What should've happened

Chapter 11

In a few weeks time, they were staying in America while starting to design their house. Albus gave in and was letting Gellert make a castle but he was in charge of decor so Gellert didn't make it too gloomy. They had also made a small following already for their cause and were arranging the first rally. Theseus was slowly getting used to his new life though it would still be a while for him to get fully situated. He would still try to do things on his own and more often than not if they were to check on him at night he was hiding under his bed like he was doing tonight when Albus went to put him to bed.

"Theseus, hey why are you playing under there?" Albus sits on the ground and looks under the bed. Gellert had gotten the little boy some toys like a toy wand and, to Albus' amusement, carved figures of the three brothers of the hallows. "Would you like to come out to get ready for bed?"

Theseus crawls out from under the bed "can I play for a bit more..?" He says quietly and holds up his toys. It's been a while since he's had actual toys to play with and he liked them.

"It's 'may I' and I don't see the harm in a few more minutes of play time before bed" a voice from the door says, making Albus look up and sigh. Gellert wanted to give his love and they're child everything they wanted, and that included going against the schedule that Albus was trying to set up for Theseus.

"Gellert we talked about this," he says and turns back to Theseus "how about we put the brothers away and we can play clean up. Then we put our pj's on and you can pick out a book for daddy to read"

Theseus looks at his toys again "..I still want to play..?" He says, his voice even quieter.

Gellert comes over and sits down with them "look Albus he's upset, five more minutes won't hurt" he pulls Theseus to his lap and picks up Antioch to play with the boy. "When daddy and apu are done with our home you will have a big room all to yourself, that you can have all the toys you can ever wish for in"

Albus sighs at his boyfriends undermining but can't help but smile at the scene "this coming from the wizard who said he never wanted kids" he whispers and kisses Gellerts cheek "I'm going to get myself ready for bed you can finish putting him to bed"

Gellert looks up quickly "Albus I don't think that's wise.."

Albus looks back at him "Stop worrying so much, you're amazing with him. I trust you" he smiles and goes into their suite then into the bathroom to start a bath.

Gellert looks at Theseus and continues to play with him for a bit. As they were putting the toys away he heard Theseus say something quietly "Mit mondtál? What did you say?" He looks at the boy and picks him up

"Looks like Apus' wand" he points to the eldest brother and lays his head on Gellert, yawning.

Gellert laughs a bit and gets out a pair of pajamas from the trunk they got him. "That is because it is Apus' wand. That figure was a real person and he lived a long time ago. It used to be his wand. ''He sets the boy in bed and helps him change into his Pajamas "How about I read you the tale of the three brothers?" He lays Theseus down and summons his book.

Theseus nods and cuddles into his new fathers side as Gellert opens the book and starts reading. "Three brothers, traveling along a lonely, winding road at twilight reached a deep treacherous river where anyone who attempted to swim or wade would drown. Learned in the magical arts, the brothers conjured a bridge with their wands and proceeded to cross ...."

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Albus finishes his bath and dresses in his night clothes, His bath was calming after all the chaos of the day. He heads back to Theseus' bedroom in the hotel suite, fully expecting his boys to be on the floor playing still but was pleasantly surprised when he sees Theseus asleep in bed and Gellert finishing off his story.