How Draco and I named Scorpius

"Hyperion? Do you hate our unborn child?"

I narrowed my eyes at him, my arm coming to rest protectively over my swollen belly. "There is nothing wrong with the name Hyperion."

"The other children will call him something awful like 'Hype' just before they hex him and steal his pocket money." The only thing he could say for the name was that it was better than my previous suggestion of Coeus but still worse than 'Iason', the name I had favored only a month before.

"They won't have to call him 'Hype', they could call him something else like 'Ion' or..." my voice trailed off as I tried to salvage a nickname from my suggestion. Draco just shook his head and I scowled. "Well, it's a sight better than Scorpius. God forbid he's a Chaser or, worse, a Keeper who's not very good at Keeping. They'll start calling him 'Score'. Score Malfoy let the Quaffle in. Way to go, Score!"

"They will not call him 'Score' and he will not be a Keeper, he'll be a Seeker like I was." I gave him sour look, he hastily added, "And like his mother was."

"Fine," I said, in a tone that told Draco it was anything but. "Hyperion can be his middle name. Scorpius Hyperion."

The only thing that had been a bigger source of contention than the first name was the middle name. Even though I insisted that I was not sold on 'Scorpius', Draco knew better. My suggestions of other possible first names were just how I began negotiations for the middle name.

"I think they go well together," I continued, a look of determination on my face. "The Titan of light. It will balance out the name Scorpius."

Another problem I had with Scorpius for a name was how dark and harsh it was, part of the appeal for Draco. A Coeus had his books knocked out his arms before being shoved into the wall but no one would dare attempt the same thing with a Scorpius.

"Lucius means light too, you know. So Scorpius Lucius Malfoy would do the same thing while still meeting my family's tradition of..." Draco's voice trailed off at my expression.

"If you want to name him after your father than we must name him after my father as well: Linus Lucius Malfoy."

It was an abomination; worse than Coeus. It was the name of some sad-sack ne'er-do-well whom Draco would never have to worry about playing Keeper because Linus Malfoy couldn't even fly.

Pushing back my dark hair with a graceful flick of my hand, I idly added, "And the alliteration is nice, isn't it? Linus Lucius."

Now I was just mocking him. I had hated his earlier suggestion of "Scorpius Summanus" partly because of the alliteration.

"His nickname can be Lilu!" I cried with exaggerated delight.

"You are a sadist."

I laid down my trump card. "I'm the one carrying this child, I should get a say in the name, don't you think?"

"Of course." He should have accepted Iason while he still had the chance. Realizing that pushing this would not only serve to annoy me further but also risk his son being named Linus Coeus Malfoy, Draco chose surrender. "Scorpius Hyperion it is is."