45Chapter Five
Jaskier smiled as he woke and looked at the man sprawled out next to him. Dark hair fell over Harry's face, and he was snoring slightly, deep in sleep, which to be fair it was the middle of the night. Jaskier shuffled to the edge of the bed and ignored Harry's grumbled complaint, before hurrying to the bathroom and then back to bed, unfortunately by the time he got there he was more awake than he would like to have been, so he slipped under the covers and back over to Harry's side, his wizard automatically curling his arm around him and shuffling his body towards Jaskier in his sleep.
It had been a long two months since Geralt had shown up here in their home, though he had made the decision there were things to settle that came with that, Hermione had helped him get all the official paperwork that he needed to 100% belong in this world now, and she had made sure that it was ironclad. Julian Alfred Pankratz had records going right back to birth, and Jaskier was willing to bet everything that he had in this world and his original one that no matter how much someone tried to take apart his 'past' they would not be able to succeed. Harry had thrown his name into the mix when needed to ensure that it all went through, and then Jaskier was presented with a full new identity in this world, he had even opened his own vault in Gringotts through Harry for the money that he made in the Wizarding world to be put into.
Settling Eskel and Lambert into this world had been interesting, they had been more than a little lost at the differences in the world, and Jaskier was fairly sure that initially, they had regretted staying, Harry had even gently offered to open a portal any time if they wanted to go back. The spells that Hermione and Harry had come up with to assist the two Witchers in dampening their senses had been a massive help, and the relief that had washed over their faces had been a picture, Eskel had admitted that it was the least overwhelmed that he had felt since becoming a Witcher.
Harry….fussed over them, there was no other way to describe it, he was fussing over them, and watching Lambert's face as he tried to work out what to do with that had been hilarious. Harry of course had known how Witchers were made from Jaskier, and the hatred that they had faced in their lifetimes, and Harry seemed to be determined to try and make up for the decades of tough living that they had had, all the hatred. Eskel blushed and practically turned into a giant puppy with every bit of fussing that he got, Lambert looked like he wasn't sure whether he wanted to give into the fussing or start hissing and spitting like a spooked cat. He was more twitchy than Maple, their rescued cat who had still only grown half her fur in.
Teddy had been…amazing, Jaskier swore that he fell more and more in love with the little boy every day. It was funny to realise what a family unit they had been for months now without even realising it, and for both him and Harry not wanting to realise it and risking having their hearts broken. There had been a lot of good-natured teasing of the two of them over the fact that everyone had been able to see that they were madly in love with each other except for the two of them.
On one of their nights out together in a pub, Jaskier had asked Andromeda why no one had said anything to either of them. Smiling softly she had tapped his nose before speaking 'because when the time was right for you both you would make your way to each other, every step of the journey is important and none of us wanted to interfere with that and ruin what you were building. Fate and Mother Magic brought the two of you together for a reason, and we trusted that no matter what happened you would find the right path to each other. Now I have been blessed with two sons, a grandson, and hopefully some more grandchildren in the future,'. Jaskier had absolutely not ugly cried all over her after that, and if he had it was the firewhisky giggle bombs that they had been drinking.
"You're deep in thought," Harry said softly from beside him, and Jaskier blinked and looked up from where he had been watching his fingers drawing absent patterns on Harry's arm to look into bright green eyes.
"Hmmm," Jaskier hummed and blinked up at Harry a few more times, "fancy getting married?"
Harry stared at him for a second as his sleepy brain caught up with what Jaskier had just quite calmly and factually asked, as though asking what Harry was cooking for supper, and then a wide smile crossed his face as his brain clicked on.
"Think I would be fairly up for that," Harry nodded, pulling Jaskier a little closer.
"Me too," Jaskier said with a growing grin.
"Something fun,"
"Not too big, just our friends and family,"
"Something down to earth,"
"Outdoors,"
"Teddy as our page boy,"
"Lambert as the flower girl?" Jaskier grinned and Harry let out a snort.
"We have five months until summer," Harry suggested.
"The coast where we had our holiday?" Jaskier suggested.
"Perfect," Harry grinned brightly before tugging Jaskier forward and into a kiss. "I love you,"
"I love you too," Jaskier sighed happily as he stretched lazily against the length of Harry's body and settled down next to him. "I love you so much,"
Harry tilted his chin up and pressed their lips together again, exchanging lazy kisses in the early morning light.
Jaskier pinched his lips together as he took in the sight in front of him. It was utterly adorable and hilarious at the same time, and he was definitely going to get Harry to get a picture from his memories of this. The warmth in his chest, as he took in the scene in front of him, warmed him all the way through, and he leaned against the doorframe to watch it for a little longer before letting them know he was there.
He had been excited for years about meeting Eskel, Lambert, and Vesemir, and then he had been increasingly nervous that he and Geralt would bump into them because the longer the time went and Geralt didn't introduce them, didn't ask Jaskier back to Kaer Morhen, the more Jaskier was sure that they wouldn't like him, and that was why Geralt was keeping them apart.
As it turned out they got on pretty well.
Eskel and Lambert were concentrating on Teddy and the baking that they were doing which was probably the reason that they hadn't heard him coming down the stairs as well as the natural skill that he had developed for walking softly around after a decade with Geralt.
Both Witchers were covered in flour, icing sugar, it looked like Eskel had a streak of butter on his cheek as well. Both tall Witchers were bent over helping the little boy, both of them looking utterly delighted.
Harry had been furious when he realised that the reason both Witchers interacted with Teddy but didn't do things with him was because of the way they had been treated in their original world, and when Jaskier had told him that one of the rumours about Witchers was that they would take and eat your children, and parents practically snatched children out of the way of Witchers when they just tried to walk through the village or town.
Eskel and Lambert had been utterly baffled when the next day Harry had scooped Teddy up, put him in Eskel's arms, and announced 'Jaskier and I are off on a date, thank you for looking after Teddy for us, call if you need anything at all,' and then had apparated him and Jaskier out while Teddy had giggled and was already telling the Witchers what he wanted to do with them.
Teddy swiftly had the two of them twisted around his little finger, and Jaskier loved watching the awe on their faces as they were allowed to interact with the little boy. The look on Lambert's face as he was towed around by the hand by Teddy, the little boy chattering away to him.
The two Witchers loved the fact that they were able to move around in this world, that they were able to go places, and even though they would get glances for their scars, that was it. They were able to live a life that they were able to enjoy their lives, they were able to do things that they wanted, and they weren't stuck simply walking the Path over and over until they died, or more likely were killed.
Harry, Eskel, and Lambert were starting to put down real plans to start a business together, they planned on expanding what Harry was doing off and on and making a real business out of it, and after a fair bit of talk, it looked as though Bill was going to join them as well. Jaskier knew that Harry loved spending as much of his time as possible with him and Teddy, but he also knew that Harry was proud of his skills and being able to use them. He had been nervous that Jaskier wouldn't be happy about it, especially with their romantic relationship being so new, but Jaskier had been overjoyed, he knew a large part of the reason that Harry was even thinking about doing this now was because Teddy had Jaskier as well as a parent now, and that Harry was looking to working a little more because he wouldn't be leaving Teddy without a parent at home while he was out of the house.
Jaskier was proud of Harry, and he reminded his boyfriend, his fiance, of all of the support that Harry had given to him and his career, never once grumbling or complaining about Jaskier needing to travel for his work or locking himself away for a few hours at a time to write his music, he had been nothing but supportive and encouraging of Jaskier, and the Bard would be nothing but the same for Harry.
Harry loved being a dad, but he was allowed to have a career and a life outside of that as well, and the business was something that Harry, Bill, Eskel, and Lambert were excited about.
"Jaskier!" Eskel jumped a little when he turned slightly and saw the Bard standing there.
"Papa! We're baking banana bread for you and Dad!" Teddy grinned brightly.
"Well, it smells absolutely amazing!" Jaskier enthused, walking over and wrapping his arms around Teddy from behind where he was standing on a stool between the two Witchers.
"The kid did a huge amount of it," Eskel grinned.
"Of course he did, he is Harry's son," Jaskier laughed kissing Teddy's cheek.
"We tried making red velvet cakes as well," Teddy said frowning a little.
"What happened?" Jaskier smiled.
"Fucking things wouldn't turn red!" Lambert growled before blanching at the look he got from Eskel and Jaskier, and the grin that he got from Teddy.
"Lambert said a naughty word!" Teddy trilled.
"I heard!" Harry's voice joined them as he wound his arm around Jaskier's waist, chuckling when his lover smacked at his arm for frightening him, kissing Jaskier and Teddy's cheeks in greeting.
"Sorry! Sorry! I don't mean to I just fucking forget…fuck…shit!" Lambert groaned as Teddy cackled delightedly now.
"Did you get your song done, Jaskier?" Eskel asked exasperatedly changing the subject.
"Nearly!" Jaskier beamed.
"You going to tell us what it is about?" Lambert asked as he batted away the bar of soap that was half-heartedly poking him in the cheeks charmed by Harry to 'wash his mouth out'. It was a scene that was quite common and Teddy loved it.
"Well….it is a long-needed post break up love song!" Jaskier grinned.
"Post break up…love song?" Harry blinked.
"That is all I am saying," Jaskier grinned.
"Well, I am definitely curious," Eskel chuckled.
"I will be singing it for the first time at the pub on Saturday, it is nearly ready," Jaskier beamed. "Lambert will love it,"
"I am worried now," Harry snorted.
"Well, you will see how worried you should have been in a few days. Come on Teddy Bear, let's leave these lot to pop your cakes in the oven while we walk the dogs and Maple," Jaskier scooped Teddy off the stool and placed him onto the floor, the little boy eagerly running off to round up their pets.
Harry, Eskel and Lambert shared an amused look before turning to do as they were told when they heard the front door closing.
A.N - To listen to Jaskier's song it can be found on Youtube at this link watch?v=hi0yh4jpdBM
"Ok everyone, thank you for the warm welcome, and for a good first half to the night," Jaskier said into the microphone, and in the front row, he could see Harry, Hermione, Lambert, Eskel, Bill, Fred, George, Ron, Gill, Tony, and Simon perking up, clearly knowing where this was going.
The crowd that was packed into the pub cheered and there were a few drinks raised into the air that Jaskier could see. The grin on his face got a little bigger as he looked over his fans, some of whom he knew had traveled a good while to get here for this performance.
"Now, for a new song that I have been writing, this is a life lesson for everyone," He said, before he started a jaunty tune on his lute, Don stepping up next to him to assist him by playing harmonica and singing the chorus with him, the grin on his face getting even bigger.
"An old man came courting me, hey doomi darity
An old man came courting me, me being young,
An old man came courting me, he did propose to me,
Maids when you're young, never wed an old man.
For he's got no faloorum, falidum faloorum,
He's got no faloorum, falidum, fal-ayy-hey
He's got no faloorum, he's lost his ding dorum,
Maids when you're young, never wed an old man.
When we sat down to tea, hey doomi darity,
When we sat down to tea, me being young,
When we sat down to tea, he started teasing me.
Maids when you're young, never wed an old man.
For he's got no faloorum, falidum faloorum,
He's got no faloorum, falidum, fal-ayy-hey
He's got no faloorum, he's lost his ding dorum,
Maids when you're young, never wed an old man.
When we went up to bed, hey doomi darity,
When we went up to bed me being young,
When we went up to bed, he lay as if twere dead.
Maids when you're young never wed an old man.
For he's got no faloorum, falidum faloorum,
He's got no faloorum, falidum, fal-ayy-hey
He's got no faloorum, he's lost his ding dorum,
Maids when you're young, never wed an old man.
When he was fast asleep, hey doomi darity,
When he was fast asleep, me being young,
When he was fast asleep, I from his side did creep,
Into the arms of a handsome, young man!
Now he's got faloorum, falidum faloorum,
Yes, he's got no faloorum, falidum, fal-ayy-hey
Now he's got faloorum, he's got a ding dorum,
Maids when you're young, never wed an old man!"
By the end of the song Harry was bright red as Ron was nudging him in the ribs, but he was laughing along with all of the others, Lambert was practically being propped up by Fred as they roared with laughter at the song. The crowd cheered loudly, clapping and stamping their feet to the rhythm of the song.
He took his bow, and winked at Harry who just blushed darker, and laughed harder before he moved on to his next song.
"I've got a ding doorum huh?" Harry asked into his ear as he wrapped his arms around Jaskier's waist and pulled him back against his firm chest. Jaskier started at his lover sneaking up on him while he was getting ready for bed, but he quickly started laughing.
"Yes, you do," he grinned tilting his head back to rest on Harry's shoulder.
"Am I to start calling you a young maid?" Harry raised a dark eyebrow at him.
"I mean if that is a kink that you want to explore, I think that I could pull off a pair of knickers," Jaskier teased. He squeaked when he suddenly found himself spun around and thrust backward, his heart skipping a beat for a moment until his back hit the softness of their bed, and then Harry was on top of him, burning green eyes looking at Jaskier in a way that always lit his whole body on fire.
Harry looked at him as though Jaskier was the only thing that he saw, as though he was the most desirous person in the world, he looked at him as though Jaskier was everything to Harry. It left the Bard burning for his lover, for his touch, his caress, for the brush of his lips across his heated skin, for the light tickle of his fingers as they ran down Jaskier's sides to catch on the waistband of the pyjama trousers that Jaskier had just put on.
He looked at Harry as his breath caught in his throat, the normally warm and smiling face was intense and heated, highlighted by the moonlight shining through the window where Jaskier hadn't had time to close the curtains, the silvery light fell across Harry's face and seemed to make those green eyes, that Jaskier fell more and more in love with, glow.
His breath caught in his throat, and he closed his eyes, arching his back when Harry pulled his pyjama pants teasingly slowly down his legs, and his lips trailed the path after them, licking, nipping, and caressing Jaskier's skin, making all his senses focused on where Harry was touching him, his fingers brushing along his skin as he removed his trousers, his lips, the firm feeling of his thighs where Harry was seated between his spread legs.
"Harry," Jaskier begged and found his trousers tugged down the last few inches, and then Harry was on top of him, his lips capturing Jaskier's hungrily, his kiss intense and devouring, and Jaskier happily surrendered himself to it, kissing back with all the passion and heat that was now roaring through his body as he wrapped his legs around Harry's waist, impatiently kicking Harry's pyjamas down his legs before groaning happily when their bare flesh pressed together, Harry's erection sensuously pressing against his own, Jaskier capturing Harry's groan in his own mouth and kissed him deeper and with the heat that was practically sizzling between them.
I love you, so perfect," Harry murmured against his throat, descending down a little further so that he could worry at Jaskier's nipples with his teeth and tongue, teasing both equally, while his fingers pressed against Jaskier's entrance, and as soon as Jaskier twitched eagerly against the lubed digits, he pressed inside of him and started stretching him for their lovemaking. "Love you,"
Despite the pleasure going through his body, Jaskier couldn't help his mind wandering a little, the comparison between his lovemaking with Harry to that with Geralt was massive, and he couldn't help but feel confirmed that the choice he had made was the right one.
Harry also muttered words of love, appreciation, and compliments through their lovemaking, almost absently sometimes as whispered the words against Jaskier's skin, against his lips, and murmured them deeply into his ear bringing as much pleasure as his body was to Jaskier. Geralt had also been silent, he had never really said anything complimentary to Jaskier while they were making love.
Jaskier gasped and arched his back again, thrusting his hips down when Harry pressed another finger inside of him and started thrusting his fingers, the pleasure building in Jaskier's stomach, the bard gasping and jerking when his fingers would teasingly brush his prostate every now and then.
Had Geralt had the power to prepare and stretch Jaskier with magic the way that Harry could do, he would have done it every time, eager to be pressing himself inside of Jaskier and move on with their lovemaking as fast as possible. Wham, bam, thank you mame, Fred and George had called it. Even though Harry did have that power to prepare and stretch Jaskier with magic, he did it very rarely, he said that he preferred feeling Jaskier stretching around his fingers, teasing him, and watching him become more and more aroused because of Harry's touch. It was only when they were absolutely desperate for each other, or when they wanted to be particularly rough with each other that Harry used his magic to prepare Jaskier, otherwise, he took his time and wound Jaskier higher and higher towards pleasure.
Jaskier groaned when Harry pulled back and lubed himself up, leaving Jaskier feeling empty for a couple of aching moments before he was pressing himself inside of Jaskier's body, joining them together with steady thrusts until he was as deep as he could get into Jaskier.
Blue eyes watched entranced as Harry's green eyes fluttered shut the way that they always did when they were sealed together like this for the first time, as though being inside of Jaksier was an ultimate pleasure. Jaskier reached up and pulled his lover down to press their lips together again, fluttering his inner walls, and tightening himself around Harry, feeling his lover making small thrusts into him as though desperate to get even deeper inside of him with the pleasure, groaning deeply against his mouth before he pulled back and thrust into Jaskier's body, the pleasure echoing through both their bodies, humming through their nerves as they started moving together, Harry gripping Jaskier's hips hard enough that with a thrill the Bard reckoned that he would have some bruises there tomorrow, and he started thrusting harder into Jaskier, as though he could never get enough of him, as though he wanted to know all of Jaskier, every inch of him, as though he couldn't get enough of him, and he never would.
Jaskier cried out in pleasure as Harry thrust into him and twisted his hips perfectly, winding his body higher and higher towards pleasure.
"Harry, Harry, Harry," Jaskier panted as though he was uttering a prayer. He dug his fingers into Harry's back, groaning loudly when Harry picked up his speed even more and started thrusting into him harder, the sound of their sweat-slick skin meeting filled the room, and the feeling of Harry filling him raised his pleasure until he was clinging onto the edge panting against Harry's shoulder as his lover grunted into his ear, his lover pressing firmly between Jaskier's thighs, and with one last thrust and twist of his hips, Harry brought them both over the edge at nearly the same time.
Harry collapsed down on top of Jaskier, his face pressed into his sweaty neck as he panted trying to catch his breath, still pressed deeply inside of Jaskier the bard groaned as pleasure sparked through his body, still coming down from his orgasm, the feeling of Harry's cum trickling out of him, the feeling of his hard body pressing down against his own, the feeling of his lips kissing Jaskier's neck and murmurings of soft words of love brought Jaskier back from his pleasure slowly, teasing him gently back through it until Jaskier turned and lazily pressed their lips together.
"I love you," Harry hummed against Jaskier's mouth.
"I love you too, so much," Jaskier smiled before wrapping his arms around Harry's neck and pulling him down to share more lazy kisses.
Yennifer snarled as she threw out her hand and swept everything in the room crashing against the walls, watching with a small sense of satisfaction as everything smashed. It wasn't enough though, and with another snarl, she waved her hand and set everything on fire.
She was furious! How dare he leave her! How dare he tell her that it was just sex and nothing else! Getting rid of the bard was meant to send Geralt running into her arms and make him devote himself to her full-time! She was more desirable than the bard, she was cleverer, more powerful, she and Geralt matched better after everything that they had been through, and they understood each other far better than that annoying, twittering little bard could ever understand Geralt!
Sending him away was meant to make Geralt realise what a mistake he had made keeping the bard around, thinking that he was in love with him! It was meant to make Geralt dedicated to her! And he would help her get what she wanted most in the world because of it! He would help her get a child! Her child!
But no, the bard was managing to interfere without him even being here! He had rejected Geralt and chosen to stay where he was, which she had been partially furious with that damned Dragon for interfering with her spell, but when she had heard that Jaskier had chosen to stay where he was she had been a little grateful as well.
She had been absolutely sure that the rejection would drive Geralt into her arms, and that she was a step closer to getting everything that she wanted, but a month had passed, then two, then four, and it was finally at the seven-month point that she had gone looking for Geralt.
As she had expected it hadn't taken long after she had put herself in his path that he had fallen into her bed, and they had been tangled together for nearly two days straight, neither of them leaving the bed that whole time, and she had been sure that that was it, that she had pulled him back to her, and it was only a matter of time till they were looking into how she could conceive.
And then she woke up on the third day, and he was gone! All his things had been taken, Roach was gone and she had been infuriated. It had taken only moments for her to be able to find him, making his way out of the town, and he had had the nerve to be confused as to why she was chasing after him!
His words had lit her on fire if she had been furious before, and she had only just stopped herself from trying to blast him apart, aware that he was her best chance to get what she wanted.
When her house was utterly destroyed she dropped down onto the floor in what had been her living room, the house now ruins around her. Panting she glared around herself as her brain ticked over, trying to work out what she was meant to do now. Getting rid of the Bard was meant to help her, it was meant to ensure that she would get everything that she wanted…it seemed that it was the opposite! Geralt was even further away from her than he had been before she had sent the Bard away, and Geralt was moping about him wherever he had been brought up!
Clenching her hands into fists tight enough that her nails bit into her palms, Yennifer summoned another portal and stepped through it into one of her workshops, and she got to work figuring out how to bring the Bard back, she would drag him back here and make sure that she got what she wanted!
"Come on Teddy Bear, you need to pick between one or the other," Jaskier chuckled.
"Can't I have both?" Teddy turned to look at Jaskier with pleading eyes, eyes that turned the exact same shade as Harry's.
"Nice try, I am not Eskel or Lambert, pick one," Jaskier shook his head, pinching his lips in amusement as Teddy turned back to the two cuddly toys that he was trying to pick between as though it was the hardest choice he had ever had to make in his life.
"Well, I am not sure what a muggle like you is doing here," the drawl was a little familiar to Jaskier, and he fought the urge to roll his eyes when he turned and saw the blond hair and realised that it was Draco, Harry's ex.
"Shopping," Jaskier said.
"Pardon?"
"Oh sorry I didn't realise you were deaf as well as stupid, I AM SHOPPING!" Jaskier said loudly, and those that had already been listening in started snickering.
"Oh, you believe that you are funny," Draco sneered looking him up and down in a way that Jaskier was clearly meant to find intimidating.
"Oh, I believe that I am, and adorable too," Jaskier grinned.
"You are still hanging around Harry?" Draco glanced over at Teddy who was standing glowering at him, Jaskier flinched a little as though Draco had struck a nerve, and with excitement, he saw Draco take the bait. "You think that you are good enough for him? Do you think that he will ever truly want you? You're nothing like me," Draco sniffed, and Jaskier had to fight back his laughter when the idiot actually puffed out his chest like a peacock and stuck his nose in the air.
"You're right, I am nothing like you," Jaskier nodded sadly, and then smirked, "If you were his type you really did a job on him, you must have put him off of blond snobs for life considering he has gone for a brunette bard who works for his living and actually appreciates how lucky I am to have Harry,"
"How dare you! I am nothing like you!" Draco might as well have been clutching pearls around his neck.
"Teddy, cover your ears," Jaskier looked down and Teddy did as he was told, covering his ears with his hands. "You and I are nothing alike, we have established that you are a cold, money-obsessed, image-obsessed cheating slut who took for granted what you had, and even now I think you only want Harry as a game and to say that you have him. So, stay away from Harry and Teddy, because if you don't I won't need magic to make sure that I break your nose!" Jaskier glowered before nodding at Teddy who dropped his hands.
"You're…you're…you…" Draco spluttered as everyone around them muttered.
"Come on Teddy Bear, this is your lucky day, because of tall, blond, and greedy here you're getting both," Jaskier took the cuddly toys from Teddy and started towards the tills.
"Hey!" Draco went to grab Jaskier as he walked away, but the bard dodged nimbly out of the way with the skill of someone who had been dodging all sorts of monsters, and rotten fruit, for a decade.
"Leave my Papa alone!" Teddy glowered and suddenly he was in front of Jaskier and kicking Draco squarely in the shins making the blond yelp and start hopping around clutching his leg.
"Now now Teddy, you know we don't kick people," Jaskier mock scolded, "for that, I am going to have to get you the third cuddly toy," he grinned reaching out and snagging the third cuddly toy that Teddy had reluctantly put back on the shelf and passed it to Teddy.
"That brat, I had enough of him when Harry and I were together! You're the reason we broke up, you know, because of your behaviour!" Draco snapped at Teddy.
"Good! Because I didn't like you either or the way you spoke to my Daddy! I wanted you to go away, and if you hadn't Daddy and Papa wouldn't have gotten together because Daddy doesn't cheat unlike you, you acted like more of a child than me!" Teddy cried before pulling his tongue out at Draco.
"Oh, please do carry on, I am sure those reporters would love to know what you are about to say to Harry Potter's son," Jaskier smirked when Draco opened his mouth. Pale blue eyes turned and seemed to realise that they had an audience, and there was indeed a reporter standing noting everything down.
"And the very popular singer Jaskier! We're interested in what he is saying to you too!" The report laughed, his face flushing red as he looked at Jaskier. "Could I also confirm Jaskier from what has been said here that you and Harry Potter are together?"
"Yes we are, and very much in love," Jaskier beamed.
"And young Edward, sorry Teddy," The reporter corrected himself when Teddy pulled a face, "Teddy, sees you as his papa?"
"Teddy is my son, and I absolutely love him to bits, he and Harry are the best things that have ever happened to me, our friends and family close behind," Jaskier smiled honestly, not his public smile, as he looked down at Teddy who was leaning against his leg with his three toys in his arms. Teddy's hair changed to match Jaskier's while his eyes remained the same as Harry's, and every time he looked down at the little boy when he changed himself like this Jaskier just felt honoured that Teddy felt as though Jaskier was a part of him enough to want to look like him in these moments.
"Congratulations, I hope you are all very happy," The reporter grinned, "is it safe to say that Lord Potter is the muse for your recent love songs?"
"Oh, he most definitely is," Jaskier said in the most sultry tone that he could manage.
"Oh, gross, gross, gross Papa!" Teddy groaned making Jaskier break into laughter as he hugged the little boy as he mock gagged.
"I'm going to write something awful about Uncle Ron for teaching you to do that!" Jaskier laughed kissing Teddy's cheek. "Come on let's go pay and get something to eat for Daddy. Thank you for being so polite with your questions, it is very much appreciated," Jaskier winked at the reporter who went from looking a little crestfallen that Jaskier was leaving, to beaming at him.
"May I get in touch with you at some point for an interview Jaskier? It would be an honour!" the reporter asked while Draco stood there, hissing and spluttering like a saucepan boiling over.
"Of course you may, here is my card, just send me a letter and we will make a date!" Jaskier beamed and then waved cheerily over his shoulder as he started steering Teddy towards the till.
"Hey! Where are you going, I wasn't done!" Draco came back to himself and realised that Jaskier was walking away.
"Well, I am done, and you're not worth it," Jaskier snorted. "We can get a nice cake for Daddy as well," Jaskier said to Teddy, completely dismissing Draco, who froze for a second until his cheeks went bright red when he realised everyone was staring at him, and the reporter still had his quill poised in case he said anything else.
Pulling himself together he walked out with as much dignity as he could manage, which was to say, not much at this point, especially when Teddy stuck his tongue out at him through the window while Jaskier was paying for his toys.
"Wha…" Lambert pulled to a halt in the hallway and took a few steps back and stared at the thing on the wall.
"What are you doing? You're blocking the stairs," Eskel grumbled trying to shove him out of the way. He followed Lambert's finger when he pointed to the thing on the wall, and Eskel stood there staring at the thing as well.
"It is…" Lambert started to say.
"There as well," Eskel pointed, the two of them shuffled further down the hallway and they stared at the second photo on the wall that included themselves.
The third picture that they noticed was of the two of them and Teddy, the little boy balancing on Eskel's shoulder and grinning brightly and waving at the camera. A fourth picture was of Harry, Eskel, and Lambert sitting around the kitchen table, they had been planning their business, and even though they all looked a little tired from trying to work things out, they were all grinning and teasing each other.
"Oh…they…this is…" Eskel said.
"Is the family wall," Lambert blinked.
"They…put us up there…" Eskel blinked.
"They did…" Lambert nodded confused.
"Does this mean…"
"But we're not family, we're…"
"But…"
"Eskel! Lambert!" Teddy shouted running down the hallway to them, grabbing their hands, and started tugging them to the music room, "I learned Toss a Coin to your Witcher!"
They looked up and saw Jaskier leaning against the doorframe of the music room smiling knowingly at them.
"Come on Uncle Eskel and Uncle Lambert," he motioned them.
"Am I allowed to call them Uncle finally?!" Teddy said excitedly, and before anyone could even say anything he cheered and started dragging them even more excitedly into the music room.
"Come on," Jaskier patted them on the backs and shoved them into the room, the two of them fighting down their delighted grins.
"Hmmm?" Jaskier muttered when he felt himself being moved.
"Shhhh you fell asleep,"
"H'rry?" Jaskier yawned opening his eyes just a little and saw Harry was carrying him up the stairs.
He was gently placed down onto their bed and he tiredly watched as Harry changed him into his pyjama bottoms out of his tshirt and jeans, before settling him into their bed properly, covering him with the duvet before hurrying around himself to get changed.
Jaskier clung onto the half-consciousness that he had until Harry was sliding into his side of the bed, and then he rolled over into the warmth of Harry's body, humming happily as he was wrapped in his lover's arms.
Harry's breath caught as he turned and watched Jaskier walking down the aisle toward him, his arm was linked through Andromeda's who was looking utterly proud of them as she walked next to the young Bard who had become such a massive part of her life. With a wink she placed Jaskier's hand into Harry's, squeezing both their hands before stepping back to where Teddy was standing practically beaming.
The two of them turned to face each other, the sound of the waves washing up the beach that they were standing on adding a calming sound mixed with their officiator saying the words that were needed to marry them.
Somewhere in the backs of their minds, they recognised the words that there being said, and they repeated them when they were required to, but the two of them were utterly focussed on each other, blue eyes gazing up into green eyes, their hands gripping each others until they heard the words that they were waiting for.
"I now pronounce you husband and husband, you may kiss,"
Grinning happily at each other as the small group around them made up of their family and friends started cheering loudly at the announcement as they leaned towards each other, and then Jaskier gripped Harry's shirt and tugged him down into a deep kiss, wrapping his arms around his shoulders as he leaned backward a little, laughter adding to the cheers around them.
"Have you had a good day, husband?" Harry asked, dropping into the chair next to Jaskier.
"I have had the perfect day husband," Jaskier beamed.
"We're married!" Harry said excitedly.
"Yes, we are! Merlin, when I first arrived here and nearly got run over by that car two and half years ago, I never would have thought that I would be here," Jaskier smiled, "mainly because I was wondering what the fuck the car was," he added with a snort.
"Well Mr Potter, we're here now," Harry said through his chuckles.
"Yes we are," Jaskier sighed contentedly.
"Daddy, Papa!" Teddy raced over to them and Jaskier wrapped his arm around him, tugging him onto his knee.
"Have you had a good day?" Jaskier asked.
"Yes, it has been so much fun!" Teddy enthused.
"You're going to sleep like a brick tonight," Harry laughed brushing Teddy's sweaty hair away from his forehead. "You did amazing with the music Teddy Bear,"
"Thank you!" Teddy beamed. The three of them turned when there was a murmuring from the little dance floor that they had into their marquee on the beach, and they turned in time to see Ron grasping Eskel around the waist and tipping the only slightly smaller Witcher back, maybe using a spell, and sealed their lips together in a passionate enough kiss that Jaskier covered Teddy's eyes.
"Oh, you did not Ronald Weasley!" Hermione huffed before spinning on her heel and storming towards where Lambert was standing, starting to look a little panicked when she reached him. Grabbing him around the waist she threw Lambert back, definitely using a spell, and kissed him.
The Witcher floundered for a second before kissing her back, their friends and family around them cheering at the two couples finally doing something about the heat that had been between them.
"Looks like we have more weddings to look forward to," Harry grinned looking at where Eskel was standing with bright red ears and a beaming smile, and Hermione and Lambert had yet to come up for air.
She was close to getting there, it had taken a lot of work, especially as the dragon had been unwilling to help her at all and had sent her away with a disgusted look that had only infuriated her and made her even more determined.
She was getting closer and closer to getting there though, a few more weeks and she would be able to drag that bard back to where he belonged, and she would finally be able to get what she wanted!
Vesemir checked over his bags one last time and made sure that he had everything with him that he needed before turning and checking the time. He was still 45 minutes too early, and he didn't want to bother the wizard by calling to see if he could open the portal earlier. Sighing to himself he moved to make himself another cup of tea.
He was just pouring the water into the cup when a green and black portal opened and a second later Lambert stepped through.
"Come on old man, we knew you would be ready early, and Molly and Harry are cooking up a storm," The Witcher said, grabbing as many of Vesemir's bags as he could fit in his hands and just walking right back through the portal. The older Witcher blinked a few times before abandoning his tea, absently putting the fire out with Igni and hurried to gather the rest of his things and headed towards the portal himself, his mind catching up with how relaxed and happy Lambert had looked just in the glance that he had gotten of him, even more so than he had looked through the mirror.
Stepping through the portal he found himself in a garden, there was a massive table set up and there were dozens of people pottering around, all of them turning to greet him by name as he fully stepped through the portal, and then Eskel was wrapping his arms around him and pulling him in for a tight hug, Lambert not far behind surprising the older Witcher.
"You boys are looking good," Vesemir smiled looking them over.
"Here, I will whiz your bags home to your room," Harry smiled waving his wand and shrank the rest of Vesemir's things before popping out.
"This is the Weasleys' home, The Burrow," Lambert said before launching into the introductions that Vesemir was only able to remember who was who because he was so intimately familiar with the names now after talking about them with his boys through the mirror for the last two years.
"And this is Ron and Hermione," Lambert finished motioning to the Witch and Wizard that were standing close by looking a little nervous. Harry popped back in just as Vesemir stepped towards the two of them.
"It is lovely to meet you both, I have heard so much about you," Vesemir smiled, watching as relief crossed their faces and their shoulders relaxed, Eskel and Lambert doing the same.
"It has been adorable how worried that they have been about this meeting, lovely to see you again Vesemir!" Jaskier beamed walking up next to Harry who threw his arm around the Bard's shoulders. Vesemir glanced at him a little shocked, but thankfully Eskel and Lambert had given him the heads up so that he didn't react too shocked at what he was seeing.
"Uncle Vesemir!" Teddy came running ever and threw his arm around the Witcher in a hug, the young boy had been talking to him through the mirror a lot of the times that he had been onto the boys. "This is Victoire," he said right away motioning to a slightly younger blonde girl who waved shyly at him, though there was a mischievous glint in her eyes.
"It is good to see you properly, and to meet you, Teddy had told me a lot about you Victorie," Vesemir smiled, and the adults around the group all grinned at each other over the kids' heads.
Vesemir relaxed surprisingly quickly into the group, as Eskel and Lambert had described they were pretty accepting and welcoming, and he found himself engaged in conversation with most of the people there at some point, though he and his boys gravitated towards each other over and over, happy to see each other. Lambert had been telling the truth when he said that they were cooking up a storm, and by the time night fell and the witches and wizards lit candles and lights around them he had a delightfully full stomach and was enjoying the conversations going on around him.
It had taken him a little longer than he had wanted to make it here to see his other two boys, but he was so glad that he had finally visited.
Yennifer smirked as she got what she needed and threw the now cold, full cup of tea across the room just because she wanted to she turned and opened a portal to head back to her workshop, the last piece she needed in her hands.
Jaskier sighed as he folded Teddy's Hogwarts uniform and put it in his trunk with the other bits and pieces that they had picked up for him over the last few months. Teddy was nearly eleven, and with that came his going to Hogwarts. They had a couple more months and then they would have to be dropping him off at the station and waving goodbye to him for months! He and Harry were both moping about it and trying not to let Teddy see. Hermione said that they were getting empty nest syndrome despite the obvious, but all Jaskier knew was that he was dreading having to wave goodbye to Teddy for months.
He was going to cry he knew it!
Ugly crying!
The only plus was that he knew Lambert would be fighting back tears as well.
He closed the trunk and then turned to check over the books that they had for Teddy. Harry was out on a job and Jaskier would admit that he was feeling a little maudlin and as he was the only one in the house he was allowing himself to indulge in the mood, pouting to himself and huffing and puffing.
Sighing he turned and walked out into the hallway, heading for the music room to try and distract himself, he needed to write a new song for his producer and he hadn't been feeling super inspired over the last few days, but he might as well use the time at home by himself to get it moving.
He had just climbed down the stairs to the next level and was walking along the corridor to the music room when something felt like it had pinged off of his back, the tuning fork charm on his necklace humming loudly as a light blue shield burst to life around him. Wide-eyed he half turned and met the furious purple eyes of the witch that he had hoped he would never see again.
"How did you do that?!" Yennifer asked, narrowing her eyes at him.
"I didn't," Jaskier turned fully around and watched with utter satisfaction as her eyes widened as she took him in and realised what she was seeing, he was far enough along that there was no mistaking it. "He did," he smirked.
Yennifer let out a startled noise when she felt herself being taken off of her feet with the spell that hit her, and found herself slammed into the wall hard, where she slid down it to the floor. Her head was spinning, and she was fairly sure that her nose was bleeding from where her face had hit the wall, but she was aware of someone stepping over her, and watched feet hurrying over to Jaskier.
When she looked up as her head finally stopped ringing she found a dark haired man standing slightly in front of Jaskier, reinforcing the shield around him, and green eyes were burning furiously down at her.
"Yennifer, I take it?" He sneered.
"Yup!" Jaskier trilled brightly, and he smirked down at Yennifer, looking even more smug if possible. "Yennifer, allow me to introduce you to my husband, Harry,"
"Your…how did you stop my spell?" Yennifer spat, struggling to her feet.
"You think I would not protect Jaskier from your magic after everything that you did to him?" Harry snorted.
"Though she did accidentally send me to you, so you know at the end of the day she made my life the best that it could possibly be, and gave me more happiness than I thought I was going to get," Jaskier grinned, and Harry snorted in amusement.
"You little whore! Do you think that I am going to let you keep this life? Do you think that you get to be happy when I can not be? Absolutely not! You are coming back with me, you're going back to Geralt, he will stop just sleeping with me and actually want to be with me again, and I will get what I wanted more than anything else in this world!"
"Wow, erm, thank you for the offer, very kind of you, but no thanks," Jaskier waved her off.
"You're not getting a choice!" Yennifer was wrong-footed by the fact that there was absolutely no fear in his face or voice, actually, he was standing fairly relaxed behind the glowering wizard.
"Yeah, it's not happening, so I suggest you turn around and go back to your world and don't bother coming back here," Harry said furiously.
"I will get what I want!" Yennifer screamed, and her eyes fell onto Jaskier's swollen belly. "You have what I want once again and I won't stand for it! You aren't allowed to! It isn't fair! You won't get to have what I want!" She screamed, throwing her hand out and sending a pure blast of force right at Jaskier.
She watched in shock as the wizard reinforced the shields right before her magic hit, and the shield completely absorbed her spell, shimmering through the shield before fizzling out. And then green eyes looked utterly furious.
"Crucio," Harry said, and the next thing it felt as though every part of her was on fire.
"Harry," Jaskier's voice broke through the pain and the sound of her own screams, she realised that she was writhing on the floor in agony, and the only reason that she wasn't anymore was that Jaskier was holding onto the wizard, his husband's arm and looking at him with what was definitely love written all over his face. "I am fine, and the baby is fine,"
"You dare come into our home and attack my husband and our baby? You think I am going to let you take anything else from him?" Harry snarled, and Jaskier realised with a thrill that his normally calm, kind, gentle husband was utterly furious for him, he looked like he was ready to rip Yennifer apart limb from limb with his bare hands.
"He doesn't get to have this when I can't! He doesn't deserve it!" Yennifer snarled back, getting to her feet.
"Why doesn't he deserve it?" Harry snapped.
"Because I can't have it! I was supposed to win, sending him away was meant to give me everything that I wanted!"
"And instead I got everything that I wanted, and you were left with less than you had before. A real shame that Yennifer, ever thought that it is your own actions that have led you here? Maybe if you have been nice to me, to others, maybe if you hadn't taken out your own choices on others you would have had what you wanted. If you had actually been nice to me, no not even nice, just civil, I would have helped you try and get what you wanted, spoken to the people that I know and have met over my years of traveling, I would have encouraged Geralt to help. Who knows maybe even the dragon would have been able to do something to help you if you hadn't shown him right there and then that you having a child would be the worst thing for that child," Jaskier sneered.
"How dare you!"
"You are selfish, self-obsessed cruel, you don't think twice about using your magic to get others to do what you want, you lash out and snap at every possible perceived slight, you are the most important person in your world, you would make a terrible mother," Jaskier shook his head.
"You're selfish as well!" Yennifer hissed and Harry just laughed at that.
"No, Harry, Teddy my son, this baby, they're all far more important to me than myself, if it was needed I would lay my life down for any of them. I don't think at the end of the day you would do that for anyone. You use people Yennifer," Jaskier barely blinked when her spell hit and absorbed into the shield around them, he did tighten his grip on Harry's arm when his husband snarled and went to throw who knows what spell at her.
"I just want to be a mum!" She snarled.
"Ok," Harry nodded slowly, and Jaskier turned to look at him curiously. "There is a spell, I can cast it, the consequences would be losing your magic and immortality though,"
"You're making fun of me," Yennifer glared.
"I take a vow on my magic that I am not. It is a real spell, and I can perform it right now for you, and you will be able to have a child, the sacrifice that is needed would be your magic and immortality," Harry vowed, and Yennifer and Jaskier stared at him open-mouthed.
"I…" Yennifer took a step back.
"I thought it was what you wanted more than anything in the world?" Jaskier raised his eyebrow.
"But my magic, I…how would I live?" Yennifer stammered.
"The way many people do, and I am sure that you have more than enough stashed away to be able to live a very comfortable life and leave a good sum behind for your child, so do you want Harry to cast the spell?" Jaskier smirked, clearly already knowing the answer.
"I…you don't understand, my magic is who I am!"
"I understand completely. But I thought who you wanted to be more than anything was a mother?" Harry snorted when her eyes darted around the corridor. "Obviously not,"
"What was that?" Yennifer shrieked when Harry threw a spell at her while she was trying, and failing, to come up with a response.
"I am sending you back into your own world, that spell will make sure that you are unable to come back into this one ever again, no matter how you try to travel here, the minute you try and pass into this world you will be in utter agony, it will kill you within 2 minutes. I had a feeling that you would be showing up at some point, and I had that ready, it is fed with a little bit of the dragon's magic,"
"You're just sending me back? What if I break that spell?" Yennifer sneered, pulling herself together as Harry opened the portal behind her.
"Well, considering I was expecting you four months ago, I don't think you will be able to when it took you this long to get here,"
"You should kill me if you think you can!" Yennifer spat furiously.
"No, I think going back to that world, where Geralt doesn't want to be with you, knowing that I am living here, with my husband, my son, my baby that will be born in a month's time, and we plan on having at least another 3, that is more than satisfying for me. I want you to live knowing that I am living happily, living the perfect life, and at the end of the day, it is all thanks to you!" Jaskier smirked.
Before anything else could be said two pairs of hands suddenly grabbed her, and she had enough time to see Eskel and Lambert's faces before she was physically thrown through the portal and it quickly sealed behind her.
"Well, that was satisfying!" Lambert grinned.
"Sorry it took us a moment, after you took off we had to run to the nearest floo point," Eskel panted.
"When you said Jaskier and apparated out we thought the baby was coming, not that she had shown up," Lambert sneered at where the portal had been.
"That was actually pretty satisfying, seeing the look on her face when she realised that I am pregnant was almost as good as when we found out I was pregnant," Jaskier laughed. "Oh I am feeling inspired to write!" he spun and started hurrying towards the music room.
"I am feeling inspired to act like a guard dog," Harry snorted.
"Go on, we will finish the deal," Eskel waved him off.
"Yeah, go hover around him while he writes some masterpiece about getting revenge," Lambert laughed.
"See you guys later," Harry waved before hurrying into the music room to hover exactly as Lambert had said while he watched Jaskier write. He was rewarded with kisses every now and then, especially when he was helpful in commenting on the lyrics Jaskier was weighing up.
That night as Jaskier lay propped up against the headboard rubbing his stomach, he allowed himself to smirk a little, his song was going to be a masterpiece, and he couldn't help but think happily about the fact that Yennifer was out there, in their original world, seething right now, knowing that he was happy, that he was married here, that he had a son here, that he could get pregnant here, and it was all thanks to her.
And thanks to her coming here, he would now be able to relax completely and be rid of the concerned niggle in the back of his mind that she would come here and try exactly what she had. Harry had been able to cast the spell that he had created with Hermione just in case, and now she would never be able to come back here again.
Turning he looked at where Harry was laying next to him fast asleep, his face turned almost automatically towards Jaskier even in sleep, his wedding ring was glinting on his finger where he had his hand resting on his chest, and he was looking even more handsome than he had that first day Jaskier met him.
Smiling contently to himself Jaskier wriggled down to try and get comfortable and get some sleep, twisting and wriggling a little towards Harry until he was able to rest his belly on Harry, his husband muttered something in his sleep and then still 90% asleep helped Jaskier rest a fair bit of his belly on Harry to take some of the pressure off.
Yennifer really helped him get the perfect life.
"You're fussing," Jaskier teased.
"You're carrying a baby around inside of you, I am allowed to fuss," Harry smiled leaning down to press kisses, sweet fluttering kisses, to Jaskier's lips before placing the breakfast tray on his lap.
"Where is Teddy?" Jaskier asked.
"Ron and Eskel took him and the animals out, from the number of silencing spells on Lambert and Hermione's suite I do not want to know what they are doing in there, though I am fairly sure at some point I am going to have to offer to pay for counselling for Lambert," Harry snorted climbing into bed next to Jaskier.
"It was impressive, seeing you like that yesterday. Don't get me wrong, I love my sweet Harry, but seeing you like that was good as well, if I didn't feel as though I had a beach ball shoved inside of me I definitely would have been all over you," Jaskier grinned.
"Feeling her attacking you, knowing what she had intended for you, and everything that she has done," Harry shook his head, "I wanted to make her hurt a fraction of what she has made you hurt,"
"We're both safe, not long and this little one will be in our arms," Jaskier reached up and cupped Harry's cheek.
"I can't wait," Harry sighed happily, leaning down to kiss Jaskier again. When they parted Jaskier felt a mischievous grin against his lips, "By the way, at least another 3?"
"I will carry them!" Jaskier said defensively. "The thought of Teddy going to school has made me want to fill the house a little, I realised that I want a big family,"
"Mm-hm," Harry smirked.
"Oh don't pretend that you don't want a house full as well!" Jaskier rolled his eyes and Harry started laughing.
"I love you Jaskier," Harry said softly. "I love you so much, and I will forever thank whatever lucky star, or dragon, brought you here to me, my life became complete as soon as you came into it,"
"Harry," Jaskier felt his bottom lip trembling a little as blue eyes filled with tears at the sincerity and the words that had been spoken to him. "You have shown me what it is to be loved, to have a home, a family, you're everything that I had ever dreamt of and more, and our life together, it is everything to me. I love you too, and I always will,"
Harry leaned down and pressed their lips together as his hand came around to cup Jaskier's stomach, Jaskier wrapping his arms around Harry's neck and pressing into the kiss, humming happily against his husband's lips.
And they lived happily ever after.