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Hermione Granger-Malfoy rolled over in their large king-sized four-poster bed, cuddling herself closer towards her husband's chest almost as if they only had a few spare minutes of quiet peace before their four darling children, Scorpius, Lyra, Leo and Jeanie, came barging into their bedroom to wish their parents, Hermione and Draco Granger-Malfoy, a happy Christmas. Hermione started kissing his chest lightly and deeply inhaling his morning scent as his large arms wrapped around Hermione's body, pulling her even closer towards him. She nuzzled her face deep into his chest, feeling his fingers thrust through her early morning curls which were always crazy and frizzy. Usually, they were always over in Draco's face, threatening to suffocate and kill him. Her curls truly had a mind of her own but at least they had slightly been tamed since their days back at school. Those curls were truly a different thing. Hermione's curls were something else but Draco loved them. He loved her hair so much, even if he did bully his girl for them back when they were at Hogwarts together.
"Happy Christmas, my love," Draco whispered into her head as he played with her hair, pushing his glasses back up his nose. As he hummed out loudly, he messily plaits Hermione's hair as they stayed cuddled together. "I love you," Draco muttered the words as he kissed her cheek. As Draco pulled Hermione closer and started kissing her face, the familiar sound of the pattering of children's feet along the corridor rang out which meant that the few minutes of peace were destroyed. "Well, one of your presents will have to wait for later," Draco whispered seductively into Hermione's ear just as the bedroom door was thrust open and their four children and their ginger kneazle, Crookshanks, lept onto the bed.
"Happy Christmas, Mum! Happy Christmas, Dad!" Scorpius snuggled into Hermione's chest, hugging himself as close to his mother as possible as they watched the younger Granger-Malfoy children, Leo and Jeanie, started jumping up and down on the bed. They were cheering as they jumped, staring at their mother and father. Lyra cuddled herself into Draco's chest as she hummed to herself, smiling up towards her mother and father. This was their final Christmas spent together as a whole family before Scorpius went off to Hogwarts next September, the whole family were very excited for the little boy but also nervous about saying goodbye to their eldest. He would have the decision whether he wanted to spend his Christmas at Hogwarts or come home, they weren't going to pressure him and allow him to make the decision himself.
"Have you checked whether it has snowed outside?" Draco questioned his children, unsure whether they have checked already or not. When the family lived at the Manor back in Wiltshire, they loved playing in the snow and seeing all of the snow-covered gardens and they loved experiencing the true wonder of waking up early on Christmas morning to the delights of there being snow outside. But things changed when they moved to London to be closer to their friends and family. But Draco and Hermione had been hopeful that it would snow for their family this year. All four of their children stopped hugging and jumping to stare at their parents, realising that they hadn't checked outside. All of them sprang up from the bed and rushed towards the large windows that overlooked the garden, gasps leaving all of their mouths as they turned towards Hermione and Draco.
"It's snowed! It's snowing outside!" Leo and Jeanie scream loudly together as they start jumping up and down before flinging themselves back onto their parent's large bed. Leo and Jeanie loved the snow, probably more than they loved any other season. They were jumping up and down on the bed as they stared at their parents. Lyra and Scorpius joined them, smiling at their siblings before staring at their mother and father. "Can we go outside? Can we go outside, please? Can we?!" Leo and Jeanie screamed together, they were very in sync. The two of them weren't twins but everyone always thought that they were because of how in sync they always were.
"Of course, we can. But, all four of you need to make a decision together. Do we go play in the snow now before opening presents or open your Christmas presents first?" Hermione questioned, sitting up and smiling at her children. She cuddled herself into Draco's side as she watched their four children make the decision, even though they both knew what the answer would be.
"Open Christmas first," Scorpius stated, smiling as he fiddled with his hair, the same way that his father did.
"Play out in the snow first." Leo and Jeanie laughed together as they nodded up and down, swaying with excitement. Everyone then slowly turned and stared towards Lyra, who had the sort of deciding vote. Hermione thought that maybe she would choose to open the Christmas presents first but Draco thought that maybe Lyra would decide to play out in the snow first.
"Play out in the snow." Lyra smiled, surprising everyone in the room.
"Okay! Go and get dressed, make sure that you are dressed warmly because we can't have anyone getting ill." Hermione informed them as all four of the children started running out of the parent's bedroom and ran towards their bedrooms. Hermione smiled as she stared at Draco, kissing his cheek. "We need to get dressed too otherwise we are going to have some angry and impatient children." Hermione chuckled as Draco pulled her back down towards him and kissed her face multiple times. He was such a tease. He knew that they didn't have long until their children would be screaming for them to hurry up but yet his grip around Hermione was so tight.
As Hermione and Draco made their way down the stairs, dressed in their layers for the cold weather. They smiled at their children who were all waiting by the back doors and staring out at the wintery scene that was against their garden. Hermione conjured up her gloves and made sure that Leo's jacket was zipped up before she opened the door, allowing the children to run out into the snow, staring at the sprinkling snowflakes that were raining down on them.
Leo and Lyra stared up at the sky, with their arms out and spinning around. They had their mouths open and were catching snowflakes on their tongues. Scorpius hid behind a tree and started collecting snowballs to throw at his unsuspecting mother, father and siblings. He laughed as he started pelting his father with snowballs to the back and hiding behind the tree when Draco would turn around to see who was doing the attack. Jeanie and Hermione were drawing in the snow, smiling and laughing as they watched Draco be attacked with so many snowballs.
"Look, they're melting on my tongue!" Leo muttered as he showed his tongue to his mother and Jeanie. Lyra chuckled as she did the same and showed her tongue to her father. The Granger-Malfoy family all laughed and cheered together that there was experiencing their first snowy Christmas day in their London house.
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