Chapter 10
When Albus enters the bathroom there is soft music coming from seemingly nowhere and light illuminating the ceiling in a soft glow, Gellert is laying back in the bath already while reading a book. “Where is the music coming from?” Albus was undressing and went over to get in with Gellert. He leans on the younger when Gellert puts his book down.
Gellert hums and lets the book float over to the vanity “magical hotel Albus” he kisses his shoulder and nips it. “I put lavender in the water if you don’t mind” he wraps his arms around albus as he starts to relax more “I’ve missed you, as impossible it is to admit for me.”
Albus laughs a bit and closes his eyes, letting Gellerts hands wander a bit “well you just did, and as much as you deny I have had an effect on you.” he looks at Gellert “the boy I met at the beginning of the summer wouldn’t have hesitated to kill in a duel”. Albus smiles and lays back against him “I hope you’re ready to change the world together.”
“For the greater good my love” Gellert kisses his cheek “mm, you should grow a beard, I think it would suit you” he looks at Albus as the other wizard turns to face him “I think you would look even more ravishing with one.”
Albus kisses him “a beard? I never thought of it before” he wets Gellerts hair and smells some shampoos choosing one “maybe because my father had one, I didn’t want to remind my siblings too much about him” he washes Gellerts hair as the other leans back a bit and hums a random tune. Albus smiles a bit “you know if you’re going to start taking me to high society events you have to teach me the ways of a pure blood”
“I would rather you be yourself, kis tűz” Gellert sits forward as Albus rinses his hair “but I will teach you how to eat, the way you eat is dreadful”
“The way I eat is normal,” Albus laughs. He pushes Gellerts hair back and hums “I love your hair” he kisses him “and your lips”
Gellert kisses him back and pulls him close “let me wash your hair” he takes out shampoo and lathers it in Albus’ hair, massaging his head.
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When Albus wakes up again he expects it to be a dream and he is still in his small inn room. It wasn’t a dream though, he was in a bed that was so comfortable it should be illegal, with covers that feel like almost nothing, and curled up with Gellert. He closes his eyes again and smiles a bit as he drifts in and out of sleep again.
Gellert wakes up around dawn and shuts the curtains with a wave of his hand since the sun was in his eyes. He looks at Albus, curled up under his arm, and kisses his head. He didn’t think he could love anyone or anything more than he loves the brilliant Wizard curled up with him. For the first time he was thinking about his future, not just their plans but his life, a life with Albus in a house no, a palace in the middle of the mountains so no one could bother them unless they absolutely had to. He knows Albus would want kids and Gellert wants to give him anything he ever wants, so two beautiful and powerful children. But where would the children come from? Orphan children in the magical world are rare. Many have at least one Family member who wants to take them in, you would have to wait until a child shows their magic in the muggle world and that sometimes takes years if they haven’t already suppressed it. Then there’s surrogates but he doubts it would be able to see a woman pregnant with Albus’ child and not kill her the second the baby is safe to live without their host. He didn’t notice he had covered his eye until Albus’ moved his hand. “When did you awake?”
“A couple of minutes ago, you were lost in thought. I like your eyes don’t cover them” Albus kisses him and holds his hand gently. He lays back down with him and fixes the blankets “what were you thinking about?”
“Why would you like it, it’s a genetic defect.” Gellert pulls him closer and closes his eyes “and I was imagining our life”
“And that made you cover up your eye, why?” Albus sits up and stretches
Gellert rubs his hand up and down the others back “how you would probably want children one day” he pulls the shirt away from Albus and tosses it away “no use I’m not planning to leave the room today.”
Albus gets up and picks up the shirt “I don’t care to be naked when house elfs come with food.” He looks at him “and you say me, do you not want children one day?” He sits with Gellert as he sits up.
“I would be a horrible father, and they’re just house elfs. Why care what you look like?” Gellert drinks a cup of water on the nightstand
“Spoken like a true rich kid” he laughs a bit and rests his hand on Gellerts cheek making the younger look at him “and you would be an amazing father, you just have to learn how to hold your temper” Albus gets up and goes into the bathroom laughing as Gellert starts yelling.
“I do not have a temper! What makes you think I have a temper Albus?!” He tries to open the door “…unlock the door..” he says quietly and glares at the door.
Albus unlocks the door after a minute “see a temper, and you didn’t need to be in the bathroom” he kisses the blond.
“I don’t like it when you lock doors on me” Gellert pulls Albus close “you don’t need to lock any doors” he glares as Albus laughs a bit “it’s not funny Albus, it’s annoying”
Albus rests his head on Gellert “it is a little funny” he goes over to the table with him “I won't lock the door anymore, what have you been working on” he picks up some papers.
“We need to build a following first, one with the same ideals” Gellert sits down and takes the coffee that was set out by a house elf. He drinks it while Albus looks over his papers.
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The next week passes with them going over their plans with a few days where they don’t get out of bed most of the day. That was until Saturday when Albus was getting fully dressed and throws Gellerts clothes at him “up, I need to go out and be apart of the world for a bit”
Gellert pushes his clothes away and lays back down “and I want to stay away from the world and pull you back in bed” he tugs Albus on top of him by his buckles. “I want you begging me like I’m a god”
Albus rolls his eyes, his blush giving him away that he wasn’t actually annoyed “please? I’m tired of being locked up like a pet bird” he tilts his head a bit and lets his shirt open a bit to show the marks Gellert had been leaving on him.
Gellert groans and lays his head back “for a few hours mein Phönix, and you own me then” he gets up and puts his clothes on watching Albus go into the bathroom to fix his hair.
Albus smiles and puts his hair up, it had grown longer over the summer since he hadn’t cut it “fine, how many hours we’re out is how many hours you can spend doing as you please tonight” he looks at himself in the mirror and feels his face “I should shave”
Gellert was over in his instant the second the words left Albus’ mouth “don’t you dare” he wraps his arms around the older wizard “I like it, if I didn’t I would’ve said something when I brought you here”
“You like beards?” He looks at him “I would’ve thought you like your lovers to be hairless by how you reacted our first time”
“Mm, I like beards on you. And I don’t like hair in my mouth while I’m doing down on someone” he kisses him “don’t shave it, and don’t cut your hair soon. It suits you” Gellert kisses his neck and leaves the bathroom, putting on his shoes and waiting for Albus.
Albus puts on his shoes and kisses Gellert, wrapping his arms around him. He makes a noise as Gellert pushes him against a wall and pulls his hips closer as they kiss. Albus laughs a bit as Gellert kisses down his neck “we aren’t staying, nice try though” he gently pushes him away.
Gellert makes a noise that definitely wasn’t a whine and fixes his shirt. The other would rather keep working on their plans instead of going out, but he would always cave to Albus’ wants, he was growing to lovingly hate it.
As they leave and walk around the block they notice a small café with a hidden door. “Would you care for breakfast Albus?” Gellert hums and goes through the wall, waiting for his lover to follow him. He smiles and orders a healthy sized breakfast platter for them. The platter consisted of warm bread, cheese, jams and preserves, and a choice of coffee or hot chocolate.
Albus eats some and smiles as Gellert pays “we should find some form of income though so you don’t drain your account dry” he finishes his coffee and looks around the café. A family with small children were in the corner, the youngest running around the table with a toy wand, Albus smiles a bit and waves back as the girl waves at him. He hadn’t noticed Gellert watching him and following his gaze then looking back at his coffee glaring daggers into his reflection.
As they finish their breakfast and we’re getting up the little girl runs over and tugs on Albus' jacket. Albus kneels down “Bonjour, Petite?” He smiles at her. The little girl was rocking and smiles brightly speaking in good English for a girl that looks around 6-7.
“My sister..say..you’re…beau..?” She tries to tell him and the older girl at the table's horrified expression says that the girl wasn’t sent over to say it.
Albus laughs a bit and notices Gellerts expression then looks back at the little girl “you can tell your sister I said thank you but she should look for boys her age” he said in French and stands back up as the little girl runs off. “Oh don’t give me that look,” he walks out with Gellert “you look like I just accepted a date with her.”
Gellert takes his scarf off and wraps it around Albus “might as well have” he mumbles and glares as Albus laughs again and fixes the scarf “why must you laugh at everything I say.”
“Because,” he pulls him to an alley “you’re cute when you’re jealous. And you know I only have eyes for you, I just couldn’t say ‘she’s very pretty too but I’m in a very committed relationship with the 17 year old next to me’ what kind of reaction do you think that would achieve?” He kisses him and looks around as things start floating “hey I’m trying to calm you down”
“That isn’t me..” Gellert looks around “it is just me or do you hear a child crying” he goes further down the Alley and he stops “good lord! Albus get down here!” He kneels down and takes his jacket off.
Albus runs over and sees a small boy, probably around 6-7 but he was too small for his age. The boy was obviously Abused and very terrified. “Shh it’s ok, we aren’t going to hurt you” he kneels next to Gellert and takes the other jacket wrapping it around the boy and smiles a bit as he starts to calm down. “I’m Albus, the man over there creating some fog is my partner Gellert”
The boy looks between them then at Gellerts hands and holds his hands up too “l-like me..?”
“Yes we are like you buddy” Albus fixes the jacket, “and I’m guessing people were hurting you because of your magic” he picks him up.
Gellert comes over and hums “he’s English.” He puts his wand away and looks at the kid “what will we do Albus”
Albus hums “I know you’re hesitant about a child..” he looks at Gellert and lays his head on the boys “but please, he can help too”
“I’m not throwing him in with those beasts” Gellert crosses his arms and looks between his lover and the boy, he always hated saying no to Albus. “We’ll need a house” he smiles a bit as Albus smiles brightly “and we need to know your name young man” he looks at the boy “you do know your name right?”
The boy nods and lays his head down, yawning “T-Theseus” he closes his eyes.
Albus hums “such a nice name” he leans into Gellert as the younger apparates them back into their hotel suite “I’ll make him a bath to clean him up, can you get a house elf to bring up some childrens clothes, food, and a healing potion?” He lays Theseus on the bed and goes into the bathroom leaving no room for Gellert to object.
Gellert sits in one of the chairs in the room and orders a house elf to get the things, watching Theseus sleeping on the bed. He looks at Albus as the other picks the sleeping boy back up and wakes him up a bit.
“Hey, can you take a bath on your own” he kneels down and sets the boy down when he nods “that door right there is the bathroom, we are getting clothes for you but you can wear this until we get them” he gives him one of Gellerts shirts.
Gellert looks at Albus after the boy shuts the bathroom door “my shirt?” He pulls Albus close as the other sits on his lap.
“All of your clothes are black, less chance for it becoming see through from a poorly dried child” Albus leans his head on him “and you need to start wearing more color” he plays with his shirt button, this was his only shirt with a bit of color in it and it was just a strip of dark red on the edge of the button strip.
Gellert kisses his head and hums “Black suits me, considering the rest of me is very white other than my eyes”
“Because you hate the sun, and I think you would look quite dashing in blue” Albus summons a blue tie of his over and holds it up to Gellerts’ face “yes very dashing.
Gellert hums and takes the tie from him but doesn’t throw it away from them “we should start designing a house.”
“Why design? I'm sure you have a lot of properties you inherited.” Albus gets back up to move around
“Because I want a house my father hasn’t walked around for our family to live in.” Gellert leans back “like….a castle in the mountains”
“A castle?” Albus turns and looks at him “isn’t that too…pretentious?”
Gellert goes over to him “well we are going to be the leaders of the new world, we need I home first for the title”
“Yes leaders, LEADERS, not rulers” he hugs him he looks over to the bathroom door when it opens “that was quick, are you sure you washed correctly Theseus”
The boy hiccups and shakes his head as Albus walks over. Albus kneels down and rubs his back “it’s ok, do you want me to help you” he picks Theseus up as the boy nods “let’s get you nice and clean.