Chapter 2
Lucius pops in front of a small white cottage, the fresh snow blanketed over the lawn. It wasn’t as big or beautiful as his house but he could see why Harry would like it.
“This is our house! Daddy, Mr. Luc come on! It’s getting late and Santa is coming! I’ll go get ready for bed. Mr. Luc could you read me a bedtime story.” The blond looks over at Harry who looked worried, and tired... but there was also a small glint of happiness.
“Call me Luc, not Mr... okay Teddy and if your Daddy doesn’t mind, I would love to read you a story but you must go up and brush your teeth.” Nodding he let the little boy down and he runs towards the house touching his little hand to the bright red door. Gryffindor red, of course if he wasn’t so happy, he would wonder what magic was thinking making his mate the head Gryffindor.
“You have a great child Harry.” Seeing the man smile a smile that he has seen a couple of times. The smile that was reserved for the little werewolf.
“Don’t I know it... everyone was mad when I left with him. They said that I was too young to care for him. Well his grandmother after they found out about his little furry problem, she couldn’t. I refuse...” The man stopped talking and shook his head. “Thank you... I try the best that I can.”
Knowing tonight wasn’t the night to jump into getting to know the deep dark secrets no tonight was just to build the bond by getting to know each other.
“You do a wonderful job.” The blond said as the walk into the cottage. The smaller man flicks his wrist the fireplace roars to life. The sitting room was beige and tans, with dark leather loveseat and chairs. You could tell that decorating was something that Harry wasn’t too into.
“I’ll take your coat, umm... he is probably about finished... I will put some water on for tea... Erm I might have something that will fit you so you will not have to wear that suit all night.” Seeing his soul mate’s eyes look over his body he preened he likes that Harry finds him attractive.
“Pulling out his wand he flicks it and his clothes turn into a pair of trousers and a button up shirt. This was comfortable enough for right now. Seeing the blush on the younger man’s face he looks down and he notices that he may have made his trousers tighter than he usually does.
“Luc! You coming!” A voice yells from the back of the house.
“He is the second door on the right, I will give you a tour once he is asleep. I have a guest room that you could stay in for the night. I know we can’t be that far from each other.” He didn’t expect Harry to want to sleep in the same bed as him, not that he wasn’t a good looking, man he was. Just the trust would not be there... maybe it will be someday. Harry would love him, hopefully just for him and not just because of them being soul mates.
Nodding Lucius walks back towards the room. The further he went away from Harry, the more his stomached cramped. Having to stop somewhere in the middle he took a deep breath... If they can’t be this far from each other there is no way that they can sleep in separate rooms.
Hearing footsteps behind him he turns and sees Harry grabbing his stomach. Rushing over to him, on instincts he pulls him into his arms. As soon as they touched everything was better, felt like his heart was warm and full.
“I guess I will be coming with you to tuck Teddy in.” The smaller man says as he gently pushes away. Feeling an emptiness as soon as they parted.
“I think he would like that a lot. I don’t want to over step. Please let me know what you are comfortable with.” He needs Harry to trust him, so their soul mate bond will grow and they can be happy.
“I’m fine with you reading him a bedtime story, if you don’t, you will see how a 4-year-old werewolf acts. Not that he is a bad pup, he is just stubborn.” The raven haired man walks towards the door, finding himself following him.
Once he walks into the room he stops quickly. Sitting on the bed, that had muggle cartoon characters of a man dressed in all red and blue with white eyes. Not sure why the man had a white spider emblem on his chest. That is not the reason that he stopped quickly.
On the bed sat Teddy but he didn’t have dark hair anymore. No, he had almost white hair and his honey eyes are now the color of his own. It almost looked like a young Draco sitting on the bed, looking over at Harry who was shaking his head and crossing his arms.
“Teddy, you look good as a blond.” His dad said with a laugh. “Change back I think you might have startled Lucius. Seeing the look of sadness on the little werewolf’s face Lucius had to fix it.
“Don’t Teddy, I take it as a high honor for choice of bedtime look. Now if only I could change so I could look like you next time. What story are we reading tonight?” The metamorphagus looks over at his Dad.
“Daddy can we read the comic books... please! We have to see what happens to Spiderman and Doc Ock!” Raising his eyebrow Spiderman and Doc Ock?
“Okay, okay... Tomorrow night though we are going to read something with more words than pictures. Deal?” Watching the two of them shake hands, Harry summons the book to him.
Reaching out he catches it and sits down next to the little boy. Looking down at the colorful book he was handed he flips open the first page and starts reading.
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Harry just watched as the older man gently slides out of his son’s bed. Can’t believing that Lucius Malfoy sat and read to his son until he fell asleep. This is the time that they should talk but he has presents to wrap.
Walking out the door, with Lucius following he leaves the door slightly opened. The older man was close enough that he could feel his body heat. Biting his lip he looks up into those beautiful gray eyes, it had to be the bond that was making him feel like this.
“Harry?” Lucius cocks his head to the side with a puzzled look on his face. Shaking his head Harry takes a breath.
“I have to wrap his Christmas presents, erm we can talk while I do that. I can’t lie I don’t know much about what happened tonight. I always thought I wasn’t going to have a soul mate so I didn’t do any research.” The younger man said as he summons the book, clothing and toys into the sitting room. Really taking in the room, besides the brown leather couches, there was a tree in front of the widow. The colorful lights twinkle, as two poorly wrapped presents sat under the tree. Wondering what the older man would think about his decorating style. Well would they even stay here? Or would they move into where Lucius lives? What if he doesn’t want this? What if he is just here because of the bond. What about his son? Malfoy, he could only imagine how that is going to go.
“You know you are thinking too loud. Come on let’s get some tea and I will help you wrap.” The blond places a hand on the small of his back. The touch sends a shiver down his back.
“Do you even know how to wrap?” Harry said teasingly, hoping that he wouldn’t take it the wrong way. He doesn’t know if they are there yet.
The blond raises an eyebrow, “How hard it could be with magic Harry? We are wizards are we not?” The smile he is giving the younger man made him blush.
“What’s the fun in that Lucius, I find wrapping presents therapeutic. We can try it my way and if you can’t get it then I will allow you to do magic...” Placing the kettle on the stove Harry moves over to the cabinet and took out two tea cups.
“Fine, if you insist... We should really talk about this Harry as we drink our tea. I’m sure the presents can wait.” Wishing that they could drag it out for a little bit longer. He is not sure he is ready to talk about this right at this moment. The blond walks up to him and places his hand on his cheek, his thumb slowly moving back and forth.
“I know this is a lot to take in all at once...” Leaning into his touch Harry laughs nervously.
“You seemed to be taking it well.” Grabbing the hand that was on his cheek and moving it off his face but not letting go they interlace their fingers together.
“I won’t admit this to anyone but you, Harry I'm terrified. I never thought that I was going to find my soul mate. My Ex-Wife and Son has found their soul mate before me. I’m actually really lucky to have such a beautiful person inside and out as my soul mate... Someone I do not deserve. I know when I was a spy, I had to do things that I regretted. My hands are not clean, I hope that we can start right Harry. I want you to want to be with me because of me not because of the bond.” Harry’s eyes widen, he wants the same thing that you do. Knowing that he is telling the truth he doesn’t know how he knows but he does. He could feel it in his heart.
“Lucius, I want what you want. I want you to want me because of me, not because I'm your soul mate. My hands are not clean from the war, do you understand how many deaths are because I was simply alive? I wasn’t sure that I deserved a soul mate either, I mean I always thought that the reason I didn’t have a soul mate was because they died in the war. Then there is Teddy, I don’t want him to get hurt in this process. I can already tell that he likes you... and then it's like an instant family Lucius. I know that you already had a child. I don’t even know if you would want anymore, but Teddy isn’t going anywhere he is my son and I love him. He is the most important.” Feeling tears sting his eyes, he hasn’t talked about this in a long time. The older man squeezes his hand.
“Then I think we are on the same page, Harry I will do whatever I have to do. I promise you I will make sure every day that I will be the person you deserve. I think from now on we should leave the past in the past and just focus on Teddy and our future. If you couldn’t tell I'm already pretty smitten with your son, I wouldn’t mind if you would like to have more... I will make sure that I can provide for you, him, and any other children we might have, not just financially because that is how my last marriage worked. Narcissa is the reason my son is the way that he is. I was just the provider. I want to make sure that both of you know how much you will mean to me...” Moving his hand up to his lips Lucius places a soft kiss on the back of his hand.
Harry’s breath caught, not only how wonderful his lips felt on his skin but what he said about Teddy. “I’m glad that you feel like you would want to do that Lucius.” Lucius let go and cupped both sides of his face. Staring right into his eyes, gray met green. Harry leans into him, not sure why he feels that pull to kiss him but he does. The taller man leans down, closer now that they could feel their breaths on each other's lips. Harry’s heart was pounding out of his chest, closing his eyes he leans in closer. Before their lips could touch the kettles, whistle which made him pull away quickly.
“I’ll make the tea and we can talk more... We should figure how we are going to do tomorrow. I know that you said that you were going over to M... Draco’s I know he wouldn’t want me there but we can’t be that far from each other....” Harry said as he makes their tea, waving so the tea would go through to the sitting room.
Groaning as he saw all the presents, he has to wrap. He really does go overboard with birthdays and Christmas. Sitting on the floor he starts to wrap the smaller presents first. Trying not to smile when he saw the older Malfoy sit on the floor next to him.
“Tomorrow, I will tell Draco that something came up. It’s not that he truly asked me over I was just going to stop by. We never had a proper Father and son relationship. I would much rather be here with you and Teddy than to go over there and may or may not be allowed into his home.” Harry’s heart broke as he sees the older man’s face fall. Leaning over he grabs the pale hand squeezing lightly.
“Teddy and I have a ton of food for tomorrow. We could have our own Christmas.” Feeling long fingers slide up the tattoo that appeared earlier that night, Harry jumps.
Pulling away Lucius searches his face. “Did I hurt you?” Looking down at his hand and then back to the blond Harry smiled and shook his head.
“No... I... it actually felt....” Stopping his face feeling his cheeks warm. “We should get started on these presents.” Nodding Lucius picks up his tea cup, with a smirk.
Once everything was wrapped and they talked about small things Harry felt himself yawn. Trying to stay awake, he has been worried all night about going to bed. Not thinking that Lucius would do anything, it’s just sharing a bed with someone again.
“I think it’s time for bed. Teddy is sure to be up early.” Seeing the older man stand up effortlessly off the floor holding out his hands for Harry to take. Smiling a small smile, he places his hand in his.
“Yes that he will. Come on I'll show you around.”
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Lucius stood in the master bathroom holding a pair of pants that were going to get too short for. Pulling on the pants he waves his wand to make them fit him perfectly. Taking a look at his body, he still looked the same as he did at 20. Unbuttoning his shirt, he flicks his wand again, the clothing folded and sat on the sink. Giving himself one last look over, the pants loosely fit him at his hips. Smirking he knew that Harry would probably blush at the sight of him, he couldn’t help it he liked how his cheeks would turn that beautiful shade of pink.
Sauntering out of the bathroom it was Lucius who felt his cheeks warm Harry stood next to the bed only wearing a pair of shorts. His body was perfect, licking his now dry lips he tries to tear his eyes away from his soul mate but he couldn’t.
“So, I can just make that chair into a bed if you don’t mind.” Lucius said pointing his wand over the small chair that had clothes on it. It looks like that he is going to have to teach him to put his things away. Or if they live at his house the maid will come in once a week.
“Erm... okay yeah that’s fine.” Harry looks down at himself and noticing he is almost naked he quickly gets under his covers.
With a flick of his wand the chair was turned into a beautiful dark oak bed just enough room for him. He didn't need a big bed. Climbing in he looks over towards Harry, it looks like he is already asleep. Casting a nox the lights went off. Sighing he settles in for the night.
Lucius was woken up by a terrible scream, jumping he pulled out his wand to look around the room to see if anything was there. What he saw made his heart break. There on the bed Harry was crying, and screaming. His body tossing and turning, he had to help him.
Quickly walking over there Lucius stood above him. “Harry... Harry wake up it’s just a dream.” The younger man was being too loud and couldn’t hear him. Taking a steady breath, he reaches out and touches their soul mate tattoo.
Instantly calming him, “Lucius,” Harry said in a horse sleepy voice. Seeing that the man was still asleep he does a quick cleaning spell so he wasn’t as sweaty, but still holding on to his hand. Once he was satisfied, he pulls away to go lie back down.
“No! Don’t leave! Nightmares leave when you touch...” Wide eyed Lucius looks down at the sleepy man. Looking deep into those glossy emerald eyes. So beautiful.
“Are you sure Harry? I.. I don’t want you to wake up tomorrow with me in your bed.” Green eyes open slightly.
“Please Luc... Yo...you keep them at bay...” If this is what he needs Lucius is going to do it. Not that it is such a burden. Getting to sleep in the same bed as your soul mate, your very beautiful, sexy, sweet soul mate.
“Okay.” Pulling back the covers the blond settles down into the bed. Laying on his back he just lies there afraid to move and embrace the younger man. Soon he didn’t have to worry about it, Harry rolled over and cuddled onto him. Burring his face into his chest, the younger animagus throws his leg over his. Making a content sound Lucius looks down and sees that Harry is already asleep. Gently gliding his fingers through the raven hair, he smiles to himself. Hopefully this will not end awkward for them in the morning.