Draco Malfoy (lordlyheir) wrote in mudbloods,
@ 2013-09-03 15:43:00

Draco felt terrified. Even if he and Merlin had had nine months to prepare and lots of experience babysitting Valentine and all of that, he was scared of his mind, holding one of their new sons. They were alone with the babies in the house for the first time and Draco kept waiting for Coconut to decide to smother one of them or something. How were they going to make parenting work?

"This is the scariest thing that has ever happened to me," he informed Merlin, staring down into Cepheus's big, grey eyes. "What are we doing? I'm going to end up breaking one of them. It's a good thing Pansy ended up having twins."

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merlinsbeard
2013-09-03 08:23 pm UTC (link)

Merlin laughed at that and rolled his eyes. Draco could be such a drama queen and he absolutely loved it. He walked over to him and brushed their lips together, holding the other twin, Scorpius, in his arms.

"Don't be ridiculous, Draco. You won't break him." Merlin brought Scorpius up so his tiny little face rested against his shoulder. He rubbed his back. "Hold him like this so he doesn't think you're afraid of him."

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	lordlyheir 2013-09-03 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm going to start my relationship with my son by lying to him," Draco said, bringing Cepheus up and holding him close to his chest. "Pretending he isn't terrifying." He smiled at the feel and smell of having a baby this close though. Their baby. "I still can't believe we did this. We have children now. We're adults." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	merlinsbeard 2013-09-03 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	"We are. We have children." Merlin pet at the tiny curls at the base of Scorpius's neck, then smiled at Draco. "You'll be a great father, Draco. You have all the kindness in the world in you." Merlin moved closer and kissed Draco softly. "We have two, beautiful children and Pansy is next. Our children will be friends." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lordlyheir
2013-09-03 09:44 pm UTC (link)

Draco kissed Merlin back and laughed against his lips. "I hope so," he said. "I want them to be friends with each other. Do you best not to let them know you and Pansy still don't get along all that well. Pansy said she'd try."

He kissed Merlin again, then looked down at the twin Merlin was holding. "They are so tiny. I told Mum she could bring Valentine over to meet them soon. Arnie and Tullah want to give them presents."

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	merlinsbeard 2013-09-04 12:04 am UTC (link)
	"Of course they do. I saw them hiding back a couple of antique baby outfits the other day. They were dreadful looking, but they were being sweet. I'm sure they'll give us something nice." Merlin walked over and put Scorpius down in his bassinet. "Are you going to be able to handle going back to the museum?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lordlyheir
2013-09-04 12:08 am UTC (link)

Draco wrinkled his nose at the thought of having to deal with antique baby outfits. "We'll take some photos of them in the outfits and maybe make the kids wear them when they visit," he said. "I was forced into antique outfits. I'm not going to do that to my kids more often than necessary."

He carried Cepheus over to lay in the second bassinet, beside his brother, and smiled down at them. "Why are you talking to me about going back to work already? I've only been off for two weeks." Draco looked up at Merlin. "I could apply for paternity leave. That's time off, with pay."

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	merlinsbeard 2013-09-04 12:58 am UTC (link)
	Merlin looked up at Draco and laughed softly. He was being adorable, wanting to stay home with the children and be a little housewife. He shook his head and ran a hand through his hair. "Draco. You have to go back to work." He told him, shaking his head. "You love it there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lordlyheir 2013-09-04 01:01 am UTC (link)
	"I know," Draco said, looking down at their sons and doing his best not to pout. "But look at them," he said. "They're so sweet. I'm not saying I wouldn't ever go back." He leaned over, brushing a bit of Cepheus's curly hair off his forehead. "I guess staying on does mean I get to take then behind the scenes when they're older." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	merlinsbeard 2013-09-04 01:18 am UTC (link)
	"You should definitely stay on anyway. You love that job and both my sister and Pansy have already said they'd babysit for us." Merlin pulled Draco into his lap and kissed him softly. "All of our dreams are coming true. Are you scared?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lordlyheir
2013-09-04 01:28 am UTC (link)

Draco kissed Merlin back, sliding a hand into his hair. "I thought we'd already established that I'm terrified," he said, laughing against Merlin's lips. "We have children. There's no turning back now."

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Draco had maybe let things go a bit too far when his mother, Merlin, and Pansy had started planning the twins's first birthday party. Merlin liked decorating and his mother like parties and Pansy like the twins. He looked around the house, which had been completely transformed into a sort of bathtime-nautical themed extravaganza to reflect the fact that the twins currently really liked feeding the ducklings in the park, and took a long drink from his wine glass. He has, at least, stopped his mother from bringing real ducks into the house.

"They're not even going to remember this party," he said, looking at Pansy beside him on the couch. "Although the photos of them in matching duck onesies are going to haunt them forever. I can't believe my mother made Valentine dress up in a sailor suit."

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	merlinsbeard 2013-09-04 01:40 am UTC (link)
	"I can belive it." Pansy told him with a soft laugh. "I mean, honestly. She used to dress you up in awful clothes as well. I don't know why you'd think she wouldn't put Valentine in them. I mean, she named him Valentine." Pansy looked around the party, then smiled. "Pyxis came with her son. Xavier is running around somewhere." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lordlyheir 2013-09-04 02:32 am UTC (link)
	"Thor bribed her with that," Draco said, wrinkling his nose. "She got to name him Valentine and have a baby if she let me and Merlin move in together. So really it's my fault Valentine has the name he does." He looked around the party too. "The three year old that looks five?" he guessed. "Charlie's supposed to bring his kids when he gets off work." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	floral 2013-09-04 02:37 am UTC (link)
	"You're such an awful older brother." Pansy informed him, snorting. "Valentine could have had a butch name. Like Bill." She told him, then rolled her eyes. "You and Charlie." Pansy laughed. "You could never properly stay away from him, could you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lordlyheir 2013-09-04 03:37 am UTC (link)
	Draco snorted at that. "We're friends, Pansy," he said. "We work at the same museum. It's not like I could stay away from him even if I wanted to. Besides. I like him. And so do the twins." He leaned in and gave her a kiss. "Are you looking forward to getting this baby out of you? You look ready to pop." Draco rubbed Pansy's stomach. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	merlinsbeard 2013-09-04 03:57 am UTC (link)
	Pansy looked down at her belly and shrugged. "I still have a month to go." She admitted, looking Draco over. "Being pregnant isn't too horrible. At least it's not twins this time." She brushed her fingers through her hair. "Is that one of Charlie's?" She asked, pointing at the red-haired child. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lordlyheir 2013-09-04 04:01 am UTC (link)
	Draco looked over at Teddy, sitting in the corner. "Yeah, that one's Charlie's," he said. "Teddy's mother is a lesbian police officer. He's a bit... odd, but he's a good kid." He leaned into Pansy's touch. "I'm glad I never had to be pregnant. Having two infants at the same time was bad enough without ever having them growing inside me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

floral
2013-09-04 04:29 pm UTC (link)

Pansy looked down at her belly and rubbed at it a bit, then shrugged. "It's not that weird. I mean, it's stressful knowing that you have a growing child inside of you that you have to protect and live for."

She pushed herself up from the chair she was sitting in, then walked over to where Cepheus was sitting with some other kids and took him over to Teddy. "Hi, Teddy. This is Cepheus."

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	lordlyheir 2013-09-04 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	Teddy looked up at the woman and then at Cepheus in his duck costume and nodded a bit. "I met him before," he told her. "At the moo'sum." Which was a word he still had a bit of trouble pronouncing. He reached out to shake Cepheus's baby hand. "Happy birthday, Cep'us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	floral 2013-09-04 04:52 pm UTC (link)
	Cepheus couldn't say but a few words, which were mostly Dada and 'mook' which was his word for milk. He smiled at the other boy though, taking his hand. Pansy smiled at the two of them. "I think that means he likes you, Teddy. What do you think?" "I think he likes him." Charlie smiled down at Pansy. "I wouldn't stoop down like that if I were you. Baby might pop out." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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