Bundle Of Joy 4/?

[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

Once the baby was fed and settled again Magnus led Alec back to the living room, sat beside him and as agreed told him how he had come to know so much about babies.

 

“There was this woman called Sally,” Magnus began, “I didn't really take much notice of her at first, she was just another homeless woman at in a doorway. I barely got a few feet away from where she sat when I heard the cry of a baby.”

 

Magnus paused for a moment.

 

“I barely thought about what I did next, I tuned on my heal and went back to her,” Magnus told him, “I asked her how old the baby was. She replied that he was only a week old, that her husband had kicked her out for having someone else's baby. Someone else's malformed baby.”

 

“How did he know it wasn't his? Malformed? How can someone be so heartless?” Alec shot questions at him.

 

“I asked to see him, he was bundled in blanket,” Magnus replied. “at first she was reluctant, it took me a good few minutes to convince her and finally she unwrapped the blanket that covered most of his head. The baby was half Seelie born to a Mundane mother.”

 

“But if they were Mundanes then I guess he would it was some kind of deformity,” Alec pondered, “but why think it was another man's?”

 

“I believe he was using that excuse because he was for some reason ashamed of having a baby he considered deformed,” Magnus sighed, “sadly, the mother had had an affair with another man and she had no idea he was a Seelie.”

 

“But even so, putting a woman out on the street with a newborn?” Alec replied with anger in his voice. “What did you do”

 

“I told her I would help,” Magnus said, “it took me a lot longer to convince her that I was for real and not going to hurt either or them, steal her baby or worse. She was so scared. Scared of being on the street, scared for her baby that I think in the end that any other option was better.”

 

“You brought her back here?” Alec asked.

 

Magnus nodded.

 

“The baby was so hungry, his mother wasn't eating and he wasn't getting what he needed form her milk,” Magnus explained. “we stopped briefly to get some formula, bottles, nappies etc and we came back here. I told her I would look after the baby while she had a long hot bath, she got flustered, scared again but I promised nothing bad was going to happen and she reluctantly decided to believe me.”

 

“And you fed the baby?” Alec asked, “with no experience?”

 

“No, not exactly,” Magnus admitted, “I called Catarina. She was the only one I could think to call, being a nurse. Luckily she had learned the basics with her training and while Sally was in the bath she came over and explained about sterilising, how to make a bottle and changing nappies.”

 

By the time Sally emerged from the bathroom wearing one of my dressing gowns the baby was fed, had a clean nappy and was in a clean babygrow.” Magnus told him, “Catarina was still there, in her nurses scrubs and it spooked her a little, I admit. But I explained that she was a friend and had taught me how to care for the baby. I had also used magic to get more stock of milk, baby bottles, nappies and other items so I let her believe that Catarina had brought them with her.”

 

“She believed you?” Alec asked.

 

“Yes Alexander,” Magnus smiled, “I can be very persuasive when I put my mind to something.”

 

“Oh, I have first hand knowledge of that!” Alec stated with a grin. “So, what happened to her?”

 

“She stayed here for a while, in the spare room,” Magnus told him, “she was exhausted, both mentally and physically from being on the street for almost a week. I asked her if it was okay for Catarina to check her over and she said she was physically okay, just needed food, warmth and someone to trust and help her.”

 

“And you couldn't help yourself?” Alec smiled at him fondly.

 

“You know me too well Alexander.” Magnus replied.

 

“So, what happened?” Alec asked, interested.

 

“We agreed that I would help her get back on her feet,” Magnus explained. “I got her some decent clothes, that she wouldn't accept at first but I told her she could pay me back one day, when she was able and she reluctantly agreed to take them. I said I would help her in any way I could, but first she needed an income.”

 

“It turned out she had had an amazing job working in a high end store as a fashion buyer,” Magnus told him, “which she had intended to go back to, but being thrown out on the street had put an end to that. I told her that I would look after the baby whenever she went for job interviews, which she did. She struck lucky after about four weeks, a rival store to the one she had previously worked with needed a fashion buyer and given that she hadn't told her previous employer the real reason that she wouldn't be returning, just that it wasn't possible. When they were asked for a reference they in turn offered her her job back at an increased salary that meant she would be able to afford a place to live and childcare.”

 

“Wow!” Alec said, “that is amazing.”

 

“It couldn't have worked out better,” Magnus said. “I helped her find an apartment and childcare. The only problem we had was the baby's appearance, but his ears were really the only thing that showed his Seelie heritage. They were listed on his medical records as a birth defect that had no impact on his health so we just used that information to explain the 'condition' and that he could have them 'corrected' when he was older if he required.”

 

“Magnus, if I could love you more that I already do, it would be in this exact moment,” Alec said, leaning in to kiss him softly.

 

“Thank you Alexander,” Magnus replied with a small smile.

 

“Do you know what happened to them?” Alec asked, “Did sally keep in touch?”

 

Magnus nodded, “I get a letter once a year on the anniversary of the day we met,” Magnus told him, “he is … forty two now, married and has two children of his own. They have inherited his Seelie ears but it's just seen as a quirk of nature and it's treated as normal.”

 

“That's good,” Alec replied, “And Sally?”

 

“She is now sixty two I believe and she has retired,” Magnus said, “and takes pleasure in her family.”

 

“Did you ever find out who the Seelie father was?” Alec asked.

 

“No,” Magnus replied with a sigh. “but that was probably not a bad thing.”

 

“Yeah!” Alec agreed.

 

“Now, how about a nap before she wakes again?” Magnus suggested. “Still a little shattered from last night.”

 

“I don't see why not,” Alec said, faking a yawn, knowing sleep wasn't really the thing on his husbands mind.

 

Magnus stood up and held his hand out to Alec and pulled him to his feet.

 

“Bedroom.” Magnus said simply and they barely stopped themselves from running.

 

TBC