• Growing up Harry •

• trick or treat •

October 31st 1985

"Daddy wook at me!"

James slowly turned his head away from the quidditch match to see his son dressed as ... well he had no idea

"That's great Harry..." he muttered, turning his attention back to the game

"No daddy! Wook who I am" Harry did a crazy jump and landed in a silly sort of squat

"I dont know? Yoga man?"

Harry giggled, "I'm Spider-Man Daddy!"

James snorted, he had no idea who Spider-Man was and was equally as confused as to why Harry was dressed in such a costume

"Daddy don't you wike it?" Harry asked softly, clear hurt shown on his face

James quickly caught himself and smiled, "y-yes of course! You look so cute munchkin, get your mummy to take your picture"

"Okay!" Harry trotted away humming something from one of the TV shows he constantly watched

James didn't mean to seem uninterested in Harry's costume, he just felt very stressed over his job at Hogwarts. As term continued more and more students were requesting private lessons with him to train for the matches that were in the near future. James was finding it difficult to plan a schedule out for everything

Lily disrupted his stressed thoughts as she descended the steps looking very beautiful

"Harry honey go get your pillow case"

Harry trotted up the stairs once more

James quickly got to his feet and approached lily, "woah...someone's dressed up"

Lily rolled her eyes, "it's part of Harry's costume, he's Spider-Man and I'm Black Widow"

James cocked his head to the side, "what?"

"It's from his cartoons honey, now are you ready?"

"Ready for..."

"For trick or treating with Harry"

James hesitated, Lily had of course told him of the strange muggle tradition though him being an adult there seemed to be little point of him going, he would've loved to have taken Sirius and Remus to collect freely given candy with but them being adults that wasn't allowed

"I guess yeah"

"Awesome! Your costume is upstairs—"

"Costume? What costume?"

"I thought it'd be cute if we all wore costumes honey"

"Oh...so who am I then?"

"Well Harry picked and he wanted you to be the hulk"

"The hulk? What on earth is the hulk?"

"Just go put on the costume please, it means so much to Harry"

"Alright alright im going"

James went up to his room to see a heavily padded green costume laid out on the bed accompanied with a very angry looking mask and two large fists

"What the..." James muttered under his breath examining it closely and debating if he would really follow through

Harry suddenly ran in, "Daddy do you wike it? I fot of it myself!"

James forced a smile, "y-yeah it's great Harry...awesome" Harry smiled and hugged onto James' leg

Why his son had chosen to make his wife dress beautifully and himself dress like a big green gorilla he couldn't say

"Alright munckin go downstairs I'm going to...suit up"

"Okay! Daddy we're da avengers!"

James didn't even bother to question what that was, probably one of Harry's little comic books he read all the ruins, that or the tv programmes

He slowly pulled the costume onto himself and cringed, he'd never felt so unsure of his looks until now

He despised that he'd have to wear the stupid costume but supposed it was for Harry and he'd do anything for his son

He slowly descended the steps and as he did Harry let out a squeal

"Mummy wook it's da huwk!"

James looked at lily who was smiling softly at him, she blew him a kiss which made him feel somewhat fuelled with confidence

"Is that Spider-Man I see? I'm going to..."

"Smash me!" Harry finished for him trying to run away but James grabbed him before he could, holding him and gently tossing him in the air

Harry giggled and pushed away but James only held him tighter and began to tickle Harry, knowing it was his son's weakest spot

"Daddy! Stop!" He gasped between giggles

Seeing him in such a state James eventually did stoop and place Harry onto the ground, "can we go now Mummy?"

Lily looked at James and smiled, "of course"

She then took hold of her husbands hand and walked out of the house

"So Harry do you know what you say when you go to the houses?"

"Twicky tweet!" Harry said happily

Lily smiled softly not having the heart to correct her son

She instead rested her head on James' shoulder

"I love you James Potter"

"And I love you Lily Evans"

They went in for a kiss but before they could a little figure pushed between them, "no no no no kissies"

James sighed and cursed under his breath, something which caused lily to giggle adorably
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