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Harry was kicking his leg up with nerves, after everything was said and done. The dead, buried, and the wounded took care of all of them - those that had fought at least- had been invited to speak with the president and honoured for the things they had done for the good of the world, and America.
As they were wrapping up there, president Ellis had extended an invitation to Harry and Tony to attend a meeting with the UN and the skeleton group that was supposed to be the overview of the new enhanced task force together with the enhanced counsel.
If these last few days taught them anything it was that there were a whole lot more people able and willing to help than they had first thought. Why not give those people a voice, and a representative - which they had been named by all the people that had been asked (which had been most of the people present on the battlefield).
What hadn't been told at first was that most of the heads of state from around the world would be attending. And that the Queen herself had asked that they invite Harry and Tony personally, instead of letting them call in.
They had planned on calling in, seeing as the meeting was to take place in London which became an issue seeing as Harry had promised to never set foot in his country of birth, both for his own good and to please the people that were pointing fingers at him for being the next Dark Lord and using this changes to make sure people would follow him when the time came.
It had taken Tony, Vanessa, Wade, Remus, Lucius and Andy three days to talk to him, and convince him that he needed to go. that it might just be what he needed, with the way he did leave the UK almost 20 years earlier.
He had kept his promise, but one did not just wave away a personal invitation of the Queen of England, least of all when you were British yourself.
In the end it had taken several calls to England, to show Harry that those which believed him to be a Dark Lord in training, and wanting to convert the populace, had turned around at all the good the changes he had implemented brought. The fact that he was sincere in his promise never to return had even made some of them regret the way they had acted.
After all, he was British born and raised, having done so many amazing things for England, and continued to do so even from America. The fact that he had once again put his life on the line to save them all, had made them all agree that the agreements of 20 years earlier would be abolished. It was time their hero was allowed to come home.
So, here they were, waiting to be allowed into the UN building that would serve as the meeting spot. As not everything talked about was pertaining to the enhanced community, they were politely asked to wait. They could join the after meeting refreshments and such.
Besides the Queen, king T'Chaka of Wakanda and the representative of Latveria asked to talk to them, at their convenience.
Part of Tony wanted to laugh, one of the strongest people in the universe and Harry was nervous to be back in his home country after not stepping foot into it for 20 years. His husband had the oddest quirks, but it was one of the reasons he lives him so much.
As his phone chimed, he had to laugh at the pictures they were getting. Pepper and Happy, as well as Remus, Dora and Andy had joined them in England and were watching over Harley, Teddy and Peter. The last one had been allowed to come since Ben and May wanted to enjoy their own little get away. Their nephew didn't mind as he had quite the company to go with to Europe of all things.
"Sweetheart, you need to calm down. Nothing will happen, we're here on the request of the Queen, who is also the monarch in the eyes of the Wizarding World, it will be fine, relax."
Harry took a deep breath in as Tony told him this, forcefully breathing it back out and going right back to jiggling his leg. Tony couldn't help but be slightly amused by this, even if he could see how tense Harry was being.
Settling his hands in the other man's shoulders he had him loon at him, a soft smile on his face as Harry smiled back without it being forced.
"It's ok, stop worrying."
Just as Harry opened his mouth to reply, the door to the conference room opened and one of the security person stepped out, " they would like to see you now."
As soon as the two of them stepped into the room, they were met with a standing ovation and applause, all of the people - royalty and heads of state alike - were looking at the two of them with awe very present in their eyes.
The only reason that Harry didn't look down, was because as one of the biggest businessmen in the world, as well as the husband of Tony Stark and the boy-who-lived had made him grow accustomed to stares wherever he came. Of course it was a bit different now as the people looking at him know where almost all people who were running, or helped run a country.
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As they came out of the meeting room, both of them were impressed by the people that knew that by name and wanted to extend an invitation to them to either visit or broaden the reach of SI and/or MI.
Romania, or it’s president, had taken the time to shake both their hands, thanking them for what they were doing in their country for the poorer neighbourhoods, and how because of that, so many things had changed in a positive way. He was joyous in asking them to come and visit to see just what they had done for his people.
The Queen, as she had asked, had the both of them escorted with her as they left for Buckingham palace, several hundred people standing at its gates to catch a glimpse of either them, or the royal family. The people they could see were holding up signs or banners with ‘thank you’ and ‘you rock’ messages scrawled across - it was something neither of them had really had happen.
Once in the Palace, the Queen announced that they would be joined by the magical head of state, the current minister, who was well on her way to be re-elected for the fourth time in a row.
Knowing what was going to follow, Tony did a step to the side as a pretty woman with dark brown curls made her way to Harry and hugged him tightly to her, this would be the first hug the best of friends shared since Harry left the UK 20 years ago.
Grinning, Tony accepted the hand of a lanky redhead that appeared next to him. From all the Weasleys he had met, as well as the fact that Pepper was one as well, this was the only had he had never seen in real life. For all that Ron and Hermione Weasley were Harry’s best friends, they had all had to miss each other since Harry left. The couple had big tasks to fulfill in the UK, while Harry had left for a reason and needed a lot of convincing to even consider coming back.
They finished their business with the Queen, before she left them to go back to her duties, telling both Harry and Tony to come by again for tea some other time. She was a little short on time today, but knew that her grandsons, and a whole platoon of family members would love to meet them.
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Harry wiped at his eyes, “Hi Mione.”
The current minister of magic gave a weak chuckle, the tears running over her cheeks as she smiled at her best friend.
“Hi Harry.”
Turning she held out a hand out to Tony for him to shake, while Harry and Ron hugged each other close after so long.
“Tony, it’s so nice to finally meet you face to face, I’m Hermione Granger-Weasley, I am so happy that Harry found you. From what Gin-Pepper has told me you’re perfect for one another.”
Tony smiled bashfully at this, he was so used to his own friends saying the same things, it felt good to hear that it was also true the other way around. Pepper knew the both of them well enough, that he did believe her, but this was still different.
Catching up, Hermione mentioned that there were other people that loved to see Harry, but hadn’t wanted to overwhelm him. However, they had asked her to ask him - ask them - if they would want to visit Hogwarts, so they could all meet up, but it would be large enough that Harry wouldn’t feel locked up. And didn’t that make sense why Harry felt so at home in a mansion or a tower, to know he had done his schooling in an actual castle.
His husband had looked kind of uncertain, reminding Tony about how he had been uncertain about coming to the UK as a whole.
“I think we should go, love, if anything happens we just leave. And if something else happens, I did pack the starkanium suit in the expectation that we’d be going to the more magical dense places.”
Hermione and Ron beamed right at him, as Harry looked at him, his lip worrying in between his lips.
“We came here for a reason right, and if I followed correctly then the opinions people had about you have changed drastically. I say we get the others, and the boys, and go and look at the school that you all went to. It had to be something, because I don’t know how I could function without you and Pep at my side.”
Harry blushed, with Hermione cooing at the two of them in the background. They might be sapy, but he knew that Harry liked that, they adored each other, and weren’t afraid to show that. Especially not since they were proud that they were still so in love - and despite the family complaining, they were more than happy about that too.
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As they were touring Hogwarts with the kids, Tony couldn’t help but look around and try to get over the fact that Harry had willingly left all of this behind to make sure that England had the chance to grow without people assuming he’s trying to force something. The fact that Hermions made sure that she had a very diverse cabinet in the office was one of those things that before had not been done. It had all been a game of bribes and helping one's family or allies instead of getting competent people in office.
But it also told him that Harry’s character was much like his own, that he was willing to give up his own happiness for that of his loved ones.
He still saw his beaming smile when the current headmistress had hugged him close when they arrived at Hogwarts, more than one person had told him that they had feared he would fly back to America sooner rather than later because of everything that had happened before.
But that laid behind them, they had saved Earth, and managed to give a lot of people a way to say goodbye to those they never had a chance to do so. People were seeing that enhanced, while different, were nothing to fear. In fact, it had been because of them that the Earth had been saved. It was proving to be an amazing time to see the world changing.
Grinning at his husband, Tony couldn’t help but feel elated for meeting him, and for finding his happiness between technology, magic and death.