"Come on, Sev. They'll be here any minute and...for God's sake, comb your hair! It's a rat's nest!" Sirius rushed around the house, pulling his hair back neatly with a silk ribbon, Scout following him. "Sev?" Sirius wandered the house until arriving at the bathroom where a finely-dressed Severus stood before the mirror, his head turned sideways. "Sharp," Sirius said, startling Severus.

"Oh, thanks," he said running a hand through his unkempt hair.

"You really should run a comb though that hair before anything fuzzy takes up residence."

"I like my hair like this," Severus protested. "It makes me feel all dangerous and mysterious and..."

"Sexy?" Sirius added. Severus' face flushed pink, instigating his embarrassment all the more.

"Yes..." he said averting his eyes away from Sirius. Sirius chuckled.

"You are too cute sometimes," he said with a grin. "Now please, get ready. Harry and Draco will he here any second, and Remus will be here with his brood as soon as Teddy finishes with what the Easter Bunny's brought him." Severus rolled his eyes at the thought of a rabbit bringing around eggs to children, though didn't say anything as not to jeopardize his chances at one civil day.

"I'll be down in a minute," Severus said. He waited until he was sure that Sirius had gone back downstairs before quickly combing his hair. The doorbell rang, and Severus heard the many greetings of Sirius and his Godson and lastly, one "Happy Easter" from Draco. Not wanting to seem rude, Severus rushed down the stairs to greet his guests.

"Draco," he said pulling him into a hug. "Happy Easter."

"Happy Easter, Severus," Draco replied.

"Shall we go into the sitting room for a bit of a chat before the others arrive?" Severus suggested, gesturing towards the room. Draco made a small coughing noise, shaking his head in Harry's direction while giving Severus one of those "let's not make this awkward" faces. "Oh yes. Happy Easter, Harry." Severus extended his hand which Harry looked at queerly for a moment before extending his hand in return.

"Happy Easter to you too." The group walked into the sitting room, talking for a bit about Draco's shop, Ministry news, and of course Quidditch stats (just because they're gay doesn't mean they don't like sports). Soon after, the doorbell rang once more.

"I'll get that," Sirius excused himself. The second the door was opened, clomping could be heard as a child suddenly threw himself into Severus' lap, squeezing him tightly.

"Uncle Sev!" Teddy squeezed him tighter still.

"Hello Teddy," he said, attempting to remove him from his lap. This bringing him nowhere, Severus decided to play the bribery card. "You know Teddy, if you don't get out of Uncle Sev's lap, you can't get the presents that the, ugh, Easter Bunny left you here." The boy leapt from his uncle's lap and began chanting "Presents presents presents!!!" He ran in circles around the arm chair until Severus rose and brought him into the dining room. "Here you go, Teddy. Try not to eat too much chocolate. Uncle Sev isn't all too keen on cleaning up whatever sugar is expelled from your stomach."

"Okay Uncle Sev," Teddy said, hugging him yet again. "I'd better go show mummy. She told me to ask before I have anymore candy,"

"Very judicious of her. Why don't you go tell your mum right now? You could show uncle Sirius what the Easter Bunny brought you, too." Teddy shook his head excitedly, waiting to be escorted back to his mother. "Alright, let's go," Severus said, walking with practically no emotion compared to his four-year old nephew.

"Mummy! Look! The Easter Bunny brought me something at uncle Severus and Sirius' house, too!" The boy jumped up and down overly excited by the basket of chocolate he had received.

"Let's put that away, Teddy. You had enough candy this morning. You can have a bit more later if you eat all of your vegetables at dinner." Looking rather crestfallen, Teddy replied with, "Alright, mummy," and skipped off into the sitting room to see his godfather, Harry and his uncle Draco.

"Speaking of dinner," Sirius said from the kitchen, "You may want to gather everyone into the dining room. It's just about finished." Severus went into the sitting room to announce dinner, seeing as Tonks was busy with a pink-haired baby in her arms.

"It's time for dinner, boys," Severus said to the occupants of the sitting room. "Come on, Teddy, let's get you washed up."

Dinner couldn't have finished sooner for Severus. The thirty minutes that had elapsed felt like an eternity with the new baby crying and Teddy sitting so close to Severus that one would think they shared an organ. The dishes were cleared and cleaned magically, something that seldom happened in the Black-Snape household.

"Everyone outside," Sirius said. "I have a surprise for you all." Of course, Teddy was the first to shoot out of the door, followed closely by Harry and Draco. The others filed out shortly, settling again on the patio furniture.

"What is it, Uncle Sirius?! What's the surprise!?!?" Sirius, charmed by Teddy's enthusiasm, summoned five wicker baskets with intricate pastel designs from nowhere in particular.

"The surprise is and Easter Egg Hunt!" Teddy jumped up and down with excitement.

"Ingenious, Sirius," Severus said sarcastically.

"Why thank you, Severus. I've hidden eggs all around the yard, so you'll have to look carefully. Harry, Draco, Severus, you each take one basket. Teddy, here's one for you, and another for your little sister. You think you could be a good big brother and get her a few eggs as well??" The turquoise mop on top of the boy's head shook rapidly.

"Wait...what?" Severus sputtered. "Why do I have to play along?"

"'Cause it's fun! Please uncle Sev?" Teddy pouted.

"Yeah, please uncle Sev? It'll be fun," Sirius mocked, batting his eyes. He'll get it later, Severus thought, though before he could inveigh, he decided it best for him to just go along with it instead of attempting to jettison the idea all together.

"Fine, alright, let's just get this over with," Severus said sourly.

"Yay!" Teddy exclaimed, grabbing Severus' sleeve and dragging him to certain insuperable doom.

There they were. The lot of them, scouring the yard for Easter treats. Harry and Draco had long since traveled off in the direction of the woods, barely paying any attention to the task at hand.

"Uncle Sev! You're slowing us down! We're gonna lose!" Teddy said, tugging his sleeve even harder.

"Teddy, little knowledge of Easter Egg Hunting I have, I don't believe that you can win or lose," Severus reasoned, something that was rather innovative to him.

"You can lose!" Teddy said intrepidly. "Can you please help me? I thought you liked winning!"

"Winning isn't everything, Teddy. Surely your mummy told you that," Severus reasoned. Teddy stood contemplating for a moment just what he should say in return.

"Uncle Sev," he began, "All I wanted was to make sure you got some candy 'cause the Easter Bunny didn't bring you anything." Severus was taken aback by this, and truthfully didn't know how to answer the boy. Finally, he came up with an answer acceptable for his 4-year old nephew.

"I got exactly what I wanted from the Easter Bunny," Severus knelt beside the child.

"You did?" Teddy asked excitedly, causing Severus to smile.

"Of course I did. I wanted today to be a good day for my nephew, and did you have a good day?" Teddy nodded. "Then I had a good day, too." Teddy wrapped his arms around Severus' neck putting him into a headlock. "Alright Teddy, I think it's time to get back to the house. We don't want mummy to get worried, do we?" And so, the two walked back to the cabin to meet the clan of people waiting for them, through oddly enough, neither Harry nor Draco seemed to be present.

"It's time to go home now, love," Nymphadora said extending her hand to Teddy who put his small hand in her own.

"Bye Uncle Sev," Teddy said before leaving.

"Bye, Teddy." Once they left, Sirius wrapped his arms around Severus.

"Did you have a lovely day today, darling?" he asked kissing Severus' cheek.

"You know what honey? I really did." Severus kissed him back, replaying the day's events over in his head; maybe children weren't so bad after all.

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Sammie: Alright, we are finishing this with this chapter, but don't be discouraged we are going to be writing a new series with these two, but theres going to be a new character for us to manipulate.

Joceline: We're going to give Severus and Sirius a child, although we're not quite sure how to go about doing that. If you could leave your suggestions that would be fantastic!