Epilogue:

A long pale arm reached out to his side, expecting to clutch onto a warm body. When his hand hit empty air and a cold bed spread, Harry moved his arm frantically. As soon as his fingers collided with the soft pillow, a dull thump sounded. Without opening his eyes, Harry groped blindly for the object and gripped onto a small leather bound box.

Finally opening his eyes, Harry cracked open the box, eyes widening as the glint of gold caught his attention. He gasped and carefully plucked the golden band from its holding place. He turned it over in his fingers when he caught the sight of letter in the light. Barely noticeable, the engraving read, "Scared, Potter?"

Harry bolted straight up, immediately regretting the sudden movement. A sharp pain raced up his spine and a throbbing dull ache situated itself on his lower back. He carefully extracted his naked body from warm cotton sheets, clutching the box tightly in his right hand. Harry winced as he bent down to grasp a pair of pyjama bottom that were a bit too long. Harry realized he had grabbed Draco's pants in his haste. The soft material rested atop his feet, dragging on the ground slightly. Only his toes were visible underneath the thin fabric as Harry gingerly made his way down the steps. He had decided to forgo donning a shirt in favor of making his way to the kitchen where he smelled waffles and heard the happy chatter of his godson.

He walked up to the island where Teddy was perched on a high stool, happily digging into a stack of waffles smothered in what looked to be strawberry preserves. "Morning, Harry," the nine year old spoke after swallowing a mouthful of chewed up waffles and milk.

"Morning, Teddy." He greeted back, boring holes into the back of the blond head mere meters from the island. "Draco." He said curtly as said blond fixed him a stack of waffles.

"Morning, dear. You'll have to do with cinnamon syrup on your waffles, your monster of a godson used up the rest of the preserves." Draco set the plate on the counter, sliding it closer to the brunet.

"Draco," Harry repeated, trying to get the other man to look at him.

"Yes?" Draco looked finally made eye contact, a smirk playing on the corner of his lips.

"What is this?" Harry spoke, holding up the small box.

"Did you open it?"

"Of course I opened it, you twit!"

"Then, I don't see what the confusion is about. Surely you know what an engagement ring looks like." The smirk had widened now.

Harry glared and set the box on the table.

"Is that a no, then?" Draco's smirk had faltered slightly, truly believing Harry might refuse his proposal.

Harry's glare intensified as he cut viciously into the drenched waffles, causing Draco to flinch slightly.

"Harry?" The blond inched closer, ending up behind the brunet. He kissed the back of his neck lightly.

Harry whirled around and pointed his dripping knife at the blond. "You nearly rip me in half last night with your insatiable libido and then you leave a ring on the bed the following morning without so much as a proper 'will you marry me?' and you expect me to automatically say yes?"

Draco eyed the brunet, before forcefully lowering the knife and roughly tugging Harry flush against his own body. He leaned down so his mouth was level with the other man's ear and growled. "Yes." Draco was immensely pleased as he felt a shiver run through his lover's body.

A defeated sigh escaped those rosy lips as Harry extracted himself from Draco's embrace, reaching over and slipping the ring onto his finger.

Draco grinned and kissed him properly, gently coaxing his mouth open with his tongue. He was glad Teddy had long since vacated the kitchen so he could grope Harry with abandon, pulling tiny gasps and moans from the smaller man. Draco finally released him, smacking Harry's bottom which earned him a hiss and a two fingered salute.

"Finish your breakfast, We'll be heading over to the Manor to tell Mother and Father the good news," he chuckled.

After eating his full of sugary goodness, Harry walked back up the stairs to his and Draco's shared room. He changed into a white button up and black slacks. Walking to his bedside table, Harry grinned. He grabbed a little black box and rushed down the stairs to meet Draco and Teddy in the drawing room.

The fire was already lit and Draco was talking to Teddy magical creatures. They both stood as Harry entered the room.

Draco walked over to Harry to give him a kiss but saw that he was hiding something behind his back. He raised an eyebrow at Harry before a black object flew at him. With his seeker instincts, Draco caught the small box with a smirk on his face. He cracked open the box and his smirk widened into a smile. He plucked the ring from the holding place and was about to put it on when he saw the engraving.

A soft laugh reached Harry's ears as Draco took in the engraving. "You wish, Malfoy" was inscribed along the inside.

Draco slipped the ring onto his finger and gave a chaste kiss on the lips of his fiance. "And how did you know what was on the inside of your ring before I gave it to you? I kept it with me at all times, you couldn't possibly have found it."

Harry grinned. "You're not the only one capable of Slytherin tactics, my prince. I sent Ryder to follow you when Ginny mentioned you began to fidget and space out during work. She feared something may be wrong with you, or that maybe you were planning to leave me," Harry placed his hands softly on Draco's chest, not looking up when he felt the man tense at the thought of leaving him. "I knew you wouldn't tell me if anything was wrong, but I so badly wanted to know what was going on. Stupid Gryffindors, I know," Harry interrupted when he felt Draco take in a breath to say something.

Draco smiled softly down at the brunet as he continued.

"So I had Ryder follow you for about a week and then he saw you go to the jewelers and heard your order. He had no idea what your engraving was supposed to mean, but he came back and reported to me anyway." Harry twisted the ring on his finger. "The next day, I had Ryder cover for me at work and bought this ring, responding to your very words on my ring." Harry smiled. "I was only going to give you your ring after I heard a proper proposal, but I figured the great Draco Malfoy would never be as normal as to kneel on one knee and utter the traditional words of a proposal," He laughed, leaning up to kiss at the lips stretched into a smile.

Draco kissed back, wrapping his arms tightly around the man. "How Slytherin of you, Harry," he muttered. "Now, we really must get to the Manor. Mother expected us about ten minutes ago. I've already sent Teddy through while you were unraveling your elaborate schemes to me."

Harry slipped his hand into Draco's and stepped through the still green flames.

As Harry stepped through, he was swept into a crushing hug by Narcissa.

"I told you you'd truly be a Malfoy someday."

Harry laughed and hugged back. "It's good to be home, Mother." Harry grinned as tears glazed the Malfoy Matriarch's eyes.

Draco greeted his mother and father as they turned to the sitting room. "Mother tells me she's been planning our wedding since the day you discovered that potion to change your appearance."

Harry's eyes widened and turned to the elder Malfoys.

Lucius shrugged, "She wanted you in our family so badly, and Malfoys always get what they want."

"And if I said no to Draco's mediocre proposal? If I never fell in love with him?"

Draco pulled the brunet into his lap after helping Teddy up onto the couch.

"I knew you couldn't resist the Malfoy charm," Narcissa grinned.

"That is true," Harry smiled back, squirming in Draco's hold to get comfortable. "But what if Draco hadn't fallen for me?"

Draco smirked. "If you recall, I wanted to be your friend in first year but you rejected me. I eventually got what I wanted and so much more." He nibbled on Harry's ear lobe, tugged lightly at the silver rings, and watched with amusement as Harry tried to stifle a moan.

Harry tore his head away from Draco's mouth and turned to his future in-laws. "Since we're all content with the situation of my being claimed by the Malfoy family, I'd like to share some news."

Lucius raised an eyebrow. "You're not pregnant are you?"

Harry looked alarmed. "Wizards can get pregnant?"

Lucius rolled his eyes. "No, but I was afraid the potion you took for five years permanently changed your," he gestured to Harry's body.

Draco laughed and tightened his grip around Harry's waist. "I can assure you, Father. Harry is still very much a man. All his bits are in the right places."

Harry's face flushed rapidly as he was reminded of how Draco had made sure he had the right bits. Last night was exhausting and he assumed tonight would be the same. A celebration, Draco would reason, not that Harry would complain. He loved the feel of Draco in him, his tongue and lips tracing every part of his body and the feel of Draco's smooth, heated skin under his own fingers and mouth. He cleared his throat and brushed aside any further thoughts before he embarrassed himself by becoming painfully aroused in the presence of Lucius and Narcissa.

"Ah, um. No. I'm not. I wanted to tell you I've been offered the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts by Professor McGonagall. Well, I suppose she's Headmistress now."

"That's wonderful, Harry. Are you going to take it?" Narcissa smiled. "It'll do you some good to do magic other than to levitate heavy objects."

Harry chuckled softly. "Yes. I plan to take the position. I have already signed the lease of my shop to be turned over to my landlord. I'll be moving into Hogwarts next month."

"But what of Teddy? And Draco?"

"Teddy will be coming with me and as for Draco," he turned in the man's lap and met his questioning gaze. "I'm sure he can stand a few nights away from me."

"What makes you think you can deprive me of your beautiful body when we're going to get married?"
"I'm a Malfoy now. I can do whatever the hell I want." Harry glared.

Draco growled lightly. "You're not a Malfoy yet. You're still a Potter right now. You can always floo to Hogwarts every morning for class." He spoke in a hushed tone

"Draco," Harry frowned. "Can we not discuss this now?"

Draco's grip tightened even further causing Harry to gasp, but the other man hadn't said anything about letting up so Draco kept his hold on the smaller man.

During their visit at the Manor, Narcissa had surprised Harry by giving him a pair of cuff links with the Malfoy crest on them. An early wedding gift, she said. After a light lunch, Harry took Teddy to Bill and Fleur's for his weekly sleep over as Draco headed back to 12 Grimmauld Place.

As Harry stepped through the floo, Draco reached his hand out for Harry to take. Harry toed off his shoes and spelled his clothes to change into something more comfortable . He made his way over to his fiance, taking his hand lightly and straddling the other man's lap.

"You know I have no choice than to live at Hogwarts. All professors are required to live on campus as well as the students," he spoke quietly, playing with Draco's fingers in his lap.

"I know, love, but I don't want to let you go. What if you fall out of love with me while you're there?" Draco voiced, running his free hand up Harry's t-shirt, along his spine.

Harry leaned forward into the warm body. "Don't ever think that, Draco. You know I love you with all my heart even though I rarely say it. I would never leave you." He placed a kiss on hollow of the collarbone in front of him.

"At the risk of sounding like a bleeding Hufflepuff, I really don't want to let you go; I'll miss you too much. My bed will be cold and empty at night and I'll have no one to fight the covers for." His husky voice vibrated in his chest as Harry pressed closer, trailing feather light kisses against his jaw.

"Then," Harry paused, placing a light kiss on his chin. "Come with me," he murmured against Draco's soft lips.

Draco looked into those brilliant bottle green eyes and raised an eyebrow.

Harry ran his tongue lightly across Draco's lips, wetting them before he connected his mouth to Draco's.

"You could come with me. The current potions professor is pregnant and McGonagall mentioned she would need a replacement soon," he worried Draco's bottom lip between his teeth. "She said Professor Kingston would be taking maternity leave by Christmas. I'm sure she wouldn't mind having an extra pair of hands to help out."

Harry wiggled in his lap, grinding his hips into the blond's, rewarding him with a strained groan. "And then," he shoved his tongue into Draco's mouth, licking teasingly at the insides of his cheeks. "And then, you would have already had a connection with the students and the transition to a different professor will go smoothly, yeah?" He straightened up, resting his arms on the blond's shoulders. "Please? I'll let you chose how our quarters look." He down into glittering, amused mercury eyes.

"This was your plan all along. To seduce me into going back to Hogwarts with you and Teddy." Draco, gripped Harry's bottom punishingly. Harry moaned."Isn't that right, Harry?" He purred, smirking as Harry bit his lip guiltily.

"Did it work?" He whispered hoarsely.

"Yeah," Draco whispered back. He stood up, clutching Harry tightly to his chest. "But now you're going to get punished for using such tactics on me."

Harry hummed in approval, licking his lips in anticipation as Draco pulled him up to their bedroom, stopping occasionally when Draco slammed him up against the walls in his impatience.

Harry sighed happily to himself as his back finally made contact with the plush blankets and a warm, hard body moved over his own. He was finally getting everything he's wanted his entire life. Someone to love.

After all, Malfoys, and now Potters, always get what they want.

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