Baby!Raphael's New Life

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Magnus sees Raphael cuddling Alec, both watching a movie in the living room. Jace and Simon left about three hours earlier and Raphael is still in headspace. The warlock is concerned and Alec can sense it. He turns to see his boyfriend fidgeting.

"Mags, you okay?" "Raphael has never remained little for this long... It worries me..." Alec nods and looks at the cuddly vampire in his arms. Magnus runs magic over the boy's body and sighs. "I almost feel like I should diaper him at this point, but his excretory system has not worked in over half a century." Alec chuckles softly. "I shouldn't laugh at your concern but that was kinda funny." Magnus smiles. "I guess so."

Both men start to hear small whines and look at Raphael, who is looking at Alec with sad puppy eyes. Alec strokes his hair. "What's wrong? Can you tell daddy?" He just whines again and hugs Alec, who looks at Magnus. "Is this normal?" Magnus shakes his head. "He has never done this before." Alec offers him a pacifier and Raphael sucks on it once, upon noticing that nothing comes out, he spits it out and whines. Magnus snaps up a bottle of blood.

"His last one was interrupted by Solomon and Chase." Alec nods and offers it to Raphael. The Little takes the teat in his mouth and drinks greedily. "We just had a hungry baby, huh?" Raphael just drinks his bottle and looks up at his daddy and papa with such a young look in his eyes that Magnus is concerned. He runs a hand through Raphael's hair and the boy reaches for Magnus.

Once Raphael finishes and gives a small burp, which is also new, he looks at Magnus. "Pa?" He makes a grabbing motion for him and Alec hands him over. Magnus holds him close. "You alright, mijo?" Raphael doesn't seem like he understands the question as he chews on his fingers and looks at Magnus with a blank stare. The warlock is internally freaking out, Raphael has never been this deep in headspace before. He doesn't even think that the vampire is older than one year old at that moment. Alec sees the concern on his boyfriend's face.

"We'll figure this out. What's happened since he was little the first time this morning?" Magnus considers possibilities for a moment before realization hits. "Samuel! He showed violence in a way towards Rapha. He felt attacked when he should have felt safe so he regressed further." Alec nods and kisses where Raphael hit his head on the floor. Magnus snaps a diaper onto Raphael and Alec looks confused.

"His fangs look smaller to me and he is not as pale so if other functions regress or other things happen, I wish to be prepared." Alec nods and puts a pacifier in Raphael's mouth as he nods. He buries his face into Magnus's neck and looks very tired. "I think he needs another nap." "Already? He just took a two hour one with you not too long ago." "Mags, babies sleep a lot. If he regressed further, he probably will too. Let's put him down again and see if there's a way to fix this." Magnus nods and walks to Raphael's nursery room. He puts him down in the crib and Raphael starts to cry. Magnus picks him up immediately, silencing his cries within seconds. Alec looks at Magnus and thinks of something.

"You and I are both pretty tired, right? Why don't we take him into our bed and nap with him? Who knows how long it will be before he's aged back up, might as well get on his schedule right?" Magnus nods in agreement and walks with Alec to their bedroom, both man lying down with Raphael between them. He falls asleep instantly and both caregivers sigh in relief.

Two hours later, Alec is woken up by someone poking his face. He opens his eyes and sees Raphael staring at him. "Da!" He smiles at the little boy and hugs him to his chest. Raphael cuddles into Alec and lets out a few soft giggles. Magnus wakes up a few minutes later to a giggly vampire playing peekaboo quietly with his shadowhunter daddy. Magnus smiles and kisses Alec before playing with Raphael's hair. The Little laughs a bit and pokes Magnus's nose, earning a loud and exaggerated sniff from the warlock.  Raphael bursts into a loud laughing fit, causing both caregivers to laugh uncontrollably.

"You know? I could honestly get used to this." "To what?" "Like if I takes a long time for him to age up, I'll continue to fill the daddy roll as long as he needs it." Magnus smiles at what Alec said and kisses his cheek. "Great to hear."

Magnus can sense someone entering the loft, but they get in so fast that he has no time to hide Raphael or warn Alec. Their bedroom door opens and Izzy looks at them, not saying anything. She's been trying to contact Alec to see if they can hang out and got worried when he didn't answer his phone. She just stares at them, seeing Alec holding Raphael close to his chest as the vampire sucks on his pacifier and makes tiny sounds. Alec is about to ask Izzy why she's there but something else catches his attention.

"Iz? Are you crying?"