Second Chances

14. Dark Lord's Consorts, Scans and Blasted Arms

"I have never seen anything so wrong in my entire life," Rodolphus muttered. "And I was married to Bellatrix...and saw her naked," He grimaced.

"It is very disturbing," Severus nodded in agreement.

"Its..." Rabastan just shook his head.

"What are you talking about? Why are you hovering in the doorway?" Tom frowned as he and Fenrir came up to the threesome.

"Something incredibly disturbing and wrong My Lord," Rabastan nodded not taking his eyes off of the sight in front of them.

"Is Harry ok?" Tom asked concerned, frowning at his oddly acting servents.

"Yes he's perfectly fine," Severus quickly assured Tom, taking his eyes off of the scene in front of him.

"Then what's going on?" Fenrir sighed starting to get annoyed.

"I think Harry is adopting the Malfoys," Rodolphus said causing Tom and Fenrir to blink at him shocked. The three motioned for the newcomers to step forwards, they peered through the doorway into the green room and stared at what they found.

Harry and Lucius were seated on the sofa, Draco was seated at Harry's feet. They had paint swatches and wallpaper on every surface around them. Tom and Fenrir had never seen the Malfoys faces so open and friendly except for when they were around Severus, and the few occasions they had been caught off guard. Lucius was smiling as he stroked the sea green baby blanket over his knee and pointed to a certain colour wallpaper. Harry had had a lot of the baby things that they had bought for the nursery brought down and Draco was holding another wallpaper against the cot. And Harry was wearing a warm expression while sitting with his feet propped up practically in Lucius's lap, chattering away happily with the Malfoys, with an expression on his face that told Tom he was in trouble and not getting rid of the Malfoys any time soon even if he wanted to.

Sighed and shaking his head, Tom made his way into the room, the others following close by, wondering at the heart his Consort possessed and his ability to collect the most difficult of his followers and win them around. Rabastan and Rodolphus were charming and sharp witted, but for them to show the loyalty, and not only that but the friendship and how much they liked Harry, that was almost unheard of for the two brothers who had suffered so much betrayal and double crossing in their lives. And they had been getting better, opening up and being more trusting and genially friendly with others, seeming to be starting to honestly trust the few friends that they did have in their lives but had always kept at a certain arm's length. Harry didn't see it because he had never seen the way the brothers were before, but the affect he had had on them was undeniable.

"What are you up to?" Tom asked dropping his hand onto Harry's shoulder.

"Hey, is it lunch time already?" Harry asked looking to the clock.

"Yes, what are you up to?" Tom repeated.

"We only have a couple more weeks till the baby is due and we haven't looked at decorating the nursery yet. Draco and Lucius are helping me look through all these to come up with some suggestions for us both to go through," Harry smiled.

"I...I apologise, I have been so busy the last couple of weeks I had almost forgotten we still have to decorate," Tom scowled darkly to himself. How could he have forgotten that they needed to decorate their son's room?!

"Would you guys mind going to the dinning room ahead of us please?" Harry smiled at the others. Tom caught the pointed look he gave Fenrir right before the werewolf politely offered his hand to Draco to assist him to his feet. A blushing Severus allowed Lucius to thread their arms so that Severus was holding onto Lucius's elbow before they all quickly left them to their privacy. His Consort looking very happy at the two interactions.