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Written for the February Event (My Love) over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)

Prompts: (Object) Box of Chocolates, (Word) Affection/Affectionate

Chocolate Frog: Bronze – Cygnus Black I – Challenge – Write about relationship with Ella Max

Gringotts: Charmed: Season 1 Episode 1 – (Location) Hospital; Wizarding Occupations – Healer; Noun –Blanket, Addition, Affection, Bundle, Joy, Floor, Secret, Contract, Sister, Duty; Adjective – Proud, Green, Strict, Possible, Noble, Ancient; Verb – Love, Check, Bark, Scrub, Wash, Discuss; Family Vocab – Heir, First Born, Hereditary; Instead of Little – Tiny

Word Count: 391

New Arrival

"Congratulations Mr and Mrs Black, you're are now the proud parents of a beautiful baby boy," the Healer informed them, as swaddled the baby in the hereditary green and silver blanket, and placed the newest addition to their blossoming family in Cygnus' arms.

The new mother and father gazed down at their little bundle of joy with as much affection as any new parents would, both of them unable to understand how it was possible to love someone so tiny, so much.

Over the next couple of days, whilst mother and son recuperated Cygnus gave the House Elves strict instructions to have the house spotless for when they brought Sirius home. He would check in periodically to make bark orders at them to scrub the floor harder or wash the sheets again.

If there was one thing that Cygnus desired in his house, it was complete and utter cleanliness. It was a desire that has strengthened when he married Ella, and was now going into overdrive with the arrival of his first born son.

Every day he would bring his wife a box of her favourite chocolates, and every day she would thank him with a smile and make a comment about the length of her stay at St Mungo's. It was no secret that she hated hospitals.

On the day that the couple finally got to take their baby home, Cygnus decided it was time to discuss the possible matches for his new heir; the baby who one day would become Head of The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black.

"Ella I was thinking that we should arrange our Sirius' marriage." Cygnus declared, his tone indicating that there was no room for any argument. "It is imperative that we keep our blood line pure and that is why we will get a contract in place with my sister, Misapinoa as soon as possible. You will recall, no doubt, that she gave birth to a girl several months ago."

The new mother was no fool. Whilst she knew that her husband cared for, and respected her, when it came to matters of decision making she had no say whatsoever.

So even though she desperately wanted to argue with him about it being too soon to discuss these matters, she simply did her wifely duty and nodded her head in agreement.

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