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Dress up as a girl and still be gay.However, Luciana still believes that whatever happened to Lucius is her own responsibility.In this case, Lucius had to secretly thank that brother-in-law Odin Nott moved to California when he decided to break away from all ties to the Riddle gang, so Luciana couldn't check in every few hours to make sure his brother was okay.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Lucius limped over and opened the door, only to be embraced by a crying woman with light blond hair: "Lucius, it's great to see you all right!"

Lucius embraced Luciana, who looked very similar to himself, so that his sister and brother-in-law felt somewhat strangely affectionate and said: "Luciana, I am also very happy to meet you."

Reminded by her older husband that "Lucius' leg is still injured", Luciana reluctantly let go of Lucius and pushed her brother onto the sofa.

The 44-year-old Lucius smiled awkwardly in front of his sister who was busy and took care of himself as a child, and said to his seventy-year-old brother-in-law Odin Nott: "Nice to see you, Odin." In my dream you were sentenced to Dementor's Kiss, and I'm really glad to see you in full swing.

Before eloping with Luciana, the daughter of his old friend Abraxas, Mr. Nott, who has always been called "Uncle Odin", shook hands with Lucius and said, "Nice to meet you, Lucius."

"Lucius, we brought you your favorite Ferraro chocolate, tell sister, what else do you want to eat?" Luciana poured water for the three of them, and brought the chocolate to Lucius' mouth.

Lucius coughed helplessly, and couldn't help but think of the words he had overheard from his mother's portrait to his father outside the portrait in his dream when he was a teenager: "If our Luciana lives to this day, she will probably be the first Hufflepuff in the history of the Malfoy family." - Abraxas, don't ask me why, it's just a mother's intuition."

Lucius swallowed what he was going to say "I haven't liked chocolate since I was 12", took the chocolate and ate it.

At this time, Odin Nott gave Lucius a look, indicating that he had something to say.

So, Lucius dismissed his sister: "Sister, I still want to eat navel oranges."

"Oh, how did I forget this? Lucius, wait a minute, I'll be right back." The 50-year-old, but still naive woman left in a hurry.

The gray-haired businessman watched his wife leave dotingly, and said, "Lucius, there is something I want to thank you for."

Lucius looked at his brother-in-law curiously, not knowing what he had to thank him for.

Odin Nott stared at his hands, and said with some embarrassment: "When I heard that Tom Riddle was shot dead by the special police on the spot, and Antoine Dolohov and others were arrested and awaiting trial, I couldn't help thinking, if I hadn't withdrawn 17 years ago, I would have been arrested today or worse—dead, what should Luciana and Theodore do. Thanks to you running away from home resolutely and convincing Luciana, you dragged me out of that circle.—You are so big to Luciana influence, and Luciana has had a great influence on me, which is a good thing, isn't it?"

Lucius recalled Theodore Nott who was not his nephew in his dream, and thought of the frightened rabbit-like child in the "Daily Prophet", and smiled wryly: "Of course, this is a good thing for Luciana and Theodore. If you want to know, It's all thanks to Severus that I made that determination."

When mentioning his brother-in-law's homosexual partner, the somewhat stuffy Mr. Nott replied with a bit of unease: "You're right, I owe Dr. Snape too."

Lucius knew that it would be impossible to get his brother-in-law to accept Severus, and it would be nice to keep each other polite like he is now.So, he let go of the topic and asked, "What happened to my father?"

Odin Nott sighed: "Heart stent surgery. It is said that the risk of this surgery is not too high, but Abraxas is 75 years old after all."

As a family member of a vascular surgeon, Lucius knew that the risk of heart stent surgery was not too high at the modern medical level, but this did not make Lucius less worried.He lowered his head and rubbed his hands, and said, "Odin, can you and Luciana tell my father for me that I want to see him? I..."

Odin nodded and said, "Of course. Although I'm not sure if it would be good for Abraxas' health to see me, or if he would like to see me. But, oh, I'm sure he would be happy to see... …Draco's."

"Of course, I'll call Narcissa and Draco and tell them about it," Lucius replied a little uneasy.Actually, Lucius really wanted to bring his father's medical records and ask Severus for advice.However, if you don't see your father, everything will be in vain.

The two men, neither of whom was popular with Abraxas, looked at each other awkwardly, then both looked down again.

Odin coughed again, and said, "Lucius, no offense meant. I mean, given the situation, if you're in a tight spot right now, just ask me and don't scare Luciana. She's - very emotional .”

Lucius said gratefully, "Odin, thank you very much. I can handle it for now. If I really can't turn around, I will speak up."

Odin nodded and said, "Lucius, I know this is not the best time to ask this question, and there is no best time to ask this kind of question. You know, Luciana and I are old school. We both think that, Your cousins ​​have little power over the Britten estate. Since my relationship with Luciana was never officially blessed by Abraxas, all power over the Britten family should be yours. In the most unfortunate of circumstances... Luciana and I'll give up every penny we might get and put it in your name."

Lucius, who was still worrying about real estate taxes just now, felt his mouth dry up.Being old-fashioned, Lucius didn't feel he had any power over the Britten family after being kicked out, but...

—Merlin, what am I thinking now?I should be praying for my father's health now!Uh, of course, who to pray to is still a big question...

Just as they were conflicting, Luciana's cheerful knocking sound came from outside the door: "Lucius, Odin, who do you think I brought here?"

Lucius looked at the two figures on the frosted glass, and felt his voice tighten: God, that couldn't be the father, could it?

[HP/Awake][LM/SS] selection - 9

9 Awake

Awake

Lucius looked at his father Abraxas at the door and felt his mouth go dry.In his heart, Abraxas Britten still seemed to be the middle-aged man with strong platinum hair who roared and threw him out of the house, but what he saw now was a white-haired old man standing with a cane.Fortunately, Detective Britten's dreams as Lucius Malfoy had given him enough training in how to navigate awkward situations. Lucius endured his choking, stood up on the sofa, and greeted respectfully, "Father, good morning."

Odin Nott also stood up and greeted: "Abraxas, good morning."

Abraxas directly ignored the existence of his son-in-law, staring at his son who hadn't seen him for more than ten years, the wrinkles on his face trembled slightly.After a while, he responded, "Lucius, good morning."

Lucius tried his best to steady his steps, and headed towards the door, wanting to help his father instead of his sister.

Abraxas looked at Lucius' limp, and asked involuntarily, "Lucius, your leg..."

"It's just a trauma, and it will be fine soon." Lucius replied hastily.

Abraxas glanced at his son suspiciously, and walked towards the sofa by himself.

Lucius' outstretched hand hung awkwardly in mid-air, and there was a bit of unease on his face.

Also uncomfortable was the son-in-law who had been ignored by Abraxas. Odin Nott said, "Should Luciana and I go out now, Abraxas?"

Abraxas gave Odin a blank look, and said, "I've been wondering, do you really want my blessing?"

"Of course." The Notts replied at the same time.

Abraxas glared at Odin. "Then why have I never heard the word 'father' from someone?"

Odin Nott, 69, opened and closed his mouth a few times before finally saying awkwardly to his 75-year-old father-in-law: "Thank you, Dad."

Abraxas waved his hand and said, "Now, you can go out."

Odin bowed halfway to Abraxas before leaving the ward with his wife full of joy on his arm.

Abraxas let out a sigh of disdain to the two figures hugging each other outside the frosted glass door of the ward, and said, "Terrible politeness, isn't it? I have always despised the current trend of calling parents by their first names."

Lucius suppressed a smile and said respectfully, "Yes, father."

Abraxas sat on the sofa by himself, pointed to the opposite sofa and said, "Sit down, Lucius."

Lucius bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, Father."

Abraxas looked at his son, rolled his eyes again, and said, "It's the third day of the month and I still haven't received your monthly letter. As usual, I blame the USPS for that. But, again Two days, and I still haven't heard from you.—You know, one doesn't get handwritten letters very often these days. What kind of email does everyone use! Even email, trying to find out It's getting harder and harder to get a letter that's free of spelling, grammatical, and formatting errors..."

Listening to his father's nagging, Lucius thought regretfully that the unsent letter he had written to his father was probably still in the wrecked car.And when he woke up, he forgot about it. ——Father is complaining about emails now, is he saying that he is worried about me?

Sure enough, Abraxas coughed in embarrassment, and said, "Naturally, I heard about your car accident after calling Draco. He said that his father is fine, so I'm relieved. But, this kid He went on to say that his dad had a broken cervical spine. For a moment, I thought he was talking about you, Lucius." Abraxas bit his lip a few times before continuing: "I was about to ring the bell and have someone call an ambulance for me. It's gone.—Lucky it wasn't you."

Lucius listened with emotion, and replied with shame: "I'm sorry, Father, for making you worry."

Abraxas looked into his son's gray-blue eyes, then quickly broke eye contact, saying, "Snape saved you, didn't he?"

Lucius felt guilty again.He lowered his head and said, "Yes, father, in the car accident, he let his side hit the wall, so I'm fine."

"Snape did a noble thing, didn't he?" Abraxas said positively about Severus for the first time.

Just as Lucius was about to go on and say how good Severus was, Abraxas went on to say, "Honestly, I'm quite surprised by that. Someone as irresponsible as him would make such a respectable choice at a crucial moment. "

Of all the negative comments about Severus, the one that Lucius couldn't think of was "irresponsibility".In his mind, few people were more responsible than Severus.Hesitating, Lucius retorted, "Father, I have to say..."

"What are you trying to say? Snape is responsible? A responsible person would instigate a married man to abandon his responsibilities and leave the family?" Abraxas said disdainfully.

Lucius really had a hard time refuting this.Speaking of which, it was all Lucius' own fault: being gay, his marriage to Narcissa was wrong.He should have divorced Narcissa first, instead of accusing Severus of abetting the divorce.

Abraxas then said contemptuously: "He also betrayed his greatest responsibility, which is to start a family and continue the offspring."

Lucius retorted in a low voice, "Father, Severus and I started a family, and we raised Draco together."

"Is it called a 'family' when children live like a family? - Establishing a family is for the continuation of future generations, not for physical pleasure!" Abraxas said angrily.

Lucius had little to say against such a Catholic view of the family.For the first 20-odd years of Lucius' life, that kind of morality seemed a matter of course.However, in his current eyes, this theory has a major flaw: "Father, human feelings..."

"Feelings, feelings, passions... Huh, people nowadays, 'feel' too much, and 'think' too little! If everything is 'feeling', where is rationality, honor and responsibility?" Abraxas paused on his crutches, Scolding Lucius like a child.

Staring at the ground, Lucius suddenly remembered why he ran away from home.He was a little annoyed. After more than ten years, the relationship between his father and son had just had a chance to ease, so why did it become what it is now?

Abraxas sighed suddenly, and seemed to regret the anger just now.He changed the subject awkwardly and softened his tone: "Draco seems to have grown into a nice young man."

Lucius was extremely thankful that he and his father didn't have to fight all the way like they did 17 years ago.Following his father's lead, he smiled and said, "Yes, I'm proud of Draco."

"You—you and Snape don't seem to be doing too badly at this," Abraxas said.

Lucius was about to say "thank you father for the compliment" when Abraxas choked him to death again: "Draco is dating a Parkinson girl right now. Parkinsons, nice family. Looks like you and Snape aren't as good at it." Didn't have too many ill effects on him."

"I have to admit that Snape did some respectable things. In particular, he saved you. He should be treated with honor," Abraxas said in a teaching tone.

Lucius took his father's words as an acknowledgment of his relationship with Severus, and couldn't help but smile: "Yes, father."

"I'm telling you, at least wait until Snape is discharged from the hospital before we can break up peacefully. In addition, you should leave all your money to Snape and be responsible for the other's future life!" Abraxas reprimanded.

— What, leave Severus? Lucius hadn't even thought about it.

Lucius said hastily, "Father, I have absolutely no intention of leaving Severus."

Abraxas frowned suspiciously: "Aren't you together for earthly pleasure? As far as I know, he can no longer provide that kind of entertainment."

Lucius' heart sank when his father mentioned this issue.He knew that Severus might not feel that thing at all in the future.If things got worse, even passive acceptance could put Severus' life in danger. Lucius knew that there were other ways of entertainment between him and Severus, such as hand and mouth, but the feeling that two people were tightly connected was hard to replace by other means.However, what Lucius couldn't accept even more was leaving Severus.After living with Severus for more than ten years, he couldn't imagine being skin-to-skin with someone else but keeping his heart away.Now, Lucius recalled his indulgent life in college, and felt that those intertwined bodies seemed to be in a dream: it was a complete animal fornication, how could it compare to the affair between me and Severus?

Lucius coughed a few times before he said, "Father, there are many ways to entertain, I'm not sure you want to know the details."

Abraxas looked at his son for a long time before saying: "I always thought that you would not pretend to be the type of other people for the sake of honor and responsibility. Also, if I remember correctly, you have always liked beautiful and delicate things .Snape wasn't beautiful enough to begin with, and it's even harder to say now."

Lucius admitted that everything his father said was true: he did not continue to live a life of self-deception with Narcissa for the sake of marriage responsibilities and family honor; he had always loved all kinds of beautiful things, and Severus' appearance... ...very distinctive.However, there is a key problem here...

"Father, I love Severus and I will never leave him," Lucius said.

Abraxas looked his son up and down, and said, "Don't lie to yourself. How long can you stay in front of his hospital bed? Three months, half a year? Your highest record is two years, and it will never cause you trouble in Narcissa It was achieved under the circumstances. Instead of talking empty words now, it is better to set a more realistic goal, so that it will not make it too ugly. —— If you are worried about not having enough money to provide Snape with a decent life, I You will not be mean to someone who saved my son's life."

Lucius opened and closed his mouth, trying to keep telling how much he loved Severus.However, he suddenly felt unsure of himself: Can I really insist on taking care of Severus?Can I really live up to the "in riches or in poverty, in health or in sickness" of the marriage vows?

Lucius Britten couldn't help but recall Lucius Malfoy in his dream: If it was him, what would he do in this situation?Probably, he took Severus back to the manor and put him in the guest room to be taken care of by the house-elves. He went to see it once in a while and felt that he was quite remarkable, right?

Lucius recalled the empty, distressed eyes that Severus in his dreams often showed, and that face overlapped more and more with Severus these days.He always felt that Severus was happy during the ten years he had been with him.If I treated my lover like Lucius Malfoy in my dream—god, what if Severus also turned into the one in my dream who was looking forward to my arrival but didn't dare to say it?

Lucius' heart ached like a knife.

—Oh no, my egomaniac.There are worse things in this world, what should I do if someone else finds out the beauty of Severus?

Abraxas looked at Lucius' conflicted and hesitant expression, and showed a triumphant smile: "Lucius, when you decide to end your play with honor, come to me."

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Severus vaguely heard voices around him in his drug-induced stupor.He struggled to open his eyes and found that Lucius was massaging his legs, but he couldn't feel what happened to his lower body at all.

"Lu—" Severus called hoarsely.

A slightly sad smile appeared on Lucius' face.He squeezed himself into Severus' single bed, propping up his upper body on his side.He stroked his lover's face and said softly, "Severus, I'm a good husband, right?"

Severus looked at Lucius suspiciously, and said, "Yes."

Lucius rubbed his nose against his lover's, and said in a choked voice, "I think so myself. Severus, I think I can do it. Honey, we two are together, things will get better soon ,Yes or no?"

The black-haired doctor's eyes became a little bit hollow: Lucius is starting to lose confidence, right?It's also embarrassing him...

Verbally, Severus struggled again: "Yes."

As if getting some guarantee from Severus' words, Lucius held his lover's hand tightly and said sincerely: "Severus, you are the best, you are my backbone."

It doesn't feel good to be the man who is seen as the backbone.

Severus knew that his Lucius could sometimes seem a bit lacklustre when faced with tough choices.At this time, if someone with iron will appeared to force Lucius to do something, Lucius would probably obey temporarily.However, that doesn't mean that Lucius will really follow the path prescribed for him by others.Once upon a time, the man who had decided his path for Lucius was his father Abraxas, and then almost became Tom Riddle.However, when everyone thought that Lucius was going to go down the seemingly easy road, he resolutely left.

Now, Lucius probably needed guidance again, and Severus had two options.

Of course, Severus could selfishly use Lucius' guilt, order Lucius to stay by his side, and then watch the beautiful man suppress his fun-loving nature, bit by bit in the endless poverty and disability of his own body Withered in the problem.God knows how guilty the resident felt when he found out that his lover looked at the clothes in the window, but didn't go in and try them on.What now?Can he really give that man who belongs to the exquisite life more burdens besides poverty?And, when Lucius finally couldn't stand it anymore, he would leave as firmly as he couldn't stand Abraxas Britten and Tom Riddle back then.

But the other option is even more difficult to accept. Severus didn't want to imagine himself breaking up with Lucius himself.If Lucius really broke up with him, Severus will live in a terrible "what if" for the rest of his life: if Lucius is really with me all the time in the ten thousandth hope, then How happy I shall be!

Sighing inwardly, Severus decided to leave the choice to Lucius himself.He raised his hand weakly, beckoning Lucius for the hardcover and pen.

Lucius kissed Severus on the cheek, put the pen into his lover's hand flatteringly, and placed the open book in front of his lover.

Severus tremblingly wrote on the paper, "Lucius, just do what makes you happy."

Lucius' gray-blue eyes were confused for a moment, and he looked at Severus aggrievedly: "Severus, you are evading responsibility! Didn't we agree that you decide the big things, and I decide the small things?"

Severus looked at Lucius speechlessly, feeling wronged himself.

In the ten years or so they've been together, Severus has been content to decide the big things for both of them, letting Lucius decide the little things in life.

Speaking of major events in life, when Tom Riddle was wounded and fled and members of the Riddle gang were arrested more than ten years ago, Severus did not forget to show off that he made the decision to let Lucius cut off all ties with the gang; When he bought the current house eight years ago, he ignored Lucius' protests that "then we won't be able to go on vacation abroad every year" and decided to pay off the housing loan within 20 years instead of the usual one. 30-year home loan, proud of being able to force Lucius to spend less.

On the little things in life that Lucius decided, Severus was actually quite happy to let his lover decide.Among other things, Lucius' aesthetic taste is absolutely top-notch. Severus secretly wondered whether the house would still be open to people if he had to decide the decoration style of the home.Moreover, Severus' ability to dress properly in the past ten years is entirely the result of Lucius helping him match his clothes every day.Otherwise, Severus would probably change all his clothes to black and go to work in pretty much the same outfit every day.As for the choice of restaurant when dining out together, how to appreciate art, which museum to take Draco to visit, Severus can only say that he is not good at it.Even watching his hard-earned money turn into clothes, make-up, and jewelry that Lucius ostentatiously gave Severus a strange sense of satisfaction.

Severus knew that even the Ferrari they were driving when they had the accident, he could stop Lucius from buying the sports car if he insisted that buying a car was a big deal.However, he just likes to see Lucius in high spirits, and he loves the way Lucius curls his peacock tail so much that he can't help but sign his name on the car loan.

——At this moment, I let Lucius choose by himself, isn't it because I'm afraid of taking responsibility for the breakup between the two of us, and I'm afraid that Lucius will hate me in the future?

Thinking of this, Severus wrote word by word on the hardcover: "Lucius, I want us to be together. But..."

Lucius snatched the pen from Severus' hand: "No, I don't want 'but'. Anyway, it's decided, Severus, you made the decision, and you are responsible to me!"

Severus looked at Lucius dumbfounded: Who is responsible for whom?

Lucius suddenly said with a sincerity that frightened Severus: "Severus, please, don't make me make decisions about important things. If you let me make decisions, the consequences will be really dire."

Severus looked at Lucius in bewilderment, and asked with difficulty, "What...?"

Lucius looked dazed for a moment.He hugged her husband tightly, and said softly, "It's just... two nightmares. Anyway, I'm really grateful to M—God, you and Draco are still by my side."

Note: It is interesting to compare fundamental Catholic views on marriage and the family.In the eyes of some believers, marriage is created for the continuation of offspring, and there is only one purpose of sex, that is, to have children. Marriage and OX that are not for the purpose of having children are completely wrong.Starting from this theory, not only same-sex marriage is against morality, but certain heterosexual marriages are also unacceptable.For example, if a woman who is too old to have children wants to get married, if she directly tells the priest that I have no intention of having children in this marriage, then sorry, the wedding cannot be held in a church.Church weddings require artistically vague answers to such questions.In the same way, once a disabled man with paraplegia wanted to hold a church wedding, and was asked if he had fertility, this buddy honestly answered "no".As a result, the person's wedding application was rejected, orz.

[HP/Awake][LM/SS] selection - 10

10. HP#1

HP#1

Lucius smiled dreamily, raised his wand to his wrist, and slit his wrist with a cutting spell.He watched his veins slowly fill the silver bowl under his wrist, and healed his wound with a healing spell.

At this moment, Severus' portrait appeared in the frame next to Lucius.He said sarcastically, "Lucius, do you realize that I won't make you blood tonic anymore?"

While using his own blood and paint, Lucius smiled vaguely at his dark-haired lover: "Severus, you keep complaining that there is no potion refining room in your portrait? Just like I promised you before, At Malfoy Manor, you have access to my potions lab, which I myself almost never appear in. - Oh, and the study. You may have to be patient, Severus. The potions laboratory at the manor It is already a lot of work to draw it in, and it will probably take me a long time to draw the library into a portrait."

There was an unspeakable light in Severus' abyssal black eyes.He couldn't bear to look at Lucius, and said: "Lucius, you realize that I am a portrait, I don't really need a laboratory or a library, do I?"

Lucius put down the paint, stroked the face of Severus in the portrait with his slender fingers, and said softly, "Severus, this is something I can do for you, isn't it?"

The portrait of Severus sighed and said, "Lucius, your task now is to find a way to keep Draco and yourself out of trouble, not to hide in a potion refining room and paint a laboratory for a dead man."

The platinum-blond wizard felt the ups and downs of the portrait around him with his fingers, imagining the warm body of Severus in his two dreams, and his voice became a little hoarse: "Severus, let me guess, there is one thing