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Authors Note: Malec babies :), I imagine them both to be very cute.
Little Ones
The first one was a surprise, a Shadowhunter couple in Cardiff had been killed on a hunt and left a three-year-old daughter, with no one to look after them and Consul Jia Penhallow had asked if Alec and Magnus wanted to adopt a child. Magnus, who had been worried about raising a child amongst the stigma that still surrounded his and Magnus' relationship, had melted as soon as he saw the beautiful little girl. And yes, a fair few Shadowhunters had a few things to say about it, but, to everyone's astonishment, Robert Lightwood had stamped down all negative comments with a tone so final that it was never spoken of again, at least not in the presence of any of the Lightwoods.
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The second one was planned, because almost a year after adopting Grace both of her fathers had decided that she needed sibling and Magnus' good friend Catarina Loss had come to their door with a little warlock boy, born only a few days ago and unwanted by a mortal mother who took one look at the faint purple hue to his skin and ran the other way. The child was lucky Catarina worked in the hospital and that Alec and Magnus had been looking to adopt. Magnus, being a warlock himself, had no qualms about adopting the boy and turned to Alec for his opinion, but, Alec wasn't even paying attention because the baby had woken up and was grabbing hold of his fingers in its chubby little fist, and he was in love, mush the way it had happened with Grace.
"I'll think we're adopting." Magnus said watching his husband. Alec finally looked up.
"Yeah." He smiled. Catarina handed the two men a bunch of documents and explained the whole procedure to make the adoption legit with the Mundie, and then;
"All you need now is a name for him."
"oh, ummm…." Alec began, looking at his husband for ideas.
"Max." Magnus said with finality, then stuttered a little. "I mean, if you're okay with that, I just thought-"
"it's perfect." Alec kissed his husband and Caterina filled in the name. The two signed the documents and Caterina left them with child number two.
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In the years that followed the Lightwood family expanded and grew with more and more little ones running round and at Christmas 2025 the Institute was full of the sound of children's laughter as they scrambled to open presents and test out all their new stuff. With the addition of Clary's little brother, Grace and Max, Clary and Jace's three and Simon and Izzy's twins, the Lightwood clan had grown from this small tight knit unit into, what Simon liked to call, a moderate army. Mayrse, Robert, Jocelyn, Luke and even Simon's mother all doted on their Grandchildren and everything was kind-of perfect, at least, when you ignored the hordes of demons they faced every other day.
Authors Note: I picked the name Grace of the family tree in the back of Clockwork Princess by the way.
