The hospital was mostly quiet, save for the gentle whir of machines and the occasional sound of a newborn crying. All of the lights were dimmed in the room full of newborns and fussing nurses. There weren't too many newborns, but enough that the large hospital had to have a few nurses bustling about.
A figure stood over one of the incubators, looking down at the baby sleeping fitfully inside it. They opened up the incubator and reach inside, gently rubbing the newborn's cheek. The baby seemed to calm down, falling into a more peaceful sleep as the individual watching then smiled. "Hey there, little one, my name's Bro. Well, not really, but I think it sounds cool so everyone calls me that," 'Bro' murmured, mostly just rambling to themselves. "So…uh, I know you're not hearing any of this, look at you all fast asleep, but I guess I just wanted to stop by and say hey. I know you don't know me, and you probably never will, but I'm your guardian angel." They chuckled, "That sounds kind of silly, but it's true. Everyone has one, though some of us take our jobs more seriously than others."
The angel closed the incubator and spent a moment just watching the little one before the sound of rustling feathers caused them to turn around. Another angel was walking up behind them, folding their wings against their back as they approached. "Dave, what are you doing here?" Bro asked. "I thought you already had a charge."
"Yeah, but she didn't make it. Poor girl had so much stuff going on that not even I could help…and, well…now she's gone. At least her kid made it; the doctors seemed worried that they were going to lose him too." The angel, Dave, sighed as they looked down at Bro's charge and smiled. "How come our charges always seemed to be connected in some way?"
Bro raised an eyebrow, "What do you…? Oh, the little guy here was your charge's? So you probably know what's going to happen to him? Does he have any other family to take him in?"
Dave shook their head. "Nah, the kid's parents weren't married and the family wants nothing to do with him, which is stupid. I heard some of the humans talking about it. They're going to try to find someone, but they'll probably be sending him to an orphanage."
Bro nodded and looked back down at the kid, nameless at the moment and yet looking so peaceful as he slept. They usually weren't one to take their duties too seriously; whatever happened to the human happened. Only fussy angels actually made a big effort of doing more than just watching over. However, they had the feeling this kid would need a bit of 'luck', so maybe they could actually try this time around.
Dave started towards the door, wings unfurling behind them as they said a goodbye to their fellow angel and headed off. When they were gone, Bro spent some more time just watching over the newborn before heading out themselves. They weren't quite sure what, but there was something different about this human. Perhaps it was because none of Bro's other charges had started out life like…this. They'd all been born to a family with at least one parent. Sure, some had never made if more than a few months, but humans were fragile and those sorts of things just happened. But…this little one…he had no one. The only one to watch over him was Bro, which wouldn't be a comforting thought to those that knew them. No…they would be here for this human. This one was going to have their full attention. They sighed, nodding their head decidedly before turning towards the door. Bro wanted to stretch their wings before the little one's life began. They murmured a goodbye to the sleeping boy, and then left the room to the nurses still bustling about, oblivious to the pair of incorporeal beings who had been in there moments before.