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Intan was happily screeching as he was flying with his two dads sitting on his back; this was the proudest moment in his entire life! He was just so happy that he could take his father off on adventures now, because before they would always portal him off to fun places, but now the dragon was all grown up and ready to take on the world! Well, he was a teenager, but he considered himself to be an adult and he was happily flapping with his wings as he was flying across New York, testing out his speed to the fullest possibilities. While Magnus was having the time of his life back there, Alec wasn’t all that amused about how fast their child was going. He needed to be taught that he needed to fly with safety! It was important to know and he was clinging onto Magnus as he was sitting behind him, arms wrapped around his waist as he didn’t want to fall off.
Alec had been looking forward to this so much; to flying on top of Intan, but as it turned out, maybe it wasn’t as easy as it seemed; at least not for him. Alec wasn’t afraid of heights usually, but there was just something about riding on the back of dragon’s back, going very fast and being very high that didn’t sit with him right, so he couldn’t really enjoy himself properly. That was why he was holding onto Magnus tight, trying not to scream as he was holding back his breath and pretended that he was okay; to the best of his abilities.
Magnus was smiling, because he knew for a fact that Alexander was terrified. That was why he secured him with his magic especially, so that he wouldn’t fall off. Not that Intan would allow any of them to fall off of him as he was being careful, even though he was going very fast. Magnus loved the rush that the speed and the heights gave him; his stomach was turning, in a good way and he felt quite free. It was good that Intan was hidden from the eyes of the Mundanes or they would start freaking out! Magnus smiled when he felt Alec whimpering and then just closing his eyes tighter and tried to breathe.
“You okay back there, Angel?” asked Magnus and turned around, Alec only nodding.
“I-I am perfectly fine,” said Alec, his voice high pitched and Magnus giggled. Oh, Alexander was always a bad liar, but this time he didn’t even bother try hiding that he was lying. “This is so much fun, Magnus,” exclaimed Alec and then slowly opened his eyes, seeing that they were approaching a very high building and Intan was going straight ahead, not showing any signs of stopping, so Alec only shrieked and went back to keeping his eyes closed, his face then tucked into Magnus’ back and he was just chanting himself that everything was going to be okay.
“Are you sure, Alexander?” asked Magnus and then chuckled, placing his palms over Alec’s hands, entangling their fingers and Alec relaxed a little bit when the warmth of Magnus’ palms hugged is hands, exhaling happily, but that didn’t really change much as he was still terrified out of his mind. Not to mention that his heart felt like it was going to jump out of his chest any time now and his head was spinning. By the Angel, this was-
“I am s-so sure,” whispered Alec and he swallowed thickly, shaking all over and he just squeezed Magnus tightly to himself and just tried counting to ten, then back to zero. That usually worked and helped him relieve some stress. But, not this time. Oh, not at all, if anything, it just made things worse, because he couldn’t think of what came after the number six and he yelped. Magnus only grinned; oh, Alexander was adorable and he just turned back a little bit and saw Alec’s face, which was completely drained off colour.
“You’re terrified, aren’t you?” asked Magnus softly and Alec firmly shook his head. However, then Intan made a sharp turn to the right and Alec let out a shrieked that wasn’t human by any standards and he just gripped onto Magnus to the point of crushing him.
“I’m not afraid, I’m not afraid, I’m not afraid,” was what Alec was chanting to himself and he then cursed. What a pity; he had been looking forward to this for such a long time and now it seemed that he wouldn’t be able to fly on Intan?! Alec was angry and disappointed with himself, because he knew how much it also meant to Intan! But, he couldn’t have him knowing that he was afraid as that would probably crush the poor baby’s heart… not that he was a baby anymore, but still! Alec swallowed thickly and then just started praying silently.
“You’re shaking,” whispered Magnus softly and gently cupped his cheek, slowly looking at Intan, who was still going fast and strong and wasn’t showing any signs of stopping. Maybe he should tell him to rest for a little bit? “Alexander, I’ll tell Intan to slow down, okay?” asked Magnus and Alec nodded. Yes, that would be more than appreciated. “And just so you know, it’s completely okay that you’re afraid,” said Magnus and Alec only flushed with embarrassment. Yes, he knew, but still-
“Okay, yes, sure, yes,” said Alec under his breath and Magnus only smiled.
“Intan, baby,” said Magnus loudly and Intan happily screeched. “Maybe we should rest for a little bit?” asked Magnus and Intan perked up? Rest?! Now?! But he was only getting started and it would be such a shame to slow down now! He wanted to show his fathers how amazing he was and- “Now, now listen to me. Besides, tomorrow is a big day, remember?” asked Magnus and Intan screeched in agreement. Right, tomorrow was his first birthday and they were all throwing him a birthday party! Oh, Intan was so excited. “You have to save up your strength, yes?” asked Magnus and Intan only nodded and slowed down, Alec liking flying at that speed a whole lot more.
“Thank you,” muttered Alec into his husband’s ear. “And don’t tell him I was afraid okay?” asked Alec, because he didn’t want Intan to poke fun at him! Magnus promised to keep his mouth sealed and the flying lesson continued, Alec quite quickly getting the hang of it and wasn’t afraid anymore… as long as Intan went slow!
“Oh, Intan, look who else showed up,” announced Magnus as was adorably excited walking form person to person who visited their birthday party! Most of their family and friends were already there and Alec was only grinning, because everything was perfect. Magnus organised the party on an open field, far away from any Mundanes, so that it was going to be just them, keeping his portal open for guests to arrive. They had giant cake and Intan was just happily hopping around as he saw how many presents he had gotten.
“Of course I wouldn’t miss my grandson’s first birthday for nothing in the world,” said Asmodeus happily and gave Magnus a quick hug, while Alec went to check up on Intan, who was now leaning down as Izzy was opening her present up and Intan happily shrieked when he saw something giant and golden. It was a collar! Golden collar. He, too, was going to be bedazzled, just like his aunt Izzy and Alec was grinning.
“Do you like it?” asked Izzy and Intan happily howled, his tail happily wiggling around as he allowed Izzy to put it on him and Alec grinned when he looked at his sister. “What do you think, Alec? I think it suits him rather nicely,” commented Izzy and Alec only nodded. He was never going to question Isabelle’s taste in jewellery. Intan looked happy with the collar and immediately went to show it off to his older brother.
“I think that would be a yes,” said Alec and then started laughing when he saw Simon running after the dragon.
“Hey, man, you still haven’t seen what I’ve gotten for you,” was yelling Simon and running after Intan, who was after Chairman Meow, who was just running away as he wanted some peace and quiet. There were far too many people at one place for his liking and he wanted to crawl to an empty and peaceful place.
“They’re like Tom and Jerry,” commented Clary and Alec looked at her.
“Who’s Tom and Jerry?” asked Alec seriously and Clary gave him a dumbfounded look. At first she thought that he was kidding, but then she soon realised that Alec wasn’t kidding and she started cracking up. “Biscuit, what’s so funny?” whined Alec and crossed his arms on top of his chest. It just seemed funny to her just how out of touch the Shadowhunters were from the Mundane culture. And sometimes they were missing out on a lot. So, she found it amusing how she spent a good ten minutes describing and explain to Alec who Tom and Jerry were.
In the meantime, Magnus went over to Max, who had just arrived with Maryse, Luke and Catarina. Ah, it seemed that she was the one who decided to portal them over to the party and Magnus was more than happy to welcome them all! “Welcome, my darlings, I’m so happy you all came,” he said and looked around the place. There were many people there; it just showed how many people Intan had touched in his life with his sweet and dorky side.
“Well, we’re just happy you invited us,” said Luke and wrapped an arm around Maryse.
“Mom, can I give my present early?” whined Max, because he was just too excited. Max had been waiting for his moment for a whole week and now couldn’t contain his excitement anymore. “Luke? Please?” he continued and Luke only looked at Maryse, who gave him a little nod.
“Of course,” said Maryse after Magnus nodded and the boy was already off, running to Intan, who was again happily hopping up and down when he saw that his uncle had brought him a little something. He perked up and then happily screeched when he saw that he had a new car toy to add into his collection. He might had been in his teen years, so to speak, but at heart, he was still a child, who was now collecting shiny things and car toys!
“So, I see party is going well,” commented Catarina and winked, Magnus nodding and he placed his hand over his chest.
“Our boy is all grown up,” whispered Magnus and sighed happily. “Ah, being a parent is such a joy,” he then added and Catarina smiled.
“You two really did a great job with raising him up,” commented the warlock and Magnus smiled to his friend.
“Well, we had some help from all of you,” said Magnus and Catarina smiled back.
After Alec’s lesson on who Tommy and Jerry were, Clary went over to Simon and Jace went to Alec, who was then only watching Intan, who was now happily playing with the rest of the guests and Alec turned to Jace and grinned when he saw Jace had that look of proudness in his eyes; Jace was a proud uncle of baby Intan – always was and always will be. Intan was growing up nicely and Jace was just… emotional. Alec grinned when he saw there were literal tears in his Parabatai’s eyes as he was watching the big dragon and he narrowed his eyes when Jace started sniffling.
“Are you okay?” asked Alec carefully and Jace shook his head.
“It feels like yesterday when he was just a baby and now look at him,” said Jace and made a little pause as he didn’t want to burst into tears. “He’s all grown up,” he said and placed a hand over his mouth, shaking his head and Alec cracked up. But, yes, he felt as emotional as Jace and he gently placed his hand on top of Jace’s back and gently patted it. “I’m just so proud of our baby,” said Jace, his voice getting high pitched and he then just threw himself around Alec’s neck, who awkwardly looked around and then just hugged the emotional blonde.
“It’s okay, Jace, don’t-”
“Oh, Intan!” cried Jace loudly and Alec smiled. However, after ten minutes of hugging, he needed help, because he really wanted to go to other people still and he looked around, searching help and he soon saw Clary, who was walking over them. He quickly signed her to come closer and the red-head grinned when she saw her boyfriend.
“Shh, Jace calm down,” said Alec and smiled. “Look, Clary is here and-”
“What’s the matter?” asked Clary and looked at Jace.
“He’s just… emotional,” filled her in Alec and somehow managed to get Jace off of him and the blonde quickly went to his girlfriend and continued sniffling there, Clary only smiling and just made him quiet down with a long, long kiss. “Okay, now where is Magnus?” asked Alec himself, but then another portal opened up and two more Shadowhunters stepped in. One Alec was expecting, the other… not so much. One of them was Underhill and the other… Robert.
Alec quickly went to his friend and dragged him to the side. “What’s he doing here?” asked Alec, not because he didn’t want his father there, but because when he told him about Intan, Robert wasn’t all that accepting.
“He wanted to come, boss,” said Underhill and looked to the side. “Look, he was really whiny, I didn’t know what to do,” said Underhill and then clicked with his tongue. “Sorry, man, I didn’t-”
“No, it’s okay,” said Alec and then gave him a nervous smile. “You go to Intan, he’s been expecting you,” said Alec with a smile and then he rubbed his palms together. “I’ll, um, go deal with my father,” said Alec and promised to himself that he was kicking his father from the party if he said anything mean about Intan. As Underhill nodded and went to the dragon, Alec took in a deep breath and marched right over to Robert. “Father?”
“Oh, um, Alec, hi, I-”
“No, just before you say anything stupid, I just want to tell you that if you say anything mean I’m throwing you out,” said Alec and crossed his arms on top of his chest. “You said some nasty stuff about Intan the last time, so what are you even doing here?” he asked and narrowed his eyes. “Why come if you’ll just break his heart?” carried Alec on and then gave his father a stern look. Robert wanted to say something back in his own defence, but nothing came to mind and he just looked down. Ah, yes… the words he said he couldn’t take back, but-
“I know and I came to apologise for that,” said Robert slowly. “Look at you, you’re speaking like a true man,” said Robert and then shook his head. “No, like a father,” he added proudly and Alec narrowed his eyes. His dad apologising didn’t make much sense, but- “Look, I know I haven’t been around much lately, but I want to make it up to all of you.”
“Um, okay?” asked Alec and saw Magnus closer to them, ready to hiss and attack if he had to, because he knew what happened the last time, but he was surprised when he found Alec and Robert having a nice, civil conversation and Magnus tapped his husband’s shoulder and Alec smiled when he turned around.
“Darling, why is Robert here?” asked Magnus, uncertain and Alec smiled.
“Here to celebrate his grandson’s birthday,” said Alec happily and Magnus narrowed his eyes, Robert looking down as he felt completely embarrassed for the way he acted. It was really uncalled for and- “He’s apologised,” said Alec and then explained everything to Magnus, who took everything in and in the end gave Robert a kind smile. Okay, he would give him a second chance as he shook his hand.
“I brought a little something,” said Robert awkwardly.
“Wait, I’ll go for Intan,” said Alec and called for the birthday boy, who was more than happy to jump over to his dad and happily flapped his wings. That was the best birthday ever! “Intan, I want you to meet someone,” said Alec and smiled, Intan cocking his head to the side. “Your grandfather,” said Alec and pointed to Robert, who smiled and Intan’s jaw dropped.
Another one?!
He had 3 grandfathers and 1 grandmother… how did that make sense? And so many uncles and aunts and-
“He’s confused,” said Magus and giggled.
But confusion didn’t last long; as long as he saw the bag, Intan pounced right in front of Robert, who was startled as he had never met a friendly demon before. Intan sat and waited for the gift to be presented to him and, confused when he saw a… scarf? Oh a scarf, how fun… Robert felt a bit deflated, but then Intan allowed him to put it on him and he just happily screeched. This new grandpa’s gift maybe was cool! The awkwardness didn’t last long between Intan and Robert and soon Robert was teaching Intan combat skills and tips. Intan didn’t really get it, but he had much fun with teasing the grandpa, whose age was slowly showing!
Magnus and Alec were finally reunited after the long day and the warlock placed an arm around his husband’s waist and he pulled him closer. Intan was surrounded with his family and Alec and Magnus just watched them from afar for a little while and Alec couldn’t stop smiling. Neither could Magnus. This was such a perfect, wholesome moment and they happily sighed in unison.
“He’s so happy,” said Alec.
“As he should be – surrounded by his family,” said Magnus and looked at Alec. “We’ve really done an amazing job with raising him, huh?” asked the warlock and Alec only nodded.
“Oh, yeah, we’re freaking amazing,” said Alec and rested his head against Magnus’ and both of them fondly watched over their son, who was now flying around with Asmodeus on his bag and Magnus only face-palmed himself. His dad was… Alec quickly snapped a photo with his phone and then just looked at it. “Beautiful.”
“Going straight to our family album,” muttered Magnus and happily kissed his husband a few times, only to be distracted when Intan started howling as he wanted the cake finally. Magnus and Alec grinned in unison and then just headed off to the others. Party was in a full start after that!
The end.