Gideon's heart stopped in his chest as he looked down on his daughter. He had only known about her for six months but she was already his entire world. He couldn't loose her before he had her.
"Please, you have to do something."Gideon begged the healer.
Severus wrapped an arm around his husband but Gideon could feel him shaking. "Let her do her work Gideon."
The healer went to work as quickly as she could cutting the cord from around their daughter's neck and started compressions on the tiny chest. Gideon was grateful for his husband's arm around his waist as he would have collapsed.
"There she goes." The healer said as very small cries could be heard from the baby.
Gideon sobbed in relief against his husband as the baby who was turning a more healthy shade of pink was handed to the nurse while the healer dealt with the after birth and getting Fabian patched and cleaned up.
Gideon watched as the nurse worked cleaning and examining his daughter. "How is she?"
"Still a bit pale but she seems a strong little fighter here" and standing up with a second bundle of pink handed her into Gideon's arms. "And quite the set of lungs."
Severus and Gideon looked down on their daughter for the first time. Conceived to save her daddy's life, she was their entire world now. Looking down at his daughter's face and listening to her cries, Severus was completely in love.
Gideon looked up at his husband. "Have you ever seen such an amazing sight in your life? She is so amazing."
Severus kissed his husband but his eyes went back to his daughter, mesmerized by the little life in his husband's arms. "No. I have never seen anything more amazing."
Regulus had handed his daughter to his husband's waiting arms and came around. "My granddaughter is quite the amazing little sight."
Gideon turned to Fabian. "Thank you dad. Thank you for this little blessing. I can't even imagine my life without her in it."
Fabian motioned for his eldest to come to his side. "I'm just happy I could give her to you and these two little ones are both healthy and strong."
The healer and her assistant had left, leaving instructions for how to reach her if the babies or the father needed anything. Regulus watched his husband with their new daughter, their son and granddaughter and saw the tears in his husband's eyes. He knew his husband was thinking about when Gideon was born and how he had spent so many years believing his son and husband both dead.
Gideon spoke what Regulus had not. "You're remembering my birth aren't you?"
Fabian nodded. "Gideon had promised to be back for it as my husband couldn't. I always wonder how things would have been different if Gideon had been able to be there."
His son Gideon squeezed his hand. "I know you and my namesake would have done anything to protect me. We're together now, and with dad and my sister and daughter, and husband, that's all that really matters."
Fabian kissed his son's cheek. "I don't know how I ever got such an amazing son as you. You know you do all three of your namesakes so proud."
Harry looked down at his sister and daughter. "And I'm sure what ever names we give these two; they will do them just as proud and us as well."
Fabian looked at his husband. "You know we haven't ever really settled on a name for this little one."
Regulus nodded. "We thought we'd wait until she was born and see what name suited her best."
Gideon shared a smile with his husband. "It seems great minds think alike. We were unable to settle on any for our princess either."
Severus looked down at his daughter. "Well we should hurry and come up with some because we won't hold the wolves at bay outside much longer."
Gideon laughed. "Molly and the boys will be anxious to come in soon and see our two beautiful new additions. And looking at them, I don't blame them."
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Molly and the boys had been anxiously waiting outside and had been joined by the Malfoys and to Gideon's delight, Remus as well. When they were let into the bedroom finally they found Gideon and Fabian both on the bed side by side with their daughters in their arms and husband's standing at their sides.
Gideon's face lit up when he saw Remus. "I had hoped you'd be home by the time she was a day old but I never imagined this."
Remus came and took Severus' place a moment to kiss his godson and gran goddaughter. "As soon as I learned of the bill I rushed home to see my granddaughter."
Remus shared a look with Regulus who nodded. "She deserves more then one set of grandparents. You have been like a dad to our son."
Gideon looked at Molly. "She'll have an abundance of grandparents with Molly and Tonks thrown in there as well. Where is Tonks?"
Remus smiled. "You'll have to start calling her Dora soon like me, as she is about to become a Lupin. But she'll be back in the UK tomorrow."
Gideon beamed at the news. "It's about time you two."
Bill was the one to finally ask. "Okay okay. How about someone put mum out of her misery and tell us the names of these two beautiful new additions."
Regulus went first. "Well William this is your cousin Ciara Molly Andromeda Prewett."
Molly was touched. "You included my name for the baby?"
Fabian nodded. "Like with our son we wanted to honour our family. Gideon is named for our brothers so Molly for my amazing sister and Andromeda for Reg's favourite female cousin."
Regulus smiled. "And since as the future Lady Prewett she has to hold Fabian's name, Ciara which in Irish means Black, for my family."
It was Remus who had handed his granddaughter off to Molly who turned to Gideon. "And your little princess?'
Gideon smiled. "We decided like my dads to honour our families so this little angel is Maia Charlotte Eileen Black-Snape."
"Maia for the Black tradition of star names, Charlotte in honour of her Uncle Charlie and Eileen for my mother." Severus explained.
It was Charlie's turn to be honoured."I'd be honoured for your daughter to carry my name though I had thought if one of us you'd choose Bill."
Gideon smiled. "Though we considered Wilhelmina we thought we had chosen another honour for your brother."
Severus turned to Bill. "We'd like to ask you and Fleur to be godparents to our daughter."
Bill was handed the baby. "I'd be honoured and I know when my wife comes from France, she'll be honoured as well."
Lucius had brought the forms from the ministry for the birth certificate and godparents. While Bill and Fleur were godparents to Maia, Gideon and Severus were asked to be godfathers to Gideon's new little sister. When the formalities were over with cider was brought in to toast the beautiful new babies.
Lucius raised his glass. "To Maia and Ciara, the beautiful newest additions to our family. And to their fathers, let them be granted some sleep."
The last line brought a great deal of laughter to an already cheerful room.
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Later that night when Fabian and his husband were alone and he sat looking at his daughter in his arms the tears he had felt before came back. He had not wanted to show his pain in front of his son but now he let them loose.
Regulus sat down on the bed and gathered his husband into his arms."Still thinking about Gideon."
"I just see today with you by my side and our son, and it's killing me to think about when Gideon was born. I wasn't even conscious. He was taken from me before I could see his face." Fabian sobbed.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that. I'm sorry you went through seventeen years believing our son and me dead. I would have done anything to spare you that."
"I should have trusted Gideon when I had the chance. He wanted to take me to America. I didn't wan to believe that Albus or Arthur were bad."
"You can't keep living with this guilt Fabian. Your only mistake was trusting people you thought family. All that matters is we have our son back and now a daughter."
Fabian looked down at the sleeping face of his daughter. "Yes, our beautiful children and our granddaughter. We are blessed."
Regulus kissed them both. "And we'll work with that son of ours to ensure the future is safe and peaceful for our daughter and grandchildren to grow up in."
Fabian lay there holding his daughter and being held by his husband and allowed the old wounds to be healed. In another bedroom his son was laying in a similar position, his own wounds from all he had suffered, healed by the love of his husband and the innocent new life in his arms.
Author's note: so I know a lot of readers like meanings for baby names so I thought I'd show it.
Ciara Molly Andromeda Prewett- Ciara: Irish for Black, Molly: Irish for sea of bitterness and Andromeda: Greek for ruler of man
Maia Charlotte Eileen Black-Snape: Maia: Latin for Great, Charlotte: French for feminine, Eileen: Celtic for Light
Gideon and Severus have six names Potter, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Prewett, Black and Prince between them so I chose the three they are closest linked to
Maia- star in the constellation Taurus, one of the daughters of Atlas and mother of Hermes (all Black children are named for stars and constellations)
Charlotte- Charlie, though a Weasley he is a Prewett by his mother
Eileen- of course Severus' mother and representative of the Prince/Snape lineage
Perhaps baby number two if they have another will be Slytherin, Gryffindor and Potter by name