I've got you babe [Gus]

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June 1st, 2027

"You know, I used to think I knew what fame was until... well ... this," Severus muttered with good humour to the man standing beside him. The tall wizard had grown up under the spotlight that his Minister of Magic father thrust upon him - yes, even during that awkward gangly and pimple ridden phase ten years back... but that was a whole other fame beast compared to that afforded to a rockstar apparently. "Alright girls, alright. We are headed into this shop annnnd there's definitely not enough space for all of you so... on your way now. Look, I think your mam's about to ground you if you don't scurry along..." sure enough, one very impatient and angry witch with grey beginning to streak through her bobbed hair came to round up the group by their ears. The excited shreiks of teenagers turned into pained yowls and lots of exclamations of 'mam yer embarassin me' as the two men entered the quieter boutique.

"Remind me next time to go shopping in London proper, with the muggles. Except that I wanted to see if this place had any enchanted nappies ... because surely they must exist? And self-swaddlers and the like? Maybe clothes with dampening spells so when she tries to toddle she doesn't fall too hard, what do you think?" Severus asked Gus eagerly as he unwrapped the dozing little 9 month old from his chest. "How in Merlin's name did you sleep through all that racket before, Marlena?"

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Gus roared with loud laughter at the complaints of his boyfriend about the fans that decided to follow them around. He was so used to it he barely noticed them at times. "Different audience?" He asked in good humour, giving the man a quick peck on the cheek. He had nothing to hide after all. It was hardly a secret at this point he was dating, let alone that he was dating two people and had a daughter added on somewhere in the mix. For the most part it meant his life had gotten less wild, but some things never changed. Fans being wild? That was probably one of them. Gus.... wouldn't have been Gus if he wasn't almost the polar opposite of his boyfriend in this situation. Before they entered the shop he turned around and blew them a kiss. "Don't be too hard on them ma'am. They're just passionate." He suggested warmly to let her know he wasn't upset. He liked his fans, even if they got very obnoxious at times. Then he sauntered into the boutique after his rather frazzled boyfriend and grinned as he walked up and gave the man a quick kiss. "You know you're really sexy when you go into professor mode like that?" He muttered playfully.

Naturally Severus was distracted by the only thing in the world more important than anything else, including Gus' ego. His daughter. He pulled a pouty face as Severus said he wanted to go shopping in the muggle area. "Please no. You might know enough about them to fit in but I'd stand out like a sore thumb. I can barely manage to answer my phone." He complained. He'd finally gotten himself a new one and well.... he wasn't treating it that much better than his old one. He smiled as Severus went over the mental shopping list he'd apparently compiled and chuckled as his opinion was asked. "I think being a dad looks good on you." He said with a grin. It was certainly true. "I also think that I could wrap Marlena and bubblewrap to make sure she never stubs a toe, but it might make it a little more difficult for her to learn how to get by." He said. For somebody as spoiled as he was, he had no plans to protect his daughter from every single tiny thing that might hurt her. Especially something as simple as falling over.

Then he asked how Marlena slept through it all and Gus tried his best to hold in his laughter. Yes, his daughter certainly took after him a lot. If she was being fussy she could usually be calmed down with some singing or music but at the same time she could sleep like a rock. Gus shrugged a bit as he kissed his daughter on her forehead and took her from the arms of Severus. "I think it's because she's like her dad. Not interested means she's not listening." He said in a soft tone as he rocked her just a little. "All right, you go look for the nappies and all that other stuff and I'll go pick out some clothes for our little princess." He gave Severus a slightly pointed look at that point. "And please don't look at the price tags when you pick something? Just take whatever is best, regardless of the price. We'll donate to charity once Marlena doesn't need it anymore." Except for a few things perhaps, but those had more to do with memories after all. He had enough storage space to figure all of that out later anyway.

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Different audience alright. Teenagers were hardly interested in who was the current Minister of Magic, though it was Severus' experience that they still seemed pretty interested in who the devilishly handsome eligible bachelor son was back in the day. The unvoiced thought brought a small smirk to his plump lips as he watched Gus indulge the fans before he slipped away. "I'm well aware," Severus replied with a small nod and the hint of his smirk when Gus came to tell him that he was a hot professor. There was more than once that he'd had to report such a remark to the deputy headmaster of both educational facilities he'd worked at - just to cover himself whenever a student made such a comment.

"You stick out like a sore thumb wherever you go, Gus, and you and I both know that you'd not have it any other way," Severus said with the hint of a chuckle when he noted his partner's pout. "The phone thing is more to do with your refusal to retain the information than your true ability," he chided gently.

When complimented with how well he took to the parenting role, Sev dipped his eyes to save himself from blushing and refocused on the baby in his arms. "You may have a point," Severus conceded that it was probably not in the little girl's interests to be bubblewrapped. "Her little toes are just so darling I'd like to put off her stubbing them for as long as wizardly possible."

As Gus took his daughter into his arms, Severus took that moment to adjust his own clothing. It was made far less fashionable by the addition of the wrapping to carry Marlena but he'd resigned himself to functionality over fashion a little while ago. He nodded as Gus explained that he was going to do clothes shopping and he glanced around the boutique, now realising that he was more than a little out of his depth. "Just remember she's not a model at 9 months old and we aren't here to do a fashion show..." he said off-handedly as the shop assistant came over to him.

"So ... Maybe instead of a swaddler, I could interest you in a sleep suit? She's a wee bit too old to be swaddled," the assistant began, in a tone that Severus knew well - it was the one he used when he repeated the same things to many different students. "You can tell we're learning as we go, huh?" he asked and the person nodded with a smile."I've been barred from getting something that coddles the kid too much buuut... Do you have nappies that self clean or is that just wishful thinking?" he tilted his head then. "Ohh what about a bowl and spoon that magically prevents the little madam from throwing her food all over the place like it's super duper fun?"

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So Severus was well aware? Seemed teenagers certainly had good taste, since they were interested in both of them. Gus had never really liked authoritive figures all that much, which was probably because they attempted to push some form of authority over him. Since Severus never really did that there was no real problem at all. It just meant he had a hot professor as one of his beloved partners. He certainly looked forward to spending a lot more time with the family he'd built. They were everything to him.

"A sore thumb?" He asked, a pout to his voice. "I'd have hoped to have a more positive way of sticking out. Like a shining star or whatever. Polished diamond between the pebbles? But no, you had to pick a sore thumb." Gus smiled, but shook his head in dismay nonetheless. He'd always be a little bit of a drama queen. Such was his nature. "I think I repell technology. You shouldn't blame this on me. They just made all the information too much." Said the superstar that had bothered to learn how to drive a very fancy car because he enjoyed it. He'd recently had the interior remodelled to make it better suited to his daughter though. Interior of a family car, but the outside was still very much a sportscar.

"Well if something being too precious to see it get hurt counts as a good enough reason I should wrap the both of you and Ella in bubble wrap. I couldn't stand any of you getting hurt in a way that I can't fix, and I never learned much in terms of healing magic. I really should wrap the both of you here with me right now up in my arms and never let go. Call Ella to come fetch us so I can capture her in my trap with you and keep the three of you safe from all harm for all eternity." He said, once again kissing his boyfriend on the cheek to reitterate that he was madly in love with the man. That his family meant everything to him. His family, which naturally included his sister, although he had a feeling she'd murder him for trying to wrap her in bubblewrap to keep her safe.

Gus smiled a bit as Severus reminded him that they were not here to run a show. He looked at his daughter and smiled at her cheekily. "That's only because neither of your dads remembered to bring a camera. Otherwise you'd make a perfect little supermodel." He told his daughter in the best tone of voice, before whisking her off to buy more than the average fashion show would probably bother to buy. Or at least, that was the plan. With the only exception that he didn't plan to buy her more than she could wear over the likely course of her growth. He didn't want to donate clothes that had never been worn at all, since that was kind of a waste of money. Once was perfectly fine of course. He started picking outfits the way he always did, if he liked it, it came home with them. Though he minded to buy a few things in bigger sizes so that she could grow into them.

He glanced over his shoulder a bit as Severus started asking for all sorts of products that were just so highly convenient. He looked at his darling little Marlena with an amused but suspicious stare. "Have you been throwing food around Lena?" He asked her as if she was planning to answer. "Because that's naughty, unless you call it art. You should just tell daddy you're expressing yourself." He told her in a wild little whisper, which led to a small giggle cascade from the little girl as he nuzzled her. Then he continued his little spree, looking at his partner and blowing a kiss his way. What better things in life than the ones he loved most so close to him? Except, of course, that they were missing Ella here.

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