A Godfather's Love (aka The Other Side of the Coin)

15 - More Interludes

And by the time Harry and Ginny saw each other again, Sirius did. The other two lovers were lying together in each other's arms, totally satiated, warm and content in their love and the closeness of one another's bare bodies. The only thing Sirius hadn't liked was when Harry called out his wife's name at the height of his last, most powerful climax. Maybe he had requested the boy's presence a bit too soon and hadn't waited long enough until he was entirely over his 'honeymoon high,' as Harry put it. But as far as Sirius was concerned, it had already been an eternity, and he knew he could not have waited a moment longer to have Harry again.

It was roughly the middle of the night, and moonlight was streaming over their bed when Sirius felt his young lover awaken. He felt warm, sweet breath on his neck, which still tingled from the former's gentle biting and sucking to create a hickey. But this time, Sirius felt his lover's arms tighten around him as he snuggled his dark, unruly head on his shoulder, which prompted the older man to rest his cheek on top of the silky black mop near it.

"Merlin, how I missed that," Sirius remarked, savouring the warmth and nearness of his young lover's body. "We are truly brilliant together. There was only one thing I didn't like."

"What didn't you like?" Harry's sweet yet drowsy voice came from beside him.

"Let's just say that it's not every day that you call out a woman's name at the height of your climax when we're together," Sirius returned as diplomatically as possible. But Harry still detected a bit of annoyance at the recollection. "Maybe I asked you to meet me too soon."

"No, far from it," Harry insisted. "I've missed you and should have contacted you long ago." The last thing he wanted to admit was that Sirius had experienced virtually the same thing during their interlude that Ginny had during their honeymoon, knowing that the way to make his older lover forget it was a kiss--and a long, passionate one at that, which usually prompted an equally long, passionate interlude ... or in this case, another. But this time, even as he reached a hand up to move his bedmate's head to face him for said kiss, Sirius stopped it in mid-gesture.

"Yes, I did," Sirius insisted. "I distinctly heard you call your wife's name at your last climax."

"So?" Harry prompted.

"You don't generally do that," his companion pointed out. "That's why I said I might have asked you to meet me too soon."

"Sorry about that, Padfoot. Didn't mean to."

"I know. I'm not blaming you, mate. It just wasn't something I expected to hear."

"You had no idea it was going to happen. Neither of us did--and there's no point in dwelling on it. And if it'll make you feel any better, Ginny told me that I called out your name several times at my climax during our honeymoon."

"I can imagine how that made her feel," Sirius replied.

"I did my best to reassure her, but I have no idea how well I did," Harry returned. "I hope this doesn't wreck our marriage, Padfoot. I love her. I don't want to lose her -- especially not now that she's carrying my child."

"I know, mate. And I'm sure she forgives you."

"I hope so. I'd never forgive myself otherwise. But at the same time, I don't want to lose you, either."

"It's not always something you can control, especially at a time like that. And I assure you, you couldn't lose me if you tried -- especially now that you're carrying my child. Which reminds me ... would you like to try again, see if you call out the right name this time?" Sirius reached to put his hand on his young lover's nearest cheek. "I'm game if you are."

Harry's smile told Sirius all he needed to know even as he reached his own hand up to pull his lover close so their lips met again--and once that happened, they forgot everything and everyone else that was in the world ... at least for the moment ... even as their own personal magic almost literally exploded between them all over again.

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And to their delight, he did. Even at that, Harry knew he would not easily forget the fact that even with Sirius, he had been unable to help thinking so much of Ginny that he ended up calling her name out loud even at the height of the ecstasy that Sirius was giving him. It seemed that whenever he was with one love of his life, he called out the name of the other--at least part of the time. Not all of the time, thankfully; otherwise things would be far more complicated for everyone concerned.

Maybe part of it had something to do with the fact of his pregnancy. After all, wizards didn't get pregnant every day; how did he know that what he had done wasn't a normal thing? At least as normal as a male pregnancy can be. Of course, he couldn't be sure that that was the entire reason why. He would have to wait a sufficient time after the birth of the child he carried in order to be totally sure. Of course, considering the mood swings one was supposed to have during pregnancy (Gin was certainly having her share, he noted), that could also have something to do with it.

At the same time, it could be for a totally different reason. But whatever that reason was, Harry intended to find out so he could hopefully make sure not to call out the other's name with either of his two loves. For the time being, though, he was simply thankful that he wasn't any sicker than he already was; he took the Anti-Nausea Potion every day as it was without that. After all, Molly had told both him and Ginny that they both needed to eat as healthy as they possibly could in order to have healthy babies, so Harry vowed to do everything he could to see that both he and Gin achieved that end.

Harry had also been told that for three months after his own pregnancy was over, his hormone level from the extra organs would remain high enough so that he would be unable to impregnate Ginny again right away. He was pretty sure that she would still be recovering from the initial pregnancy and be using a Contraceptive Charm should they wish to make love, to be sure she didn't get pregnant again until she chose to do so.

If worse came to worst, he might have to take a special testosterone potion to build up his male hormones again and thus be able to impregnate his wife, but there was still time--months, in fact--before they could determine whether or not that course of action was necessary. He knew that Gin wanted several children, but he was also sure that she wouldn't want them too close together any more than Sirius would. He would have to discuss it with both of them at the proper time and decide the best thing to do in both situations.

He and Sirius had also discussed who their baby would live with and had agreed that it was best for the child to be with him and Ginny and his/her new sibling(s), although Sirius could come visit whenever he wanted to see the child. It was still too early to pick names, although they fully intended to do so once the pregnancy was about six months along. Of course, he also had to consider potential names for the child(ren) Ginny was carrying. Fortunately, there was a Gender Detection spell they could use to tell the sex of an unborn child so they would know which kind of name to pick for each. The pregnancy also had to be at least three months along for it to work, though that shouldn't be a problem--waiting to find out would be the problem!