Yes, I know I have Guardian Warlocks to finish. The next chapter is actually almost done, but I can't seem to get to it. At this stage, I just want to get SOMETHING done since it's been a long time since I posted anything. July to be exact.

A vampire breaks into the loft and demands money from Magnus.

Can you say, "How freaking stupid are you?"

Enjoy.

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Magnus is sitting at his vanity, eyeliner pencil in hand, as four year old Max runs into the bedroom, "Good morning, Poppa."

Magnus laughs, "Good morning, blueberry. Let me finish up, then we'll have breakfast, okay?"

Max giggles, "Okay, Poppa." He puts his hands on the corner of the vanity then rests his chin on them. He silently watches his father for a few minutes then says, "Poppa, you're beautiful."

Magnus smiles at his son's reflection in the mirror, "Thank you, Max."

"You're welcome."

Although he already knows the answer, Magnus asks, "Am I more beautiful than Daddy?"

Max's eyes widen as he steps away from the vanity, shaking his head, "Oh no, Poppa."

Magnus chuckles to himself, "Really? Why?"

Max's eyes sparkle, "Runes, Poppa. Daddy has awesome runes. He is more beautiful than anybody, even you, Poppa."

Magnus laughs, "I see."

"Sorry Poppa."

Magnus dramatically sighs, "It is, what it is, Max."

"Silly Poppa."

Magnus puts the eyeliner pencil in a drawer then stands. He scoops up a giggling Max then kisses his cheeks, "I love you."

Max holds his father's face in his hands, "I love you."

Magnus hugs him tight, "Ready for breakfast?"

"Yes."

Magnus puts Max on his feet. Max runs out the bedroom. Magnus follows him to the kitchen.

Max climbs onto a kitchen chair as Magnus gets a bowl from the cabinet. He pours some Cheerios into the bowl. He adds a little milk then places the bowl in front of Max. He gets a spoon from the drawer. He hands the spoon to Max and kisses his son's forehead, "Bon appetit."

Max giggles, "What that mean?"

"It means, enjoy."

"Oh. I will." Max starts eating his cereal as Magnus puts four slices of bread in the toaster then fills a mug with coffee.

When the toast is ready, Magnus spreads some cream cheese on them and puts them on a plate. He brings his mug and the plate to the table and sits down. He starts to eat his breakfast.

Max eyes the toast on the plate as he spoons Cheerios into his mouth.

Magnus raises an eyebrow, "You want a slice?"

Max grins, "Yes please."

Magnus snorts. He folds a slice of toast in half then hands it to his son.

Max giggles, "Thank you, Poppa." He takes the folded slice in his left hand, the spoon still in his right.

"You're welcome, blueberry." Magnus shakes his head as he watches Max eat toast in between spoonfuls of Cheerios.

Max smiles around a mouthful of food.

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Magnus stirs the potion as he watches Max, sitting on the floor, draw runes.

Not for the first time and definitely not for the last, he shakes his head. If only his warlock son showed a tenth of an interest in warlock activities as he did with runes. Magnus sighs, maybe when Max is older.

Once the potion is done, Magnus pours it into a vial then caps the vial. With a flick of his hand, he sends it to Simone, a client in Bushwick.

As Magnus starts to clear up, he hears the front door of the loft open then close.

Max squeals and quickly gets to his feet. He runs out the office.

Magnus raises an eyebrow, something doesn't feel right, then Max screams, "Poppa!"

Magnus brings a ball of energy to his hand and runs out the office. He comes to a stop when he sees Gunthur, a vampire from New Jersey, holding Max around the waist with his left hand.

Gunthur's right hand is holding a dagger against Max's throat.

Max's eyes go from the dagger to Magnus.

Gunthur sneers as he nods slightly at Magnus' hand, "Get rid of that, Bane."

Magnus slowly closes his hand, extinguishing the energy ball, his cat eyes glare, "Let go of my son."

"Do you take me for a fool? As long as I have him, you ain't doing shit to me."

"What do you want?"

"I want money, Bane and lots of it."

Magnus blinks quickly, regaining control of his mark. His brown eyes stare coldly at Gunthur, "I have a few thousand in a safe."

"Thousands? Who the fuck are you kidding? I want at least three million dollars."

Magnus glares at the vampire, "I don't have that kind of money in the loft."

"Bullshit. You're a fucking warlock. you can conjure it up."

Magnus coldly laughs, "You fool. That money has to come from somewhere, I just can't make it appear out of thin air."

Gunthur presses the dagger against Max's throat, a thin line of blood runs down. Gunthur sneers, "I want the money now, or else."

Magnus is about to curse, when out the corner of his eye, he sees a seraph blade swing towards Gunthur. It easily cuts through the vampire's neck, decapitating him. Gunthur's head disintegrates before it hits the floor. The hand holding the dagger disintegrates and the dagger falls to the floor with a loud clang.

The hand holding Max disintegrates. Max falls down but he lands on his feet and runs to Magnus. His father picks him up and hugs him close. Magnus gently touches the cut on Max's throat and it heals instantly. Max rests his head on Magnus' shoulder.

All that is left of Gunthur is a pile of ash.

Magnus glances at his husband. Alec coldly glares at the vampire ash on the floor as he reholsters his seraph blade. He looks over at Magnus with warm eyes and asks, "Is Max okay?"

Hearing his beloved father's voice, Max lifts his head, "Daddy." Magnus smiles as he puts their son on his feet.

Max goes to Alec, jumping over the remains of the vampire and runs into his father's out stretched arms. Alec picks him up then kisses his nose, "Hey blueberry."

Max hugs him, "Hey Daddy." He puts his head on Alec's shoulder.

Magnus coldly eyes the pile of ash as he walks to Alec. He kisses his husband then puts his arms around Alec, "Nice timing." He rests his head against Max's back.

Alec nods as he coldly looks at the ash, "So who was that?"

"Does it matter?"

"Not really, but I should let Raphael know."

"Gunthur was from Jersey."

Alec raises an eyebrow, "Gunthur? What kind of stupid name is that for a vampire?" Max giggles.

"I'm sure he had the name before he was a vampire, Alexander."

"I guess. So why did Gunthur come here?"

"He needed money."

"I see."

"Can we talk about this later, I'm hungry." He kisses the back of Max's head, "How about you, blueberry?"

Max giggles, "I'm hungry too, Poppa."

"Okay." Alec glances at the kitchen, "I guess, we're eating out?"

Magnus nods as he straightens up, "I was about to start dinner, but company showed up." He flicks his hand and Gunthur's remains disappear, "and now company is gone."

Max giggles, "Gunthur go poof."

Magnus sniffs, "Gunthur went poof when Daddy cut off his head."

Max nods, "Daddy awesome." He kisses Alec's cheek.

Magnus smiles, "Daddy to the rescue."

"Yes, Poppa."

Alec laughs, "Not to change the subject, but I thought you two were hungry?"

"We are, Daddy."

"So Italian? Chinese?"

Max giggles, "Hamburger."

Magnus nods, "That sounds good. Apollo Diner it is."

Alec smiles, "Let's go."

Magnus opens a portal and they leave the loft.

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That evening, Magnus and Alec are getting comfortable in their bed when they hear soft steps creep into their bedroom. Glancing at each other in the dark room, they smile as Max climbs onto the foot of the bed and slowly crawls over to them.

Max stops and sits in between them, "What you doing up?"

Magnus nods, "What are we doing up? What are you doing in our room?"

Max giggles, "Going to sleep."

Alec snorts, "You have your own bed, blueberry."

Max giggles as he snuggles under the covers, "No Daddy in my bed." He lays against his father.

Alec laughs as Magnus shakes his head, "That's because I'm married to Daddy, so he's in my bed."

"Shh"

Magnus pokes Max in his side, "Don't shh me, young man."

Alec laughs as he lifts Max and lays their son on his chest, "Enough you two."

"He shh'ed me."

Max giggles, "Shh Poppa."

Alec kisses Max's forehead, "You shh and go to sleep."

"Ok Daddy." Max closes his eyes.

Magnus shakes his head, "Ok Daddy."

Alec laughs then leans over and kisses his husband, "Magnus, go to sleep."

"Fine." Magnus rests his head next to Alec's as he lays against Alec's side. He rests a hand on Max's back.

They lay there quietly listening to Max's soft breathing for a few minutes.

Alec whispers, "So why would a vamp from Jersey come here for money?"

"No idea, Alexander. He wanted millions and wasn't taking 'no' for an answer."

"I heard him say that he wanted money or else. I figured he had Max, because that would be the only reason why he was still alive. I took a chance that he had Max close to the floor, which gave me a clear path to his neck."

Magnus strokes Max's hair, "He had a blade to Max's throat."

Alec nods, "I assumed that. I'll let Raphael know. He can pass it along to the leader of the Jersey clan. Also I'll have him pass along a warning that it better not happen again."

"I'll put wards up so that if another vamp enters the building, I'll know."

"Good, just in case someone decides to get payback. If one vamp was stupid enough to show up here, it's possible that there may be another one even more stupid."

"I'll do it in the morning."

Alec entwines his left hand with Magnus' on Max's back. He puts his right arm around Magnus. He kisses Magnus, "Good night."

"Good night."

Magnus snuggles against Alec as they fall asleep.

the end

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Just a little bit of adorable wee Max to get me back into fanfic mode.