Regretting You?

HARRY

I patted the bed beside me only to find it empty. Without getting up as I was too comfortable where I was, I opened my eyes to the most precious sight awaiting me and couldn't help the smile that overtook my face, lying next to me is the woman I loved the most in the world, cradling my heart, my little Dragon. Sev was wrapped in Pansy's arms. Pansy looked so peaceful. I slid closer to my love and pressed a light kiss on her forehead. Looking at my family, I never thought this would happen to me. Family. I found a family. My heart felt like bursting with happiness and love as I closed my eyes and allowed sleep to take me once again.

The next morning, Pansy and I woke up a few seconds apart. When our eyes met, a smile graced Pansy's face as she looked down at the precious bundle in her arms with nothing but love and admiration on her face. "I can see how you can love him so deeply," Pansy whispered, not wanting to wake Sev from his peaceful slumber.

"He has that effect on you," I responded, carding my fingers through Severus' soft hair.

"We need to get up," Pansy thought out loud, "and get back to a schedule. I know you bathed Sev yesterday, but I want to give him a deep clean bath. I know there wasn't much you could do in the Infirmary washroom."

"No," I whispered back. "There wasn't much room at all. Plus, I want to get him into his clothes. These are okay, but they're too rough for his sensitive skin." Before Pansy could answer, the little bundle against her started squirming around looking like a small snail.

Rubbing his eyes, Severus curled into the warmth that surrounded him. The first thing he noticed was he was lying against something soft. For a brief second, Severus thought that his Da didn't want him anymore, feeling fear and nervousness filling up in the pit of his stomach and he refused to open his eyes not wanting to wake up alone but that feeling quickly dissipated when he heard his Da's voice.

"Well, my little Dragon," I called, rubbing my hand along his side.
"Let me see my baby's eyes."

Severus laid back and looked at me, smiling.

"Are you ready to go back to our chambers?" I asked and leaned down, kissing Sev on the tip of his nose.

Severus giggled and a smile spread across both of our faces seeing our little dragon happy and smiling again.

Severus looked over at Pansy and could feel warmth and comfort coming off her.

"You're my Mumma?" Severus asked with conviction.

"Yes, I am," Pansy said, equally confidant.

I was bewildered at what I was witnessing. I wasn't jealous of this new relationship. Actually, I was stoked.

When Severus first learned of me having a girlfriend, I worried about Severus' reaction towards her. He was Pansy's former Head of House. I was also worried about Pansy's reactions towards Severus when she found out about his classification. But seeing them now and hearing the confidence in their voices made my heart soar and I looked at the scene unfold with a small smile tucking at the corner of my lips.

"Well, look who's awake." Pansy and I looked towards the gates of the hospital wing where the voice had come from and saw Madam Pomfrey walking towards them.
"How are we feeling today?" Poppy asked, waving her wand over Severus to check his vitals.

"We're doing great," I said, sitting up in the bed and Pansy followed, sitting up against the headboard, Sev still in her arms.

Looking at the results of her scans, Poppy concluded, "Well, it looks like Severus is doing very well." Sitting down at the foot of the bed, "Now, Sev, I want you to make sure you stay out of danger. I don't want to see you hurt anymore."

Severus wiggled out of Pansy's arms and crawled over to the matron who quickly picked up the small child and wrapped him in her arms.

"I pwomise, Pops," Severus said, hugging Poppy around her neck. I smiled at the nickname he had come up for her. From the time I had spent with him, he, I mean little Sev loved giving nicknames to even his toys and it was amusing to see him concentrate, his tongue sticking out of the corner of his mouth as he thought hard of the name he wanted and then coming up with the funniest names he could think of saying they were just perfect and suited the thing or person well.

"I'm going to hold you to that," Poppy said. She tickled Severus' side and was rewarded with a squeal of delight. When she let the little go, Sev crawled towards Harry.

"Pansy," Poppy called, standing up, and walking to the other side of the cot. "I want to check on you as well. You gave us a small scare as well."

Waving her wand over Pansy in a different manner than she did with Severus, Poppy wanted to look at the former student's magical core. When she got the results, Poppy couldn't keep the smile off her face.

"What?" Pansy asked looking stressed. "What have you found?"
"You sacrificed your magic to save our Severus," Poppy stated.

Pansy nodded in agreement.

"Well, I think Eileen gifted you with her magic," Poppy smiled.
"So, I can perform magic?" Pansy asked, excitement evident in her voice.

"Yes," Poppy nodded. "But I think you may want to go back to Olivander's and get a new wand. Your magical signature is slightly different and the same is with Sev I want you both to have a new wand. Pansy's old wand may work for Sev but better be safe than sorry."

Pansy and I looked at each other in shock. We never expected such a miracle to happen but we were happy and grateful nothing less.

The small family headed back to Severus' chambers. Severus never felt like a true home to him. It was just a place where he was welcomed. Understood and treated well with his secret of being a Little. When Severus crossed the threshold in Harry's arms, the feel of his chambers changed. It felt like home and a blinding smile overtook Sev's face as he was put down and crawled about the place.

SEVERUS

I roamed about the place feeling content and happy but was soon picked back up by Harry when I went near his leg.
"I'm going to get Sev cleaned up," Harry said. "Why don't you make yourself at home?" Pansy nodded as she walked over to the sofa but I had other plans and wanted her as well with us so I did the only thing I could think of. I started squirming in Harry's arm. Harry stopped in his trek to the bathroom and looked at me in confusion.

I simply reached out for Pansy and called out for her. "Mumma,"

Harry and Pansy looked at each other, bewildered. Harry tried to keep his smile off his face. Deep down he always wanted Sev to welcome Pansy into his life. Seeing it happen now filled his heart with happiness and love for his two precious gems.

"You want Pansy to bathe you. Well, I feel hurt." Harry whipped at his fake tears as Pansy made her way towards us laughing at Harry's antics who was busy faking, he was hurt. As soon as she was within reach, I leaned down and fell into her extended arms. She took me swiftly, swinging me around as small giggles escaped me.

Harry stuck his tongue out at the two of us and we did it right back before the three of us burst out laughing. Bathing turned out to be a huge disaster as my little self, found it amusing to splash all around the bathroom catching Harry and Pansy in a water fight.

"Look dada," I exclaimed excitedly. "I have a bear' as lo'g as Alby."

Harry smiled at me.

"I can see that, Dragon. Now, less playing and more bathing." He said sternly, which earned him a slap on the back of his head from Pansy. I giggled as Harry turned to her with a pout on his face.

"Harry James Potter, behave. Don't scold my son unnecessarily." She scolded him and I giggled more as Harry's pout intensified.

"You have stolen her from me in a day." He said to me and I smiled at him innocently as if I didn't know what he was talking about.

The bath turned out into a great adventure. Harry and Pansy ended up taking a shower as well as they were both completely drenched in water from head to toe. Harry dressed me in a black dungaree with a white t-shirt underneath paired with white socks and black flip-flops. He and Pans too dressed in similar clothing with black t-shirts paired with black pyjamas.

I played around as the two love birds lay down on the sofa wrapped in each other's arms and watched me play. They were asleep after a while. I too took a short nap.

About half an hour later, I woke up in my adult body to the fresh aroma of something delicious being cooked spread around the small chambers. I walked out of the sitting room to find Harry busy in the kitchen and Pans sitting on the dining table with a novel in front of her.

"Are you sure Pansy?" Harry questioned her, not looking up from whatever he was making.
"Yeah," she replied before going back to her book.

"Good afternoon, Harry. Pans." I greeted them, testing Pans' reaction to the nickname. They both smiled and greeted back as I took a seat across from her. Having her here wasn't as awkward as I thought it would be. It was as if she has been living with us for a long time. It felt nice to have people we could call family. I never expected this to happen to me but I was glad that it did.

"Sev," Pans called out and I hummed in response.

"Do you want to quit teaching?" She questioned me. Now that I think about it. I enjoy potions but not teaching as it took away most of my time, giving me very less time to be in my little space and it was exhausting and stressful as well.

I nodded slowly not knowing where this conversation was going. She looked over at Harry as if for reassurance and continued when he nodded.

"I quit my job at the ministry a few days ago and wanted to be a staff member at Hogwarts. This will not only allow me to spend more time with both of you but also will be more relaxing and less tiresome. I talked to Headmistress McGonagall about it but no position is empty right now. I am good at Transfiguration and wanted to take over for Draco. What I mean to say is that Draco has agreed to be the Potion's master if you agree. What do you think about it?"

I didn't want to burden them with myself and being self-independent gave me a feeling of accomplishment. I did want to quit teaching but there was no other option for me to earn.

"Take your time. I am not rushing you or anything." With that, she got up and walked out towards the bathroom.

Harry was quick to take the seat she vacated after setting the table.

"I know what you are thinking but Sev if you want to quit do it. I am planning on proposing to Pansy soon and I was thinking of giving her a cottage in Hogsmeade as an engagement gift. We could have a potion laboratory in the basement and you can do your business without worrying about anything. But it is all up to you. I would have talked to you sooner or later. It's not like we will be moving in immediately. It's just little something I wanted to get her." He said without taking a breath.

"Harry, breathe." I scolded him softly and he took a calming breath.

"Can I ask you something?" I asked quietly, afraid of putting forward a question that has taken my mind from the time I woke up in the hospital wing.

Pansy walked out of the bathroom, standing beside Harry.

"My seat," she said softly and pouted at him.

Harry got up, taking a seat next to her as she resumed sitting in her initial chair. These two acted like five-year-olds rather than twenty-five or however old they were.

"Sev?" Harry looked at me.

"Do you ever regret me?" I closed my eyes after posing the question afraid of the reaction I would get out of him.

What if he was actually regretting me?

My thoughts were cut short when Harry knelt in front of me.

"I'm confident that I'll never spend a single second of my life regretting you. You are the best thing that ever happened to me." He assured caressing my cheek.

Taking a shaky breath, I smiled at my guardian who reciprocated it with a small dimpled one of his own.

We enjoyed lunch, chit-chatting in between bites and it felt like a normal family lunch. I was thinking about what Harry had said and found the idea rather good as it will give me the freedom to be my own master when I had spent half of my life under two masters. Now that I no longer wanted to hide my classification from anyone, I was considering the idea of giving out my resignation from teaching and starting my own business.

The day passed as we played around, built pillow forts with my little self, and then had a light dinner. When I changed back to my adult form before dinner, I considered talking with Pans on matters we discussed during lunch.

"Pans, I think I want to quit," I informed her.

"Sev, I am not forcing you to do anything." She responded and I shook my head at her, smiling.

"No, I wanted to start my Apothecary for a long time but never had a chance so now that I have one, I will not let it slide off and for that matter, Draco is the right person to take over me."

She nodded and Harry smiled at me.

That day we decided to turn in early, going to bed around nine after Pansy read me a story even in my adult form when I insisted it wasn't necessary yet she didn't listen. After the story, all three of us decided to watch a movie, those two falling asleep in the middle of it, snuggled into each other. They looked cute together and were compatible for both of them.

It has been a couple of weeks since we were released from the hospital wing. The three of us have fallen into a comfortable routine. Pansy had taken over Transfiguration and Draco took over Potions. I and Harry have been preparing the cottage and setting up a potion's lab in the basement just as I wanted it. Harry was also preparing for his proposal and the best time would be Pansy's birthday.

PANSY

Draco uncovered my eyes to the most beautiful sight in front of me. The rooftop was lit up with candles floating in mid-air all with flowers covering every inch of the floor except for the heart in the middle. Draco walked me over to the rail. I could see all our friends standing and waving from below and I waved back.

Today was the best day of my life. The best I could ever imagine. Harry had made my birthday so special by organizing a surprise party with all our friends, the best part being when he gifted me this cottage as a birthday present. I have wanted the cottage for a while but never bought it, thinking it was too much when I don't even have time to spend time at home but now being a professor at Hogwarts, I had an ample amount of time on hand to enjoy and relax with my family.

I was bought out of my musings by Harry's voice...

"Pansy, you have been the reason for my smile since the day I met you." That's when I realized that Draco was no longer with me. I looked around for Harry and he also wasn't in sight. I looked down at Draco who had returned to Hermione's side but there was still no sign of Harry.

I turned around and gasped, there was Harry in a crisp blue suit on one knee with Sev standing between them, a velvet box sitting on his open palm.
"Will you make me the happiest man in the world?" Harry questioned.
"Wil' you b' my Mumma for weal?" Sev finished. I smiled at him bending down and kissing his forehead.

"Marry him, Marry him......." The crowd below chanted and I turned towards them a gasp escaped my lips as I looked at the sky, there in proud bold letters was spelt 'MARRY ME' with everyone's wands pointed at it. Strong arms snaked around my waist as Harry rested his head on my shoulder.

"Will you do the honours of being my wife? Will you do the honours of being Mrs Potter?"

I turned to face him again, wrapping my arms around his neck. I pulled him down into a kiss, our bodies melting into each other as our tongues danced together. We pulled apart, resting our foreheads together. A soft whining sound caught our attention and we looked at Sev who plopped down where he was standing. We laughed. Harry took the box from him popping it open, resting on the pillows was a white gold ring with a golden band in between, three-lined diamonds embedded in the middle of it. He slid it on my finger, and it fitted perfectly. I admired it running my finger delicately over our initials engraved on the side of it.

"I love you," Harry whispered.
"I love you more love," I whispered back. I was shocked when a small body collided with my leg. Harry bent down to pick a pouting Sev up. We both laughed at his antics, kissing him on either of his cheeks.

"We love you the most, baby." We shouted together making Sev giggle. 

The End...