Rot
"You know you can't lay her down with that, right?" Kaety, his sister-in-law, asked. Al looked up at her, confused. He was currently holding a bottle of apple juice up for his niece, and actually had been on his way to put her down for the night.
"uh… why not?" He and Scorpius had bought a house a few down from James and his wife, and currently spent a better part of their time spoiling the year old baby constantly. Now, they were waiting for the adoption to go through so they could bring their own baby home.
"She'll get bottle rot. Just take it out when you put her down." She smiled and headed into the kitchen, where James was washing dinner dishes. Albus's eyes shot to Scorpius, who was seated on the couch. What the fuck is bottle rot? He attempted to mental-message. All he got back was a The fuck should I know? Stare. Figuring it would be easier to do as told now and ask questions later, the man headed towards the princess bedroom at the end of the hall.
Walking in, he flipped on the lights and walked towards Alice's crib. Setting the sleepy infant down, he quickly pulled the bottle from her mouth and rushed from the room, hitting the lights and closing the door behind him. When he made it back to the living room, he flopped down next to his husband,
"How in the hell are we going to take care of a baby? We don't even know what fucking bottle rot is. I don't even have a guess for what that is! We're going to be horrible dads, I just know it." Closing his eyes, the upset brunette let out a long sigh. Scorpius gently grabbed his face between his hands and turned so that he could look the nervous man in the eye.
"Hey. Don't talk like that. You're going to be a wonderful father. So you don't know what one thing is. Nobody knows everything. But you want to know what I know? I know that you are going to love her so much, and I know that you're always going to do your very best to take wonderful care of her, and that's what matters. Alright?" Wide eyed, Al just nodded before leaning in to kiss the blonde.
Al knew that even if he himself was a total failure, Scorpius could always pick up the slack.