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Une looked up when three strong knocks broke the silence of her office.

"Come in," she said and the door opened. Harry walked in with a small smile on his face, and Une had to try hard as not to smile back at him.

"Good morning, commander," he said and walked over to her desk.

"Mr. Potter." She nodded, and opened the top drawer of her desk and pulled out his resignation papers. "I wanted to talk about this with you."

He smiled again and offered his right hand to her. This time she couldn't help but smile as he took the papers from her, looked at them and in front of her eyes the papers burst into blue flames, disappearing into thin air.

'This will take some getting used to,' she though as she looked into his eyes.

"Welcome back, Special Agent Beast. You and Special Agent Shinigami are on leave for the time being. You will be summoned back to Active Duty when I deem it necessary."

"Thank you, Commander." Harry bowed his head at her. "I'll see you later," he said, turned on his heel, and moved for the door.

"Harry?" he stopped and turned to look at her with his left hand on the doorknob.

"Yes?"

"Make use of your free time," she said. "I need both of my best Agents at their top performance."

Harry smiled and nodded his head. "As you wish," he said and left.

Une smiled when the door closed and sighed. "Well, at least I won't have to worry about them as much anymore," she said and went back to paperwork. The day was still young and she had a lot of work to do. "Whoever invented paperwork – I hope he's rolling in his grave."

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"And there we were, three eleven year olds, standing face to face with a huge, three headed DOG!" Harry said and the others looked at him wide-eyed.

"A three headed dog?" Sally asked and Relena tsked, cradling her newborn to her chest.

"Later we found out it was Hagrid's dog and that his name was Fluffy! Who names a huge, 2 tone, three headed dog Fluffy!"

"Apparently Hagrid," Duo drawled as he walked over with snacks and threw himself on the love seat beside Harry with a bowl of popcorn in his lap. He kissed Harry's cheek and Harry smiled at him.

"What happened then?" Wufei asked and Harry rolled his eyes.

"We ran as fast as we damn well could. We knew it was protecting something, but we didn't know what. I'll never forget what Hermione told us. She said - and I quote: 'Now if you two don't mind, I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed, or worse expelled.'"

Duo snorted and shook his head. "She needed to get her priorities straight," he muttered and Harry chuckled.

"That's what Ron said."

"But I thought you said Hermione and Ron were your best friends," Quatre said. He and Trowa were snuggled in an armchair. Heero and Relena were on the couch with their newborn baby girl in Relena's arms, and Heero's arms wrapped securely around the both of them, while Wufei and Sally snuggled in the second love seat.

"We were," Harry clarified and popped a few popcorns in his mouth after Duo tried to swat his hand away. "Nothing brings together a few very different people like surviving a fight against a cave troll."

"A cave troll?" Sally asked and Harry nodded. "Your childhood wasn't exactly a safe one."

Harry shrugged. "No, it wasn't. My first year at Hogwarts alone wasn't all that safe. Fluffy and the troll were the least of our worries. Hagrid actually had a baby dragon for a short while, and Ron, Mione and I ended up in detention when we helped Hagrid get rid of it by giving it to Ron's older brother who worked with Dragons. Then we figured out Voldemort was trying to get his hands on the Philosopher stone which Dumbledore cleverly hid in a school. We faced Fluffy again, then fell into a Devil's snare, a huge carnivorous plant, and it took Hermione a bit too long to remember the Devil's snare was afraid of light. Then we ended up trying to catch a flying key only to end up in the middle of a huge chess game, and you must know that in Wizarding Chess the pieces are actually moving and killing each other. Ron got hurt and Hermione stayed behind with him so I had to face the culprit alone, because Dumbledore of course, wasn't at school and no one wanted to listen to us when we said someone would try to steal the Philosopher stone."

"So you faced Voldemort alone?" Heero asked and Harry nodded.

"The biggest shock was when I didn't find Snape there as I thought I would, but professor Quirrell."

"The stuttering, useless mess of a man?!" Wufei cried out in outrage and Harry nodded.

"Voldemort possessed him. Quirrell took off his turban and you wouldn't believe just how shocking it was to see Voldemort's face on the back of Quirrell's head."

"I still find it hard to believe all of that happened," Trowa said and Harry snorted.

"Trust me. I would find it hard to believe if I didn't live through it."

"Please. Two months ago we didn't even know magic was real," Duo drawled and swatted Harry's hand away from his popcorn. "My popcorn," he bit out. "Go get yourself your own."

Harry pouted at him. "Please?"

"He's in the middle of a story!" Relena whined and Duo rolled his eyes.

Harry grinned at Duo when he offered the bowl of popcorn to him. "Thank you!" he said and grabbed a fistful.

"What happened next?" Quatre asked and Harry swallowed.

"Well, Voldemort tried to make me give him the stone. He knew the Mirror of Erised was the key to getting it, but he didn't know how. The trick to getting the stone was that you needed to want to find the Stone, but not want to use it. Voldemort wanted to find it, but he also wanted to use it, so there was no way for him to get it. I got the Stone and tried to lie to him, but Voldemort was skilled in Mind-reading Arts so he saw right through me. He ordered Quirrell to attack me. Next thing I know I'm waking up in the hospital, with a splitting headache and Dumbledore telling me that it was the love I felt that killed Quirrell."

"Love?" Duo drawled dryly and Harry rolled his eyes.

"Dumbledore was a master of puzzles and manipulation," he clarified. "He told me my mother's love saved me the night Voldemort came to kill me when I was a baby. In a way it did."

"How?" Wufei asked, voice laced with doubt.

"Voldemort always desired immortality. His name even means 'flight from death', so he found a way to achieve it. He split his soul and locked the pieces in five different objects and one into his snake, Nagini. When he came to kill me, my mother stood between him and me. Voldemort wouldn't have killed her if she only stepped away. When he did kill her his soul split again, and he created the seventh Horcrux he never meant to create; me. So when he tried to kill me the Killing curse rebounded and hit him instead. The reason why Quirrell died was because I was Voldemort's seventh Horcrux and its evil burned him away trying to protect itself."

"So, in a way, your mother's love did save you," Quatre concluded and Harry nodded.

"In a way, yes."

"You've lived quite a life," Trowa commented and Harry snorted.

"Yeah. I lived a life of fighting and surviving. I wouldn't call that a life to be perfectly honest."

"And still you're a member of Preventers and you're still fighting," Sally said.

"Yeah, but I'm doing it now because I have a choice," Harry answered. "Back then I didn't have a choice. I fought for my life and the lives of those I loved. I've lost a lot and gained little, only to lose what little I've gained." He looked at Duo when the man nuzzled closer to him. He smiled and leaned over to kiss Duo's forehead.

"You must have a lot of stories," Relena said and Harry chuckled.

"Yeah; I have a lot of stories," he looked out the window and smiled, "but it's getting late and Duo and I have to go back to work tomorrow."

"I almost forgot Une called us in," Duo groaned and Harry chuckled while the others rolled their eyes at him.

"At least it's just a simple mission and we're going in alone. We'll be done before you know it."

Duo sighed and stood up. "Sure," he grumbled while everyone got on their feet to greet the two. When Relena came over both Duo and Harry kissed the little girl's forehead before they gently hugged them both.

"We'll see you when we come back," Harry said.

"You two be careful, alright?" Relena warned while Harry helped Duo with his cloak.

"We're always careful," Duo said and Relena snorted.

"Yeah right," she muttered, and Duo and Harry grinned at her. They waved at the others and left the house. Harry draped his right arm over Duo's shoulders as they walked towards their car.

"This was nice," Duo commented as Harry let go of him to enter the car. They locked their doors, put their seatbelts on, and Duo started the engine.

"It was," Harry said and relaxed in his seat.

"When are we supposed to be at the HQ tomorrow?" Duo asked.

"5:00 sharp," Harry said and looked at his wristwatch. "Exactly 7 hours from now." Duo groaned.

"I've gotten used to at least 8 hours of sleep."

Harry chuckled, looking out the window at the road. There was silence in the car for a few moments and Duo spared a glance at Harry's profile.

"Harry?"

"Hm?"

"Is everything okay?" Duo asked and Harry looked at him with a confused frown on his face.

"Of course it is. Why wouldn't it be?"

Duo swallowed and licked his lips. "You've been somewhat quiet today," he commented and Harry's frown deepened. He caught sight of Duo's white knuckles and realization stroke him.

"Shit," he muttered. "Stop the car." With a frown of confusion marring his face, Duo did as he was told. The moment they stopped, Harry unbuckled his seat belt, cupped Duo's face between his hands and made him look at him. "Look at me," Harry said when Duo tried to avoid looking into Harry's eyes, but although Harry's hold on him was gentle, Duo was still unable to move. "You've had that nightmare again."

Duo nodded as he licked his dry lips.

Harry sighed and leaned over to kiss Duo. "I'm right here, Duo," he said and hugged Duo lovingly. "I'm not going anywhere."

Duo hugged him back around his seatbelt and buried his face in Harry's neck. "I don't know why I've dreamed about it again."

Harry kissed Duo's temple. "It's just a nightmare. I'm alive. I'm fine. I'm not leaving you. I wouldn't leave you even if you told me to. I'll never leave you, Duo. I love you, alright? I'm not going anywhere." Duo hugged Harry tighter and nuzzled against his cheek. "I can call Une. I can tell her we're not ready for missions yet. I can…"

"No," Duo cut him off and moved back a little. "No. We need to do this. I need to do this."

Harry smiled at Duo lovingly before he pulled him closer and kissed him. "And I'll be right there beside you."

Duo sighed when Harry rested his forehead on his. "I love you," he whispered and Harry chuckled.

"I love you too. Do you want me to drive?" he asked and Duo shook his head with a small smile on his lips. He started the car again and Harry tied his seatbelt.

"I'm fine."

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"Remind me to kill our Handler!" Duo snapped when they entered the locker room of the Preventer HQ. The building was empty since Une left after they came back from the mission. They debated waiting until they got home to shower, but decided against it, since they knew the stench of sewers would be damn hard to clean out of the leather seats of their car.

"I'll hold him down for you," Harry muttered darkly as he pulled off his stinky, sticky uniform and toed of his shoes.

Duo cursed under his breath when the zipper of his uniform got stuck in his hair.

"I'll get that," Harry said and walked over to Duo. With quick, nimble fingers he managed to get the zipper out of the knot in Duo's hair. He kissed the nape of Duo's neck and the braided man sighed.

"Thank you," he said and moved on to his pants. Harry shivered and smirked as Duo walked butt-naked into the closest showering stall. Harry quickly took off his pants and socks, and followed after Duo. "There are other stalls here," Duo spoke with his head thrown back as the water cascaded down his body. Harry chuckled and Duo shivered when the raven haired man hugged him from behind and pulled him close to his hard body.

"But I want to shower with you," Harry murmured against Duo's right ear. "Besides, you need help washing your hair."

Duo groaned when he felt Harry's need on the small of his back. "You're insatiable," he hummed and Harry chuckled.

"Only for you."

Duo yelped when Harry spun him around quickly and pulled him into a kiss. He felt Harry pull the band out of Duo's hair, and the heavy tresses were set free. Duo groaned when Harry thrust against him and his back hit the cold tiles of the shower.

"I thought you'd help me wash my hair," Duo said and Harry chuckled against his lips. Duo shivered harshly when Harry's warm magic danced around them and the stench disappeared together with the feeling of being dirty. "You couldn't have done this before?"

"No. I didn't want to risk anyone seeing anything."

"Oh…" Duo shivered and moaned when Harry fondled his awakening erection. "Thought so," he gasped and Harry chuckled.

He pushed one leg between Duo's as he kissed down Duo's neck, fingers playing with Duo's nipple. Duo sighed as his shoulders relaxed, and he leaned back against the wall as Harry went lower and lower. The water cascaded over them, washing away the dirt and grime Harry's magic didn't clean. Duo sighed and threw his head back when Harry kneeled in front of him and teased his cock with kisses and licks.

"Damn it, Harry," Duo hissed and his fingers entwined in Harry's hair. His breath caught in his throat and his knees almost gave up on him when Harry swallowed him whole. "Harry – Harry someone might still be here! Harry…"

"Hush..." Harry cut him off warmly as he climbed up and kissed Duo, his right hand grabbing Duo's dick and tugging in a slow, steady rhythm. "Then we'll just have to be quiet." Harry teased slyly and Duo bit into his bottom lip to muffle a moan when Harry turned him around and rubbed his cock against Duo's ass.

"You're insane…" Duo breathed out and Harry chuckled against his ear, his body flat against Duo's as he teased Duo's entrance with his left index finger.

"I don't see you fighting me."

"We don't have any…" Duo's breath caught in his throat when he felt Harry's lubed fingers against his entrance.

"Don't you love magic?" Harry murmured and Duo shivered when Harry started preparing him. Duo crossed his arms on the wall in front of himself and bit into his forearm as he fucked himself on Harry's fingers. Harry's right hand sneaked under him and took a firm hold of his dick, pumping in time with his thrusts.

"Damn it, Harry!" Duo hissed as he bowed forward with his knees threatening to betray him, and Harry's fingers disappeared. Duo's moan of disappointment turned into a scream of pleasure when Harry entered him in one swift thrust.

"Merlin, Duo…" Harry bit out and his fingers dug into Duo's sides with a bruising force. He started to move slowly, drawing out the pleasure as much as he could.

"Damn it, Harry, faster!" Duo hissed and Harry growled.

His thrusts became quicker, his grip on Duo tighter, and the locker room was soon filled with their moans and grunts.

"Harry…" Duo groaned when Harry pulled out only to gasp when he was suddenly turned around.

Harry picked Duo up effortlessly and slammed back into him. Duo threw his head back in a breathless moan, and wrapped his arms and legs around Harry. His cock was trapped between their stomachs, and Harry Duo's his prostate with every frantic thrust.

"Close – so – so close…" Duo pressed out threw his teeth and Harry pulled him into a kiss.

"Come for me, Duo," he growled against Duo's lips and Duo came after an almost painfully hard thrust. The squeezing of Duo's already tight entrance brought Harry over the edge and he came hard and fast.

Before his knees betrayed him, Harry turned them around quickly, leaned against the wall and slid down with Duo in his lap. They sat there breathing together as the warm water fell down on them. Duo shivered when Harry's fingers started to draw small circles on his skin. He moved and Harry tensed up.

"Don't move," he bit out. "Not unless you want another round." Duo chuckled and hugged Harry tighter. He never knew it would come to this.

He wasn't talking about him having sex with someone in the showers at the Preventers HQ.

No.

Duo was talking about him being with someone he would be comfortable around enough to do this.

He was talking about him being with someone who would know exactly what he needed, when he needed it.

Someone who knew him better than he knew himself.

Someone who loved him, and who he loved more than he thought he would ever love anyone.

And the very thought he almost lost it all because he was too big of a coward to admit he fell in love with this man, made his heart clench and his breath hitch in his throat.

"Stop thinking," Harry whispered. He was playing with Duo's wet hair, wondering about how it seemed almost red under the light of the locker room. "We're fine. You're fine. I'm fine. Everything's alright. Stop thinking of 'what ifs' and 'could have beens'." Duo chuckled and moved back a little, smirking when Harry winced. He rolled his hips, feeling Harry's dick grow hard again inside him. It was pressing against his prostate still and Duo felt his own cock come back to life. Harry cupped his cheek and pulled him into a loving kiss as they moved together slowly.

"I love you," Duo whispered as he felt his orgasm coming. Harry grunted, pulled Duo close and quickened the pace. Duo wrapped his arms around Harry's shoulders and Harry wrapped his around Duo. "I love you," he squeezed his eyes tightly shut as warmth pooled in his lower abdomen again.

"Duo…" he came and felt Harry fill him with his seed.

"I love you too, Duo. I love you too."

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5 YEARS LATER

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"Uncle Duo! Uncle Harry!"

"Elizabeth!" Duo called out with a grin and scooped the 5 year old into his arms. She laughed and squealed when Duo threw her into the air and caught her again, while Harry laughed behind him, carrying two baskets in his arms. "You've grown even bigger, munchkin! Soon enough I won't be able to carry you around!" Duo said and Elizabeth, called Lizzy out of love, giggled.

"Silly, Uncle! You'll always be able to carry me."

Duo chuckled as they reached their friends and put her down. "Right you are." He turned to take the baskets from Harry's hands so the raven haired man could hug their little niece.

"Duo, so glad you could make it," Relena said and hugged Duo, careful of her 9 months old son, Darren.

Duo smiled at her and kissed Darren's forehead. "We wouldn't miss this for the world," he said and went to greet the others. Wufei and Sally were sitting at the table with their 2 year old twins, Cho and Haku, Trowa was at the barbeque, and Heero and Quatre were just coming over with drinks for everyone.

"I thought I told you not to bring anything," Heero drawled with a smirk and pulled Duo into a brotherly hug while Harry greeted everyone.

"Harry taught me how to make cake and we can't eat it alone, and we stopped by a store and decided to buy some beer," Duo said and winked at Lizzy when she cheered at the cake.

Heero shook his head with a small smile. "You're still full of surprises," he said and Duo chuckled while Heero walked away to greet Harry.

"You don't look so well, Duo," Quatre murmured to Duo and the braided man sighed.

"I know. I look better than I've looked yesterday, that's for sure," he muttered as the two looked around. Lizzy was running around screaming as Harry played fetch with her.

"What happened?" Quatre asked and Duo sighed, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Harry had a nightmare three nights ago," he said. "We got into a fight when he didn't want to tell me what it was about. Stupid I know I just…" he sighed and shrugged. "5 years later and I still can't forget. Une called him in practically right in the middle of our fight and he had to leave. She sent him off to take care of a terrorist threat in Bruxelles. I couldn't contact him. He couldn't contact me. He came home yesterday tired and drained. I was asleep after I had to take two sleeping pills. He woke me up from that same old nightmare. I hadn't had it in almost two years now." Quatre sighed and placed his hand on Duo's shoulder. "I remembered yesterday that three days ago was exactly 5 years since Harry and I got together. 5 years since he almost went back to that cage." He snorted and rubbed his face. "He has the same nightmare every year on the same night, and I attacked him about it because I forgot."

"Duo…" Quatre sighed and pulled Duo into a hug. "Don't beat yourself over it. You came back from a mission, you were tired. Harry understands that. He won't go away because of a single fight."

"I know that, Quat. I just…"

"Duo?" the two looked up and saw Harry walk over to him.

"Why don't you two take the cake and the beer to the kitchen? Lunch will be over soon," Quatre said and Duo and Harry nodded.

"Right away," Harry said and grabbed one basket. Duo took the other before Harry could and the raven haired man rolled his eyes. The moment they were in the kitchen Harry took the basket from Duo's hand and placed both baskets on the floor. He pulled Duo into a hug and the braided men buried his face in Harry's shoulder.

"I thought we were alright," Harry whispered as he held Duo tightly.

"And we are, Harry. I'm just…"

"Stop," Harry said and moved back a little. He cupped Duo's face between his hands and looked in Duo's eyes. "I know you were worried. I know you're still afraid, and I know that no matter how many times I tell you that I'm not leaving you, it'll take a lot more time for you to actually believe it. I don't mind saying it as many times as you need to hear it, just stop killing yourself," Harry stressed out and Duo nodded. Harry kissed him lovingly and hugged him again. "I'm right here, Duo. I'm not going anywhere."

Duo smiled and hugged Harry back. "Yeah. I know," he muttered and Harry moved back smiling down at him lovingly.

For 5 years they've already been together.

5 years of living together, sleeping together, eating together, working together, fighting each other, loving each other.

5 years ago both were lost.

5 years ago both found themselves again.

Petty arguments meant nothing.

They just spiked up their relationship.

There were nights when they would simply fall asleep in each other arms, nights when they made sweet love to each other, days when they couldn't keep their hands off of one another, and moments when they would drive everyone at Preventers insane with their bantering and teasing.

They would change none of it for the world.

"UNCLE DUO?! UNCLE HARRY?! ARE YOU HAVING SEX IN THE KITCHEN?!"

"Elizabeth?!"

"Uncle Quatre said they were probably having sex in the kitchen! Mommy, what does that mean?!"

"QUATRE BARTON, I'LL KILL YOU!"

Duo and Harry exchanged an amused glance before they burst into laughter.

Yes.

Life was good.

And they wouldn't change anything for the world.

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