Chapter 39

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Hadrian was very calm as they checked in and he was prepped for the caesarean. He'd had some horrific injuries repaired by the healers in the past and had absolute confidence in their ability to cut him open, remove the baby and fully heal him without any pain or damage to himself or the baby. It was Tim that was freaking out. He had very little experience with magical healing and the absence of modern medical equipment and an anaesthetist frightened him. The fact that he would not be allowed to stay in the room while the procedure was done also concerned him. The total silence from the room Hadrian was in didn't help. Hadrian had warned him that there would probably be silencing charms but he hadn't understood the emotional impact of not being able to hear anything of what was going on. He paced around the waiting room wishing he had a friend or family member that knew about magic that could be there with him. Remembering that Ducky knew about magic he considered calling but couldn't work out a way to explain what was going on particularly as Ducky had limited exposure to the magical world since coming to America and probably didn't know about male pregnancy being possible.

Eventually the healer came and beckoned him in. Hadrian was sitting up in bed comfortably holding a tiny bundle wrapped in white.

"Hey" he said softly smiling up at Tim. He patted the side of the bed inviting Tim to sit next to him.

"I don't want to hurt you" Tim protested coming across to kiss his cheek.

"I'm fully healed up" Hadrian reassured him before looking back towards the baby. "Isn't she beautiful?"

"A girl!" Tim breathed in wonder. Ten seconds ago he would have said he didn't care what gender the baby was though he did secretly think it would be easier to bring up a second boy but now he was totally thrilled she was a girl. He reached out and gently touched her cheek, smiling even more when she turned her head towards his fingers.

"Would you like to hold her" Hadrian offered, though Tim could see that he was reluctant to give her up.

Tim climbed on the bed and used his extra height to wrap his arms around them both, taking some of her slight weight from Hadrian. "She's perfect" he said, in spite of only being able to see about half her face she was wrapped so thoroughly.

"Yes" Hadrian agreed having seen a little more.

"Are you still happy with 'Rose Penelope' as her name?" Tim asked.

"Yeah" Tim said smiling. "Rose Penelope Black?"

Hadrian sighed. "She will be the Potter/ Peveral heir so she needs to be a Peveral, Potter, Potter-Black, Peveral-Black, Peveral-McGee or Potter McGee, or we could be really horrible parents and saddle the poor child with all four surnames or more" he replied.

"Do you have a preference?" Tim asked.

"Potter-Black or Potter McGee" Hadrian said. "Peveral is an ancestor's name but it doesn't mean anything to me emotionally."

"It would be easier at school if she was a Black like Teddy" Tim said frowning a little. He'd really like his daughter to have his name but it would be easier for the school paperwork.

"Rose Potter Black McGee and "Theodore Lupin Black McGee" Hadrian suggested.

They will curse you while learning to write their names and filling out forms" Tim laughed.

"They deserve to have your name as well. To know that they belong to both of us" Hadrian replied.

"Did you feel bad not having the same name as your relatives?" Tim asked.

"They made sure I didn't feel like I belonged to them long before I knew my surname and I hated them so I'm glad I didn't have their name. But it did kind of make me feel like I didn't fit in anywhere not having anyone with the same name as me" Hadrian said thoughtfully.

"Teddy and Rose will never feel like that" Tim promised him. "Are we going to call her Rose then, or are you going to give her a nickname?"

Hadrian shrugged. "It's pretty hard to shorten Rose. We'll have to wait and see what we feel like calling her as we get to know her better."

Tim leaned back still holding them both and Hadrian snuggled in drifting off to sleep.

The nurse came in. "You'll spoil her" she said moving across to take the baby and put her in her crib.

"The literature is big on letting a baby fall asleep in their crib so they learn to self settle but I don't think it matters what we do when she's already asleep" Tim replied.

The nurse could not be swayed in her actions and gently placed the baby in her crib moving it close to the bed so both fathers could still see her. "Have you decided on a name?" she asked.

"Rose Penelope Potter-Black-McGee" Tim replied.

"'Penelope Rose' sounds better" the nurse commented.

"Perhaps, but we want to call her Rose not Penny or Penelope and there'll be enough confusion with her surnames" Tim said firmly.

"I suppose so" the nurse replied.

-o0o-

Rose had been in her crib about ten minutes before she started to cry, waking Hadrian who looked around in a panic for her.

"The nurse came in and put her in her crib" Tim said standing up to go pick her up again.

She immediately started to quiet and looked at Tim.

"Hey there Rose I'm your Daddy, well your other Daddy" Tim said.

Rose stopped fussing to listen to his words so he kept talking to her telling her all about how much they loved and wanted her and about her brother Teddy, letting Hadrian sleep for another hour before rose started fussing again.

Hadrian rang the nurse for a bottle while Tim changed their daughter's nappy.

The nurse came in and watched Tim finish redressing the baby. "You're good at that" she commented.

"I don't feel it. It's been a long time since my sister was in nappies, and she was a lot bigger than this before my parents would let me change her" Tim replied handing Rose to Hadrian and washing his hands.

"She slept well"

"Actually she didn't, she's been awake since about ten minutes after you were in here last" Tim replied.

"Really? You should have woken me" Hadrian said.

"You needed the sleep and we were getting to know one another. She was happy listening to me talk until a few minutes ago. Weren't you Rose?" Tim directed the last comment at the baby and Hadrian and the nurse could see him looking like he was listening to her answer.

"Well, she's due a feed and then wrap her up tightly and put her back into the crib to settle herself. The sooner she learns the better" the nurse instructed. "do you remember how I swaddled her earlier?"

"Yes thank you" Hadrian replied.

"When can you come home?" Tim asked frustrated by the nurse's attitude.

"The healer wants me to rest twenty-four hours so not until tomorrow evening" Hadrian replied.

"Okay then, I'll go into work tomorrow and put in my leave for a week from Monday" Tim planned.

"It's nearly two o'clock, you better get some sleep if you're going to work" Hadrian said scooting over further to the side of the bed. "I'd make it bigger but the healer said no magic for twelve hours."

"It's fine" Tim replied. He waited for Hades to finish feeding Rose then burped her, wrapped her up and put her in her crib where immediately started to fuss and then cry.

The nurse returned. "Leave her in the crib, she'll soon settle. Do you want me to take her out to the nursery until she's asleep?" she said.

"No thank you we want to keep her with us" Hadrian answered before Tim could refuse.

"Well, don't say I didn't tell you" the nurse replied before leaving.

They let her cry for about ten minutes but she seemed to be getting more and more upset.

"I can't stand this" Hadrian said moving to get out of bed.

"I'll get her" Tim said stopping him from getting up. He picked up the screaming baby and again as soon as he was cuddling her and talking to her, Rose started to settle.

"You just don't like being all alone in your crib do you?" Tim said to her.

"Your Papa and I are right here. We didn't like you being so far away either."

He handed the baby carefully to Hadrian. "Hello Rose" Hadrian said tiredly. "Do you think you could go to sleep for us? Your Daddy and I need to get some sleep. Daddy especially if he's going to work tomorrow. He has a very important job but it can be dangerous and he needs to be well rested and wide awake."

Hadrian and Tim lay on the narrow bed with the baby snuggled between them. She seemed okay with lying flat as long as one of her fathers was close by. "Do you think she isn't warm enough in her crib?" Hadrian asked.

"I think she was lonely but we could try a warm blanket" Tim replied. "Do you want me to go and ask for one?"

"I want her here with us but there really isn't enough room" Hadrian replied. "I don't want you to spend the night half awake worrying about falling out of bed. You need to sleep."

"I'm fine. I like having her here with us" Tim replied.

"She's asleep" Hadrian said quietly.

"You don't need to whisper, she seems to like hearing us talking" Tim said watching her in awe.

Neither man got much sleep both unwilling to take their eyes off their daughter and reacting every time she moved or made the slightest noise. They were just losing the battle against sleep when Rose started to wake. Hadrian pushed the call bell to ask for a bottle and checked her nappy then got out of bed, carefully picking her up and carrying her over to change.

"What do you need?" A nurse asked.

"Oh I hear the problem, someone sounds hungry!"

"It's only been three hours. Can she have another bottle already?" Hadrian asked.

"So long as she's drinking the whole bottle each time you should feed her as soon as she wants it. If she's only drinking about half then it would be better if you made her wait a little. It won't hurt her either way but you won't want to be up feeding her every two or three hours at home if you don't need to" the nurse explained reassuringly.

"The other nurse said we needed to put her in her crib and let her cry herself to sleep" Hadrian said. "We couldn't do it."

"She does eventually need to learn to settle herself or you'll have a terrible time getting her to go to bed later but she's young enough to wait a month or two before you force the issue. The nonmagical maternal health nurses have some good program's to help if she hasn't learnt by three or four months" the nurse replied cheerfully. "Of course, you could always spell her to sleep once she's six months old but you can't do that before then otherwise she won't wake up often enough to feed properly. And you do need to let her learn to go to sleep on her own as well.

"Thank you" Hadrian said reassured. "We have a little boy but he's only been living with us since he was three. He was six months old before his grandmother would leave me alone with him for more than a couple of minutes."

The nurse laughed. "Most new parents are anxious. Just remember she's not quite as fragile as she looks and you can't really go too far wrong so long as you're gentle with her, love her and keep trying to learn about her. You'll soon learn to differentiate the different cries so you'll know when she's hungry or uncomfortable as opposed to just feeling grizzly or in pain. Call me if you need me. I'm your nurse this morning."

"Thanks again" Hadrian said glad that the nurse from last night wasn't still looking after them. He fed Rose and burped her before gently waking Tim. "Tim time to wake up if you want to go home and shower before work" he said.

"Hadrian" Tim said blearily. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Tim. Rosie is fine too she's just had a bottle" Hadrian said.

Tim reached out and took the baby.

"Rosie?" He asked amused.

Hadrian shrugged. "It feels right. Rose is too grown up and serious a name for such a little person."

"Rosie. I like it" Tim agreed. "It sounds vaguely Irish."

"I don't mind that if you don't. She's more Welsh than Irish on my side though."

"She's going to look Irish if she inherits your eyes" Tim said.

"You're going to be late for work" Hadrian warned him.

Tim gave Rosie back reluctantly. "I'll be back as soon as I finish work" he promised picking up the portkey.

-o0o-

"Is the baby wells?" Tollie asked as soon as Tim portkeyed into the front hall stumbling a little.

"Sorry Tollie we should have sent you the news. Hadrian and Rosie are both doing well. They'll be home later tonight" Tim replied sheepishly.

"'Tis alrights. Master Teddy be's too littles to understands. Best to tells him when Master Hadrian and Missie Baby Rosie comes home" Tollie replied.

Tim noticed that Tollie seemed to mangle her English even more when highly emotional. "Do you want to help Hadrian look after the baby or should we have looked for another nanny elf?" Tim asked wondering if she was worried about the work.

"It would be nice to have some helps but I want to look after the baby too ifs I cans" Tollie replied.

"You will have help. Hadrian wants to look after Teddy and Rosie himself as much as he can" Tim reassured her. "We can get another Nanny elf to help you when Hadrian returns to work or school. Please tell us if you need more help before this. You're a member of our family too. We want you to be happy and have enough work to satisfy you without tiring you out trying to do it all"

"Yes sirs" Tollie said so happy she was nearly in tears.

"Remember that we want you to have time to play with the children and do things you enjoy as well" Tim said.

"Tollie enjoys looking after babies and Master Teddy too" Tollie said nodding emphatically.

"That's good Tollie, Give Teddy a kiss and a hug from Hadrian and I when he wakes up. I've got to get ready for work."

-o0o-

"You look happy McGee. Did you get good news?" Ziva asked.

Tony took one look at the dopey grin Tim was trying to hide and started teasing. "Ho ho McSleepy here's got himself laid. Tell us about the lucky lady." He knew that Tim didn't want his sexuality revealed outside their team.

"There's no lucky lady Tony" Tim replied sighing.

"We'll you were up all night doing something good" Tony replied. "Or have you geeked out completely and spent all night playing Elflord? Maybe it's time to stage an intervention?" he teased.

"Tony lay off" Tim said tiredly.

"Is it serious?" Tony asked eagerly. "Are we looking at the next potential Mrs McGeek?" He was concerned about his friend after the boss had let him go home early the day before and was hoping to frustrate the younger agent into telling him what was going on.

Tim just growled and tried to get on with his work. Pretty soon he'd found a possible lead and he and Gibbs headed out to check it out."

"What's going on with you today? Tony's right that you look lit up inside about something?" Gibbs asked pushing the emergency stop button on the elevator.

Tim gave a huge grin and pulled a picture up on his phone. "Tony was kind of right. There's a new special girl in my life" he said handing his phone over to Gibbs.

Gibbs looked at him in disapproval for half a moment before dropping his eyes to the screen.

"What?" He exclaimed shocked.

Tim wished for a minute that he could snap a photo of the expression on Gibbs' face. "This is our daughter Rosie" he said. "She was born last night so I didn't get much sleep."

"You're entitled to a week's leave" Gibbs replied.

"I spoke HR this morning. I start leave tomorrow when she comes home from hospital. Dorney is going to TAD for you for a week."

"I knew you were thinking about adopting again or hiring a surrogate but I didn't think it could happen this quickly" Gibbs said.

"We got lucky" Tim agreed, not able to tell his muggle boss that Rosie was their biological daughter.

"Hades said he'd love you to come and visit one night next week. Maybe come for dinner though I can't promise it won't be takeout."

Gibbs grinned. "I remember those days. I'd be honoured to come and meet your daughter but tell Hadrian not to go to any trouble for me."

"Are you going to tell Tony and Ziva?" Gibbs asked.

"And Abby?" Tim said wincing. "I guess I'm going to have to. I think I can handle DiNozzo and David's reactions but can I have some back up to deal with Scuito?"

Gibbs took note of the fact that McGee was still referring to his team mates by their last names, something that had started the day they laughed at his wedding announcement and refused to take him seriously. The relationship between McGee and DiNozzo had improved just before the wedding but had soured again after Tim was attacked by the dog.

"You should tell them today before someone tells them you've gone on paternity leave" Gibbs said.

"They probably won't believe me any more than when I tried to invite them to the wedding" Tim replied.

"You should have given them the invitations" Gibbs said.

"After they laughed at the idea of anyone wanting to marry me I didn't want them there" Tim said bluntly. "Not to mention what Hades would have said to them."

Gibbs shuddered. He liked Tim's husband, and he was an easy-going man most of the time, but he had to admit the young man could frighten even him when he lost his temper. He didn't know what Hadrian had done for the British Secret Service, the level of classification on his work had shocked him, but Gibbs could easily believe he could've been an assassin. There was no question he would protect Tim and their family with everything he had.

-o0o-

"Is it safe to portkey with a baby? What if we fall on her?" Tim asked anxiously.

"That's what I got the baby carrier for" Hadrian said strapping her in snugly against his chest and casting multiple cushioning charms on her and the carrier. Tim picked up the bags and they activated the portkey travelling home safely.

They sat on the couch looking at each other wondering what to do next. The nurses had given them a lesson on what to do and they'd been looking after their daughter for the last 24 hours in the hospital but suddenly in their own home it seemed a bit daunting even though Rosie had settled quickly enough after the portkey and was now happily sleeping in Tim's arms.

"I'll go get Teddy" Hadrian said. He left the room then called Tollie "Master Hadrian is home. Where be the baby?" Tollie asked.

"In the lounge with Tim. Where's Teddy?" Hadrian asked. "I want him to meet her."

"Master Teddy be's in his big playroom. I gets?" Tollie said.

"No I'll go to him" Hadrian replied. He walked into the old ballroom and softly called Teddy's name.

"Hawwy" Teddy yelled running across the room and hugging his legs.

Hadrian lifted him up and Teddy frowned. "Where your tummy baby?" He asked.

"The baby was getting big enough to be born so the healers took her out" Hadrian explained. "Come and meet your sister."

He carried Teddy into the lounge and sat with him next to Tim. " this is your sister Rosie. Rosie this is your big brother Teddy."

Teddy reached out to touch the baby.

"Do you want to hold her, give her a cuddle? Rosie likes cuddles" Tim asked.

Hadrian readjusted Teddy on his lap so he could help hold the baby and Tim placed her in his arms.

"We need to be very gentle with Rosie. She's very little" Hadrian said.

"Too wittle to play" Teddy said.

"Yes, she's too little to okay but she'll soon grow up" Tim said chuckling.

"Big enuff tomorrow?" Teddy asked.

Hadrian laughed. "No not tomorrow. Probably not until after your birthday in the summer, you'll have to be patient. Babies take a long time to grow."

"I go play. Hawwy play with me?" Teddy said losing interest in the baby.

"You go play with him. I've got this" Tim said taking the baby back.

"If you put her back in the carrier you could probably write or use the computer with her on your chest" Hadrian said. "Of course that nurse would tell us we should put her in her crib. Do you want one of the elves to bring the crib down here so you can have her beside you?"

"I guess we should at least try the crib, can you cast a gentle warming charm on the blankets?" Tim suggested.

"I'll ask Tollie, I'm afraid of hurting her" Hadrian replied.

The warming charm cast, Tim laid Rosie down in her bed and wrapped her up the way they'd been shown. It was somewhat successful this time she slept for twenty minutes before she started fussing. Tollie popped in and cast another warming charm and she settled down. Half an hour later though she was awake and crying.

"She not be wet or hungry or cold or in pain. She just be wanting cuddles" Tollie told them. Hadrian picked her up and rocked her gently talking to her showing her around Tim's study and the lounge area. Rosie listened enraptured.

-o0o-

As the days passed, Rosie's habits were established. Cuddled up to a person she would lie fascinated listening while they talked or sleep peacefully, but alone in her crib she required warming charms to even settle for half an hour. In desperation Hadrian cast alert charms to wake them if she stopped breathing and they began sleeping with her in either Tim's or his arms each night, so they could all get some sleep.

-o0o-

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