YA: I do not own KHR

Love me for who I am.

Not for what you want me to be

–unknown

Even at the age of forty-seven Teddy Remus Lupin absolutely adored his adoptive father. His godfather had taken him in after his parents had died and despite being seventeen and having no memories of being raised in a proper, loving household decided to raise the young metamorphmagus in a collaboration with his Teddy's grandmother.

When Harry was 23 and Teddy was six, some of the earliest memories the younger had were his father deciding to start traveling with his grandmother and Aunt Luna's encouragement. They had both found love in traveling. Harry had started to small stunts on his motorcycle to earn the local currency without having to perform magic or visit a bank.

He earned the stage name Skull, his infamy spread and in a true bout of certified Potter Luck™ daredevils and millionaire's heard about the 'World's Greatest Stuntman' and constantly challenged him to do insane stunts.

Almost a year later Skull had been invited to the arcobaleno and six months later his father was smaller than Teddy was.

The Father-Son duo had exchanged letters after that. While his father traveled Teddy had gone to Hogwarts and been sorted after much debate between Hufflepuff and Slytherin been sorted into the former house.

Unfortunately, Teddy was had not come to visit his father just because the metamorphmagus wanted to see the man who raised him. Skull had been completely inactive in the wizarding world for forty-one years.

Despite his Grandma Andromeda, Aunt Luna, Aunt Hermione, Uncle Draco, Uncle Neville and Teddy himself repeatedly claiming that his father was, in fact, alive and well there were several people trying to get the Savior of the Wizarding World declared dead.

Now all he had to do was find a way to get his dad to come back to the world that almost broke him.

"What. The. Fuck. Kora." Colonello roared, ruffling his blonde hair in frustration.

Realizing that the Arcobaleno were in no condition to respond Tsuna reached out to shake Terry's hand.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Lupin. I'm Tsunayoshi Sawada." The brunette greeted politely, "Please call me Tsuna."

Teddy's grin grew wider, "So you're the little man who has so many interesting people turning their heads." He laughed, "You guys can call me Teddy. Mr. Lupin is my father."

A furious blush covered Tsuna's cheeks, "Umm…."

Skull playfully slapped Teddy upside his head. The son rolled his eyes, unbothered by the younger boy's blushing the older man turned to face the World's Strongest.

Teddy eyed his dad's friends curiously. "So, Dad, correct me if I'm wrong here."

The stuntman blinked but nodded, "Ok… Go on."

Teddy turned to Verde, "This is Verde, right? Green hair and eyes, lab coat, super smart–"

Skull gave a nod.

"You said he makes the most amazing inventions," Teddy said, going through each one of the Arcobaleno giving their description and what they were most known for.

That was until Teddy got to Fon. A wicked grin crossed the metamorphmagus's face.

"So you're the infamous Fon."

Fon blinked, smile faltering, "Excuse me?" Despite the shock over Skull having a son, the man was still outwardly the picture of calm.

"Dad mentioned you in a few of his stories and he never does that." Teddy beamed before abruptly switching moods, "Because he's to dang, protective!".

Skull lunged forward, "You brat!" He screeched, "You may be forty-seven but I can still ground your ass!"

Teddy threw himself onto the floor, "No you can't, old man! At your age, it's miracle you haven't thrown out your hip yet!"

His father lets out a dramatic gasp, "You little punk. Respect your elders!"

Teddy snorted, "By that logic, everyone here should respect you!"

Skull had managed to get his son into a headlock and used one hand to muss Teddy's hair, "No they don't. They're not that much younger than me."

"I'm only seventeen years younger than you!" Teddy cried, still struggling to get out of his father's grip.

The stuntman gave an inelegant snort, "That's ten too many, I had to change your diapers."

"Will you let that go! You can't hang that over my head forever!"

"Watch me!"

The others watched the scene with stunned amusement. Fon watched how happy Skull seemed to be with his son and had to look away.

In spite of still feeling bitter that he had to do Tsuna's paperwork, Reborn blinked, "He said you were forty-seven."

"I am." The metamorphmagus claimed.

Fon started looking from father to son. Verde, Lal, Colonello frowned, Reborn and Tsuna stared blankly.

Colonello was the one who broke the silence, "When did he have you? Twelve?!"

Teddy laughed, "More like seventeen. Dad's sixty-four."

Simultaneously every head in the room turned towards Skull. It was then that it became painfully obvious that they were all still in the cafe.

Tsuna choked on air.

Fon stared at the stuntman as if he was the only one in the world. Skull blushed.

"This is too much for one day." Lal groaned.

Reborn decided it was time to step in, "I think it's time we find a place a tad more… private."

"We can go to my place." Skull volunteered, "It's about a half an hour drive from here."

Tsuna tilted his head in allowance, "We'll follow your car."

Teddy smiled, either completely oblivious to the awkward atmosphere or doing rather well with ignoring it. "Perfect." He said.

As soon as Teddy and Skull were alone in the car the air stilled. Harry slumped into the passengers' seat bringing his gloved hand up towards his face.

The younger glanced at his adoptive father, "You alright over there dad? I know that wasn't easy for you."

Harry sighed, running a hand through his purple hair. It had always been one of Teddy's favorite colors, along with the shades of his two dad's eyes, amber gold, and Avada kedavra green.

They drove in silence for a while, "So that was Fon, huh." Teddy finally said, "He was handsome. I can see why you like him."

Skull shook his head, "I knew that trapping you in the car everytime we needed to have a conversation would come back to haunt me."

Teddy stayed quiet.

"Ok, yes. Fon is... amazingly handsome. He's smart, charming, a skilled fighter, and ridiculously calm, and, yes, it would be incredible to date him."

"So why aren't you?"

Skull leaned back his seat to stare at the car window, "Besides the fact I'm a wizard? So many reasons. In the beginning, it was because I had you to take care of and I wasn't ready to jump back into a relationship after what happened. Not to mention he thinks I'm a civilian–"

"You can't use me as an excuse anymore."

Harry closed his eyes, "I can't. You're a grown man now. I know you are fully capable of kicking ass and taking names."

"Damn straight I am."

A happy breath of air left the stuntman's mouth in a not-quite-laugh before he sobered, "... I just don't think I'm meant to love anyone Teddy. I got so, so, so goddam lucky with you. I don't feel the need to push it.

"As cheesy as it sounds I want you to be happy." Teddy sighed.

Skull chuckled, "I'm fine just like this."

They spent the rest of the drive in comfortable silence.

'You may be 'fine' but you deserve to be so much happier,' Teddy thought. 'And just because you're content doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying.'

When we feel stuck lookout the sky.

The clouds remind us that everything changes.

–unknown

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