Recent content by Alexander Alcott

Alexander had thought that Louis graduating was strange enough, but Giulia graduating made him feel old in a brand new way. With his kids being so close in age and Giulia being so mature, it didn't really feel like she was the baby, but she was still technically youngest. And now she was...

There were so many questions Alex wanted to ask, and he had no idea where to begin. All he could do was step aside, after a moment's debate with himself. "I can. Help." He added firmly. As... angryconfusedconcernedpitying as he was with Corinne right now, there was no part of him willing to...

Alex felt like he was falling backwards as he opened his mouth, not a single sound managing to come out. Not that he knew what sounds he would make if he could. He knew - knew - that there was no way this was his baby. They were about eighteen years too late for that possibility, but Corinne...

The sound of the door interrupted Alexander's thoughts and he got up, leaving the photo album open on Louis' baby photos as he left to answer the door. A mistake, as the sight he saw upon opening it was almost exactly the one he had seen eighteen years ago. It was so surreal, the memories so...

Louis was an adult. Just the thought made Alex's skin crawl with how old it made him seem. He had an adult son. It wouldn't be long before he'd have an adult daughter too, and then what would he be? An aged playboy with his party years long behind him, and without parenting to fill that...

Alex had never felt so old in his entire life. He had an adult son, and Giulia wasn't that far behind. Having been to Beauxbatons himself, he hadn't been at Hogwarts since Kyle's graduation, and it was a surprise how much smaller it felt. Of course, he had been a child then, but the...

Alex was trying, trying as hard as he possibly could to be gentle, but he couldn't help the frustration edging through. "You are." He said slowly. "You have been for seventeen years, whether you were here or not. I'm not saying you have to parent him. He doesn't need that, not anymore...

Alex struggled to keep his frustration in check. "And I couldn't look after a baby when you dropped one on me and left." He said slowly. "But I did it anyway. Having a child means sometimes you have to do things you can't do."

Alex winced at her response, heart breaking all over again for his son. “He's happy, Corinne, but he doesn't have a mother. I'm not asking you to take him, I just want you to meet him. He's such a good kid, you would be so proud of him. You'd get along so well. You're not going to mess...

Alex regretted how little time he had spent with Kyle's daughters when they were younger. He had been busy on the other side of the world, being irresponsible and young and stupid. And now he had blinked and his brother's children were adults, and October was married. She was one of the...

Alex's hopes that Corinne had changed, had grown up in their time apart, they were all dissolving. "Okay, okay." He said quickly, touching her arm. "I won't force anything. Just... think about it. I don't think he'll hate you." He added, trying hard to salvage this, for Louis' sake. He...

Alex's heart sank. "Corinne, you don't know unless you give him the chance." He said gently. "Louis is his own man. He doesn't need a babysitter or a nursemaid. But he deserves to choose whether or not he wants to know his mother, as a person."

Alex hadn't really expected anything else, but somehow he was still disappointed. "Corinne, he's still your son." He said softly. "That has to mean something." A more protective man would be pushing her out the door, trying to protect Louis from the possibility that Corinne would hurt him...

Alex studied Corinne's face as she looked at the photo, trying to figure this out. As many feelings as he had himself about Corinne resurfacing, he had to bury them all. This was about Louis, and he needed to make sure Corinne was a person he could allow around Louis without hurting the boy...

Alex couldn't help a small laugh, glancing at Corinne's face. He was bitter, he was furious, everything she had done to him, to Louis, all of it would have to be answered for. But right now if he could keep himself together, Louis might have the chance to be the one to decide whether he wanted...