Yo! So here's the last chapter! This fic actually started off as a oneshot, with the first chapter being all I wrote, but when I went over it again I felt like it needed something more, so I thought of adding another chapter or two. And then I kept writing and the result was this fic. Thank you to all readers! Looking forward to reviews! Laterz!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of its characters...

While news immediately went out about Dumbledore's death, it took a surprisingly long while before things actually began to change. Perhaps not every change was for the better of all people, but most were, and for a great many previously oppressed groups, things were made infinitely better than before.

So many people had expected obvious, dramatic changes when they learned that Voldemort had won the war and taken over, but in reality, many of the changes were quiet and subtle. Few had to change anything about their lifestyles, most of the changes occurring in the law.

Harry's friends, the people he considered family, mostly went back to their old lives, resuming their jobs or taking new ones in some cases, growing closer to one another, meeting new people, even getting married. They all seemed to be so happy now that things had finally calmed down.

Harry really wasn't any different. He studied for a bit, under some very helpful Death Eaters, and then soon after, returned to Hogwarts not as a student, but as a professor. Even with all the not so pleasant things that he had gone through at the castle, Hogwarts truly was his home. Plus, Marvolo was there too, so that was nice.

Harry learned and taught and chatted and planned and marked during his days, while his nights were spent in the calm, peaceful sanctuary that was the private quarters he and Marvolo shared.

With the war over, they too finally had the time to really get to know one another. To talk, and touch, and just be together. Whether they were sitting on the couch reading, or sharing the bath, or sleeping in bed, just being beside each other filled them both with peace.

A peace and serenity neither of them had ever thought they deserved, let alone would actually be able to attain.

They didn't need to marry, they knew. They were already bonded together-through magic, through so much more. Everyone around them already considered them to basically be married regardless.

They were a family anyway. Marvolo, and Harry, and Nagini, and Hedwig-they were their own odd little family, and that was just the way they liked it. Maybe there would be additions to it, since Harry had always wanted a cat, and a snake, and a dog, and a rabbit, but for now they were content as they were with just the four of them.

And today, Harry was even more pleased than usual. Summer break had officially started, students and professors alike returning to their homes, and Marvolo had wasted no time at all in dragging Harry through their manor, up the stairs, and into their bedroom.

Tumbling down onto the bed with a joyful laugh, Harry took his glasses off, set them aside, and then reached up for Marvolo with a smile. Shirt undone, Marvolo accepted the hands reaching for him, allowing himself to be pulled down onto the bed, shifting without thought to straddle Harry as he leaned in closer.

When Harry hummed into the kiss, Marvolo pulled back slightly, a small smile of his own visible on his lips. "Are you happy, Harry?"

Harry grinned cheerfully, leaning into the large hand cupping his cheek. "I am. Very happy. Happier than I feel like I've ever been."

Happier than he had ever thought he would be. Happier than he had ever thought he deserved to be. And Marvolo was happy too, he was sure. Happy with what they had accomplished. Happy with what they had. Happy with what they were.

It was a happiness that they deserved to have. Forever.

FIN