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Dec 13, Harry Potter, Teddy/Scorpius, Losses
Title: Losses
Author: sansa1970
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Teddy/Scorpius
Rating: PG
Words: 263
A/N: Links to previous parts: 1 ll 2 ll 3 ll 4 ll 5 ll 6 ll 7 ll 8 ll 9 ll 10 ll 11 ll 12



Harry saw it first. He told Teddy at the candle-lighting, as they stood silently respecting their losses, while Al, James, Hugo, and Scorpius gallivanted in the row behind. After the third loud thump, Harry spoke, the command barely carrying over his shoulder. "Gentlemen. I'd appreciate some respect."

He may as well have smote them with a lightning bolt. Teddy bit back a grin when Harry winked at him.

Later, after Teddy had lit candles for his parents and the antics behind them had resumed, Harry asked, "Does Al know Scorpius fancies him?"

Shocked, Teddy glanced over his shoulder. Embroiled in their shenanigans, Al and Scorpius didn't even notice. Hugo went pale and still. James arched an eyebrow, every ounce the innocent bystander.

Teddy turned back to Harry. "Al prefers them a bit darker and—" He unclasped his hands to pantomime an hourglass.

"Buxom?"

"Soft, I was going to say."

"Of course you were." Harry twitched, and everything behind them went quiet again. "Al should do something about it. Before someone gets hurt."

Someone. Innocuous, coming from anybody but his godfather. "You know?" Teddy whispered.

"Everyone knows, Teddy." Harry turned to him, wise eyes stealing Teddy's breath as always. "Except Scorpius. Are you going to tell him?"

"I'm working up to it."

"It may not hurt to work a bit faster. And have a chat with Al."

Which he'd done, not that it'd prevented the ensuing catastrophe. Together, they were fearless in a crisis, strength upon strength. Alone, they hadn't a drop of Harry's equanimity.

Teddy had lit many candles since that day.