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lucius malfoy ([info]luciusmal) wrote in [info]notanother,
@ 2012-12-03 00:09:00


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Lucius was very fond of Valentine, even if his only connection to the boy was that his wife was Valentine's mother. The shock of a new baby being born must have been hard on Valentine's four-year-old system, especially since his father wasn't staying at the manor anymore. He had been planning on waiting until Christmas, but Valentine deserved a treat now and what he was looking for had popped up. It was like a sign.

Lucius set up Valentine's present and then went searching for the three of them. He found Narcissa playing with Valentine in her rooms while Winter slept in a bassinet. Narcissa looked exhausted, and she hadn't done her hair, but Lucius was pretty sure the elves could help with the baby, and even if they couldn't she had a sister and a cousin she could call for help, right? Right. Lucius knocked on the open door and smiled at them both. "I have a present for Valentine," he said.

Narcissa was exhausted and she didn't really see the point of getting dressed and doing her hair and makeup when the only people she saw were Valentine and Winter, so she'd stopped bothering. She did feel a little self-conscious when Lucius showed up, but she pressed down on her embarrassment and raised an eyebrow at him. "Winter is napping. Speak softly," she said. "Valentine and I were working on his letters, but he can take a break to get a present." She gave her son a fond smile. "He's been so good. He deserves one."

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[info]valen
2012-12-03 06:42 am UTC (link)
Valentine looked up at Lucius Malfoy and smiled. He knew better than to make any noise to wake up his sister. All she seemed to do was cry. He slowly got up from where he was sitting, trying not to make any noise as he padded across the room.

"What did you get me?" He asked, his voice a whisper, his eyes full of hope.

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-03 07:18 am UTC (link)
Lucius grinned down at Valentine. "Come with me," he said, keeping his voice soft as he stepped back into the hallway and beckoned for Valentine to follow. "I put it in your room." He glanced up at Narcissa. "You should probably come too. She'll be okay."

Narcissa glanced at Winter in her cradle and then nodded, getting to her feet and following Valentine and Lucius out of the room. "I really hope he likes it," she said, in a low voice.

"He'll like it," Lucius said, waving a had dismissively. Although now that he thought about it, maybe he should have discussed this with Narcissa before getting Valentine a... well, a pet, really.

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[info]valen
2012-12-03 07:26 am UTC (link)
Valentine followed behind Lucius, holding onto the back of his shirt. He beamed up at the other man, then turned to look at his Mum. Lucius always gave the best presents anyway.

"What is it?" He asked, tugging gently at Lucius's shirt. "Is it a pony?"

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-03 07:45 am UTC (link)
"Not quite," Lucius said, smiling and leaning down to pick Valentine up. "But you're pretty close. I think you're a big boy now. You can handle some responsibility. But I promise you'll have fun too."

He swung open the door to Valentine's bedroom when they reached it, feeling very proud of himself. Sitting on the edge of Valentine's bed, there was an angelic blond boy, hands clasped together in his lap. Lucius beamed as he put Valentine down. "He's a Veela," he said. "Half-Veela, really, but a full one would be too dangerous. Boys are rarer than girls, you know. What do you think?"

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[info]valen
2012-12-03 07:50 am UTC (link)
Valentine was slightly confused. He looked at the boy for a moment, then looked up at Lucius. Then at his mother. He stuck out his hand to him and smiled.

"Hello." Valentine said politely. "I'm Valentine. What's your name?"

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-03 08:07 am UTC (link)
Narcissa was confused too. She grabbed Lucius's arm. "What did you mean when you said you got him a present?" she asked, frowning at her husband and trying not to strangle him in front of Valentine.

Lucius looked at the boys and then smiled at Narcissa. "Don't worry, he doesn't have to go back," he said. "I bought him. Do you have any idea the sort of demand there is for Veelas? The males are supposed to be much easier to tame than the females. Plus, Evan thinks he'll be gay."

"Gabriel," Gabriel said softly, reaching out and taking Valentine's hand. He smiled back at him, glancing up at Lucius briefly. "But you can change my name if you want to."

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[info]valen
2012-12-03 08:15 am UTC (link)
"Why would I change your name?" Valentine asked with a frown and shook his head. "That would be stupid. I like your name." He told him and then crawled onto the bed with Gabriel, smiling at him.

"What do you like to do?" He asked him, still holding onto his hand. "What kind of toys do you like? I have lots we can play with."

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-03 08:21 am UTC (link)
"See?" Lucius gestured towards Valentine and Gabriel on the bed. "He likes him. Draco had companions his own age. I thought I'd get Valentine one too. Veelas are almost like humans." Narcissa still looked uncertain about this. Couldn't she see what a brilliant idea it was? "Narcissa, do you know what other people would do with a pretty little Veela boy?"

Narcissa frowned at the thought, glancing at Valentine and Gabriel on the bed. "It would be good for Valentine to have a friend his own age," she admitted, somewhat reluctantly.

"I don't know. The man who kept me said whoever bought me might change my name," Gabriel told Valentine. This whole thing was very confusing for him. He was pretty sure he was supposed to have been bought for something else. "I used to like climbing trees a lot," he admitted, looking down at their hands. "I saw some birds outside. I like birds. Can we play with them?"

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[info]valen
2012-12-03 08:25 am UTC (link)
"We can pet them. But, you can't pull their feathers or Lucius gets mad." Valentine told Gabriel with a smile and then slid off the bed. He tugged the boy's arm gently and smiled at him.

"Do you want some different clothes?" He asked him. "Yours look kind of dirty and have holes. Mummy can I give him some clothes?"

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-03 08:34 am UTC (link)
"I won't pull their feathers out," Gabriel promised, making a cross symbol over his heart and making when Valentine dragged him. "I wouldn't want to hurt them. My mum was like a bird sometimes. I don't mind my clothes." He looked down at himself and then up at Valentine's mother. "I don't need new clothes, Madame."

Narcissa's last ounce of resistance to Lucius giving her son a person disappeared. She moved over to the boys, hugging them both. "Of course you can give him some clothes, darling. We'll all go shopping together." She looked down at Gabriel. "You must call me Narcissa. Valentine will take very good care of you."

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[info]valen
2012-12-03 08:40 am UTC (link)
Gabriel would have to learn to take things if he was going to be around. He smiled at him for a moment and then dragged him towards his closet. He pulled it open and looked at his clothes.

"What do you want to wear?" He asked him with a smile. "Is your Mummy going to come get you later?"

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-03 09:45 pm UTC (link)
Gabriel stared at all the clothes Valentine had, feeling shocked. Obviously, he was very important. "I'll wear anything you like," he said, feeling a bit overwhelmed. He should have been bowing more, he felt. He glanced up at the man who had bought him, feeling a bit worried. "I... no. I never lived with my mere. Mum, I mean."

Lucius followed behind the boys, ruffling Valentine's curly hair. "He's yours, Valentine," he said. "He'll stay here. He can stay in your room, if you'd like, or we can give him a room of his own. It's up to you."

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[info]valen
2012-12-03 11:44 pm UTC (link)
Valentine was very confused about all of this. He frowned at Lucius for a moment and then looked back at Gabriel. He felt really bad for him. What kind of kid didn't get to have a Mum?

"But-" Valentine looked up at him. "Did his Mummy die? I feel sad for him, Papa."

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-04 12:14 am UTC (link)
Lucius leaned down, picking Valentine up. "I'll explain while your mother helps Gabriel find new clothes," he said, gesturing for Narcissa to take the boy and help him into something cleaner. He carried Valentine over to the bed, sitting with the boy in his lap.

"Gabriel's mother was a Veela, Valentine," he said. "Do you know what those are? They look very similar to humans. They're very beautiful when they want to be, so sometimes men fall in love with them and they have children. Because Gabriel's mother was a Veela, he's not really human like you and I are. His father couldn't raised him and his mother may look human sometimes, but she's not really, so I bought him for you. He's like a pet, but you can think of him like a friend if you want to."

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[info]valen
2012-12-04 12:19 am UTC (link)
Valentine looked up at Lucius, deep frown set in his little features. "He is not a pet. He is a boy." He told him and shook his head. He didn't like it one bit. Lucius shouldn't have bought him a boy.

"That's not fair. His daddy is a human." Valentine informed Lucius. "I don't want him as a pet. I want him to be my friend and to be happy! You're mean!"

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[info]lordlyheir
2012-12-04 01:02 am UTC (link)
Lucius was a bit surprised by Valentine's insistence that Gabriel was a boy and not a pet, but he nodded. "Of course," he said, touching Valentine's curls and trying to get rid of the frown. "Of course he's a boy, Valentine. He'll be your friend. I'm just trying to explain the way other people think of him."

He glanced over his shoulder, but Narcissa and Gabriel weren't back yet. "Where he was before wasn't very nice," he told Valentine. "I brought him here because I knew you and your mother would take very good care of him. You're a good boy, Valentine. He'll be your best friend and you'll both be very happy."

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[info]valen
2012-12-04 01:12 am UTC (link)
Valentine looked up at Lucius with large, sad brown eyes and then nodded. If Lucius thought it was a good idea and if Gabriel had been that unhappy, maybe this wasn't such a bad thing. He chewed at his bottom lip for a moment, then sighed.

"Okay." Valentine gave up. He wanted Lucius to be happy and for Gabriel to be happy. "Can we take him out for dinner? I want chicken fingers and chips."

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-04 01:17 am UTC (link)
Lucius snorted. "Sometimes you're so much like your Uncle Evan. We can go out for dinner. I'll get Evan to come with us. He hasn't seen your mother since the baby was born." Lucius kissed the top of his head. "You'll get more presents soon. Christmas isn't that far away."

He could get Valentine a pony this time. He'd seemed excited at the idea of a pony. "How are your mother and Winter doing?" Lucius asked. "Not too much crying?"

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[info]valen
2012-12-04 01:38 am UTC (link)
That was a tough question. Valentine shook his head and played with his sweater. "Mummy cries all the time." He explained and let out a soft sigh. "I think she cries more than Winter cries. And she doesn't let me fix her hair anymore. She says there's not a reason to."

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-04 01:44 am UTC (link)
Lucius frowned at that. "I see," he said. "Your mummy has always been very emotional. She just misses your daddy right now. That's all." Lucius ruffled Valentine's hair. "Next time you talk about her hair, you insist on doing it for you. She'll feel better if she starts taking care of herself again. We'll fix her up, don't worry. Have... you heard from your father?"

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[info]valen
2012-12-04 02:03 am UTC (link)
Valentine sulked a little, his shoulders falling forward. "No. Daddy hasn't called me." He told Lucius quietly, and then he felt himself start to cry. He sniffled, reaching up to wipe his nose. "He doesn't love me anymore."

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-04 02:08 am UTC (link)
Shit. Lucius watched Valentine cry for a moment, then pulled the boy close to his chest, rubbing his back. "He loves you," Lucius promised, making a mental note to contact Augustus and tell him to take to his son. "He and your mother are just... having some problems at the moment. Everything will work out."

Narcissa came back into the room with a changed and lightly scrubbed Gabriel and frowned a little when she saw Valentine crying. "What happened?" she asked, rushing over to the bed and touching Valentine's hair. "Lucius, did you say something to him?"

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[info]valen
2012-12-04 02:44 am UTC (link)
Valentine pushed his mother's hand away and then grabbed Lucius's shirt into his fists. He hid his face against his chest and shook his head. "I'm fine, Mummy." He told her, then wiped his eyes off on his sleeve and slipped back down onto the floor.

He walked over to Gabriel and smiled at him. "Let's go play." He told him. "And later you can meet my sister."

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-04 02:51 am UTC (link)
Narcissa didn't believe Valentine was fine, but he had a friend here now and she didn't want to push him. She sat beside Lucius. "Will you tell me what's wrong?"

"His father," Lucius said, glancing at the boys. "I told him we'd go out for dinner. I'll floo Evan. Valentine wants chicken fingers and Evan will kill me if I get them without him."

Gabriel still felt a bit weird and nervous about the way everything was going, but he nodded, reaching out and taking Valentine's hand again. "I'd like to play," he said. "Are you okay? You're sad."

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[info]valen
2012-12-04 03:01 am UTC (link)
"I'm okay. My mummy is just sad and that makes me sad too." Valentine promised Gabriel as he led him out of the room and to his playroom. He opened the door and stepped inside, watching as a charmed broom flew around the giant Hogwarts Express train set he'd gotten for his birthday.

He smiled at it, then glanced at Gabriel. "What kind of things do you like to play with?"

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-04 03:10 am UTC (link)
Gabriel stopped in the doorway of the room and stared at the toys Valentine had, dumbstruck. His mother being sad was sad, but Valentine was obviously... a prince or a president or something. Gabriel had never seen this many toys in one place before.

"All these toys are yours?" he asked, looking at Valentine. "I... I had a toy dog once. Are you royalty? I know you're rich, but you're important too, right?"

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[info]valen
2012-12-04 03:13 am UTC (link)
"Important?" Valentine asked as he looked at the other boy. Was he important? He didn't think that he was. He was just a normal boy. He frowned for a moment, then stuffed his hands in his pockets, feeling shy.

"I don't think so." Valentine replied quietly. "I'm just Valentine. I'm just a little kid."

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-04 03:24 am UTC (link)
Gabriel looked at the train set and then at the flying toy broom zooming around it and then back at Valentine. He was pretty sure he was important, but Valentine seemed shy about it. "It's okay," he said. "I don't care if you're important or not. I'm just a kid too, sort of."

He moved further into the room. "Can we play with your train?" Gabriel asked him. "I've never seen a train like that before."

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[info]valen
2012-12-04 03:32 am UTC (link)
"You've never seen the Hogwarts Express?" Valentine asked as he looked at the train and then led Gabriel over to it. He smiled at him and opened the door to one of the child-sized compartments. "It's what took my brother Draco to school every year. He's almost done with school now. I can go when I'm eleven. Get in."

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-04 03:37 am UTC (link)
Gabriel got into the compartment, looking around the inside of the little train. "No, I've never seen it," he said. "I don't think I have any brothers or sisters. You're lucky." He smiled at Valentine. "I'd like to see the train. Wizards are so cool. My dad was one. I didn't ever really know him, but that's what they told me."

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[info]valen
2012-12-04 03:39 am UTC (link)
Gabriel got into the seat with Gabriel and smiled as he pressed the button to make it go. He clapped his hands as they started to go around the circle in his room, then made a horn motion with his arm. "Toot toot!" He called out and then looked at Gabriel. "Lucius will be your daddy too. He be's my daddy."

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-04 03:50 am UTC (link)
Gabriel laughed, watching Valentine as the train started to move. He stuck his head out of the window, watching it go as he thought about what Valentine said. "Are you like me?" He pulled his head back in, watching Valentine for a moment. "You don't look very much like your mum or your dad. Did he buy you too? You're all much nicer than the last person I belonged too. He wanted to use me for potions and he got mad because I'm not a real Veela."

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[info]valen
2012-12-04 04:38 am UTC (link)
"No. My mummy is my Mummy." Valentine replied as he glanced at Gabriel. He didn't like someone using him for potions. He slid his hand into the other boy's hand and shook his head. "My Mummy was with my real daddy. His name is Gus. But, he's mad at my Mummy right now. So he's not here."

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[info]luciusmal
2012-12-04 04:46 am UTC (link)
"I'm sorry," Gabriel said, squeezing Valentine's hand. He gave him a serious look. "I hope your real daddy comes back, but if he doesn't it'll be okay. You have your mummy still. That's really good. I don't know anybody else like you."

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