𝕬 Spring Park day. That's what today was, we had all decided, a park day, though it was just the four boys with James, Harry, Hazel, Violet and I. The girls were all busy today and Monty and Mia had gone for a small date day which I found incredibly adorable because they were still so in love after all these years together. Harry adores the park, the large space to roam around and play freely, to explode and adventure, pointing out flowers and different aspects of nature around.
There wasn't many things you could say was better than being out in the fresh Spring air, that's season of new life and bloom, much to the irony of our newborn twin girls just a few weeks old. They were absolutely perfect. Our daughters were just as perfect as Harry is in their own individual ways, sure they weren't doing much yet except staring, feeding and sleeping, but they were still absolutely perfect in our eyes.
I sighed softly, watching in the distance at the way Sirius and Peter ran with Harry waddling after them, Remus taking photographs with his camera hanging loosely around his neck, Regulus laughing loudly when Sirius tripped and face planted the ground, Harry deciding to lay on his back, staring up at the few clouds in the blue sky, keeping Sirius down on the floor much to all of our amusements. They truly were a pair, Harry and Sirius, they had one of the best bonds already and I adored it.
I flickered my gaze to James walking beside me, pushing the pram with the twins sleeping soundly in, the bespectacled boy reaching down and fixing their blanket to keep them warm, before he shifted his hazel eyes to me, smiling whole heartedly at me, reaching and placing my hand on the handle before placing his larger one over it to hold it of some sort, the simple gesture having an eruption of butterflies dancing in my stomach.
"Who needs the sun, moon and stars when I have you and our family, Mrs Potter?" He murmured softly, an uncontrollable smile breaking out on my face from his words, the name 'Mrs Potter' still having the exact same effect it had when we were first married. We say it quite a lot when referring to each other, Mr Potter or Mrs Potter, it was probably weird to other people but it reminds us of the love we cherish and our infinite marriage, being bonded forever. I love being a Potter, I love being James Potter's wife, I love being the mum to his children too. I love everything with him.
"You're adorable, you know that?" I uttered with warm cheeks and a sheepish grin, my chocolate orbs flickering over his face when he sent me a goofy grin. That stupid James Potter grin.
"I do, my love. And you're bloody beautiful" He replied, squeezing my hand gently, the both of us peering over to where Sirius was now holding Harry up in the air from laying down, the nearly two year old giggling and spreading his arms out, my eyes only drawing back to James when he spoke again, "This place kind of reminds me of the forrest near home...."
"The forrest where we had a very heated snogging session until Sirius found us after we played tag?" I recalled, his head nodding when he winked, eyeing the woodland trees to the right of us on the path,
"That's the one. Hm, I rather enjoyed that, I enjoy all of our snogs to be fair" He mumbled, chuckling when I bumped his hip with mine for his comment, leaning into his side as we began crossing onto the grass, following the group of boys in front of us, finding the perfect place for us all to sit on the blanket and rest for a while.
"Perhaps you'll get lucky later when they're all asleep" I whispered, reaching and pecking his cheek, feeling them heat up immediately, his nose wriggling to push his glasses up further, an action that Harry has inherited from him too and does the same.
"Mmhm, I like the sound of that" He uttered quietly, pausing with the pram when Regulus reached down to bring the blankets and basket we had packed out of the compartment, laying them down on the grass, everyone immediately plonking themselves down, James and I carefully picking our awake daughters out of the pram and sitting down, holding them, chuckling at Peter tickling Harry wriggling around on the blanket, letting our loud giggles and squeals, Peter displaying a mischievous grin, fixing his glasses and pushing his hair off his forehead,
"He really got unlucky here, Prongs' awful eyesight and untameable hair" He sniggered, James scoffing offendedly, placing his free hand on his heart, the other securing Hazel into his side.
"Hurting me deeply, Wormy. He's hot though- ouch, Elody!" He cried out when I swatted his free arm,
"Don't call our son, hot. He's nearly two years old" I scolded, Regulus and Remus snorting at my comment, Sirius blinking down at him before smirking,
"No, no, M, he's fluffing hot. He'll be getting all of the ladies, don't worry, i'll tell him of all the broom cupboards-"
"Don't you dare, saying s-h-a-g and the f word is bad enough, you're already in my bad books, S" I grumbled, looking down to Violet in my arms wearing a matching pink sleepsuit Hazel was wearing, the difference being Violet had a little purple wristband on, Hazel had a pink one for us to know which is which having not spotted any major differences yet. Though, Hazel has more of a frown than Violet does, Violet has more of a pout than Hazel does.
"I'll be out of them in no time, M, you can't stay mad at me for long, I mean look at this face" He claimed, pointing to his expression, trying to put on his most adorable, attractive expression, my eyes rolling before flickering to Remus who was ignoring him, talking quietly to Harry on his lap, before standing him up, the little boy waddling over to James, Regulus taking Hazel out of his arms so he could give Harry his full attention,
"Hello, Ree" He chuckled when he jumped at his chest, wrapping his arms around his neck, my heart swelling in my chest when he stood up, holding him and began running around the space of grass we had around, Harry letting out endless numbers of giggles before James placed him down on the floor again kneeling in front of him and fixing his little Gryffindor quidditch sweater on him, rolling up the big sleeves,
"Uh oh, Luna's got the lovesick look" Peter teased, glancing over at me watching the pair, James talking to him whilst holding him up by his waist, my eyes tearing from them to Peter, raising my eyebrows and defending,
"I'm allowed to be lovesick, Wormy"
"And she admits it for the first time ever!" Remus gasped, placing his hand over his mouth before chuckling amusedly, reaching over and caressing Violet's cheek, placing his hand on her rising and falling stomach as she looked up blankly at us, "I'd be lovesick too over Prongslet, Hazey and V told, maybe not Prongs though"
"Remember your third year crush, Remmy" I teased, Sirius scoffing at the remembrance, standing up and running for James and Harry, tacking the James' legs and pinning him down to the floor, much to Harry's entertainment, clapping them.
"You liked Potter before Lo did?" Regulus said in disbelief, flickering his stormy orbs between the two of us when we nodded our heads,
"Only for like two weeks and then I- er-"
"Started liking Sirius, yeah" I finished for my twin who's cheeks dusted a rosy colour, scratching the back of his neck, Regulus and Peter laughing at his expression when he nudged me, wrinkling his nose up, "Does Remmy love his husband?"
"Oh shut up El, you fawn over yours everyday"
"Who's my favourite boy in the entire worl- Padfoot put your hand down!" James told him when Sirius had raised his hand for the question, both him and Harry stood- well Sirius and James were on their knees to be a similar height, "Harry's my favourite boy, Padfoot, we've been over this"
"You've known me longer, I have better hair, i'm more attractive, I'm not blind and I love you so why don't you love me, Prongs? Why not?!" He cried out dramatically, Peter nearly tearing up from laughter, Remus and Regulus sighing and staring at each other, waiting for the other to say the words they usually say,
"You married him-"
"He was your brother first"
"I do love you, Padfoot, I always have. He's my son, he's my favourite boy, just like he's always going to be, but you're a close second-"
"I don't want to be second! Atleast i'm Moony's favourite. Right Moony?" He sniffed theatrically, looking to Remus, who pursed his lips, answering without hesitation,
"You're last"
"I'm your husband!"
"I know, you're still last"
"This is outrageous. Preposterous. Absurd. Ludicrous! Ludicrous I tell you!" He yelled, standing up and walking away from us all, Harry running after him and pulling his leg, causing him to crouch down to his height in front of him,
"Wove you, Pa'foo" He whispered, James looking to me immediately with a smile that was reciprocated on my heart and lips of how adorable and sweet he could be, evidently Sirius felt the same as he was now wiping his eyes of real tears,
"I love you too, Prongslet"
"Never tells me he loves me like that" James grumbled, joining us back on the blanket, fetching some milk in the bottles we has brought, handing one to Peter who was now holding his goddaughter and the other to me, before he settled himself behind me before pulling me back onto his lap and into his chest, resting his chin on my shoulder as I began to feed Violet,
"Endless pastries for a lifetime for you, Hazey, don't tell your mum and dad" Peter whispered not so quietly, James chuckling and nuzzling his head against the side of mine, the love and affection I still receive from him despite having three babies on our hands full time is beyond me.
"Don't try and steal my Hazelnut, Wormy, she's mine"
"She's my goddaughter, I think she's mine-"
"She's my daughter, no God involved because I made her, James did no God or Wormy, just James"
"Yes, you were very cute pregnant, James" I snorted, Regulus sniggering at my joke, Remus in a world of his own, watching Sirius pointing out bits of nature with Harry on his lap, picking a buttercup from the grass and putting it under his chin like the old wives tale to tell if you liked butter of not.
"But his mood swings were awful" The tousled haired boy tutted, helping himself to some of the blueberries from the bag of snacks, when I looked up from Violet to Remus, a smirk playing on my lips,
"Who's lovesick now?"
"Sod off" He grumbled, not tearing his eyes away from the sight, James pressing his lips to my ear, whispering,
"Moony's definitely got baby fever"
"Yeah?" I murmured, my smile widening at his words, only taking my eyes off my twin to check on Violet and Hazel every couple of moments, my heart fluttering in my chest when he hummed, parting his lips and stroking them against my cheek a few times lovingly,
"One hundred and one percent. I know the baby fever look in another man's eyes, I think mines cured, you know? Might come back though when they're older" He whispered again for me to hear, stroking his thumb over Violet's head where she had a few delicate blonde hairs, my heart swelling in my chest, turning my head to the side and capturing his lips softly,
"Snacks, snacks, snacks....he wants a snack" Sirius declared, strolling back over with the boy on his hip before placing him down in the middle of the blanket whilst Regulus looked through the pram for the snacks we had especially for Harry, before handing them to him, pausing,
"Pwease"
"Good boy" He nodded, placing them down in front of him, James and I exchanging a look, trying to hide our smiles,
"Honestly, you're all such dads" I grinned uncontrollably, the four lifting their heads up and turning to us, tilting their heads to the side,
"Well we have to the best for our wife-"
"My wife!" James insisted, Sirius sighing, shaking his head and turning to Peter and Regulus who shared the same look,
"I don't know why he still doesn't understand, I mean Mrs Lupin-Black-Pettigrew-Potter, she's all our wife-"
"Sister" Remus coughed, pursing his lips and shaking his head, "Just your family that does incest, Pads, Lupins don't"
"Oh sorry, I forgot, I'd been around them too long I forgot some people don't want to marry their relatives" He joked, all of us barking out a laugh, Regulus scrunching his face up and shaking his head at the thought, "Well atleast we're pretty, Reggie"
"Pretty? Gorgeous more like it, have you seen these curls and eyes? I had girls all over me in town the other day" Regulus muttered, gesturing to himself, my eyebrow quirking,
"Did you?"
"Don't worry, mon espoir, you'll always be my girl. There's no need to be jealous, i'm in love with you, it's never going to change" He muttered, Peter raising his head from Hazel with a baffled look, flickering his eyes between Regulus and me,
"Did you just say you're in love with Mel?"
"Not romantically, Wormy. That's just me" James explained, kissing my cheek again, Regulus reaching and taking his god daughter out of my arms, my eyes blinking at him, when he merely looked up, saying firmly,
"It's my turn with my baby"
"Do you think we'll ever had one that's ours?" I whispered to James, watching the four all simultaneously looking after or watching their godchildren, Remus and Sirius cleaning Harry's hands from eating his food, Peter and Regulus still feeding their goddaughters in their arms, smiling down at them,
"I wouldn't have it any other way......the last one. The boy, he'll be our baby, definitely" He murmured, sighing softly and glancing up ahead to an elder couple walking along the path towards us, "Oh here we go again, prepare for the lecture, Lunes"
"Oh they're adorable. Look Stan, look how precious" The older woman cooed, tapping her husband's shoulder, looking over the twins and at Harry, though it was evident she wasn't exactly sure who's they were, "How old are they?"
"Nearly two" Sirius answered for Harry, their heads nodding with smiles, before looking to the twins and to me when I said quietly,
"Three weeks"
"Oh I love the newborn stage, their little scrunches and pouts, you can hold them all day with no problems. You're lucky to have two at the same time, we never had twins or any girls, just three boys. They're sweet baby girls.....who's the father?"
"Don't-"
"I am" Sirius, Peter, Regulus and James spoke again, Remus sighing and rubbing his hand over his forehead. They've seriously got to stop doing this, this old couple look extremely confused now.
"I'm sorry, they do that a lot" I apologised, leaning my head into James', squeezing his hand he intertwined with mine, his thumb stroking over the back of my hand,
"I'm the father and her husband" He piped up, their smiles only widening much to our surprise, exchanging a fond glance,
"We got married young, the best decision we ever made and never looked back. Our boys all have their own families now, in their fifties, we've had most of our life with them" He responded, our hearts warming, noting the complete contrast in this couple to the one at the zoo who said we were too young. This couple, we like them, they're sweet, "What are their names?"
"Harry, Hazel and Violet" I informed them, their eyebrows raising, looking over the three babies with pleasant smiles,
"Adorable"
"Thank you" We hummed appreciatively, quite glad they weren't judging us for wanting to have a family young, even if it was none of their business, that put something down on me on the zoo trip because of that couple, everyone knew it. Even though it's James and I' s business alone if we wanted to have a baby, a family, I didn't like the way they judged us without knowing us, these two were completely different in that sense.
"Well Good afternoon, we might be seeing more of you all and the little ones, we quite like this park" The woman said, our heads nodding, watching them stroll away together hand in hand, my heart melting before I was drawn back to Sirius' snorts,
"You two are so that couple in the future. By the time Prongslet's fifteen, we'll be-"
"Thirty five" Remus answers for him, Peter in complete astonishment at the way he was able to work that out so quickly in his mind,
"Thirty five, and his group of friends will be talking about how you're both milfs and dilfs and how much they want to snog you, M. What are they called- um, oh Fred and George, I bet they'll be flirting with you and you can say you held them when they were babies. They won't care though, they'll still try and kiss you and-"
"Er- no one will be kissing my wife except me" James pointed out, pulling me closer to him, Regulus raising his head and letting out a groan,
"What would you do if I told you the red heads on a stroll with ginger Jamie and a worse looking James?"
"I would ignore, i've had enough of her" I scoffed, lifting my head up and indeed spotting the family of three walking in the park, my eyes flickering to the twins, sitting up from James lap to grab their blankets when I felt a breeze, Peter passing Hazel to me, after I slid off James' lap, him taking Violet off Regulus and wrapping her warm in the blanket,
"Oh Lily-love, it's them, we should go and say hello and you should apologise" We heard John say, Regulus growling, James and I exchanging a look, fighting the urge not to stand up and walk away, gazing down at our daughters, not wanting to give the girl any time of the day. I don't want an apology, I don't want her in my life but she wasn't going to ruin our family day at all, "Hi"
"John" Remus nodded politely before tugging Harry into his lap, an awkward silence filling the group as the girl appeared with their son,
"Oh I see you're interested in your child today" Regulus hummed, my teeth clamping on my lip, looking down at Hazel, trying to stifle my laughter from his bluntness, "Is it because he's called Jamie so you can nearly say James?"
"She is sorry, i'm very sorry, I had absolutely no idea, James, Melody. I didn't know about anything, but now I do and I completely understand. Right, Lily?"
"Yes, John" She forced out, though we made no effort to see them, "I am-"
"Nope. No apologies today, we don't want them. Lo and James don't want them, because they obviously don't mean anything. Save your breath, and go away, we're having a family day and you're not going to ruin it" Regulus cut her off, standing up and looking her directly in her green eyes, before saying lowly, "If you come near Lo again....Tommy boy will be with us. And Tommy hates when Lo hates, and he hates strongly, you know that, don't you? You think i'm bad, i'd stay away if you don't want more problems"
"J-john let's go" She stuttered, grabbing his hand and rushing away from us, Regulus humming in satisfaction, running a hand through his curls before sitting down, pulling out a ball from the pram and handing it to Harry,
"Tell the dog to go and fetch, Harry"
"Pa'foo" Harry tapped, Sirius nodding, looking around for any sight of a person before turning into Padfoot quickly and beginning to play with the ball and Harry, the other three boys joining in, leaving James and I on the blanket with the twins, his foot nudging mine, causing me to meet his hazel eyes when he asked softly,
"You okay?"
"Perfect. She's not getting to me anymore, have my family, I have you, that's all I ever want and need" I answered, briefly looking over to where Peter was rubbing Sirius' stomach, Regulus doing the same to Harry and tickling him, before they started to have races up and down the grass, Remus holding Sirius back as Padfoot to let Harry win when he kept trying to win.
"Good" He nodded, scooting closer and resting his head against mine as we watched the free entertainment, Sirius running in circles and chasing his tail, Peter doing the same and falling over, which turned into a pile on of all of them, my lips quirking at the sight, listening when James cleared his throat, "About this snog later on-"
"Wait and see" I told him, shifting my gaze back over to him and scanning my chocolate eyes over his face, drowning at the laughs and comments from the five boys, just admiring him, my husband. I leaned forward, careful not to squish Hazel or Violet when I joined my lips on to his dotingly, feeling him smile into it, kissing me back immediately, my heart fluttering in my chest,
"What was that for?" He whispered throatily, feeling an eruption of fireworks in his stomach from the way she kissed him, he always feels like that when she kisses him, butterflies and wildfires in his veins.
"Merlin, James, I thought it would be obvious by now. I love you" I laughed softly, pecking his lips sweetly, feeling his hot breath fan over my lips when he let out a breathy laugh, rubbing our noses together affectionately,
"I love you more and I feel loved by you. Massively, especially when you kiss me, we should do it more"
"Is that so?"
"Mmhm, definitely Lunes. We shall kiss our lives away" He declared with a goofy grin, my forehead resting against his, flickering my eyes between his, my own lazy grin on my face,
"I'm not opposed to that, Mr Potter"
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I'm not sure how much longer I can hold off doing the Epilogue—
But I can always come back and do some one shots when I have ideas, i'm struggling to think of things at the moment. I feel like these recent chapters haven't been my best ♡︎
If you haven't already checked out my other books now this is coming to an end, i'd be more than grateful if you read those too- only if you want to of course. They are for my pleasure as much as yours ♡︎ꨄ