james sirius potter. (siriuslyjames) wrote in paddedrooms,
@ 2013-03-30 00:47:00

James was drunk, but also excited, and more than ready to see Cepheus. His team had won a big game -- a game that meant they were now vying for second or third in the league -- and they'd gone out celebrating after. James had sent a lot of pouty texts, trying to get Cepheus to come join him, but he'd been busy or something because he kept saying no, and James would have been put out about not being able to crawl all over Cepheus while he was celebrating, but that was fine. He just danced with a bunch of slutty girls and let them try and get his his pants, which were completely uninterested in letting them in.

"Gay and engaged," he hummed to himself, trying to fit his key in the door. The pictures on the blogs were going to be ridiculous. "En-gay-ged." James rattled the door open and fell into the flat, laughing to himself. "Pheeeeeeee, I'm a champion! Chaaaaaaampion! And I'm gaaaaaaay!"

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pheus
2013-03-31 04:06 am UTC (link)

Cepheus grabbed a fork and dug into the cheesecake immediately, humming softly at the taste of it. He smiled at Antonia, who smiled back at him. And then he laughed and looked back at James. "You're the one who didn't want to servants in the first place. I merely gave them the day off. And then we both decided we wanted cheesecake."

Antonia nodded, looking at James. "He's right, you know. You have been complaining that you're more than capable of running this family yourself."

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siriuslyjames
2013-03-31 04:28 am UTC (link)

"Well, I am," James insisted. "I know how to cook and clean. My grandmother taught me well." James picked up a form for himself. He deserved cheesecake too. "They do make everything a bit more... convenient, though. And probably cleaning everywhere and taking care of all the gardens by ourselves isn't really possible. Your grandmother would kill me if I let any of the gardens go."

He nudged Cepheus's knee with his own gently. "You know, you're not pregnant. You're capable of going out and buying your own cake. I'm just whipped."

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	pheus 2013-03-31 04:38 am UTC (link)
	"It's your sperm in there filling up her egg. Not mine." Cepheus pointed out with a grin. "I'm doing all the shopping and preparing. You're catering to our surrogate. I think that's a fair trade off." Antonia shrugged. "Besides. I like you waiting on me, James. It's like being a girl in a romance novel. Or a Disney movie. Only... I'm pregnant." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

siriuslyjames
2013-03-31 04:46 am UTC (link)

"And I'm gay and married to your brother," James pointed out, raising an eyebrow at Antonia. "But other than that, yeah, I'm sure it's just like being in one of those movies."

He ran his fingers through his hair, eating some more of the cake. "Next time, you're going to be the donor," James told Cepheus. "Let's not try and get my sister pregnant. I don't think Lily would take to it as well as Toni. Might get in the way of her shagging girls."

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pheus
2013-03-31 04:50 am UTC (link)

Cepheus snorted a that. "There's enough of a chance of our child being a ginger from your family anyway. Let's not add on an actual red head carrying my child. Pass."

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Cepheus looked down at the tiny baby with dark hair and dark eyes in his arms. Definitely Antonia's eyes. He smiled to himself for a moment, then looked up at James when the baby yawned.

"How do I look?" He asked, giving James an intimidated look. They had a child.

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siriuslyjames
2013-03-31 04:55 am UTC (link)

James laughed at the look on Cepheus's face. "Scared," he said. "But happy too. You look like a dad." James raised his camera and snapped a picture. He hadn't been able to stop since Jaks had been born.

He walked over to Cepheus, kissing the top of his head and then running a hand over the sparse hair on the top of their son's head. "Hey, little man. You don't mind if your dads are a bit scared, do you? We'll get better as we all get used to each other. I promise." The baby gurgled at them, raising a tiny fist to his mouth and gumming on it.

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	pheus 2013-03-31 05:04 am UTC (link)
	Cepheus watched his son sucking on his fist and then snorted. "Look at that. He's just like his father. Already finding things to stick in his mouth and suck on." He grinned up at James and leaned in, kissing him deeply as the door opened and most of his family poured in. He held the baby out to Molly first and smiled. "Your great grandson. Jaks Fabian Potter." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

siriuslyjames
2013-03-31 05:14 am UTC (link)

Molly beamed as she took the baby from Cepheus and let James take a picture of her holding him. "He's beautiful, boys," she said. "He's got your hair and your nose, Jamie. I'm so proud of you." She leaned in and kissed him on the forehead, then kissed Cepheus too. "You too, dear."

Narcissa wanted to see her great-grandson too. She came up behind Molly, smiling at Jaks in her arms. "He's beautiful, boys. I hope you two are planning on filling this manor with children. It needs them."

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pheus
2013-03-31 05:17 am UTC (link)

"We're planning on at least two more." Cepheus promised his grandmother, smiling up at her. Jaks didn't look anything like him, but that didn't matter. He was still part of him. He looked at Lavinia for a moment, then smiled at her and wrapped his arms around her.

Rex wanted a baby too. He couldn't even get Lavinia to date him properly. He moved over so he could look at the baby, then pouted at Lavinia, giving her the most pathetic look he could.

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siriuslyjames
2013-03-31 05:25 am UTC (link)

Lavinia was happy for James and Cepheus, but this whole baby thing was just making Rex's desire for one worse. It wasn't like she objected to the idea of starting a family, but she was only halfway through law school. It wasn't in her plan.

She kissed Cepheus's cheek, hugging him back. "Congrats, Dad," she said. "My kind-of-boyfriend is dying for one of these, you know."

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	pheus 2013-03-31 05:28 am UTC (link)
	Cepheus laughed at that and glanced at Rex. "She'll give you one eventually. When she decides that her ambition is so great that it's causing her personal life to struggle. Or when she's forty and her biological clock starts ticking." Rex looked up at Lavinia and frowned. "If she doesn't get her shit together now, I'll just have one on my own." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

siriuslyjames
2013-03-31 06:23 am UTC (link)

Lavinia didn't think she deserved to be frowned at for not thinking she was ready to have a baby. "I'm not even finished school yet, Rex. How am I supposed to help raise a baby?"

She sighed, leaning her head against Cepheus's shoulder. "Jaks is really cute, though. And Antonia's boobs did get huge when she was pregnant." Lavinia looked at Rex, who wanted a baby really badly, and then down at Jaks being passed from great-grandmother to great-grandmother. "Maybe we could babysit for you and James in a bit, when he's old enough for you to leave him overnight."

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	pheus 2013-03-31 06:28 am UTC (link)
	Cepheus was trying desperately to sleep. He'd been up three or four times with Jaks as he screamed his head off. And now, he was screaming his head off again and Cepheus really just wanted to sleep. But, of course, James was sleeping through it. He frowned to himself for a moment, then sat up and slapped James's back hard. "Get the fuck up, you cunt." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

siriuslyjames
2013-03-31 06:38 am UTC (link)

James grunted in protest when Cepheus hit him, rubbing at his eyes as he registered Jaks's screaming. It wasn't his fault he could sleep through most things. He slept on a bus full of rowdy footballers regularly and he'd spent his summers ignoring a dozen or so cousins running around the house growing up.

"How long has he been screaming?" he asked, sitting up and grabbing his robe as he stuffed his feet into his slippers. "I have a solution. You sleep." He kissed the top of Cepheus's head, then shuffled out of the room to check on Jaks.

Jaks was wailing away in the nursery and after making sure he didn't need a change, James scooped him up and sat in the rocking chair, closing his eyes and trying not to soothe himself to sleep as he tried to quiet Jaks down. "Sleep, Jackie. Sleep before your daddy kills me in my sleep." He started to sing the first song he could think of, which happened to be by Katy Perry, but that was fine, he just slowed it down, forgetting that Cepheus could hear him through the baby monitor.

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pheus
2013-03-31 06:42 am UTC (link)

"He's been screaming all night. This is the seventh time I've gotten up." Cepheus informed James with a frown. "And you have slept through every single time. And I hate you."

He watched James leave the room, then tried to settle into sleep. When the words of Katy Perry suddenly started, Cepheus thought he was going to kill himself in his sleep. Let alone James. Even if he was kind of amused. He sighed and crawled out of bed, walking into the nursery. "If you are going to sing our child a lullaby by a whore, at least make it a good whore." He told him, leaning against the doorframe, then started singing the lyrics to a Kesha song.

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