1Oh Baby!

Chapter 8

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Consciousness hit Severus rather quickly, as it has every morning since his childhood. Harry, who usually took a few hours and a large mug of coffee to become fully awake, always marveled how his husband was coherent, moving, and speaking articulately in seconds. Thinking of Harry caused Snape's heart to squeeze up in pain. Thinking now on the consequences that he chose to ignore completely last night, Severus felt guilt swallow him whole.

Moving to stand up from the bed, Severus was shocked to feel a heavy weight on his chest and looked down to see what caused such a sensation. Harry. There, curled on top of him, was the sole person who the Potions Master hoped not to see until he was able to calm down some. The boy was beginning to stir and looked up to see his Sev looking down on him. Harry smiled up at him, however Severus saw something in his eyes. This something resembled hurt and betrayal much too closely for the onyx-eyed man's liking.

Severus in a rush of heart-wrenching pain gently yet firmly pushed Harry off of him and rushed toward the bathroom, slamming the door shut. Harry confused and hurt by his Sev's reaction began to cry; softly at first but as soon as Bill's small arms wrapped around him in a comforting embrace, the raven-haired youth's cries became loud wailing, which quickly awoke Lucius.

Lucius assessed the scene in seconds and knowing Severus as well as he did, he was able to come to the right conclusion rather easily. Taking a quick glace at the distraught raven-haired boy currently wrapped up in Bill's arms, Lucius strode over to the bathroom and let himself in.

Inside, the blonde found his best friend curled up on a floor of broken glass, cradling a bloody fist, silent tears pouring down his cheeks.

"Severus-" Lucius began.

"Shut up! Keep your sympathetic opinions to yourself Lucius! I will hear none of it!"

"Severus, please." The blonde tried again.

"Just leave." Lucius ignored his friend, instead he kneeled onto the floor and attempted to hug him. "Lucius!" Severus forcefully pushed him away. "Do you not think that you have given me enough physical comfort?!?" Lucius felt as if he had been struck and with his next comment he actually was.

"I only heard words of consent last night." Severus swore after his already bruised fist connected with the blonde's jaw.

Throwing open the bathroom door, Snape rushed away from his friend back into his bedroom where he found Harry still crying. Still in Bill's arms.

"Be quiet Harry!" Severus shouted loudly, which caused Harry to cry softly but look at Severus only in fear. Bill clutched Harry closer.

The onyx-eyed man looked at the two in total guilt. Moving closer to the boys, Severus sat down on the bed next to them and held his arms open to Harry, who cautiously crawled into the embrace. The two cried together for sometime, watched only Bill and Lucius.

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The boys sat by the table both eating their breakfast of eggs, toast, and mushed up melon, while Severus spoke with Lucius. Neither brought up the earlier happenings, instead they both silently forgave each other and that was that.

"I believe, that Harry should take his first dose of the ageing potion." Severus stated and Lucius nodded in agreement.

The blonde stood up and floo'ed Poppy and Albus before, helping Snape clean up the boys and the kitchen.

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That night, roughly around six, right before the boys bedtime, Albus and Poppy arrived at the chamber's of Hogwart's Potions Master. Being invited in by the Potion's Master himself, Albus took a seat on one of the comfortable leather chairs, and Poppy walked over to Harry to place medical monitoring charms on him as he went through the change.

Severus settled Harry into his arms before putting the vial to his lips. Lucius, held Bill as they watched the young boy shudder and pitifully groan while his bones grew and adjusted themselves to their now longer lengths. When the potion reached Harry's brain, the boy passed out from the several thousand memories that bombarded him at once.

Bill had been growing upset at Harry's distress and Lucius brought him to the room he and Harry shared. Changing the boy into his pajamas and laying him in the crib, while Harry took potions and had healing spells placed on him, Bill waited for Harry to sleep with him. Poppy soon after gave the okay for Harry to be put into bed and the two young boys slept deeply next to each other until late the next morning.

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I know it's short, but hopefully I'll have the next chapter out soon enough. Hope all is well for you all. Oh, and please forgive me for the wording of some of these sentences; I have been reading Jane Austen day and night for the past month and have noticed that I am beginning to write in an English Regency Era sort of way. I've tried to fix that as much as possible but then the sentences don't sound right and it becomes this jumbled mess. Anyways, I'm off for now.

-James