His Father's Son

Summary : Years ago Arthur made the biggest mistake of his life and has regretted it ever since as it cost him the love of his life He sees a second chance when a sixteen year old boy turns up at his home calling him father

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Chapter nine

Epilogue Three years later

Arthur looked up from the many papers he had to grade to find the golden eyes of his daughter staring at him, Arthur couldn't stop being thankful to whatever god, spirit or ghost that had nothing only given him back that man he loved but gave him so much more.

"What is it princess?" Arthur asked.

"Papa why daddy so big?" Lily asked moving to sit on Arthur's lap.

Picking up his daughter Arthur couldn't help but laugh at the question. "Sweetie daddy is so big because he's carrying your baby brother and sister, but remember we don't use that word round him." Arthur replied.

"I know papa, it make daddy cry, me not what that." Lily answered smiling.

"Now I think I have a ice cream date with my two year old princess." Arthur smiled.

"I two and a bit papa." Lily laughed.

"I know, soon you'll being going off to college and dating." Arthur put on his shocked face. "My princess is going to want to date a boy."

"Boys icky, me never date boys." Lily answered as Arthur set her on her feet and took his hand.

"I'm going to remind you of those words when you bring a boy home." Arthur joked.

"Silly papa, no boys. I see pretty girl those." Lily nodded.

Arthur couldn't help but laugh at that, even though he knew his daughter had the gift of sight, he wasn't completely sure what she saw would come true, he still remembered the time she told him Minnie mouse was going to eat him while they were in disney land Paris.

"Really Sweetie?" Arthur said playing long.

"Hmm, she pretty, and she luv me." Lily nodded as they walked to the front door on their house.

"Well we can't say we're a normal family." Arthur muttered rolling his eyes.

"Papa?" Arthur looked up as he opened the door to see Jamie standing there holding his one year old son in his arms and his husband waddling over to them.

"It's good to see you pal." Arthur smiled.

"Jme come with." Lily asked.

"Sure sweetcakes, where you going?" Jamie asked

"Ice cream date." Lily giggled.

"You go, I'm going to find Merlin, see how he is." Liam replied resting his hands on his stomach.

"Is two in there?" Lily asked pointing to Liam's stomach.

"No just the one. A little girl." Liam replied.

"Papa why he big then? He not got two babies." Lily wondered looking up at her papa.

"Come on sweetie, times a wasting." Arthur picked Lily up and walked out of the house.

"Dad has chocolate ice cream in the freezer, you look beautiful to me." Jamie kissed his husband before following his papa.

That evening when everyone was either in bed or at home Arthur settled down next to his husband and smiled as he leaned down to kiss him.

"I'm so thankful that our son found me, because without him none of this might not have happened and I always hope it would." Arthur said as he moved his hand to rest on the stomach of the man he loved.

"I think it would have still happened, after all I promised to help him find his other father." Merlin smiled.

"I don't know if I ever told you this but every morning and night I would talk to you, well a picture of you and for a short time I let myself believe that you were standing in front of me talking back, I had to keep cleaning the glass as I always kissed it good morning and good night." Arthur smiled.

"Well its a good thing then that you have the real thing or people would start thinking you have gone mad." Merlin laughed.

"Why you." Arthur laughed and kisses him passionately.

"MMM chocolate ice cream and hot sauce." Merlin said suddenly.

"Coming right up sweetheart, just remember you fall asleep again and I'm eating your ice cream." Arthur joked.

"No not my ice creams." Merlin said playing along.

Of course when Arthur returned with the items he found his husband fast asleep with his head resting on Arthur's pillow. "Looks like its ice cream for one then, good thing I didn't add the hot sauce." Arthur chuckled as he got back into bed and was soon fast asleep his arms wrapped around his husband.

Jamie smiled down at a picture of his picture as he thought of everything they had done for him, everything they had put on hold because he was sick or because he needed them and as he let the memories of everything they did he whispered a small spell to honour them.

For all you gave me, and all I received,

For all you taught me, and all I believed,

For all your love from which I was conceived,

Thank you, blessed be.

(A real spell from a book called 'Witches' Spell-A-day Almanac)

THE END