Bundle Of Joy 1/?

[missthingsplace]

missthingsplace
Parings/characters:Magnus/Alec, Izzy, Catarina Loss
Disclaimer:I don't own Shadowhunters or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary:What would you do if you found a baby in your nightclub,
Warnings:Do you watch Shadowhunters?
Spoilers:Anything is fair game
Rating:G - NC17 for series

Magnus let out a small sigh, put the book in his hand in the bag over his shoulder and answered the knock on his office door.

“Come in,” he called out.

The door opened and one of his employees appeared looking a little spooked.

“Mr Bane, I'm sorry to disturb you,” he said, “but you really need to see this.”

“Don't I pay you enough to sort out any problems Sam?” Magnus replied, knowing he sounded a little grumpy but he just wanted to get back home to his husband.

“Yes Sir,” he answered, “but this isn't our normal kind of problem.”

“Okay, lead the way,” Magnus told him, resigned to the fact that he would be stuck at Pandemonium for longer than he intended.

Magnus followed Sam through the corridors of the rear of the club, out to the main dancefloor and towards the ladies room.

“Really?” Magnus asked.

“I promise, it's not something we have ever seen before,” Sam replied, pushing open the door of the ladies room and leading Magnus down to the last cubicle.

Magnus heard what he assumed was the sound of a distressed cat, one minute thinking why had Sam needed his to deal with something so simple as a cat and then the other wondering if Alec would kill him for taking in another stray.

Before Magnus could voice his opinion Same pushed the door open and Magnus let out a small gasp of surprise. It wasn't a cat. Wrapped in a thick stripy blanket and in a cardboard was was unmistakably a baby, and a very young one at that.

“Okay, I see what you mean,” Magnus told Sam, “don't worry, I can deal with this.”

“Are you sure Mr Bane? Shouldn't we call the police?” Sam asked. “They could find the mother?”

“There is no way of knowing at the moment if the poor little bubba is mundane, Shadowhunter or any number of other things,” Magnus sighed. “Alec and I can get the help we need either way.”

“Of course Sir, I'll get back to finishing up.” Sam replied.

Magnus nodded and Sam took his leave rather quickly.

Magnus reached down and picked the swaddled baby up from the cardboard box and held the bundle close. The poor mite really seemed small and judging my the mewing sound hungry and too tired to make a louder noise for his attention.

Holding the baby safely in one arm and with a little difficulty he managed to open a portal.

“Don't worry little bubba, we will get you help,” he said softly, before stepping into the waiting portal.

****

Alec glanced at the clock, Magnus wasn't too late very often but these days he tended to be home when he said. He checked the casserole in the oven, feeling impressed with himself now he had finally learned to cook and smiled at the sight of the portal appearing in the room hailing his husbands return home.

“You're home, just in time for dinner,” Alec stated when Magnus stepped from out of the portal, then trailed off at the sight of the bundle in his husbands arms. “I ...”

“Sorry I'm late,” Magnus said with a smile, “I had to deal with a little … tiny problem.”

“Is there something you want to tell me?” Alec frowned.

“What?” Magnus asked confused and then his his expression turned to one of relief when he realised what Alec meant. “I'm a Warlock Alec, I can't have children.”

“Oh,” Alec said with relief, “Yes.”

“Someone left the little thing in the ladies room,” Magnus explained. “seems to be okay, just a little small, tired and hungry.”

“And you brought the baby back here because?” Alec asked.

“I didn't want to hand it over to the mundanes, just in case it isn't one,” Magnus shrugged, “doesn't look like a downworlder but might be a Shadowhunter.”

“We should get it to the institute, to Izzy,” Alec suggested. “she will be able to do tests, find out.”

“My thoughts exactly,” Magnus told him. “but first this little mite needs feeding if nothing else.”

“I don't really know much about babies, I was still little when Izzy came along and well … I wasn't at an age to be interested when Max arrived,” Alec admitted.

“Not a problem,” Magnus smiled. “we need formula and nappies to begin with, little bubba here is a little smelly too.”

Alec screwed up his nose at the idea of changing a dirty nappy.

“Never fear Alec, thankfully I can clean the little thing up magically,” Magnus said with a smile, “can you hold … it for a minute … we really need to find out if it's a boy or a girl as soon as possible too.”

Alec gingerly took the bundle and held it carefully while Magnus summoned the babies current needs by magic. A packet of nappies and a couple of pots of baby formula appeared on the coffee table along with some feeding bottle.

“I will deal with the nappy,” Magnus stated, “I need you to make her a bottle, the instructions are on the side. The bottle need to be sterilised, I will do that.”

Magnus clicked his fingers and the bottle came out of their packaging and vanished.

“They are in the kitchen waiting for you.” Magnus told him. “Oh, she won't need a lot, maybe three ounces at the most.”

Alec gingerly picked up one of the pots of baby formula and headed off to the kitchen as instructed and began making a bottle up as per the instructions on the side of the formula pot.

Magnus knelt on the rug, with another click of his fingers a changing mat appeared before him and he set the infant down.

“You really do pong,” he said, smiling at the baby who stared right into his eyes with trust. “don't worry sweetheart, I won't do anything to hurt you.”

Magnus unwrapped the blankets and found the baby dressed in a beautiful pink velvety babygrow.

“I am not going to assume you are a girl, this might have been all they had to put you in,” Magnus said softly while opening the poppers up the inside of the legs to where they met and then pulled the clothing upwards exposing the nappy.

“Well, you sure need changing,” he said, reaching for the bag of nappies.

He pulled one out and put it beside the baby before waving his hands about, the babies face entranced by the soft purple glow emitting from them and then the dirty nappy vanished along with it's contents and before him was a clean baby girl.

“Hello little miss,” Magnus said, putting on the clean nappy and popping her legs back into the baby grow, closing the poppers as Alec walked into the room with a bottle of milk standing in a bowl of water.

“A little girl.” Magnus told him with a smile.

“At least we can stop calling her it now! It was very hot, so I stood it in some cold water,” Alec explained, holding out the bowl containing the baby bottle.

“Thank you Alec,” Magnus said, taking the bottle from water and testing it expertly on the inside of his wrist. “almost there.”

Standing the bottle on the floor next to the baby Magnus got to his feet and then effortlessly picked them both up.

“Would you like to feed her?” Magnus asked Alec.

“No, no, it's Okay,” Alec replied, the baby looked even more fragile and tiny now she was out of the blanket.

Magnus nodded, headed over to the nearest armchair, settled into it and then began feeding the very hungry infant while Alec watched amazed how easily Magnus took to caring for a baby.

TBC