More than anything, however, he wanted to hold Draco's first-born in his arms, long ago accepting he wouldn't be the one to share the parentage with him, nonetheless he wanted to see the beautiful creature that would one day perhaps call him  uncle Teddy.  He wanted to spoil this child and to take care of them, making sure the world he or she would be born into, is a safe one, free of the darkness that surrounded their parents. He wanted someone to be proud of him, not for his name or his money, but for his actions and the love he was ready to give away. 