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Harry Potter (ab_harry) wrote in hogwarts_dawn,
@ 2021-04-08 16:37:00

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character: harry potter, character: lily evans potter

RP: Harry/Lily
Who: Harry/Lily
When: After meeting Lily Luna, 8 April
Where: Gryffindor tower
What: after his daughter, he meets his mother

After leaving Lily Luna, Harry asked Sir Nick who was passing by if he'd seen his parents. The ghost was rather helpful (he really liked their family) and Harry went straight for the Gryffindor tower. He wasn't sure if his parents would stay here now that they were both together. It was... less than private with Sirius and Remus on the next two floors, but then he'd leaved with Ron and Hermione for years so maybe it wasn't that strange.

He went to his father's room and knocked on the door. If seeing Lilu open the door had left him speechless, this was breathtaking. He'd looked at the few pictures he had of his parents so many times, he'd met them with the Resurrection stones, but there was something missing a vibrancy that was apparent in person. "Hi," he finally said. "I'm glad you're here. I was waiting for you. Dad, too." He vaguely gestured between them. "Can I hug you?"

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ab_harry
2021-04-10 02:00 am UTC (link)

"Thanks for lying, but I doubt it. You know that thing about looking like Dad," he answered, chuckling. "Hermione Granger, she's my best friend together with Ron Weasley. They are a thing, but really it's been the three of us against the world for so long that we get called the Golden Trio. They have also written about all the crazy orgies we had, all lies of course. I promised Dad that I wouldn't tell you, but better you hear it from me that read one of the old papers," he said, shaking his head.

Harry thought about the question and sighed. "I grew up being a Muggle. I had no idea that magic existed. Aunt Petunia tried to stop me from finding out about Hogwarts. Hagrid had to physically come and get me. By then I was so ready to leave that I never really cared about the Muggle world. Sure I read the newspapers after the war, checked out the technology but I wasn't part of the Muggle world. I was a wizard. I am a wizard."

He could tell that she didn't like the answer, but he wasn't going to lie to her. "Draco is going to become a Curse Breaker for Gringotts. Well, now he won't, because he's here, but in the past- This is confusing, but you know what I mean." He bit his lip for a moment. "There is one question I should have asked at the start. What do you want me to call you? If Mum is too weird, I understand. I want you to be all right with whatever we pick."

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lovingsacrifice
2021-04-10 02:19 am UTC (link)

"Are you accusing me of lying, dear?" she asked in a mock offended tone. "Crazy orgies? My word, it sounds like some reporter must have had it out for you and your friends. I hope I can meet them at some point, as they're obviously important to you. And no matter what Sirius might try to claim, there's never been any crazy orgies, at least not that I was ever aware of."

Lily started rubbing Harry's back at the sound of his sigh. "There's always been a part of me that thinks Petunia was a bit jealous about not having powers. It might explain why she worked so hard to keep that side of your life from you. I wish you had gotten to grow up with other wizards, but if wishes were fishes we'd all have sushi."

All things considered it shouldn't matter whether she liked his answer or not, since things were obviously different for them. "Is Draco another of your friends, or is he more important than that?" she asked quietly, searching his face. "You can call me whatever you feel most comfortable with. I love being called Mum by you, but if it's too soon for that, I'll understand."

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ab_harry
2021-04-10 02:52 am UTC (link)

"I'd never!" he said, laughing. He wasn't sure why it was so easy to talk to his parents and so bloody hard talking to his children, but he was sure glad that he could talk to both his parents. "My name sells which is why I'm in the papers every day. I honestly stopped reading the Daily Prophet. People give me articles that they think I should read. And you can certainly meet them. I'm sure you'll love them." He snorted. "If Sirius had managed to get in bed with Dad, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have let go."

Harry agreed with her. "She was a lot jealous, and her husband is even worse. Dudley, that's her son, was terrible when we were growing up but slowly he turned out all right." He snorted. "I'm not too fond of sushi, maybe because I'm too practical for wishes."

He smiled at the question. "Draco is... in his own category. We met at eleven. He was the first wizard I met after Hagrid. It was hate at first sight, then we spent years fighting, then we saved each other's lives and now we're dating, although that seems almost too reductive, just like best friends is almost too little for Ron and Hermione. I guess when you face death together for years, it becomes so much more, you know?" He knew that people were always comparing the first war with the second, but they had been so different. "I'm not sure how to even explain it. I know that during your time, students took sides, but we literally had people trying to kill us every year. Dementors, basalisks, Dark wizards. It was very different from the Hogwarts you know."

Harry grinned. "Mum is just fine. I didn't want it to be weird for you."

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lovingsacrifice
2021-04-11 09:43 pm UTC (link)

"I don't know, darling, that sounded quite a bit like you were," she murmured, the lilt in her voice making it clear that she was joking. "It all sounds rather ridiculous to think reporters would make up things about you just to sell their papers, but then again what would I know about all of that? It's good to know that you've had people helping you watch your back. That makes me feel a little better." She sighed. "This will probably sound terrible, but there are times where I felt like I was the third wheel in my own marriage."

Lily shook her head sadly. "I tried so hard to be supportive of her and Vernon, but he was something else. So concerned with status and wealth, which rubbed your father the wrong way as well." She laughed at that. "You take after me in that respect."

She loved seeing him smile. "They become more like family, especially when they've been around through all the good times and the bad ones. And honestly, hate at first sight is very similar to how your father and I got together. If this Draco makes you happy, and dating him feels right to you, then I'll do my best to not grill him too harshly when I finally get to meet him." She would never fully comprehend everything that he had been through, and perhaps that was for the best, considering. "Darling, don't worry about explaining it. You survived, and that's all that matters to me. Time changes everything, so I shouldn't expect my experience in the first war to be at all similar to what you've been through."

Lily smiled proudly. "The only thing that would make it weird for me, is if you chose to have nothing to do with me."

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