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Can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am! ([info]purelypotter) wrote in [info]lockewood,
@ 2011-02-06 08:04:00

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Entry tags:harry potter, james potter

Who James and Harry Potter.
What Harry comes over to talk to his Dad about Ginny. Beers are had. AKA James Potter: Father of the Year!
When Sunday afternoon
Where The cottage of Teddy and James
Rating/Status PG (language) / Complete

Son, you outgrew my lap, but never my heart.

***

James tossed his journal up in the air and caught it, and then he tossed it up in the air and missed it and it fell on the coffee table, nearly knocking over an empty cereal bowl that he'd left there the morning prior. He looked around sheepishly like he may get in trouble, but Teddy wasn't there, and he didn't live with Lily, which at stupid moments like these may have been a good thing.

Potter was pretty sure that he knew a thing or two about women, even if he still considered it damn near a miracle that he'd finally landed Evans. He'd been a popular student in school, and there had been quick a few, 'short-term' relationships before he'd finally won the ultimate prize that he'd been after since about fifth year. Lily was the best, and he couldn't even think about her without his heart swelling in size.

But that wasn't to say that he and Lily hadn't ever had problems. They'd had fights, he'd slept on the couch, and sometimes it wasn't over funny little jokes or rude things he'd said. Going through a war put a lot of strain on a relationship--going through a war with a pregnant wife added even more. There were days when he'd envied Sirius' freedom for not being tied down, and he was positive that there were days that Lily regretted marrying him at all. It didn't mean that they loved each other less, it just meant that they were normal.

Jamed hoped that he could offer some advice. It was something he longed to do. He wanted more than anything to be able to offer Harry something but he always felt like it was a bit ridiculous to think that he could. All the self-confidence in the world didn't make up for the fact that Harry was nearly twice his age, married for nearly two decades as opposed to four years, and he'd raised his kids which was something James never had the privilege of doing.

He threw himself onto the sofa and tucked his journal beneath one of the cushions. He'd already gotten beers from the fridge and sat them near by. The only thing missing from the equation was Harry and James was already tired of waiting for him. Patience was not one of his strong suits.


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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-09 03:52 am UTC (link)
James looked at the door and for a minute considered just shouting that it was open but couldn't. Maybe it was because he still couldn't quite shake that feeling he'd had when there had been someone at the door on the night that Rita had come to collect him.

He rolled off the sofa gracelessly and hopped to his feet, going to the door with a typical youthful spring in his step. He was very aware of where on his person his wand was, and he knew exactly how quickly it would take to drag it if it wasn't his son at the door, but that was the only precaution he took before pulling the door open and offering Harry a genuine smile.

"Hey, you! C'mon in, make yourself at home!"

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-09 05:50 am UTC (link)
Harry smiled and stepped past his father, removed his boots, set them by the door and removed his coat, which he threw onto the back of the nearest armchair.

"Thanks. Beer?" he asked, spotting the bottles on the coffee table by the sofa. He sat on one end and waited for James to join him. "You sure you don't mind someone as old and uncool as myself drinking beer on your couch, winging about my wife?"

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-09 01:22 pm UTC (link)
"Oh, 'course not." James grabbed two beers from the case, pulled out a wand, and cast a spell that popped the bottle cap off both. He handed one to his son before taking a seat next to him.

"I made that up." He said, gesturing to the bottle as he hit his against Harry's in a mock 'cheers'. "I made it up because Sirius always wanted to use my antlers to open his bloody drinks."

He smiled at Harry.

Now, it wasn't so much that James Potter was about avoiding the issues at hand. He'd be the first to say that ignoring a problem doesn't make it go away, and the best thing is always to do something about it. (Especially when that 'problem' has a name which happens to be Severus Snape.) However, Potter also took very little seriously. Even when his own wife was irritated with him, or mad, he could usually just win her back over with a smile, a compliment, and either a few desperately tender words, or a joke.

James just never felt he had to try all that much with anything because he always had it in his mind that he would succeed anyway.

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-10 05:19 pm UTC (link)
Harry smiled. That did sound like a Sirius thing to do. "If you let him, you could be sporting the marks on your antlers. Proof positive that you lead a wild life. Full of... beer." As he brought the bottle up to his lips, Harry considered once again how often he turned to alcohol, lately. Not a night had gone by for the last several months that he hadn't had at least one drink - and quite a few of them had ended with Harry on the sofa, unable to drag himself up all of those stairs without running the risk of falling asleep halfway up or tipping backwards a little bit too far.

"Don't know what he'd expect to make of Jet. I don't have cool antlers --- Oi, when you were here before, you spent more than a week stuck in the forest. Couldn't move, your antlers were caught in some trees. For some reason, you couldn't change back either, so no way to ask for help." Harry nodded to his own story. "That was funny. We'd all thought you'd left, but no! There you were. A little worse for wear, but whole."

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-11 06:47 pm UTC (link)
"Wildlife is right."

James shook his head. The antler thing sounded like the kind of mishap he'd get himself (quite literally) tangled into. "Yeah, and you should try getting those damn things through doorways. Half the time Pads would be--ah, he'd be barking but I knew it was laughter. Couldn't, you know, help at all. Stupid mutt."

He took a sip of his beer and then smiled at his son. "Actually, if we can stall the 'Wives-Can't-Live-With-Em-Or-Without-Em' talk for just a moment or two, there was something in Skeeter's paper there that I wanted to ask you about, actually."

Potter grinned. "And I promise it isn't about that Malfoy bloke."

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-15 04:53 am UTC (link)
Harry rolled his eyes a little and dropped his head at the mention of Skeeter's rag of a newspaper. He could only imagine what his father wanted to ask about, but the 'Malfoy bloke' had actually been the first issue he imagined James taking interest in, for some unknown reason. With that worry set aside, Harry allowed himself to relax a little. He took a sip of his beer before saying, "All right, shoot."

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-15 04:55 am UTC (link)
James switched gears for a minute, being serious for a second which was clearly something that he was not very good at. "That bit about the Imperius Curse, and Albus Dumbledore."

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-15 05:01 am UTC (link)
"That is true," Harry said, with a small bob of his index, pointing out the fact. "Grindelwald had him under Imperius for about a week. Cause all sorts of trouble. I have... I got, acquired, what-have-you... stole his notes. Grindelwald's. Couldn't make out a bloody thing, as it's all equations, but Hermione thinks it was an improvement upon the Imperius Curse. He's making it better."

Harry stuck the bottle between his knees and shimmied a little further down to the end of his cushion, getting comfortable. "Dumbledore would never be caught Imperiused, I don't think. He's bloody powerful and the Curse can't stick on me, even. For sure it doesn't work on Albus. So we're assuming it was that version of it that Grindelwald cast on him and it worked. But dad-- James -- it worked. He ruined his most cherished friendship, I don't know how Elphias forgave him for the shit he said."

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-15 05:14 am UTC (link)
James looked at Harry for a moment and then took a sip of his drink. Dark Magic? Books? Notes? Equations? Making spells better?

That sounded really fucking familiar.

It sounded like Severus fucking Snape.

Potter scratched his hair, forcing it to stick up a little bit, not that it needed the help. His hard was a bit wild on it's own.

He shivered a little bit.

"Shit."

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-15 05:22 am UTC (link)
Harry made a small sound in agreement, nodded and took another sip of his beer. At this rate, it would be done in under five minutes.

"That's why... I mean. He's in love with Grindelwald. He's still living there of his own free will. He can't possibly trust him, but he loves him all the same and he keeps forgiving him for this shit. He's encouraging him. I don't know." He shook his head. There was no telling what was going through Albus Dumbledore's mind on a good day. This was just ridiculous. "That's why I thought best to have someone watch him. Both because he might become a victim again since he's still there, and because... if he's so willing to watch Grindelwald do this stuff - and I'm not convinced he's not helping him - ... I don't know if he'll start acting out like this too. In the real world, he wasn't with Grindelwald this long, this old. There's no telling, really none, what he plans on doing and what he can be made to do by the man he loves."

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-17 10:15 pm UTC (link)
James just stared at Harry for a few minutes before his brown eyes narrowed and he looked at the table and put his foot up against it.

Albus Dumbledore was bent too, was he? What the fuck was wrong with this place? Prongs made a mental note to stop drinking the water. To never, ever drink the damn water.

Still it was hard for him to process this. Albus Dumbledore had been a friend to him and--well, not so much a mentor as he was just a Headmaster who, thankfully, seemed to have enough of a sense of humor to appreciate his and Sirius' antics.

And, also, there was that bit about not having him or Black expelled for practically getting Snape killed. Potter wasn't so much an idiot that he didn't realise he owed ole'Dumbles a but of a favor for that one. In fact, he supposed part of the reason he'd even bothered to get involved with the Order was because he'd always felt just a little bit like he was in Dumbledore's debt.

"I think..." James said slowly, shaking his head and finally raises his eyes to meet his son's. "I think anyone would be an idiot to think they could watch Albus Sumbledore without him noticing."

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-18 07:43 am UTC (link)
"Oh, he knows," Harry said easily, taking another sip of his beer. At this rate, it was going to be gone in no time flat. "I was doing the spying on Gellert and Albus, and I told him. He knows we're spying on him, and I suppose he doesn't like it much, but..." He shrugged. "What can you do? He'll run off sometimes, you'll lose him completely. The man can turn invisible at will, it's not like we can ever see him doing something if he doesn't want to be seen doing it. Same with Grindelwald, really. So at this point, it's just to make sure that everything's all right. And he knows. Of course he knows." Harry shrugged again. Repetitive, maybe, but that was really all there was to it.

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-18 04:12 pm UTC (link)
Potter didn't care much for that word. Spying. To him it sounded like Harry meant him to go around and look through Albus' kitchen window and things like that--and if Dumbledore really was involved in, uh, that sort of business--Prongs was quite sure that that was not only the worst possible thing he could be caught doing but also the worst possible thing he could ever witness.

His shudder was visible.

"Right. I'll do that then, I'll keep an eye on him." But James had a very, very particular idea about what that would mean and what it wouldn't.

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-18 07:56 pm UTC (link)
"Thanks." That settled, Harry fell quiet. He didn't know whether the shudder was one of fear or worry, or if his father - if James - disapproved of the job he had been given. Assuming that the man would speak up if that were the case, Harry settled comfortably into his bottle. Companionable silence could be comfortable between father and son, even if their ages were skewed.

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-18 07:58 pm UTC (link)
"I'm going to ask him to join a bowling team."

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-18 08:05 pm UTC (link)
Harry looked over at James again. "A bowling team?" Not that he hadn't understood the words, but why the hell a bowling team? Was this how he planned to keep an eye on him?

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-19 05:40 am UTC (link)
"I am a lot of things, Harry. Dashing, brave, talented..." He smirked, listing them off on his fingers as he went. "But what I am not, and will never be, is subtle."

Especially, not without his invisibility cloak.

"And as far as keeping an eye on someone is concerned, well. The only people I've ever paid attention to, ever, were my friends, so...it stands to reason."

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-19 09:13 pm UTC (link)
That, he could understand. In fact, James's way to spy on -- or keep an eye on Albus was vastly better than his own had been. There wasn't a moment that Albus could bring his guard down, the way he'd been going, where at least James would end up trusted. At least a little. Probably. Maybe.

"All right. Sounds right. However you like." After all, if he couldn't trust his father to do a good job, who could Harry trust? "I'm about as subtle as you are."

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-19 09:15 pm UTC (link)
"I've just learned enough in my life to know that Albus is not someone I'll ever be able to 'slip one by' if you know. Ruddy--honest to Merlin I think he knew absolutely ever stunt that Pads and I pulled, without exception."

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-19 09:26 pm UTC (link)
"I wouldn't be surprised. The man knew where I was even when I was under the cloak. And holding my breath."

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-19 09:40 pm UTC (link)
"I know, right?" James laughed and shook his head. He rubbed his chin with the back of his hand. "So how are you feeling, then, Harry?"

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-19 09:47 pm UTC (link)
Such a good question, and one that dimmed Harry's smile. The answer surprised even himself. "Better. I feel a lot better." Who cared if Ginny was being... well. Ginny. It was depressing, the fact that he would never have thought such a thing of her back home; that this was simply Ginny being Ginny, that she would be like this, that it would upset him this much. It put everything into question and Harry didn't like it. And yet, he was having a beer with James Potter sr., the man who had given his life to protect his wife and son. That put everything into perspective.

"A lot better. How about you?"

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-19 09:57 pm UTC (link)
"I'm alive Harry." James shrugged. "So I really can't complain about much else, can I?"

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-19 10:18 pm UTC (link)
"Sure you can," Harry said with a shrug of his own. "I do it all the time and I should've been dead... eight times over by now."

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-19 10:20 pm UTC (link)
"Right but Harry, I think I've actually outlived myself by this point. I thought about it the other day, really but--but if I was meant to die that night then--aren't I days, weeks--almost a month older than I should be?" James shook his head. "It's scary, it is real scary."

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-19 10:30 pm UTC (link)
Harry nodded. It was true. It really was scary, and James really had outlived himself. "You're not alone there, I have to say. Regulus Black, Mum... she's years older than she should be. Cedric Diggory - he's... I saw him die. The Prewetts are coming up to their date fast. Not that-- Not that it doesn't mean anything to me or that it shouldn't matter to you, of course. But James, this is... this is good. And this is life, now. For now. You get to complain to your heart's content."

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-26 03:12 pm UTC (link)
"Life that might end at any minute, Harry." James said quietly. "And I'll never see it coming. But then, I guess that's what it is for me. I never see it coming. Trusted--"

He didn't want to go there. Shaking his head he picked up his drink to finish it off.

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-26 03:43 pm UTC (link)
Harry didn't need James to finish that thought. He knew how it ended. Were he in James' place, he wouldn't have been able to keep from thinking about it, no matter how much he would have wanted to. Harry finished his beer as well. Not that there had been much left to finish.

"I wish everything had turned out differently. I'd've liked to have you as a father." And when had the conversation turned so depressing? "Anyway. I should probably get going."

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-26 05:22 pm UTC (link)
James looked at him. "I would have liked to've been there for my son, Harry."

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[info]bitoldernow
2011-02-26 05:38 pm UTC (link)
Harry hadn't lost his tendency to stick his foot in his mouth to the knee, it seemed. "I'm sorry, dad. James."

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[info]purelypotter
2011-02-26 06:03 pm UTC (link)
"Not your fault, Harry. It was mine." He shrugged a little, and tried not to let his son see how tight his chest suddenly felt. James was not about to let Harry see him cry.

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