Harry, exhausted from over 24 hours of labour, fell asleep as soon as they put him into the bed. Sirius just watched him sleep until the door opened again and a nurse came in.
"Excuse me?" He asked and she looked up. "Where could I find my son, they just went to clean him up." He said.
"Follow me." She said and he got up and followed her down a passageway to a pair of double doors.
"You go that way and show me which one is yours." She said pointing towards the window.
He went outside and watched as she went inside the room, there was a whole bunch of little cots and incubators. He looked at them and immediately recognized the adorable newborn right near the back. She picked him up and walked out the room before she showed Sirius how to hold him and handed him his son. He stared at him in amazement, the infant having already captured his heart.
James opened his eyes slowly and looked at the time. He jumped up it was already the early hours of the morning. Lily surprisingly didn't wake up and James rushed out the room to the ward where Harry had been before.He panicked when he wasn't there and ran to the reception where he pushed through the line and the irritable witch told him which ward he had gone to. He rushed though the doors.
There was Sirius, sitting next a bed holding a small bundle of blue blankets. James approached and he looked up and smiled.
"Hey Prongs." He whispered and James looked round at his grandson. The little baby was sleeping soundly in Sirius's arms, his face looked exactly like Harry's, porcelain skin and full lips like all the Potters had, but with the exception of his nose slightly upturned in an aristocratic way he had inherited from the Blacks.
"And didn't Remus and I warn you to stop doing that your hair from 3rd year!" Sirius said and moved the blanket off the small head to show messy black locks. "It's even been passed down to your grandchild." He said and James laughed. The small baby squirmed and then his tiny eyes fluttered open.
If James had any doubt the Sirius was really the father, it would have disappeared as the baby looked curiously around with wide grey eyes evidently like Sirius's.
"What's his name?" James asked and Sirius shrugged.
"Not sure. Harry fell asleep after they brought him in here." He said looking over to the sleeping 16 year old. " He was trying to be brave but it must have been too painful cause he was pleading and crying."
"Yeah, considering how bad it was for Lily, and she was 17 when she had him." James shuddered. The baby started to fall asleep again and Sirius put him back in the little cot near the bed. "Do you think I should wake Lily?" James said and Sirius shook her head.
"Let her sleep a little bit, but while I remember, where the hell is Jack?" Sirius said and James paled.
"Oh god, he's still at Mrs Figg's house!" He said and appearted away.
Sirius looked over at Harry and he started to stir. He opened his eyes and smiled at Sirius.
"Hey!" Sirius said and the younger boy sat up and planted a kiss on the older man's lips. "So we're serious about this now?" He asked and Harry nodded.
"If you won't cheat on me again, for sure."
"Well, it may take sometime to break it off with Remus, boy, he's going to be upset or pissed, don't know which oneā¦"
"Same with Draco."
"And a condition for you, please don't go telling your parents this time, your dad nearly killed me!"
"You deserved it!"
"True! So, are you ready to see your son now?" Sirius asked and got the baby from the cot.
He handed him to Harry and the baby woke again with a loud yawn. "Not my son, our son." Harry corrected.
"Ok, so what are we naming our son?" Sirius asked.
"Well, considering the other names, I think this one's a Crosby." Harry said.
"Crosby, umm, what middle name?" Sirius asked.
"Sirius after his father of course!" Harry said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Crosby Sirius Potter, what do you think little one?" Sirius asked and the baby gurgled.
"I'll take that as a yes." Harry giggled.
"You know, he looks a lot better outside." Sirius said and Harry rolled his eyes.
Sirius yawned. "I think it's about time someone went home and got some sleep!" Harry said and Sirius kissed his cheek and then Crosby before apperating away.
After a few moments of examining each other, the doors opening and someone peeping in, distracted Harry's attention and the baby's.
Lily, content that she had the right ward, hurried into the room. She started babbling apologies to him and he just smiled.
"Are you going to look at your grandson sometime today?" He said and she quickly shut up and came next her son.
He handed him to her and stretched himself out. "He's so adorable!" She cooed but Harry wasn't paying attention to that.
"Hey, I can finally see my feet again for real, are they really that swollen? No wonder my shoes didn't fit." He said wiggling his toes and Lily shook her head. A loud wail filled the air and both looked to the baby in Lily's arms.
"Is he alright?" Harry asked worriedly.
"Yes, yes, he's going to be fine. Maybe he just wet his nappy." Lily said and showed Harry how to check it. "No? Maybe he's hungry." She said.
"But there's no bottle or anything!" Harry said over the wailing.
"It's a newborn baby, it doesn't need a bottle, just it's mother." She said and Harry got what she was saying.
"Oh no! I can't how am I supposed to breastfeed, I haven't got any breasts!" Lily shook her head.
"We'll see, just open the gown!" She said and Harry took the hospital gown off his top half. His nipples that had once been light and small were now darker and very swollen.
"Ack!" He said as he saw his 'assets'. Lily gave him the baby and showed him how to hold him properly. As he held him close to his nipple his mouth closed round it and he started to suck.
"This is so weird!" He said and Lily didn't reply but only gave him an I-told-you-so-smile. He finally let go after a few minutes, the milk dribbling down his chin. Harry burped him the way Lily had shown him all those year ago with Jack and handed him to Lily as he pulled the gown back up.
"What are you going to call him?" Lily asked and wiped his mouth with a tissue.
"Crosby Sirius Potter." He proudly said and Lily rocked the newborn gently till he fell back asleep. Harry lay back down and cuddled up under the blankets before asking. "Where's dad?" And on cue James apperated into the room holding Jack.
"Sorry, you missed it, we just got him back to sleep!" Harry said and Jack, finally recognizing his brother, tried to get to him. James put him down and he rushed over the bed. James then put him on the bed and what you could almost say 'attacked' Harry by pouncing on him. Harry let out a squeak of pain, still sore from giving birth 2-3 hours ago.
"Be gentle!" James said and Jack calmed down but squealed. Harry tried to shush him but it was too late and a loud wail echoed in the room again. Lily handed Crosby to Harry who rocked him and eventually got him to calm down.
Jack was about to talk but Lily shushed him and he stopped. Harry held Crosby in his arms low enough for Jack to see. He surveyed his nephew who was still looking at his new surroundings.
"Now Harry, we need to discuss what we're going to do with this little one when you go back to school." James said and Harry shrugged.
"I don't know, whatever's best for him." Harry said and Crosby, scared by all the attention and getting and irritable from being woken up repeatedly, cuddled closer to Harry. "Can we discuss it later? I'm still tired."
"We'll be back immediately after work this evening, ok? Just think about what you want to do." Lily said and stood up, taking a reluctant Jack away and apperating away closely followed by James.
Miru Ami:Sorry, no idea what else to name him! Binks isn't exactly, fitting, for him.
