At that, Scorpius laughs outright. He has to bite his lip from just getting hysterical on James. "I knew it! I bloody knew it! And you call me a prat for being afraid of your dad. Hypocrite."

But instead of being angry, Scorpius leans in and presses his lips to James'.

"My father's not a bad man, you know. He'd learn to love you, because I do."