James- TID One Shot

Tessa felt stretched out.  Though, she thought, that is what happens when you carry a growing person inside you for nine months.  She heaved a heavy yet joyful sigh of relief.  It was over.  She had just delivered Will's first son. 

Charolette was wiping off the last remaining beads of sweat-- and a few tears-- when Sophie set the freshly-swaddled bundle on her chest.  Tessa wrapped her arms around him instinctively, cooing and rocking her little Shadowhunter.  She looked up at Sophie and nodded and the newly made Nephilim walked to the door.  As soon as the door was opened enough, Will's shaggy black-topped head popped through.  His deep blue eyes scoured the room.  They were wild ringed with grayish, puffy skin from no sleep during the nights previous.  His eyes landed on his wife and son and immediately softened. 

"Are you--," Tessa interrupted him.

"Just hush and come here," softly brushing away Will's concern, she motioned for him to some nearer.  Will silently walked to Tessa's bedisde.  He lightly gasped in awe as he reached his arms out to hold his son.  The baby whined a bit but quieted as his father rocked him.

"He should have been in here, you know.  You wouldn't have hurt so much," Will said.  He had had some difficulty pulling the right strings to keep his parabatai out of the room as his wife gave birth but he understood her reasoning.

"Yes, I know, but it would have been hard for him.  You and I both know that." Tessa answered, taking her son back into her arms.  Will looked to Charolette who opened the door, walking out and letting Brother Zacharaiah and Sister Dolores in.

Once at Tessa's bedside, Jem pulled back his hood.  His lips, Tessa noticed, were newly stitched.  She tears stung the back of her eyes at the thought of her never hearing him speak again.  He looked down at Tessa and Will and Tessa could see tears shining down his scarred cheeks.  Will almost choked up.  Tessa gingerly picked up her son, dark down topping his head, gray eyes sparkling, and handed him to her former fiance.  Will spoke and Tessa could hear his struggle to keep from choking up.

"His name is James."