by Severus.
~now~
Harry and Severus still love each other like father and son. However Harry is keeping a big secret from him: he’s got and in love with his previous enemy Draco Malfoy.
What would his dad think? Would he be disappointed that he wouldn’t marry a girl, would he disown him?
Harry hasn’t even told his friend. What would they think.
Harry dating their bully, the one who called Hermoine a mudblood.
And what about the public? ‘Boy-who-defeated is gay and dating a deatheater’
yeah that doesn’t work.