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"Alec?" Jace called, his parrabaties hand twitched again. Jace wanted to jump up and shake Alec into consciousness but he couldn't with his son lying against him. Jace outstretched his hand twisting his fingers into Alec's. At first Alec's hand didn't move making Jace believe that he hadn't seen anything and that it is only wishful thinking. As he tried to pull his fingers away he couldn't. As he looked down he saw that a hand was gripping his tightly, so tightly that his knuckles had turned white. With his heart pounding against his chest Jace lifted his eyes until they were locked on Alec's face. As Jace stared he watched Alec's eyes fluttered open.
Alec remained lying still on the bed. There was piercing ring echoing in his ears, as he opened his eyes his vision was blurry at first but after a few minutes he was able to focus. As he looked up he instantly realised that he was in the infirmary but had no recollection of how he had got there. A pressuring pain hurt across his chest, Alec's body tensed, as his hand clenched he felt another hand gripping his. His ears where still ringing and he couldn't hear anything of the noises around him. He slowly turned his head to the side. Alec had expected to see Maryce by his side but as he rested his eyes on the person next to him he was lost for words.
Jace smiled at Alec with his baby son still crying in his arms. He let go of his grip on Alec's hands and slowly sat up. Jace held on to his son tightly supporting the little man's body as he cradled him closely to his body. Once sat up Jace gently rocked his arms, until the child's cry's began to settle. Jace finally looked up and smiled at his brother "Hello Uncle".
Alec didn't respond straight away he slowly pulled himself up into a sitting position but yelled out in pain as he did. Once he was sat up Jace slowly stood up "Do you want to hold him?" he asked. Alec still remained silent but he nodded in agreement. Jace carefully bent down and placed the child in his brother's arms. He then turned back to the bed he had been laid on and picked up a pillow to rest underneath the child making it easier for Alec to hold the baby as his body was still very weak.
As Alec looked at the child he was holding he smiled. "Have you named him?" He asked. Jace shook his head, "Not yet, haven't really had the chance to think of names. Where just calling him Little Man for now" the baby wiggled in Alec's arm. "Hey Little Man" Alec whispered. He studied the baby's features, the golden eyes staring up towards him, the soft smooth skin and the faint blond hairs scattered across his scalp. "I can't believe he's here. He so beautiful. How's Clary?" Alec asked. Jace half smiled, "It wasn't easy for her, the baby was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck he wasn't breathing… Clary passed out for a while. They had to put an oxygen mask on him." His voice drifted into silence, Alec was ensuring how to respond but eventually spoke "he will be okay though won't he? And Clary?" Jace nodded "Hopefully yes."
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An hour or so had passed since Alec had woken up. The doctor quietly opened the infirmary door and stepped into the infirmary. He indicated for the people behind him to follow him in. Within a few seconds Alec was circled by the people he loved the most. Maryce gently leant down and kissed her son's cheek letting her tears drip onto his face. Alec smiled up towards her. Issabelle was perched on the edge of her brothers bed with Simon's supportive hand resting on her shoulder. Issabelle was smiling at her nephew. She could hear her mother crying but had no tears left of her own, her brother was alive, she was an auntie and Clary was safe. What more could she want? Alec looked up and asked "Where's Clary now?" Jace was the only person who could answer, "Sleeping. Joclyn's with her." Before anyone could respond the infirmary doors creaked open and a very anger person changed the vibe throughout the room.
"Is my son awake?" Robert shouted, nobody responded. Robert marched to Alec's bedside almost knocking Simon off his feet. "Farther." Alec stated. Robert looked angry. "Maryce. How the hell was this allowed to happen? Look at the boy! You can't even look after our Children and they are almost all adults." Issabelle turned around and met her Fathers gaze, "And where have you been? In case you hadn't noticed we may have all been dead. The Baby Included!" As Jace watched his adoptive fathers rant he saw passed the argumentative front he had and saw the person he knew was scared and alone. Without speaking Jace leant down towards Alec and lifted his baby up into his arms. The child was sleeping peacefully, Jace turned to face Robert, "Sit." He snapped. To Jace's surprise Robert followed his command, without another word Robert sat down waiting for Jace to approach. Jace moved towards Robert and stood still next to him. The rest of the room was sat in silence only the sound of their breaths could be heard. Slowly Jace bent down passing his son into Roberts arms. Robert stared down at the child who was innocently sleeping in his arms.
The vibe in the room changed and became much lighter. The family sat together and eventually began to speak amongst themselves.
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It had been a few hours since Jace left Clary Sleeping, as she began to wake up she heard a small tapping against her bedroom door. Before she had chance to fully open her eyes the door was open and she heard somebody come closer towards her. Clary let out a grown and left her eyes flutter open, to see a person she had missed so deeply at her side with tears lingering in his eyes.
"Luke…." Clary whispered, she quickly sat up and wrapped her arms around him tightly. Luke held his step daughter in his arms as he let his tears roll down his cheeks. He had always seen clary as family but seeing her now made his heart ache as he truly wished he could have been her farther. The pair stayed locked together Clary had also begun to cry and was digging her finger nails into luke's arms. Joclyn moved towards them and Clary felt a gentle hand pressing against her back. Once Clary let go of Luke Joclyn began to speak. "Jace took the baby to the infirmary Alec should be awake by now". Clarys eyes winded "He's okay, Alive?" she questioned. Joclyn nodded. More tears sprang from Clarys eyes "I need to go see him." She shot up out of bed and raced down the corridor. Joclyn and Luke slowly followed her whispering so quietly so even with a rune of advanced hearing Clary couldn't hear them.
Clary reached the doors of the infermary regretting the fact she had ran seen as her body was still very weak but Clary didn't care. She burst through the doors and ran to Alec's side without even looking to see who else was in the room. Before he had the chance to speak Clary had wrapped her arms around his shoulders hugging him. Alec felt his own tears run down his face as he held her. "Thank you" She whispered "Thank you Alec so so much" She pulled away from him and looked to see who was around her. She saw Maryce first who was closely hovering protectively next to her son. The she saw Issabelle who pulled Clary towards her. Next Clary saw Simon. She smiled up towards him and watched as he grinned back. Finally, Clary let her vison rest on Jace. Clary's Jace the boy who even after all this time still gave her butterfly's in her stomach as she looked towards him. Jace was sat down next to Robert who was cradling their baby. Clary more than anything wanted to tear the baby out of his arms and hold him close her but she flickered her eyes to Jace who instantly understood what Clary wanted. He quietly spoke to Robert who passed the baby back to Jace. As Clary watched she saw just how quickly he had adapted to being a farther he had a natural instinct allowing him to automatically learn how to hold and care for the child without being told how to.
Jace moved across the room and placed the baby in Clarys arms. As he did so the sparkles in Clary's eyes grew bolder. He softly kissed her on the lips and held her next to him as Luke and Joclyn stepped across the infirmary. Luke moved to Clarys side and looked down at the newly born baby in her arms and smiled. "Congratulations". The baby began to cry out in hunger. Clary let out a little laugh and stepped away from the others as Jace made up a bottle of milk. The first bottle he made defiantly wasn't right. Clary let out a loud laugh and moved to his side to help him.
Once Jace and Clary had moved away from the rest of the group. Luke waved at them all indicating for them to huddle closer. "Right I have my truck parked outside, I arrived back from idriss very early this morning. I went shopping got some baby things for Clary but I want to surprise her. I was thinking that we could move them both in to Clarys room and start to turn Jace's room into a room for the baby. I know that it's going to take a few weeks but we could make a start, build a proper crib and I bought a changing table with animals engraved into it." As Luke looked up he realised that everyone had a smile on their faces. Joclyn was next to speak "Okay, we can say that we want to give Alec and Clary some time to talk and rest together. Do you think that would work?" the others all nodded. Alec was finding it hard to hide his smile from Clary.
Robert stood and spoke loud enough for Jace and clary to hear. "Right I believe that Alexander needs less fun and a chance to speak with Clarrisia. We will come back in a few hours to help Alec move into his own bed." The other said good bye to Alec and left.
Jace made the bottle successfully on his second attempt he and Clary moved to the bed besides Alec's. Jace gathered extra pillows for Clary to lean against aware of the fact she was still exhausted. Clary took the bottle from Jace. "I've never fed a baby before." She said. Alec let out a little laugh. "I have, I fed Max a few times. Can I?" he asked. Part of Clary wanted to say no, she had hardly had any time with her baby, without passing him on to other people but she couldn't thank Alec enough for what he went through for her. She knew that the least she could do was let him feed her Child. Not wanting clary to have to get up again Jace gently moved the screaming baby from Clary's arms to Jace's. Alec thanked Jace and Jace moved to sit next to Clary. The baby settled against Alec's arms. "We haven't got a name form little Man yet?" Clary stated. "What names do you like?" asked Jace.
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