What should've happened

Chapter 12

Albus glares at his brother at the door "what do you want?" He says rather harshly. He couldn't believe he had the gall to show up here after what he did. He waits for an answer and after a few minutes of nothing but silence he goes to shut the door.

"No Albus, wait!" Aberforth holds the door open "I just...please I just need to talk to you" he looks at him with pleading eyes, he looks a mess. Albus sighs and looks at Theseus' door "Fine, you get five minutes I have things to do" he opens the door and walks over to the boys room "baby, can you stay in here and play for a bit? Daddy needs to talk to someone" he kneels down and waits for Theseus to answer. The boy did a pretty good job at dressing himself, though Albus would need to fix the buttons to his shirt when he gets the chance, "ok daddy" he nods. Albus kisses his head and closes his room door.

Aberforth was looking at him "that's a kid" he looked surprised, well it has only been two months since they have seen each other and he had acquired a 6 year old in that time. "Very observant" Albus crosses his arms and watches his brother fidget "well, out with it. I already am on edge with you here, I don't want a repeat of what happened last time you say Gellert when he comes back"

Aberforth glares at him "so you are back with him" he goes to the window. Albus sighs and gets a glass of water "if that's all you came here for then leave". His brother quickly turns around "it's not...I think I have a child". Albus looks at him, attempting to see if he's lying or not, how could his brother have a child. "well, a child on the way" Aberforth adds and looks at His brother.

Albus laughs a bit "please tell me you're joking Aberforth" he watches as his brother remains serious "you aren't...YOU'RE BLOODY 16 ABERFORTH!" he yells the furniture shaking a bit. He takes a breath and closes his eyes, calming down a bit "who in Merlin's name did you get pregnant" he puts the glass down "and why did you come to tell me, you tried to murder me and did murder our sister"

"A girl from the hollow, her parents sent her away but not before she could tell me...I need help finding her" Aberforth looks at Albus, he knows he hurt him, and he knows he hates his choices but he's still his brother. Albus sighs "give me something of hers, i'll see what I can do" he holds out his hand. A small pouch was placed in it "now go before Gellert gets back. I'm civil but if he sees you he won't hesitate to kill you"

Aberforth goes to the door and opens it "the boy.."

"Theseus, we took him from Abusive muggles" Albus sits down "pardon me for not wanting you to meet him" he mumbles offhandedly as his brother shuts the door. Albus places the pouch down and lays on the couch, letting his hands start to shake. He had been hiding his fear of seeing his brother again and it hurt. It hurt being scared of his own family, being afraid to say no because of what could happen. He didn't know how long it had been before little hands were on his face, pulling him out of his thoughts and he realized he was crying. "Apu doesn't like daddy crying" Theseus climbs on the couch and lays with him, "I don't like daddy crying."

Albus smiles a bit and holds his son tightly, he closes his eyes and rubs the boys back "I love you Theseus.." he says quietly starting to fall asleep.

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Albus was floating in and out of sleep as he heard a door open and shut, then the sounds of little feet running somewhere. He curls up more on the couch and tries to fall back asleep instead of facing the real world and Gellerts worry disguised as anger.

"Hello Theseus, how was the park?" Gellert picks up the boy and spins him around a bit. He was in a good mood, the meeting went well and they decided on a place for the rally with little argument. "We didn't go, daddy fell asleep" Gellerts smile fades a bit at the sentence, Albus seldom fell asleep in the middle of the day. "Do you know why?"