Chapter 4
When they get home later in the evening Harry is struggling to stay awake.
“Papa, mi’k” he asks as he toddles out of the fireplace. His papa chuckles but hoists him onto his hip carrying him into the master bedroom where the changing table is set up. He quickly gets Harry into a clean nappy as well; he changes the baby into a footie with built-in mittens. Finally he swaddles Harry knowing that the boy rolls around in his sleep and is safely wrapped tightly up.
“Ok there we go my sweet boy, let's see if daddy has made your bottle, oh, and look at that nice warm bottle all for you.! Lucius' baby talks to Harry cradling him across his chest.
In no time Harry is asleep and puts in his bassinet set up beside Lucius and severus’ bed. Although Harry has a fully furnished nursery the husbands quickly found out that the boy gets very bad night terrors, but they only happen every few months now from the long time in therapy.
As well Harry squirms in his sleep and on many occasions if it wasn't from the man's dads checking on him in the night he could have suffocated. Madam Pomfrey suggested they put him in a bassinet in their room like done for newborns.
Harry did not mind this one bit and loved waking his dada and papa up in the early morning.
The next week, on the first day of school was a rush for everyone to be up and ready for the day on time.
“Draco you are doing to help Minerva make sure all the dormitories are set up and ready for the students” severus says as the small family are having dinner in their quarters fully moved into the school for the rest of the school year. Thought draco will be staying in the dorms with his friends and classmates he will still have a room with his dads and the family will still go back to the Malfoy-Prince manor on weekends, it is much easier with harry to live in the school while he is enrolled.
“Ugh, yes dad” he reluctantly agrees when his papa sends him a look.
“Well I am off, then I will see you all for dinner?” Lucius says as he folds up the paper and makes his way around the table saying goodbye to his family.
“Goodbye love, have a good day” Severus says as he kisses his cheek.
“Papa, me come with ‘ou?” Harry whispers loudly as he cuddles his papa.
“no , no darling, you have to be here to help dad welcome all your friends”
“Ok boys we have a long day ahead of us so make sure you eat up” Severus says mostly to Harry encouraging him to eat some of the warm porridge, the boy just turns away from the spoon and instead he reaches for his second bottle of formula. Severus just sighs as he cuddles his baby while he drinks.
“Harry, will you go get the carrier?” he asks, referring to the baby carrier that the men use to hold him while working, Harry having renamed it.
The baby runs off into the nursery to fetch it. While severus vanishes the breakfast.
“Thank you for helping today draco i know you would have much preferred to decorate your room” severus thanks his oldest son sincerely.
“eh , its fine”
“Dada! Got it ``Harry shouts as he makes it back to the room.
“Harry you do not need to shout i can hear you” the man says as he puts the contraption on his front. He hesitates putting Harry in wondering which way to face him. In the end he decides to have Harry cuddling his chest knowing that the boy is due for a nap soon and will want to cuddle into his chest.
Once they are all set up they both separate, Draco going to help McGonigal and Severus to set up his classroom.
“Dada play?” harry asks looking up to him from his chest.
“In a bit harry how about you rest your eyes for now? Huh?“
Quick as expected harry is fast asleep on his chest, he leaves him there for his morning nap as harry is usually only down for about an hour. While harry seeps severus started the process of moving the desks around and making sure all the books for the year are in perfect condition.
Almost exactly an hour later harry wakes up from his nap, while severus is changing him on his desk.
“Dada hii” harry squeals happily almost kicking severus in the face.
“Hi baby, sit still for one minuet, please” he finishes up taping the nappy around harry's hips and buttons of the onesie on and pulling on some baby leggings snapping them high on harry's tummy so they don't fall down as much.
“Ok there you go baby you can go play” severus says with a gently pat to harry's bum.he watches him toddle of to the little box of toys.
Harry is quietly playing a game with his two trains when his dada picks him up and staps him back into the carrier. He takes the trains harry was holding on to and puts them back in the box. Harry whine his protest kicking his legs out, but quickly stoped by severes’s hands grabbing his socked feet.
“No harry, you don't kick dada, and we are going to ear so you need to put your toys back” severus says sternly.
“Dada” harry says before he dissolved into tears.
“Yes i know you are hungry and tired” severus says patting the boys bum through the carrier.
They make it back to their quarters and harry sees dada cast a warming charm on one of the premade bottles before sitting down on the sofa and unstrapping him from the carrier and reclining, him before giving him the bottle.
After harry had fallen asleep, severus sat in complete silence watching his baby sleep,small puffs of breath and the peaceful rise and fall of his chest.
The silence was soon disturbed when lucius and draco came in bickering about something. He grinned and the two who insisted they were nothing alike, stroll in identically.
“Hello, my boys what are you arguing about, now?” severussays grinning at them.
“Nothing sev, is harry asleep you want me to put him in the bassinet?” lucius says changing the subject. Severus looks at him suspitiosly before nodding an letting the man flee wiht their baby.
“Hi dad, what is there for lunch?” draco says hugging his dad.
“ i havent had time to look but you cna start eating” he says before following lucius to where he was just tucking harry into the bassinet.
2what was that about?”
Lucius sighs “ severus i think we need to start really look for help” he says making eye contact with his husband.
“What do you mean we have tried everything, he clearly is not going to get better and he is fine as he is now?” severus retorts defensively.
“ no he is not he is basically a baby, he eats only milk he sleeps in a bassinet in OUR room, and he is the sise of a 4 year old this is not normal how is he supposed to look after himself!”
Lucius says raising his voice.
“He doesn't need to look after himself he has us!” Severus glares at him. “ where is this coming from, we always new that we would need to look after him more but i thought you were fine with that” severus says feeling a bit upset.
“ yes i was but this is insane we can really expect him to live like this for the rest of his life its miserable” lucius says.
“What?! How can you say that he is happy healthy and we love him!” severus shouts,outraged.
“Ok! Calm down you don't need to shout, and i am suggesting this because i love him and i want him to live a fulfilling life” lucius says walking over to his bedside table and getting something out.
“Suggesting what?” severus says nervous.
“There is this clinic in paris and they specialised in traumatised children, i spoke with them and they said that he could benefit from one of there therapies, it could make him better he could be a really 14 year old, i have an appoint ment with them on saturday, just so they can get a better look at harry” lucius say handing his husband the pamphlets with a hopeful look on his face.
“WHAT? You have been speaking to some crazy clinic about OUR child without me knowing? What the fuck is wrong with you? Absolutely no we won't be sending him anywhere!” severus says.
“Darling listen this might be the only chance we have of eve letting harry have a normal life” lucus tries.
“no , do you not think that i haven't scoured the world for anything that would get him a normal life but these clinics they aren't good they tell parents one thing but you can't just change someone's mental state without dark magic” severus says very mad.
“I know baby but this is different here at they establish a new life routine and change there outlook on life, and he can live there without the constant reminders of his past and in a few year he will have almost grown up again, differently” lucius says flicking throught one og the leaflets.
“ YEARS?!! You want to send my baby away for years do you?” severus scream looking furious.
“We would still be allowed to visit regularly nut he will have a life where he can grow up again, it will be good for him” lucius defends.
“ what is good for him is his family that LOVE him not soem random people that think they know him” severus says carefully lifting harry you of the bassinet, to cradle him in his arms.
“Sev, were are you going? Just wait, think about this?” lucus tries to stop.
“No i can even look at you right now?”
When he step out the room he sees that draco had been hiding around the corner. He looks at the boy who looks concerned.
“What do you think about this?” severus says a with a bit if a snarl still heated from his argument with lucius.
“I- dad, it might be good for him we don't know but this isn't really living, he deserves so much better” draco says sheepishly,eyes shining with tears.
Severus stares at his oldest son shocked and hurt at their willingness to send away harry.
He moves around the room collecting a few of harry's baby bits, still holding harry tightly to his chest. Lucius and draco standing in the corner of the room trying to get him to stop but he simply ignores them and finishing packing some of his and harrys things before leaving the room.
He goes to his old chambers connected to his class room and office, where he used to live before he married lucius. His bed is there along with a few other things they stored in here over the years.
He cast a cleaning spell across the whole room and puts harry in the bassinet he keeps he fore when harry naps while he works, before braking down in tears into one of harry's muslin blankets.