The first time Kit thinks about having kids is when he sees Ty interact with Emma and Julian’s daughter. Ty has been inseparable from that little bundle of joy, sitting outside the room, always on guard.
Kit off-handedly wonders what he would do when it’s their child.
Kit realizes he never thought about children, or about starting a family. Johnny Rook wasn’t much of a family man, and with the Carstairs he was so heartbroken at first that he never considered the possibility.
He talks to Ty, and they realize the other one has been waiting to talk about this for so long too.
The opportunity comes from an unexpected demon attack on a faerie family that Kit and Ty try to save on a routine patrol. The father died before they could help, and the mother takes Ty’s hands and hands over a squirming bundle before she dies too.
The child is beautiful, a tiny bundle of yawns and stares. She has purple hair and dark gold eyes. Kit calls Catarina Loss to check her out. (Is she okay? Is she hungry? Oh Angel she doesn’t hate me, does me? Christopher, let me take her temperature or she will certainly hate you.)
Catarina confirms that everything is fine, except that the demon attack has damaged the baby’s hearing. Kit wants to protect her even more, but doesn’t know what to tell Ty.
The feeling, he discovers, is mutual. Especially when he finds Ty sitting in the dining hall of the Los Angeles Institute one morning, silently smiling at the baby. (I want to talk to Christopher about you. I’d like if you stayed. I know you can’t understand me, but I’ve seen Jules talk to the baby, so I’m going to talk to you too.)
They talk to the Clave about adopting a faery child, because there has been no former example of two Shadowhunters adopting a faerie. Good news is, the Clave is made of people who want to set new example through love. The consul himself green-lights the adoption.
They name the baby Theresa Livia Blackthorn-Herondale. When Kit suggests the name, Ty gives him a sad smile, before picking up Baby Tess and telling her about the adventures his parents had with her Aunt Livvy.
Julian is the godfather, there’s no discussion needed. Ash is only slightly offended. (We’re related too, Kit! The next time you make pancakes like Julian Atticus Blackthorn, you can be a godfather too, Falcon.)
They name Mina the godmother, who is ecstatic, and the first time she holds Baby Tess, Kit cries. (Kit you’re embarrassing yourself in front of the baby. IT’S A SPECIAL OCCASSION MIN-MIN JUST LET ME HAVE THIS ONE!)
Ty is always on guard, always making sure nothing bad happens to his baby daughter, nothing like what happened his other Livvy.
Kit assures him every day that they’ll protect her, no matter what. Ty still wakes up in the middle of the night to go check on her. Kit watches them from afar as his husband stands coos at their daughter.
Years of having a little sister has trained Kit for everything. Well almost everything. (MUM SHE’S POOPING AGAIN MIN-MIN NEVER POOPED THIS MUCH WHAT DO I DO?!)
Jem and Tessa are on baby duty 24x7, and they are happy to help. It reminds Tessa when James and Cordelia had Owen. (All you Herondales are the same. MUM NOT NOW!)
Two bright blonde presences grace their home almost always. (I will save you from duckies, won’t I? Yes, I will, yes I will! Jace hand me my godchild -in-law. I am an Angelic warrior, I’ll hold my little Herondale as long as I want. Don’t make me get Cortana!)
Jem cries to Tessa the first time Kit introduces them as Grandpa and Grandma to Baby Tess. (I’m a grandpa, Tessa! James, you’re worse than William.)
There are two ghosts always looking over Baby Tessa. She smiles at nothing sometimes, it’s just a Victorian ghost making funny faces at her to make her smile. (If you teach my daughter Welsh like you did Mina I swear to the Angel-)
Livvy is no longer attached to Ty, but she still decided to stay back to look after her two idiots. She lets Baby Tess play with her hair sometimes. Kit never says out-loud that he can see her, but all three of them know.
One day Kit wakes up to find the bed empty, and he panics. Turns out, Ty woke up early to check on their daughter and fell asleep with her in his arms. He almost cries, realizing now he has a family to call his own.
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