Harry and Draco held hands as as they stood on Platform 9 ¾, waiting for the Hogwarts Express to bring home Lily Potter for good. She had finished her Hogwarts schooling with honours and they couldn't be prouder.

"There's the old married couple!" shouted Teddy Lupin with his wife Victoire. Their twins Sirius and Remus scampered after them.

Harry waved and smiled, thumbing the ring on his left hand. He and Draco had married a year after their divorces. Though Ginny hadn't come to the wedding, James had stood up for Harry and Scorpius for Draco.

There was a cheer at the end of the platform and Harry saw the gleam of the engine chugging toward them. It let out a whistle, a sound that meant home and adventure and love to Harry. He knew he'd miss it. Until grandchildren started to arrive, that is.

Ron and Hermione trotted up just in time. "Hoo!" puffed Ron. "Thought we weren't going to make it. Couldn't pull Hermione away from the wedding preparations."

"Well, Ronald, there's a lot to do."

"She's making it fancier than her own wedding!" said Ron, smiling from ear to ear.

Harry grinned. "How is Rose holding up?"

Ron laughed. "Better than her mother. How is the groom's father?"

Draco sneered. "As well as can be expected, Weasley."

"Oh, come on, old Ferret. We're going to be in-laws." And he grabbed Draco around the shoulders. Draco squirmed, trying to get away but Ron had a tight grip. "Two Pureblooded families joining together!"

Draco finally got loose. "Oh yes. Oh happy day."

Harry looked up and down the platform as parents pushed trollies with bright balloons attached to them. "Anyone seen Ginny?"

"Here I am!" she called. Harry turned. Ginny was arm in arm with her husband of three years.

"Hey Ginny," he said, leaning over to kiss her cheek. He put out his hand to her husband. "Hi, Neville."

Neville grinned and shook his hand. "Hey, Harry. Draco."

"Longbottom," said Draco. "Long time no see. Just the way I like it."

Neville laughed. "He never changes, does he?"

"I wished you had been teaching the last few years of Lily and Hugo's schooling," said Harry, ignoring his husband.

"I know. But they've got a thing against married teachers. And it's not really convenient, is it, Ginny?"

"Not really. Not conducive for romance when you were there and I was here-"

"Merlin's bollocks, Ginerva," winced Draco. "Spare us. The last thing I want to think about is you and Longbottom."

Ginny grinned, winking at Harry.

Students were piling out of the train now and Harry was straining to see his daughter and nephew. Suddenly they came running out together, laughing their heads off.

"What?" said Harry.

The cousins laughed together, shaking their heads. A seventeen-year-old's joke, not be shared with stuffy old adults. It made Harry feel a bit old. Was he ever seventeen? Oh yeah. But there was little to laugh over that year.

The families managed to gather the luggage and owl cages and tried to sort out the stories from Hogwarts newest alumnus as they giggled madly, voices overlapping. They'd meet up later with Lily's brothers, James and Albus, at the party at Godric's Hollow.

Harry and Draco fell behind watching their growing family moving ahead of them along King's Cross station. "I'm so proud of them. Proud of them all," said Harry.

Draco took Harry's hand and held it as they walked. "Me, too. They all take after you, thank goodness."

"Well Scorpius takes after you, and I consider that a fine compliment." Draco turned to Harry and smiled at him. "I feel as if Scorp is my son, too. Is it too sappy my being excited by this wedding?"

Draco kissed him, something he seldom did in public. Harry drew back surprised. "It's not too sappy. You're adorable, you know that?"

Harry grinned but it changed to a frown as he gazed at Draco's head. "You know, Draco, in this light, it looks as if your hair is thinning-"

Draco slapped his shoulder and scowled. "Bite your tongue. My hair is just as luxurious as it's always been." And he shook his head out as if to prove it.

Harry chuckled. "I was only joking. I love to tease you, you know."

"I know. It's annoying."

"I love you. After the party and all, I plan on giving you my very own special celebration."

"Oh?" Draco's lips twitched. "And just what did you have in mind?"

Harry leaned in and whispered to Draco's ear. "I plan on stripping you naked, tying you spread-eagle to the bed, licking every square inch of you, and then fucking you into next Tuesday. Sound okay?"

Draco squeezed Harry's hand and drew in a shaky breath. "I'm going to kill you for giving me an erection during this damned party."

Harry laughed. He squeezed Draco's hand back. Everything and everyone was in their place, it seemed. Five years ago, Harry was taken aback when Neville asked all in a rush if he had Harry's permission to date Ginny. Harry had been surprised as a surge of jealousy arose in him about it, but it was easily set aside. Harry could see that Neville had always had a thing for Ginny and Ginny was just beginning to see that she was getting a thing for Neville. And though the kids loved Professor Longbottom it was a different thing indeed to have their favorite professor dating their mum. But those kids had already gone through much, and they could see how happy their mother was. And if there was anything the Potter kids were good at promoting, it was their parent's happiness. James had been the first one to step in and cheer for it.

Things were definitely looking up. They were looking forward to a wedding that would tie the Potters, Weasleys, and Malfoys even closer, Ginny and Neville were entirely happy together, and Harry and Draco were more in love than ever before. All was definitely well.


     The End


A note from Mystwriter
     Now, isn't that a better epilogue? I tried to portray what would really happen for a man coming out late in life with a wife and children. It's definitely full of heartache and tears but with time, all wounds are healed. I also worked hard to keep the Harry Potter part of it in canon as much as possible. We can't have him living happily ever after with Ginny, now can we? We know he belongs with Draco.
     This is a revised version of King's Cross previously posted. Since J K Rowling made her surprising announcement about Dumbledore, I thought it mete to change the scene in McGonagall's office. And she also gave us new information. Formerly, she said that Snape's portrait would not be in the headmaster's office, but then she said in this latest appearance that he was, due to Harry's insistence. Also, she told us that Neville married Hannah Abbott. Absurd. There was never any indication of that in the book. And I think Ginny would have seen the hero in him, the hero she was always attracted to, and they would have gotten together. That is my concession to canon and I guess I'm permitted this extra bit because, after all, Harry and Draco are together here, so...
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