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Unexpected - Chapter 16: Trust Magic
Title: Unexpected
Authors: slashpervert and aveeno_baby.

Betas: brknhalo241, asm614, Mini Mouse, and Indie.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: ADULT!
Genre: Fluff, Smut, Hurt/Comfort
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Length: 94,000 words (40 Chapters)
Warnings (Mark to Read): Language, Explicit, M/M Sex, Masturbation, Oral, Rimming, Anal, Mpreg, and mental health issues such as anxiety attacks. (Characters in this fiction are over 18.)

Summary: Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy have lived together for four years in their country house surrounded by a magical menagerie of unwanted animals Harry rescues. Yet, Harry wants more. He dreams of a family that includes children.

Notes: Post-war, AU after HBP, not DH compliant. Sequel to Undesirable, though can be read separately. Whereas, Undesirable was very dark, this one is very fluffy with some angst. Thanks to corvusdea for help with Latin for spells. Icon adapted by slashpervert from Passion by dirty_darella.
Disclaimer: This is a non-commercial work of fan fiction intended for adult audiences only. No copyright infringement intended. (Full Disclaimer!)

Chapter Number/Total: 16/40
Chapter Title: Trust Magic
Words: 1985 Words



Draco sent Harry’s owl, Watson, with a letter to Lovegood and made an appointment for her to come to their home. He explained that it was a professional matter, but not exactly what was happening. He figured if there was anyone who would be able to handle the oddity of a man pregnant, it would be her.

Harry rested his head on Draco's shoulder as they waited, feeling a mixture of nervousness and excitement. But that was really nothing new. "Did she say when she would be coming?" he asked again.

Draco smiled and Snuffles pushed his muzzle against Harry's hand. "Soon," the blond admonished.

"I hope so," Harry murmured, petting the dog's nose gently.

Just as he said that, the fireplace flared and Luna, known now as Healer Lovegood, stepped into the room. She pushed a wayward strand of blonde hair out of her face and brushed off her robes. "Oh, hello, Harry and Malfoy," she said, as if just noticing them.

Draco got to his feet to greet her, disturbing Oberon from his perch draped over the back of the sofa and partially onto his other shoulder from the one Harry had been resting on. Severus made his presence known by announcing, "Bitch."

Harry stood up as well, looking embarrassed when Severus spoke up. "Hello again, Luna. And, oh, don't mind him, that means hello, how are you in his language, we think."

"Ohhh. Well then." Luna smiled and looked directly at the animal. "Bitch."

Draco laughed and extended his arm to shake hands with her. "We have a quite a few pets around here, most of whom are a little odd," he explained.

"I'd like to meet them," Luna told him as she took his hand, shaking it.

"It's good to see you again, Luna," Harry said, stepping closer and pulling her into a hug rather than shaking her hand.

"Oh, good to see you again, too, Harry," she said, hugging him back.

Wags and Puck came running, apparently hearing that someone new was there and they spent a couple minutes introducing the animals in the room to Luna.

"So, Wags, Puck, Severus," She giggled at that. "Oberon, Snuffles ... oh, I love them all already," Luna said happily.

Draco offered her a seat and asked if she wanted anything to drink. He didn't know if he should launch into what it was all about or wait until she asked.

"Oh, I'm quite all right," Luna replied when she sat down, setting her bag down next to her. "Now, I'm ready to start the appointment whenever you both are." She pulled the orange colored quill out of her hair. It was apparently holding her hair in a bun because it tumbled down around her shoulders. She didn't seem to care or notice, just shaking it out.

"Well, I suppose you might be wondering why we would ask for an appointment with you, given your specialty," Draco began, "but we have an unusual situation."

"I thought it would be, considering," Luna said, looking between them as she pulled out parchment.

Draco looked to Harry and arched an eyebrow at his lover, encouraging him to tell it first.

"Well, Luna, I've been sick for a while, and Draco made me go to St Mungo's to see what was wrong with me. When we went, they couldn't find anything. Somehow ... something strange came up, and well ..." Harry started, watching as Luna gave him her full attention. "Well, they did a pregnancy test on me and it came out positive."

Luna didn't react like Harry thought she would, not really. But since when was that new? Her eyebrows rose up and she smiled, very brightly, looking down at her parchment as she wrote down a few notes. "Did they use the spell to show you an image of the baby?" she asked, pulling out her wand. "May I?"

Harry nodded slowly, looking over at Draco before he reached to raise his shirt. Luna cast the spell, her head tilting when the image came up. "Well, that's certainly amazing."

Draco watched, his attention torn between the look on Harry's face and the little image of their child. Their child. It really hit him then. This child would be his too. It was odd that he had been thinking of it more as Harry's.

"I'll gladly take you as my patient, Harry. And you have my word that I won't tell anyone that doesn't need to know," Luna said, studying the spell image as she wrote down a few more things. "It seems your body has created some kind of a womb for the child to develop in. By the looks of it, it's going along very well. Of course, we'll have to work to make sure that all continues to go well." She nodded, looking over at Draco. "Congratulations. To both of you."

Draco's face flushed and he nodded. "Um, thank you. We don't even know how it happened."

"Well, I'm sure it happens the same way with men. Sexual intercourse, I'm guessing," Luna answered, looking through her bag again.

Harry blushed.

"Yes, but, with men, the results aren't usually ... this," Draco pointed out, smirking slightly.

"Usually," Luna agreed. "I've read books about these kinds of things happening ages ago, however. It's all still a real mystery. Harry, would you mind taking your shirt off and laying down for me?" She stood up.

Harry nodded, taking his shirt off completely and laying back on the couch, feeling a lot more secure in his own living room rather than being at the hospital.

Wags and Puck both made moves as if to jump up on to Harry, but Draco shooed them off. "Later, boys," he told the animals.

Luna cast a few more spells – taking Harry's vitals, writing them down each time. "Now I want to check the baby. Do you know how far along you are?"

"We think several months," Harry said proudly, grinning at the thought.

"Oh, well, three would be basically done with the first trimester," she murmured, tapping the wand against her chin as she spoke. After a moment she waved her wand again, and a much bigger picture of the baby floated above Harry, one that showed more of the child than before.

"Wow," Harry whispered, his eyes wide.

Draco's eyes mirrored his lover's and his mouth was open as well. It was still small and barely human looking, but it was their child.

"Do you both want to know what you're having?" Luna asked after a moment, looking between the two of them.

"Um ...." Harry leant up a little to look at Draco. He wanted to know, but did Draco? "Do you want to?"

Draco's blond brows rose. "I always want to know everything, Harry," he drawled.

Harry laughed softly and nodded. "We want to know, Luna."

"You're having a baby girl," Luna said with a grin, pointing at the image. "See?"

"No bollocks," Draco agreed, still smirking as he glanced back at Harry.

Harry leant up, adjusting his glasses as he got a better look. "A little girl," he whispered.

"So, Harry, you've still been getting sick?" Luna asked, keeping the image there as she went to sit down on the floor right in front of him.

"Yes, every day usually. In the morning and at least once more during the day."

"And they happen without any warning? Or do you smell something that bothers you?" Luna asked, writing down a few more things.

"Sometimes it happens without warning ... sometimes a smell bothers me," Harry answered.

"I've told him that part usually stops just about this time. But, of course, I don't know if that works the same for a man," Draco added.

"Mmhmm, usually it does now. But I've had patients who have morning sickness all throughout the pregnancy. And yes, we don't know what's going to happen with a man," Luna agreed. "Is anything else feeling strange on you?"

"Uhm ... my, well, my nipples are kind of, well more sensitive … than usual, at least," Harry admitted, blushing and purposely not looking at either of them.

"Oh, that's unexpected. Exciting, though," she said, scribbling down a few more things.

Draco blushed, but not at the implication of what he did to Harry's nipples. He knew that sensitivity could mean that Harry might actually be able to develop the ability to feed the baby.

"Very interesting indeed," Luna murmured to herself. "We'll have to follow up on that after she is born. Is there anything else that feels strange?” He shook his head and she continued, "Ah, well, I'll have to put you on a specific diet and we'll get some vitamins to make sure that she's all ready."

Draco nodded. "If there are any potions that can help, I'll brew them."

"There's one that should help with the nausea," she said, nodding. "That would probably be helpful. All right, I'll visit usually twice a month, or actually, I think I'll visit more times. Because we don't know about the development of the baby just yet."

She gave them a copy of the instructions of things Harry would need. Draco was relieved that she had seemed more grounded in reality now than he remembered and that Harry was comfortable around her.

***

The next time Luna came to see Harry, Draco managed to get a few minutes alone with her while Harry was in the bathroom. The Healer was sitting at their kitchen table, sipping pumpkin juice.

“I want to know how dangerous this is,” Draco insisted. His first concern was Harry and he had been worried from the beginning about the possible complications that might arise. He managed to hide the anxiety from Harry but it was becoming more and more difficult.

Luna smiled as if he had asked for more sugar. “All pregnancy carry some danger, Draco.”

“I know that, but this is different and you know it. He doesn’t have a womb. His body isn’t made for this,” Draco snapped, tea cup in his hand shaking so that he had to put it down to ensure he didn’t drop it.

Luna reached for and caught his hand in one of hers. “Even if he was a she, you would worry. You love him.”

“Tell me something I don’t know,” Draco growled, tempted to yank his hand away from her.

“Is that really possible?” Luna asked with a twinkle in her eye. Draco couldn’t tell if she was teasing or not.

Draco’s eyes narrowed. He felt as if his nerves would simply snap in half from not knowing what could happen to Harry. “Just answer my question.”

Her thumb rubbed the back of his hand. He supposed it was meant to be a soothing gesture. Or maybe she didn’t know she was doing it. Either way, she nodded. “He doesn’t have the organs that a woman has, but somehow, he now has a birth sac that is both protecting the baby and Harry’s organs from damage. That’s good.”

Draco thought about that. “Does that mean that whatever caused this can protect him from other dangers, from the strain on his body?”

“I would expect it does,” she agreed.

Draco didn’t trust it. So many types of magic were actually curses or hexes, and sometimes curses looked like blessings but turned out to have disastrous consequences. Maybe it was his own family background, but Draco didn’t trust magic he didn’t understand.

Luna squeezed his hand. “Sometimes you have to trust the magic. Trust that good things can happen, Draco.”

Draco would have suspected her of Legilimency, but he was good enough at Occlumency that he thought he would have known if she had. He sighed. It was just Luna. Draco didn’t trust anyone. Anyone but Harry. Harry was the one good thing that had happened to Draco.

[Draco worries...]

Chapter 17

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