Scorpius is really confused, cause he has some feelings for Albus, but the thought of a romantic relationship just makes him uncomfortable, even though he doesn’t now why. He acts weird around Albus and almost cries himself to sleep at night (because he’s overthinking things way too much) which is why Draco talks to him, cause he’s really worried about him. Aro Draco didn’t feel like talking about Aromantism, he felt too ashamed and he didn’t want to influence his son negatively (internalized arophobia, thinking that talking about aromantic stuff could make Scorpius think that he wouldn’t want a relationship, because his father didn’t want it either, even when Scorpius would have felt romantic attraction).
Now he realizes that he made a mistake, cause Scorpius went trough the same things that he had to. He apologizes and tells his son everything about aromantism, amatonormativity and qpr’s & the way he realized that he was aro. It’s the first time after Astoria that he talks about it & he just feels so relieved to finally share those things to someone. Scorpius almost cries because he finally knows what’s going on with him & he’s so relieved because his father doesn’t hate him for being like this, he even went through the same things & he informed him about all those things very quickly (when Draco needed years to find out). Also their father-son relationship grows and they trust each other even more. Draco helps him to talk to Albus about those things, but it takes Albus way longer to understand and accept those things. Draco supports Scorpius throughout that time. In the end Albus wants to give it a try, because he doesn’t really know if he feels romantic attraction. Even if Albus might feel romantic attraction later on, he would never drag Scorpius into romance or end the qpr for another person’s sake. Because of all the talking about amatonormativity Albus realize that he’s polyamorous and ace and he tells Scorpius about it, who helps him find out more about it. (Also Albus is very thankful for learning about amatonormativity, because through that he learned a lot about toxic relationships.)
Later on, Draco invites the two of them to some sort of tea party where they talk about all these things (‘cause Albus doesn’t really know how to come out at home about being in qpr & polyamorous at the same time). They have really good conversations & a lot of fun together.
Back at Hogwarts they’re just annoyed that everyone thinks that they have a romantic relationship, so they tell everyone about things. Apart from some aro people (who didn’t come out or who didn’t know about being aro) they still get a lot misunderstanding & bad jokes about it. When they both are being tired of it, they start to act like a couple in front of others, but just as some sort of joke and overacting. They talk about it all the time (for even months) and just annoy everyone with it (They even cite Romeo & Julia qoutes in a very dramatic way) & with romance/amatonormativity in general, so in the end some people understand what they’re going through and are happy (or just glad) that they’re in a qpr.
There’s still a lot of arophobia/amatonormativity & misunderstanding, but Albus & Scorpius are happy that they went trough this together and that they had a lot of fun doing it. They tell Draco about it and they all laugh about some of other people’s reactions, Draco really likes it because he would have never had the courage to do that. Over the years it becomes sort of a running gag between them that they’re ‘in a relationship’ and they even have a fake marriage at Draco’s home, where Scorpius promises that he’s never going to marry and Albus is never going to marry just one person and never leaving they’re qpr for romance reasons.
When people ask if they don’t miss anything because they’ll never have a marriage they’re just laughing it off and answering: “We already had that!” - H.
Submitted by @midori-uchiha