And they could never tear us apart

Six months later... here's a master list of the submissions for S&H Week 2026!

Fics & AO3 Collections:

@owlsforall

Day 1 - Nightmares - https://www.tumblr.com/owlsforall/807193492832043008?source=share

Day 2 - Pets - Steven, the gecko - https://www.tumblr.com/owlsforall/807193885805854721?source=share

Day 3 - Sirius raising Harry or Family Trip - A Little Trip - https://www.tumblr.com/owlsforall/807194537556574208?source=share

Day 4 - Late Night Convos - Perfect Wand -https://www.tumblr.com/owlsforall/807195017670230016?source=share

@mycupofrum

Day 1 - Nightmares - https://www.tumblr.com/mycupofrum/806755325536567296?source=share

@arliedraws

Day 1 - Nightmares - https://www.tumblr.com/arliedraws/806766046888509440?source=share

Day 2 - Pets - https://www.tumblr.com/arliedraws/806857653719531520?source=share

@21langweilenn

Day 3 - Family Trip - The Important Part - https://www.tumblr.com/21langweilenn/806916351584305152?source=share

@jenjentheboscostick

Day 1 - Family Feels - Age is Just a Number - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/806730500010016768?source=share

Day 2 - Pets - Gryffindor’s Protector - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/806824111933472768?source=share

Day 3 - Sirius Raises Harry - The Snake Test - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/806915084027936768?source=share

Day 4 - Late Night Chats - Mirror of the Night - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/807004810725474304?source=share

Day 5 - Letters - Doggy Letters - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/807096154512818176?source=share

Day 6 - Fresh Start - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/807188260057219072?source=share

Day 7 - Calming Scenery - Calming Chats - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/807276498622005248?source=share 

Questions:

@owlsforall

Day 1 - Questions & Prompts - https://www.tumblr.com/owlsforall/806737290630184961?source=share

Day 2 - https://www.tumblr.com/owlsforall/807193806922481664?source=share

Day 3 - https://www.tumblr.com/owlsforall/807194262706044928?source=share

Day 4 - https://www.tumblr.com/owlsforall/807195830078570496?source=share

Day 5 - https://www.tumblr.com/owlsforall/807196918264561664?source=share

Day 7 - https://www.tumblr.com/owlsforall/807283317687943169?source=share 

@lex-hj0519

Day 3 - https://www.tumblr.com/lex-hj0519/806919600244768768?source=share

Day 4 - https://www.tumblr.com/lex-hj0519/806995422514233344?source=share 

@harrypotter-black

Day 1 - https://www.tumblr.com/harrypotter-black/815745415089684480?source=share

Day 2 - https://www.tumblr.com/harrypotter-black/815746184740290560?source=share

Day 3 - https://www.tumblr.com/harrypotter-black/815746712456069120?source=share

Day 4 - https://www.tumblr.com/harrypotter-black/815747260827762688?source=share

Day 5 - https://www.tumblr.com/harrypotter-black/815747902113726464?source=share

Day 6 - https://www.tumblr.com/harrypotter-black/815748513075019776?source=share

Day 7 - https://www.tumblr.com/harrypotter-black/815749487800762368?source=share

@jenjentheboscostick

Day 1 - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/806721577507012608?source=share

Day 2 - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/806812412895461376?source=share

Day 3 - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/806903503531425792?source=share 

Day 4 - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/806994361079545856?source=share

Day 5 - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/807085082579009536?source=share

Day 6 - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/807177059542728704?source=share

Day 7 - https://www.tumblr.com/jenjentheboscostick/807269920094175232?source=share

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"Hey!" Harry said, looking up as Sirius gently opened the door to the hospital room.

"Ron said he had strict orders that I come in first," Sjrius said, keeping his voice soft as he stepped in and closed the door behind him.

"Least we could do after your heroics today," Ginny said, smiling tiredly without looking away from the bundle in her arms.

"I don't know if I'd describe getting hexed by your mother as particularly heroic," Sirius quipped wryly.

"Speaking as the person who was trying to give birth when she attempted to break in here after I specifically said I wanted everyone other than Harry to wait outside, I think it was very heroic."

"Thank you for stopping her," Harry said, green eyes wide and earnest as he looked at the still-healing marks on Sirius' face. "I'm so sorry it came to that."

"Don't even worry about it. Lily did worse to me when she was in labor with you. Broke three of my fingers, and had a burst of accidental magic that made everyone in the room grow tastebuds in unmentionable places. Took a week of potions to undo!"

Harry stared at him in horror while Ginny laughed tiredly before wincing, clearly still sore. Harry shook himself briefly before scrubbing one hand through his messy hair to settle himself.

"Right, so, we wanted you to be the first to meet our son — your grandson. Which, you probably guessed given that you're here to see us right after he was born. Er—"

"I would love to meet my grandson," Sirius said, lips twitching as he cut off Harry's nervous ramble.

Harry nodded once and, with all the anxious and eager energy of a new father, spun to take the baby from Ginny before freezing as he tried to recall how to do so safely. It was very reminiscent of how James had been when Harry was born, right down to the bundled baby with a wild poof of hair sticking out. Sirius felt his chest tighten, the old ache of wishing James and Lily could see this, be here for their son, throbbed dully inside him for a moment before he pushed it down.

Soon enough, Harry passed the tiny newborn from his trembling hands in to Sirius' steady ones, and Sirius gently cradled the baby close. His grandson was so tiny! Logically he knew the boy was bigger than Harry had been, seeing as Harry had been born just a few weeks premature, and this baby was nearly two weeks overdue. But holding the tiny baby in his arms, seeing the absolutely miniscule features of his face and the tiny fingers and nails, made Sirius feel like he was holding the smallest baby on the planet. That, or Sirius was simply too large, like when he bloody well told Hermione he wouldn't be able to fit in her new car, no matter how fuel efficient it was supposed to be.

The baby squirmed a bit, before pursing his lips and yawning, settling comfortably in Sirius' arms.

"Yeah," Sirius whispered, voice full of affection, "that's definitely a Potter."

"James."

"Hm?" Sirius looked up to see Harry staring between Sirius and the baby, looking almost nervous.

"His name. It's — we decided on James."

Sirius nodded, having been expecting that. Every discussion about children's names had made Harry go quiet and fidgety for the last five months, a sure sign that Harry had a preference he wasn't certain about voicing. It made sense that Harry would want to name his son for the father he'd never known.

"A biblical name, I see, I see," Sirius joked, smiling as Harry relaxed a bit from how tightly he was wound.

"Well, it's... I know you know it's not a biblical name. I wanted — and Ginny was okay with it, she agreed — that we could name our son after my father." Harry swallowed nervously and then made an odd buzz sound.

Ginny snorted softly, and Sirius heard her say "Oh, Merlin," under her breath.

Sirius looked at her and then looked at Harry, who was turning a bit red. Sirius cocked his head to the side in question, and raised one eyebrow, a simple gesture that had gotten Harry spilling his guts on more than one occasion. Truthfully, Sirius credited that eyebrow with getting Harry to finally ask if there was any Potter family jewellery he could use to propose to Ginny with.

Harry cleared his throat and gave it another go, clearly enunciating like he was learning a spell.

"Father...ZZ! As in fathers, plural. With an s... which gets pronounced as a z for some reason."

Sirius blinked at Harry for a second, wondering if they were having the same conversation.

"Hey, Harry," Ginny stage whispered, like she was in a poorly acted play and trying desperately to prompt someone else's line, "You should totally tell Sirius what Baby James' middle name is!"

Harry startled slightly and nodded once, "Right, yes! It's........ Sirius?"

"Yes?" Sirius prompted after a moment of silence.

Harry deflated as Ginny started quietly cackling, even as she wheezed with pain.

"We should just high-five each other in the face, it would hurt less," Harry groaned.

"Do not high-five me, I'm holding James."

"Sirius."

"... Yes?"

"No, that's— He's James, Sirius!"

"... Yeees?" Sirius felt like he was going to lose his bloody mind.

"Noooo—" Harry groaned, pushing up his glasses so he could bury his face in his hands.

"I'm dying," Ginny gasped, tears streaming down her face as she laughed helplessly.

"James Sirius Potter!" Harry shouted, causing the baby to startle and begin wailing.

"Whoa, hey, easy lad," Sirius soothed, bouncing on his heels to jiggle Baby James gently. "It's okay, your Dad's just a bit worked up. I know, I know, what an awful ruckus. Yeah, that's a good lad, just a bit of a startle, nothing to fuss over."

"I made my son cry just saying his name," Harry whispered hoarsely.

"He's less than an hour old, he doesn't know that's his name. To him it was just loud. Considering how many Weasleys there are he'll probably be exposed to plenty of other loud noises soon enough," Sirius said, soothing his godson now that his grandson had calmed down.

"Okay, I know we already said Ron was gonna be his godfather, but can I change my vote at the last minute? Because Ron can't get any of our niblings to stop crying, but Sirius just managed it with two generations of Potters in less than a minute."

"I— No, we already told Ron. And besides, he'll need the practice based on what Hermione has been hinting at," Harry said, rubbing his forehead.

"Well, in that case I'm going to take a bit of control here and clear up your disastrous communication," Ginny said, before meeting Sirius' eyes and smiling widely. "You hold in your arms the first of the next generation of Potters, James Sirius Potter. Named for both of Harry's fathers!"

Sirius' jaw dropped as tears sprung to his eyes.

"Oh."

"Yeah, oh."

"Is... is that okay?" Harry asked, fretting.

Sirius nodded, taking a deep breath and trying to blink away the tears. He was so touched, in ways he struggled to articulate.

"It's more than okay," Sirius said, sniffling.

5,8 K. Rated T. CW: medical child abuse.

"I have to tell you something", Sirius says. "But you have to promise not to tell anyone."

James leans forward, looking him intently in the eyes to let him know that he is listening. Sirius can't bear it. He stares into his hands and spits the words out of his mouth before he has time to second guess it.

"My mum is poisoning me."

For a while he can only hear James's breathing hitch. They both wait quietly for Sirius to say something, to undo the confession, but he can't.

Day 6: Pierce