A John Constantine Story

"Hey there, Killer"

Liverpool, 1981

It was a very cold day in janurary in England. It was one of the coldest days this winter and there was so much snow that a little kid could just sank in and would be gone.
In all of this beautiful snow on all of the used-to-be green trees there was a Hospital. The only one of that little town in the North of England. And in this Hospital was a young blonde woman giving birth. It was a really hard birth. Mrs. Constantine and her husband were often at the hospital while the past months. At first it used to be twins but one of the babies got lost after a few months. Since that they had a lot of trouble while the pregnancy. Mr. and Mrs. Constantine already had a child. But with Sophie 13 years ago they didn't had as much trouble as they had now with the 2nd kid.
It took hours till the little Baby finally was there. Hours while father and sister sat on the floor waiting for the little, new human to come out. When the mother finally could take him in his arms she smiled. She waited so long for him and didn't even believed anymore that she could hold him ever in her arms. After taking a last look on her little baby, she closed her eyes and fell asleep. Happy for her little Johnny finally being there and full of optimism for their future. She finally had the family, she wanted since she was a Teenager. A lovely husband, a daughter and a son. But after she closed her eyes in that cold janurary night, she never opened them again.

After the nurses took the baby from her and discovered that she wasn't going to wake up again they brought the baby to his dad and sister who were waiting for the new family member and told them that Mary Anne Constantine died right after the little boy was born. Mr. Constantine couldn't believe that he lost the love of his life. He screamed at the nurses and at the doctors that they killed her. After a lot of discussions he agreed that it wasn't their fault. "It's his fault!" Mr. Constantine said, pointing at the baby still laying in the arms of the nurse. Tommy Constantine left the hospital without any of his children.
Sophie brought her little brother home the next day but their father didn't wanted to see him. "Why do you bring that killer in our house?! He killed your mother!" Tommy screamed.
"He is your son. Don't you wanna at least welcome him? I miss Mommy too, but it's not his fault. He's just a baby."
Tommy walked over to his children and looked down on the baby. "Hey there, Killer", he said and left to the kitchen.

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I hope you liked it so far, let me know what you think. I think I'll write one year in every chapter. So here you had his birth. In the next chapter we're exploring his time in the Kindergarten