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

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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	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." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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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	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?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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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	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?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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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	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." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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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	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!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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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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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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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	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." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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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	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." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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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	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." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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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	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?" (Reply to this)(Parent)

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