This chapter doesn't need an introduction, you'll know what is happening right away.

Enjoy.

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Maxine and Mikey step out of the portal into the hallway. They walk towards a door.

Maxine looks at her brother, "Why am I so nervous?"

He smiles at her, "Nothing to be nervous about." He kisses his sister's cheek then knocks on the door.

The door opens a couple of minutes later. Dr. Alec smiles at them, "Mikey." He hugs Mikey tight. He looks at Maxine, "Is this..."

Mikey nods, "Yes, this is Maxine."

Alec smiles and hugs her tight, "Hello Maxine."

She giggles as she holds him, "Hi."

He pulls both of them into the loft. A boy is playing on the floor by the sofa. He quickly stands, runs over and hides behind Alec.

Alec smiles down at him, "Michael, this is Mikey and Maxine." He smiles at his guests, "This is Michael Maxwell. He's three years old."

Mikey smiles, "Michael Maxwell?"

Alec nods, "We named him after you and Max. I thought it was only fitting since after you were here, I decided, or I should say, I finally told Magnus, that we should look into adoption."

Maxine smiles as she kneels on the floor and looks at Michael. His right eye is orange and his left is green. She winks at him, "I love your eyes."

Michael slowly smiles and runs to her. She hugs him, then kisses his nose. He walks over to Mikey.

Mikey picks him up and kisses his forehead, "Hello Michael."

Micheal giggles, "Purple, awesome."

Mikey laughs, "Yes, they are. And your eyes are awesome too." He hugs Micheal tight, then gently puts him down.

Alec kneels down and kisses his son, "Munchkin, go play, so I can talk to Maxine and Mikey."

Michael nods, "Okay Daddy." He runs back to his toys and sits on the floor.

Alec holds Maxine and Mikey's hands and leads them to the kitchen table, "You hungry, thirsty?"

Mikey laughs, "No, we are fine."

Alec lets their hands go and pulls out two chairs, "Sit." They sit down as he pulls a third chair in front of them, so he can keep an eye on Micheal, "So Maxine, tell me about yourself."

Maxine giggles, "Not much to tell. I teach third grade math."

Alec smiles, "A teacher? That's wonderful."

She giggles, "I'm married to Amber, she's a librarian." She glances at Mikey, who nods, "And she's a werewolf."

"A werewolf? Interesting. How did the two of you meet?"

"Her younger brother was in my class and she came up for Parent-Teacher Night. There were sparks but we waited until the summer before we started to date. We didn't want anybody to say it was inappropriate for us being together. Anyway, we got married a year later and we celebrated our third anniversary last week."

Alec leans over and hugs her, "Congratulations. I'm so happy for you."

Maxine smiles. She holds a hand up to her head and closes her eyes. A picture appears in her hand and she hands it to Alec, "That's from our party."

Alec looks at the picture. Maxine and Amber are holding each other around the waist and kissing. He laughs, "Blue streaks? Is that for you?"

She nods, "Amber got it done for our wedding and she likes how it looks."

Alec winks, "I bet you do too."

She smiles, "Yes."

"You look happy together. Your fathers must be proud."

Maxine nods, "Even though she is blond. Poppa hates blonds."

Alec laughs as he glances over at Michael, "My Magnus also hates blonds. Something I did not know until we got Michael. But then, my husband hates everybody."

Mikey smiles, "Obviously Michael's blond hair didn't stop you from adopting him."

Alec smiles as he shakes his head, "No it didn't. We fell in love with Michael." He squeezes Mikey's hand, "Now you."

Mikey shrugs, 'What about me?"

Alec laughs, "Besides loving grilled cheese sandwiches, what else is there to know about you?"

"I'm not married."

Alec laughs, "Okay."

"I'm a policeman."

"Oh wow. Where?"

"East New York, 75th Precinct."

"Oh, that's a rough neighborhood."

Mikey smiles, "I'm a rough guy."

Maxine giggles as she hugs her brother, "You're a teddy bear."

Alec smiles, "I'm going to agree with Maxine." He leans over and kisses Mikey's cheek, "I hope you are careful."

Mikey nods, "I am."

"Good." Alec glances over at Michael.

Mikey asks, "So how did you pick Michael?"

Alec smiles, "He picked us. We asked Catarina for a reputable adoption agency and she gave us a few. But we wanted to adopt a child that was...I guess the term might be unwanted."

Maxine suggests, "Undesirable?"

Alec nods, "Yes. Pretty babies get adopted easily but it's the ones that aren't so pretty that get left behind and don't get the love they need." Alec glances at Michael and smiles, "Anyway, she was able to point us in the right direction. I wanted to take all of them home but we couldn't. They were playing inside because it was raining out and we walked around. Micheal was sitting by himself in a corner. He jumped up and ran to me. I picked him up and that was it."

He stops to wipe away a few tears, then continues, "The director told us that after his mother gave birth to him and saw his eyes, she immediately put him up for adoption. She said he was a 'devil's spawn' and she wanted nothing to do with him. I don't understand how a mother can say that. Anyway it seems that Michael is special. Magnus says that he can see auras or something like that. He was moved from one place to another until he was bought over to her agency. He tended to keep to himself because of the aura thing."

Alec shrugs, "I'm a doctor, I don't know anything about auras. All I do know is Michael saw something he liked and he picked us." He watches Michael play as he continues, "He had a generic name that I forgot as soon as she told it to us. We had already decided on names. If we adopted a girl, she was going to be Michelle Maxanna."

Mikey smiles, "That's a pretty name."

Alec looks at him and smiles, "Thanks." He looks back at Michael, "All children are beautiful and deserving of love, not just the pretty ones. Magnus said that warlock babies had little chance of survival if they didn't look 'normal'. That's horrible."

Maxine chews on her lip as she drops her mundane glamour. Mikey looks at her with wide eyes. She squeezes his hand and nods. He drops his as well. Maxine reaches over and tugs on Alec's hand.

Alec turns to her and smiles. He gently holds her face in his hands as he kisses her forehead, "You are beautiful."

Maxine smiles as her blue eyes sparkle, "Thank you."

Alec moves closer to Mikey. He holds Mikey's face in his hands and kisses his forehead, "I already told you, that you are perfect."

Mikey's purple eyes sparkle as he smiles, "Yes you did."

Michael runs over and looks from Maxine to Mikey. He touches Maxine's hand and smiles up at her, "Blue."

She giggles, "Yes, I am."

Michael touches Mikey's hand and traces the deflect/block rune on his wrist, "Red, black." He traces the love rune, "Yellow." He traces the storge rune, "Blue." He looks at Maxine, "You."

Mikey nods, "Yes, it's blue for Maxine."

Micheal reaches for Alec's arm and shows them the wedding rune on his father's wrist, "Poppa."

Alec smiles and picks him up. He holds Michael on his lap and kisses him, "Yes, that is for Poppa and me."

Maxine shows Michael the tattoo on her wrist, "This is for our Daddy and Poppa." Mikey nods as he shows the tattoo on his right wrist.

Michael yawns. Alec laughs, "Tired, munchkin?"

Michael nods as he snuggles against his father's chest, "Tired, Daddy."

Alec smiles at his guests, "Time for Michael's nap."

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Gun!Magnus walks into the loft and lets the door close. He raises an eyebrow. The loft is quiet and he can sense power in the air.

A lot of power. Not enough to be a barrier, but as he walks into the living room, he can tell that if he had been anybody else, there may have been trouble.

Michael's toys are on the floor, but there is no Michael. He glances in the kitchen, and it's empty.

He walks across the living room and looks in his bedroom. Mikey lowers his hand and smiles at him.

Magnus smiles at what he sees. A sleeping Alec surrounded by children. Michael is asleep on his chest. Mikey is on his right side and a woman is on his left. Magnus assumes the woman is Maxine.

Magnus also notices that the two warlocks aren't glamoured. He wonders how that came about. He leans against the door and smiles.

Mikey whispers, "Hi."

Magnus laughs, "Is that all you have to say?"

Maxine wakes up and looks at her brother. Mikey winks at her. She turns around and smiles. She gets off the bed and walks over to Magnus, "Hi."

Magnus laughs, "Obviously you two are related. Are you the lovely Maxine?"

She nods, "Yes."

"Can I get a hug?"

She giggles as she puts her arms around him, "Uh huh."

Mikey gets off the bed and walks over to Magnus and Maxine. He hugs them.

Alec wakes up and smiles, "Magnus, we have company."

Magnus laughs, "I didn't notice."

"Hmm, funny."

Michael wakes up, "Poppa." He climbs off the bed and runs into his father's arms.

Magnus holds him tight, "Hey, munchkin, I see you made a couple of friends."

"Yes, Poppa."

Alec sits up, "You look like a content man."

Magnus laughs, "I am. You look sexy in between all these children."

Maxine giggles, "Time for us to leave."

Mikey nods, "We get enough of this at home."

Magnus smiles and kisses both their foreheads, "It was nice meeting you Maxine."

Alec gets off the bed and hugs both of them, "Yes, it was."

Maxine smiles, "It was awesome finally getting to meet you both. And Micheal." She kisses Michael's cheek.

Mikey nods and kisses Michael's forehead, "Bye Michael."

Michael smiles, "Bye."

Magnus holds Michael as they all walk to the front door. Alec hugs Maxine and Mikey again and holds the door open. Michael waves goodbye as they leave. Alec closes the door.

Maxine smiles and holds Mikey's hand as he opens a portal. They walk through and leave the hallway.

Alec leans against the door and smiles at his husband and son, "We should adopt another one."

Magnus laughs, "Maybe next year."

Alec pouts, "Fine."

"You were okay with them dropping their glamour?"

"Yes. We were talking about unwanted babies and I guess they wanted to see my reaction to the 'real' them. It was the same as it was to the glamoured them. They are beautiful. Just like our munchkin."

Magnus kisses him, "Just like my angel."

"Hmm. I love you."

"And I love you. Catarina wants to babysit over the weekend."

"Okay."

Magnus smiles at Michael, "You want to stay with Aunt Cat?"

Michael claps his hands, "Yes Poppa."

"Guess I'll pack a few things for him." He hands Michael to Alec, and goes to Michael's bedroom.

Alec kisses Michael, "I love you."

Michael wraps his arms around his father's neck, "I love you, Daddy." Alec smiles as Michael kisses his cheek.

Magnus smiles as he walks over, "What about me?"

Micheal giggles as he reaches for Magnus, "I love you too, Poppa."

Magnus holds him, "Love you, munchkin." He kisses Alec, "Be right back."

Alec smiles, "I'll be here waiting."

"Hmm." He kisses Alec again, then walks out the loft.

Alec smiles as he walks over and picks Michael's toys from the floor.

-tbc-

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Too fluffy?

Malecfan27 wanted to know more about Amber, so I figured Dr. Alec would be curious to know about his guests.