Forever Yours

Chapter 10: Father & Son

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the people or places that belong to the wonderful world of Harry Potter, as they belong to J.K. Rowling. The OCs (Katherine, Septimus, Helena, Christoph, Elisa, Henry, Nick, Justin, Kyle, Carlos, Mike, Nurse Canter, Headmaster Mickels, Hunfrith, Olwen, Huffie, Sorsek, Bilik, Fossum, Lars and Sven) are entirely my own.

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The sudden anger towards his son unnerved Severus greatly. It was the same anger he had felt towards Draco just last year, when the boy had the nerve to tell off his godmother several times.

But this was different. Katherine did not burst into tears over her godson, like she did now. She had snarled back at Draco in return, even though deep down, it probably broke her heart to do so. Severus watched as his wife sat down heavily on the pier's bench; a hand covered her mouth in disbelief, as the tears still flowed freely from her ice blue eyes.

"I expected him to be angry..." Katherine whispered through her soft sobs. "But not like this. He's never lashed out like this before..." But that was all she could get out, before a heavier sob wracked her body.

"Katherine," Severus said softly, as he moved in front of her. "Calm down, please, before you make yourself sick."

"But Sev..." Katherine sobbed again.

"Shh..." Severus whispered, as he knelt down in front of her. Gently, he took her hands in his, rubbing his thumbs over the backs of her hands. "Stay here. I'm going to go talk to him."

"But Sev..."

"Katherine," Severus interrupted her. "The boy needs to fully understand the past. He didn't give you time to fully explain why you did what you did.

"Take some deep breaths," Severus continued, as he rose and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. "I'll be back soon."

Leaving Katherine on the dock, Severus stormed his way up the pier and through the yard towards the green cottage. Thousands of thoughts ran through his mind, but one stuck out most of all. The boy said he had been lied to, but what Septimus didn't realize was that Katherine couldn't tell him the truth.

Severus stomped through the house and up the stairs that stood to the left of the stone fireplace in the living room. Katherine had shown him Septimus' room earlier that week. It was filled with Quidditch posters and banners, photos of him and his friends from school, and three bookcases filled to the brim with any type of book you could think of.

Severus stopped at his son's door, and rapped twice. But upon getting no response, he knocked again.

"Septimus!" Severus said in a low voice, but the boy still didn't respond.

"Fine," Severus said to himself. "If he won't respond to me, then we'll do it my way." Severus took out his wand, and pointed it towards the doorknob. "Alohomora." A faint click was heard from the door's lock, and Severus slowly reached out and opened the door.

The room was brightly lit, as sun poured in from the four panes bay window that overlooked the lake. That's where Severus found Septimus. He was sitting on the window seat, looking out towards the pier where his mother sat. Music, from the wireless, echoed softly through the room. Severus silently observed his son for a few moments before addressing him.

"Septimus," Severus said, taking a deep breath, trying to keep himself from exploding at the boy. "I want to talk to you."

"What if I don't want to talk to you," Septimus responded coldly. The younger wizard didn't even bother to look in Severus' direction.