Madelyne Pryor

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Maddy didn’t have an answer for that, but it does raise another question. “What if her parents are dead? Or worse, what if they’re who she ran away from?” It felt silly, suggesting a baby was capable of running away, but people like them were capable of a lot of things. The baby seems to be reaching for her bright red hair next, which makes Maddy smile wide. “You like that, huh?” she murmurs, brushing her hand over the fine, yellow hair covering the baby’s head. “What shall we call her, Alex?”

Alex presses his lips together, but he can’t help the smile as the baby reaches for Maddy’s hair. They would have to keep her, care for her. He knew what the orphanage was like, and he didn’t care to leave another child there. No, they would manage to care for her themselves, at least until they found where she came from. “A name?” He’s caught off guard, and so says the first name to come to his mind. “Katherine?” It’s his mother’s name, or was. A family name.

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Madelyne knew that name as his mother's, and she knew how much he loved and missed her. She smiles up at him, "Katherine Summers." She looks back at the baby, picking her up carefully and offering her to her husband to hold. "Little Katie," she murmurs, stroking the girl's cheek once she's in Alex's arms. "She's a strong girl, don't you think?"

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Alex is confused. That’s his first thought, confusion. Especially when Maddy says that the child just appeard from nowhere. But as the baby reaches for Maddy’s finger, he feels part of him melt. The child was so tiny, impossibly so. When Maddy says they have to take care of her, he knows he can’t say no. “She’s like us then,” he says. “Powered. What if her parents are looking for her?”

Maddy didn’t have an answer for that, but it does raise another question. “What if her parents are dead? Or worse, what if they’re who she ran away from?” It felt silly, suggesting a baby was capable of running away, but people like them were capable of a lot of things. The baby seems to be reaching for her bright red hair next, which makes Maddy smile wide. “You like that, huh?” she murmurs, brushing her hand over the fine, yellow hair covering the baby’s head. “What shall we call her, Alex?”

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Alex is relieved that she’s okay, that the baby’s okay. But Maddy is only a few months pregnant. There should be no baby noises coming from their bedroom. So when she leads him into their bedroom and he sees a baby girl lying on the bed, his breath catches. “What….” She’d told him not to panic but it’s hard not to feel a little bit of it. And her eyes… “Madelyne, what’s going on?”

Maddy bites her lip, peering around him at the little girl who gives a yawn that’s nearly too precious to handle. “I...” she shrugs, sitting down on the bed beside the baby. “She’s a newborn, Alex. She just... appeared out of nowhere.” The baby grabs her finger when she taps her teeny palm and Maddy smiles softly. “I was sleeping, and I opened my eyes and... There she was.” She looks up at Alex, worry gnawing at her belly at his expression. “We have to take care of her.”

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It had been a long day for Alex. Harder than usual. To walk into the house and see Madelyne pacing and looking worried, it immediately raises alarm bells. And when she says not to panic… “Are you alright? Is it the baby?” he says, hands on her stomach, eyes searching for cause of concern. Then he hears it. A small gurgle. A small child’s sound. He frowns. “Maddy?”

"I'm perfectly fine, we both are." It warms Maddy's heart when he checks her over frantically. He was an attentive husband and she knew he'd be an even better father. When the child's noises catch his attention she looks a little guilty though she had no cause to be. It's not like she'd sought her out. The baby just... Appeared. "Remember... Don't panic." Taking his hand she leads him to the bed where the baby lay surrounded by pillows. She'd appeared wrapped in a blood bedsheet which lays in a heap by the floor. Maddy had cleaned her up and dressed her in one of the outfits they'd received as a gift for their own child. She looked like a normal baby, except for her eyes were swirling with orange.

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It starts as a dream. She hears screaming, voices she recognizes, but she can’t place. The room is shaking. White. Blinding. It’s too warm, she thinks she might pass out. The pain is excruciating. And when she wakes it doesn’t stop. Crying out, she grasps her swollen belly like she’s protecting it from the pain inside her body. As if she could. Her panicked eyes search for Alex but it’s midday, he’s been at work for hours now and she is alone. The sweat on her brow is thick like glue and she feels it sliding down her forehead as the heat in the room becomes stifling. Something isn’t right, something is... 

It stops. So abruptly she feels like she’s fallen. She grips the bed sheets to stop her fall to find she had been in the air. The wind knocked out of her. Disoriented, she takes gasping breaths but those stop too when she hears it. A cry. Shrill yet small. “What...” She touches her stomach again, checks beneath her skirt. Her baby moves sleepily inside of her, her panic having woken him. She feels relief but it’s only short lived because the cry starts up again. She hurries out of bed to find it.

Hours later she paces in front of the door, eyes flitting to the bedroom every once in awhile. Listening closely for any sign of stirring. When Alex walks in, looking so exhausted she wished she could hide this, she puts her hands on his chest. They could barely stand close with how big her stomach is, but she gets as close as she can. “I need you to promise you won’t panic, okay my love?” she says in a rush, searching his eyes. 

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moodboard: Piper Halliwell (Charmed)

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Alex smiles and brushes her hair with his fingers. “Good.” He had been so scared thinking she was sick, if she actually got sick, if he lost her and their son he would feel like the world was ending. “Now, do you think you can sleep?”

Madelyne moves into his gentle touch, sighing at the comfort it brings. She never would have believed she’d have something like this, someone who loved her and wanted the world for her. “Only if you stay with me,” she murmurs playfully.

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Saoirse Ronan as Agatha in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), directed by Wes Anderson

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“I thought it was just the sickness before,” she explains, eyes elsewhere as she focuses on the other consciousness in her mind. “But it wasn’t.” The closer she leans into Alex’s chest, the brighter the light gets. “I’m not entirely sure, but I think so. I do know he loves you.” She says the last bit with a small smile, looking up at Alex.

Alex says a silent prayer of thanks that it wasn’t just sickness. He couldn’t bear to lose her. And this is better than he could’ve hoped for. “And I love him. And you,” he replies, kissing her forehead. “I love you so much.”

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Maddy flushes at his affection, still not used to being spoken to so sweetly even though he did so often. "I love you," she murmurs back, snuggling against his chest. "And I'm going to stay put til Hank says otherwise, I promise."

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Alex takes the hug, pulling her close to her. Despite his worry, he is happy. Very happy. “Feel him?” He can’t stop the grin. “We’re going to have a boy? You know?”

“I thought it was just the sickness before,” she explains, eyes elsewhere as she focuses on the other consciousness in her mind. “But it wasn’t.” The closer she leans into Alex’s chest, the brighter the light gets. “I’m not entirely sure, but I think so. I do know he loves you.” She says the last bit with a small smile, looking up at Alex.

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“Even I know worrying isn’t good for you when you’re with child,” Alex protests. He shakes his head when he sees her teasing smile. “And what else would I be?” He smiles and takes her hand, pressing a kiss to it. “You do now.”

Sleepily, she leans forward to wrap her arms around his shoulders. Her face presses gently to his neck where she breathes him in. His scent makes her feel a warm buzzing in the back of her mind. “Oh...” she pulls back just enough to look at his face, surprise in her eyes. “I thought... I can feel him, Alex. He’s... happy.”

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Madelyne could feel the cogs turning in his head, trying to make a plan when he should just be basking in the moment. But he wouldn’t be Alex if he had any other reaction, now would he? She leans forward, slowly but she manages, and gives him a soft kiss. “I think it’ll be perfect either way,” she responds with a little grin before settling back against the pillows. “Now spit it out, what’s on your mind?”

Alex meets the kiss, and nods. “Definitely.” At her comment, he lets out a small chuckle. “I’m just thinking. Things to do now. That’s all. Don’t you worry.”

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"Oh you're the only one who gets to worry?" she asks teasingly, a smile pulling at her lips. "You're such a man, Alexander Summers." She rolls her eyes before closing them with a long suffering sigh. "A baby... I've never had a family before, you know."

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Alex nodded. He had to believe she could do this. She was strong, he knew, she could do this. “Do you think it’ll be a boy or a girl?” he asked, smiling. Even as he asked, he was thinking. How they would make provisions so she could rest. Who they could ask to help her while he worked.

Madelyne could feel the cogs turning in his head, trying to make a plan when he should just be basking in the moment. But he wouldn’t be Alex if he had any other reaction, now would he? She leans forward, slowly but she manages, and gives him a soft kiss. “I think it’ll be perfect either way,” she responds with a little grin before settling back against the pillows. “Now spit it out, what’s on your mind?”

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Alex laughs, unable to do anything else as Maddy makes a joking remark. He was relieved, incredibly so, that she wasn’t dying. But that didn’t make this safe either. He kissed her hand, eyes on hers. “I know. Don’t think I’m not pleased,” he tells her.

His laugh puts a genuine smile on Maddy’s face, glad to have broken the tension of the moment. Her heart flutters at the affectionate gesture of his kiss, brushing his lips with her thumb before he gets too far. “I can do this, Alex,” she says confidently. “I’m happy to do this.” If anyone did, Alex deserved a family.