Blood Stones (Snarry)

They're Coming

Snape woke the next morning to Harry, who had managed to almost wrap himself completely around him in his sleep. Good to see his joints were doing better. Harry's face was squished against his chest looking up at him, his mouth opens somewhat, a light snore coming from it. He kissed the man's head, being careful not to disturb him too much. At the wave of his wand, tea was being made downstairs along with several pieces of toast which would be brought up with jam. They came up promptly on a tray. Two mugs, sugar, milk, hot water some tea of course. Snape went to reach for his mug when Harry's somewhat sharp intake of breath notified him that he had been awoken, and hot laid back down.

"Sorry... I didn't mean to wake you, it's early but I made tea." he ran his fingers through Harry's hair.

"Mm." Harry hummed quietly from his chest and fell back asleep.

Severus smiled. He would be awake eventually. In the next moment, his wake-up call came in the form of a howler. Severus had tensed when the owl flew through the window, leaving the letter and knowing not to stay for a treat. The odd thing was it was sealed with a butterfly sticker.

"Harry," he gently roused, nudging the mumbling and now slightly pouting man awake.

"I believe you have some news."

Harry groggily looks over at the letter and just groans, plopping his face down into the other's belly.

"Who's it from?"

"Open it and find out." Severus sighed, preparing to write a scathing later in reply to the sender.

His eyes watched Harry warily open the scarlet letter, mysteriously getting glitter to his eyes at seeing the butterfly wax sticker. Once the seal was broken, it flipped and rolled itself open hurriedly, but instead of the angry growling summons they expected instead came a shrill shrieking

"Hiiii PAAA!!!!" The heavily accented little girl's voice filled the room with giggles and excitement.

"Scared ya, didn't I?" she giggled in these high bubbly chimes that had Harry grinning with soft eyes.

"Lily! Stop hogging the letter!" came a huffy older sounding boy.

"Aw, shut it James!" the little girl's voice huffed before the sound of a smack! could be heard.

"Ow! Maaa! Lily kicked me with her cleats again!" the boys' voice said, the little play by play continuing with the sound of a scuffle in the background until a quiet voice came

"Hi Dad" it said quietly.

"It's Albus, sorry about the howler, it was James and lily's idea. I miss you and can't wait to be there! I want to go rock beetle hunting and see the squid okay? I love you, and so does James and Lily. Be safe!" And with that, the howler erupted in flames leaving a soft-eyed and grinning Harry to collect the butterfly, and now joined by an alligator and bunny-stickers from the ash.

"Your spawn sound lovely." Severus laughed but realized it may have been taken the wrong way.

"No. Genuinely, they sound like a lot of fun, trouble, like you, but... do I get to meet them? I know that they're coming but I'm a ghost and I'm not sure how they would, I mean if you were going to tell them about- What if they don't like me?" Anxiety? Really Severus? Snape had been good at concealing his emotions all his life what with practicing occlumency against the Dark Lord, but this was something else.

"Severus-" Harry started.

He had always wanted children of his own but had never had the chance to start a family as he was always so busy teaching and when the war returned... ultimately having children now was an impossibility.