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Intan wailed when Magnus and Alec tried to leave him with Jace. Currently, Asmodeus had to take care of something down in Edom and wasn't available for babysitting, but he was spending a lot of time with Intan during the last couple of weeks. Intan was now almost three weeks old and he was doing amazing; he was a happy little baby dragon, loved by his two dads who loved him very much. He just didn't like it when they had to go working, but he learned that Asmodeus was just as much fun. He brought him new toys! Lots and lots of golden, shiny things that Intan liked hiding around the place and from time to time, he'd share his toys with his older brother. Chairman was a cool older brother, but Intan didn't like how much he cared about rules. Intan was more of a free spirit.
Magnus and Alec looked at each other and they sighed when they saw the sad look on the dragon's face. Leaving Intan wasn't easy, but it had to be done; they had a Downworlder cabinet meeting, which was probably going to last for quite a few hours and for the time being, they needed someone to be with Intan. Jace was one of the very few people that knew about the demon, so he happily volunteered. He had heard that Intan was well behaved and taking care of a dragon seemed like fun. While Jace was excited, Intan wasn't so much!
Intan still didn't forget the horrible first meeting he and Jace had! Jace wanted to stab him and Intan was afraid of him, hiding behind Magnus when he wanted to hand him to Jace. Jace's facial expression faltered a little bit and he rubbed the back of his neck. Um, so now what?! Magnus sighed and then looked at Alec, who had a little, tiny smile on his face as he watched Magnus scoop up the little one into his arms and brought his up, Intan quickly snuggling into the crook of Magnus' face and he sadly screeched.
''I know, baby, I know,'' said Magnus and then gently patted his head. ''Look, but Alec and I are going to be very busy today,'' said Magnus and Intan looked down, disappointed. ''We'd love to take you with us, but it's going to be very boring. I don't think you'd like to be stuck in a room full of adults for three hours straight, right?'' asked Magnus and Intan didn't know. It still sounded better than hanging out with the scary blond. ''And Jace is a fun company,'' said Magnus, looking up at Alec's Parabatai, humming. ''... ish.''
''Hey, what's that supposed to mean?'' asked the blonde one, offended.
''Nothing, I'm just kidding, relax,'' said Magnus and winked to Jace, trying to let him know that he was only trying to make Intan feel at ease, but it wasn't working. Intan looked at Alec then and turned on his puppy-eyed look, wailing again as he didn't want to be left alone. What if the scary man wanted to attack him again?! Well, he could easily protect himself, but Intan wasn't that kind of a demon. He was a kind and soft soul, he'd never hurt anyone. Not even a fly. Magnus then looked at Alec and sighed sadly. “Darling, help me out,” said Magnus.
“Look,” said Alec and Intan perked up. Did it work? Was he coming with them? “It’s just for a couple of hours,” said the hunter and Intan let out a sad growl as he buried his face into Magnus’ chest and didn’t dare to look at Jace. “And Jace isn’t so bad, you’ll see. Maybe by the end of the day, you two will be friends,” suggested Alec and Intan wasn’t so sure of that. Friends with that scary man that tried to kill him? No, thank you! Pass. He’d rather be babysitting himself. He’d promise he wouldn’t get into trouble. He would be good and his big brother Chairman would be there to take care of him, okay?!
“Yes,” said Magnus softly. “Look, just go to Jace,” said Magnus and tried to give Intan to Jace, but the dragon panicked and jumped to Alec’s instead, howling loudly again and Jace started sighing. This wasn’t working out. It was clear that the dragon didn’t like him, so what would happen if the two of them would be alone? Would the demon attack him? By the looks of it, Jace doubted it. “Aw, come on, don’t cry,” said Magnus as his heart was breaking already when he heard Intan crying again and was now squeezing himself to Alec, begging his other dad not to leave him alone.
“Magnus is right,” said Alec and slowly picked Intan up, lifting him above his head and the dragon was now sadly looking down onto Alec’s face. “Look, he’ll take you to the park, you like the park, don’t you?” asked Alec, because they all knew how much he loved the outdoors. “And Jace promises that he will be well-behaved. No funny business, yeah?” asked Alec, who was now talking to Jace and the blonde one quickly nodded.
“I promise,” said Jace. “You know, I’m sorry that we’ve gotten to know each other like that, I didn’t mean to… um, well… attack you and-” he started, but made things worse and one glare from Alec shut him up in a heartbeat, making Magnus chuckle, because it was quite funny to see Jace shut his mouth like that; but he knew not to mess with Alec in his dad mode. He truly was over-protective of this dragon and Jace then just placed his hands together and was quiet until Alec allowed him to speak again.
“Yes and in the park you’ll have lots of fun,” said Magnus and Intan perked up and looked at the warlock. He seemed interested. “Yes,” said Magnus and smiled, quickly nodding. “There’s the water and your friends, butterflies,” said Magnus and Alec smiled, kissing Intan’s head.
“Indeed,” said Alec. “And we’ll be right back, you’ll see. I’ll make sure that the meeting won’t last too long, okay?” asked Alec and Intan was slowly giving up with protesting. Going to the park sounded a lot more fun than being with adults in some boring meeting.
“And if you’ll be a good boy, you’ll get a little surprise,” said Magnus and that was all that he needed to say, Intan sold on the idea of spending the very few hours with the scary uncle. Alec looked at Magnus and gave him an unamused look. What kind of a surprise? He thought that they were teaching the dragon some self-control. He was already spoiled rotten as both Magnus and Asmodeus would get him something new every day (not that Alec himself was much better at this). All of them spoiled Intan way too much, but they also couldn't help themselves. He was just too adorable and precious.
“We’re not buying him another toy,” said Alec quietly and Magnus looked at him. “He already has way too much, we’ve decided that we’d teach him-”
“But look at this face, Alexander,” said Magnus as his heart was melting when Intan looked at them. “How can you say no to it?” he asked and Alec blinked once, he blinked twice and by the time he got to blink for the third time, he had decided that they would indeed be buying the baby something. But nothing too huge. Just a little stuffed toy, maybe. He loved those. Or maybe a new book, Intan loved being read to!
“I can’t,” said Alec and Intan was happily bouncing up and down. “But you promise to be a good boy, yes?” asked Alec and Intan bowed his head down, howling a little bit and then he looked at Jace, who was now just leaning up against the wall and waiting for the family moment to be over. It was quite a sight to behold; Magnus and Alec really treated the little dragon as if he was their child and it was adorable.
“Now, go to your uncle,” said Magnus and let Intan on the floor, but the dragon again started crying. Even so, he slowly made his way to Jace, then sat on the floor and looked at his father, still screeching as his heart was breaking. They were going to be separated for three hours and Intan couldn’t handle it. Alec was this close to agreeing to take Intan with them, but then reminded that Clave officials were going to be there that day and everything needed to be professional. He couldn’t even imagine what would happen if the Clave found out he was keeping a demon at home. He didn’t care what would happen to him, but what would they do to the poor baby! That was if they got their hands on him, because Alec swore on protecting their child with everything that he got!
“Magnus,” said Alec as the warlock was also planning on taking their boy with them. “Create a portal now, or my heart will break,” whispered Alec and Magnus quickly nodded, tears in his eyes as he quickly created a portal and grabbed Alec’s hand. Ugh, being a parent was so hard at times like that, puffing his cheeks as he then looked at Intan one final time.
“We’re so sorry, baby,” said Magnus and stepped inside of the portal.
“We’ll be back soon,” said Alec and then allowed Magnus to drag him behind. As the two of them were gone, Intan started running towards the portal, which was closed by the time he came there and his wings bowed down, his tail wrapped around himself as he started howling again, Jace just standing there and not knowing what to do. Jace was decent when it came to kids, but this was a dragon and he didn’t really-
Jace took in a deep breath, slapped his cheeks, rubbed his palms and nodded to himself. Still, this was a baby, so he knew that he needed to be extra nice and patient with him! Patience was a must, which he lacked, but was willing to try. As Intan was still crying away, Jace slowly kneeled next to him and the dragon jumped back when the scary uncle came to him. Jace sighed and pressed his lips together. “Shh, hey, don’t be afraid of me, okay?” asked Jace and Intan didn’t trust him. “And don’t cry,” said Jace, Intan slowly calming down, but he still looked crushed.
“So,” said Jace and Intan flinched, wanting to run under the couch, but then didn’t. Jace slowly looked around the living room, which had become Intan’s play room it seemed and he smiled when he found one of the books lying around and he quickly stood up, went to pick it up and Intan perked up when he saw that the uncle picked up his favourite book. “I’ve heard you like stories,” said Jace and sat down on top of the couch, Intan slowly hopping next to him and he painfully slowly and carefully made his way to Jace. “Oooh, this one is about dragons!” said Jace.
Intan watched Jace for a little while, but then finally stepped right next to him and sat down, Jace opening the book and Intan calmed instantly as Jace started reading him the story, Intan following the pretty pictures of dragons. They were so big! When he grew up, he also wanted to be so strong! Intan carefully jumped into Jace’s lap and nestled there as Jace continued flipping pages of the book and Intan was happy! Maybe this uncle wasn’t so bad after all! As he was reading, Chairman came to listen to the story, but then soon lost his interests and walked away.
“The end,” said Jace and Intan looked up at him. “See, we’re getting along!” said Jace loud, startling the demon and he quickly lowered his voice. “So! How about we go to the park?” tried Jace then as he didn’t want Intan to start crying again as he’d remember that Alec and Magnus weren’t at home. As soon as Jace said that, Intan jumped off of his lap onto the floor, going to the other room and he happily brought out a collar and a leash. Yes! He loved walks! “Oh, you’re all set, aren’t you?” asked Jace and Intan was happily sitting down, his tail waggling as Jace put on the collar on him and Intan was happily strutting along when he was put on leash.
Jace snorted; he was a lot like a puppy! After Intan told Chairman that he and Jace were going out, the real fun began, Jace taking Intan to the park. Both of them were glamoured, so no Mundane could see them and therefore, they could enjoy themselves to the fullest, Jace chuckling happily as Intan was walking next to him. Now he knew why Alec liked him so much; he truly was adorable and just… amazing! A perfect child!
Intan and Jace were playing tag around the park, starling random Mundanes in the process and all in all, Jace was having a great time with the little one, who was no longer afraid of him! He even liked uncle Jace, who was soon resting up on a bench. While Intan had a lot more energy in him, Jace needed a time out and he was happily watching Intan jumping up and down, chasing after the butterflies and birds, but never really attacking one. He’d come here and there to Jace as if he was trying to check up on him and then went back to running around.
But evil lurked in that park! As Jace stood up and tried to go play with Intan again, there came a couple of ducks, which made Jace kind of hard to pass by them. Not that they really meant any hard, but Jace was terrified of ducks no matter what. Intan looked towards Jace, who was trapped on the bench a few moments later and he came running to him, growling at the ducks when he saw that Jace was afraid of them and Jace’s heart melted. Okay, this dragon was a saint! He saved him from the ducks and Jace happily picked him up, spinning around with him in his hands and earned himself a big, wet kiss from Intan, wrinkling his nose, but didn’t make a comment about it.
Their fun didn’t stop there! Luckily, Jace came prepared, he had taken a few of Intan’s favourite snacks with him and the two of them were then having a picnic right there in the middle of the park. Intan took a snack in between his teeth carefully and then lifted it up to Jace, because he looked hungry! “What is it, boy?” asked Jace and narrowed his eyes. “Want me to eat it?” he asked and Intan only screeched softly, Jace taking the snack, which honestly didn’t look too appetising. He didn’t even want to know what was in it.
But Intan was watching him and Jace couldn’t just throw it away. So, he took it like a hero, and ate the dragon snack, which honestly didn’t taste that good, but forced on a smile and gave him thumbs up. “Mmm, it’s yummy,” said Jace, then panicked when Intan was giving him another treat. “Oh, no, thank you,” said Jace. “I don’t want you to run out, you know,” he said and Intan cocked his head. “It’s really yummy, but you’re a growing dragon, so you should eat up,” said Jace and luckily Intan bought it.
Thank Raziel!
After a few more laps around the park, Jace and Intan decided that it was time to get back home and honestly, Jace was more than happy about that. He had fun with the little dragon, but he was exhausted as the little one really was a ball of energy just like Alec had explained to him. He honestly didn't know how his brother managed to do it all; keep up a successful relationship, run the Institute and raise a dragon. Jace was amazed and should be bowing down to Alec.
An hour later or so, Alec and Magnus finally came back home and Intan was overjoyed that his parents were finally back home. Hanging out with uncle Jace was fun and all, but Alec and Magnus were his world, Magnus and Alec giggling when Intan waited for them at the door, jumping into their laps and spent quite a lot of time showering them with kisses. And for being a good drgaon he earned himself a giant teddy bear!