After everyone left Draco took Hermione on a tour of the house. She was surprised at how warm and welcoming it was now, though she wasn't sure if it was the decor or the attitude of it's master. Draco seemed to be enjoying himself vastly as he showed her over the whole house. They even visited the house elves quarters in the lower portion of the house. The old stone cells where Voldemort had kept his prisoners all those years ago had been turned into a comfortable elf apartment. Hermione was introduced to Gadsby and Maudsley and their family. She was surprised to find the two elves were married and had a handful of well dressed children- and a nanny.
"Our eldest daughter works at hospital" the bright-eyed elf said as she introduced her younger children to the new Mrs. Malfoy.
"Oh, what's her name?" Hermione had attempted to learn the name of any elf who worked directly with her or dealt with her office, though in a hospital the size of St. Mungo's, it was a significant challenge.
"Dancie, Mistress." Hermione couldn't remember if she'd ever spoken to a Dancie. "I'll be sure to say hello if I ever see her at work."
They said goodbye and returned to the main portion of the house. Hermione looked over at Draco as they climbed the stairs from the erstwhile dungeon.
"I believe they have a nicer house than I did at medical school."
Draco grinned, "mother and Maudsley had the time of their lives repurposing those rooms." He glanced back over his shoulder, remembering the way they had been used before and sobered. "After my father died and we had the freedom to work, we made a lot of changes."
Hermione took his arm,
"I love what you've done here." She said encouragingly. "It's beautiful."
When they walked into the library Draco had expected a stronger reaction from the girl who practically lived in the library at school, but she just took it all in quietly as they walked along the shelves. She paused glancing over a few of the titles closest to her, "how are they organized?"
"In the standard fashion. Same as the library in town."
Draco knocked on the end of one of the bookshelves and a young house elf with glasses perched on his nose, popped into existence next to him. "Master Draco." He said with a bow, "Binxley, this is my new wife, Dr. Hermione Granger." Draco turned back to her, "Binxley is Maudsley's eldest and works strictly with the books here in the manor. He can help you move any books you like from the cottage, and can locate anything you need within the collection here."
"I am trained in repairing, preserving, and rebinding books as well." The elf put in,
"Thank you, Binxley. I think I'd like to have you go over the library at my house, and let me know of any overlap between that library and this one first. Then I can decide how I want to arrange my books."
"I can do that now if you would like, Dr. Granger" The elf volunteered excitedly,
"Oh, no, tomorrow is fine. Thank you." The elf bowed and Draco took her hand as they finished their tour. "Binxley speaks very differently than his parents." she said quietly as they left the library.
"He started working with us after my father was sent to Azkaban. He's had a significant education by house elf standards, and not an insignificant one by wizarding ones either. He knows more about what we have in the family library than anyone else."
It was nearly 9pm and the sun was finally setting as he walked her through his room into the nursery, where they looked in on the sleeping Scorpius. Draco watched as Hermione stepped up to the crib and looked down at his son- no, he was their son, her son, now. Draco joined her, taking her hand that rested on the top of the crib and looked down at the baby sleeping peacefully. "What are you thinking?" He asked softly,
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My Little Sunshine (Dramione)
FanfictionHermione knew she was good with kids, but this was beyond the pale. She had been called down to Emergency for a 6 month old infant boy, the original diagnosis was splinching as he had been apparated in with an injured adult but the minute Hermione l...
