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'Samuel Moise-Othonos pov'
~March 29th, 1960~
Pacing. That's what Samuel has been doing for the last 15 minutes. I mean his wife went into labor and soon he is going to be a father.
A father.
Lets just say if Samuel where to be freaking out, it would be an understatement. He has no idea how to actually raise a real child. Sure, he has a little sister but she is only a year younger than him. It's not like he helped in raising her.
So yes, he is very much freaking out. His wife went into labor 2 hours ago. He was originally in the room with the doctors and his very much pregnant wife but he started to hyperventilate. Which he then got kicked out of the room, he couldn't be sure if that was the doctors or his wife's order.
So... now he is pacing in the waiting room.
"Mr. Othonos?" A healer called out. His head shot up. "Follow me." The healer said.
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"Valentine Lovelie Moise-Othonos, I finally thought of a name. Do you think it fits her?" His wife asks. "It's perfect. Just like her." He replied.
Samuel can't believe he has a daughter.
A baby.
A child.
A actual breathing human he has to take care of.
But when looking down at her most of his panic fades away into excitement and eagerness to raise his daughter, to watch her grow up.
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~March 29th, 1961~
When people said that time flies by when you are raising a kid, Samuel thought they were exaggerating.
They weren't.
Valentine is already one years old. His baby girl is growing up so fast. She's already crawling, and said her first word, for Merlin's sake!
He also can't wrap his head around that Valentine is a Metamorphmagus.
"Happy birthday, my Αγάπη." He heard his wife softly say to their daughter. His heart warmed.
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~May 17th, 1962~
"Baisy!" Valentine exclaimed showing her father a white daisy.
"No, it's 'Daisy' not 'Baisy'." Samuel said to his daughter with a laugh.
"Nooo, Baisy." Valentine said with a pout and hair turning from yellow to a light green.
"It's d-a-i-s-y."
"Baisy."
"Daisy."
"Baisy! No daisy!"
"Amour, it's daisy not bais-" "Sam, stop arguing with her. You know she's a stubborn little girl!" His wife says while picking up their daughter off the grass.
"Mhm, I wonder where she gets that from, Cari." Samuel says with much sarcasm. Carissa scoffed at his behavior.
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~March 28th, 1963~
Sometimes Samuel thinks Valentine likes his father-in-law more than she likes her own father.
Samuel knows Alexander didn't exactly like him when he first started dating Carissa.
Samuel knows Alexander thought he wasn't good enough for his daughter. But he likes to think that he won over Alexander.
Samuel knows that Valentine and his father-in-law already have a connection that he wish he has with Valentine.
How does Samuel know this? Well it's Alexander birthday, and for his own birthday Valentine made him a drawing, with the help of their house elf Link, it was a very cute drawing don't get him wrong. I mean it's even in a frame on his desk!
But what did Valentine make Alexander for his birthday? A card, two drawings, and a bracelet! That's four things! Samuel only got one thing for his birthday! He also knows he shouldn't get jealous on what his three old is making....
But he is very jealous.
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~August 28th, 1964~
He woke up to hearing a loud thunder crack outside and a small hand poking his face with a urgency to wake him up. He opens his eyes to see Valentine with tears streaming down her face and her hair a dark grey.
"What's wrong mon amour?" Samuel says while sitting up and turning on his bedside lamp.
"It's raining." Valentine said with her voice breaking.
"Come here mon amour. " He said while Valentine climbed into his arms. "What's wrong amour?" "It's very loud and I- I could see the lighting outside. It was so bright like the light was coming from inside." Valentine said while sobbing.
"Shh it's okay, amour." Samuel whisper while rocking Valentine back and forth.
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~June 23rd, 1965~
"Val."
"Huh?" Samuel said while looking up from his work to look at his daughter.
They were sitting in his study. Samuel at his desk doing paperwork, he was the head of the Investigation Department, the paperwork was rather boring in his opinion. When he looked up he saw Valentine sitting in an armchair next to his study's fireplace, she was reading 'The Giving Tree', she was looking at him with furrowed eyes, a pout, and her hair was a light grey.
"Val." Valentine said with a bit confidence.
"Val?"
"Ναι, I was wondering if you could call me Val it's short for Valentine!"
"Val," Samuel said while looking at Valentine "I think I could do that. Valentine is a bit of a mouthful, isn't?"
"Yes!" Val said with a smile and hair turning yellow.
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~October 26th, 1966~
"PAPA!" Samuel hears Val yell in a panicked tone from her room.
Samuel felt his heart drop. What could be wrong? Maybe Val is bleeding out, maybe she's getting kidnapped, or maybe the house elf is-
"It won't turn back!" Val sobs.
Now Samuel doesn't want to laugh. But it's kinda funny, he thought Val was dying.
She wasn't.
He entered Val's room to see her left hand as a crab claw. He doesn't want to laugh. He knows he shouldn't laugh. So, why is he holding back a laugh?
"What's wrong amour?" Samuel asks while kneeling in front of Val. "I- I- I was just- Jus-" "Breathe, mon amour" "So, I was just reading and I- I then remembered that auntie Berenice was telling me that some- some Metamorphmagus that can turn some limbs into animal parts so I- I was focusing on my hand and it turned into this and it now won't turn back!" Val sobs.
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~April 9th, 1967~
"Papa! Mum! I'm home!" Val says walking into the sitting room with Tobias, his wife's youngest brother, they spent the day together in Diagon Alley having an uncle-niece bonding day together.
"Διασκεδάσατε?" Carissa asks Val and Tobias.
"Yes! I had lots of fun! I got a few books! Me and Uncle got sweets!" Val exclaimed.
"It's in fact very fun, Γκρέμλιν." Tobias says while looking down at Val.
"That's wonderful!" Samuel says. He's glad Val gets along with Tobias. Samuel has realized that Val has a hard time talking to people.
~ A couple days later ~
For that past few days Samuel can tell Val has been lost in thought, ever since she and Tobias spent the day together. He's been meaning to ask her about it but he's been caught up with work.
But, now he's doing what they usually do. Samuel sitting at his desk doing paperwork, Val sitting in the armchair next to the fireplace reading a book, and ever once in a while Carissa comes and see how they're doing then she goes back to work or Merlin knows where.
"Valentine?" Samuel calls out.
Samuel sees Val tense up, her hair going from a brown to a light grey, Samuel and his wife only ever call Val Valentine now if they are serious about something or their mad.
"Yes, papa?" Val says in a quiet voice.
"What's on your mind, amour?" Samuel says in a reassuring tone.
"Uh, what do you mean?"
"You've been in head much more the past couple of days. I just wanted to make sure you're alright." Samuel says with a light smile.
"Oh, It's nothing! I'm okay I promise." Val says like she is telling herself that more then she's telling him.
Now, Samuel definitely knows something is wrong. For a couple reasons. One, her hair is still a light grey color. Two, when ever Val says 'It's okay' It's not okay. Three, she's been on that same page of her book for about half an hour. But, he says a simple 'okay' and goes back to doing his paperwork. He trusts Val enough that if something is wrong she'll tell him.
It's not even 15 minutes later when Val blurts out.
"Do you know what a Non-Binary person is?"
Samuel definitely knows what a non-binary person or gender non-conforming person is. I mean they are very common in the wizarding world, and he doesn't know much about the muggle world but he thinks they are very common there to.
"Of course! It's when uh a person isn't really a boy or girl, dwat?" Samuel says.
"Correct."
"Do you feel non-binary?"
"Yes. That's why I have been in my head I didn't understand what I was feeling. I apologize if I made you worried. I met a non-binary person when I was in Diagon Alley! They were very spectacular! I would also like to go by they them theirs pronouns. If that's okay of course!" Val rambled out in one breath and hair turning from a grey to a bright yellow to a violet.
"Of course! That's more than okay!"
Val's hair turns into a bright yellow. Samuel heart warms, he is so glad Val was able to tell him this, he would do anything for his daught- child.
"Uh, could you tell mum? I don't know if I could tell her." Val says with a quiet tone.
"Of course." Samuel says with a sad smile.
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~July 5th, 1968~
Samuel had brilliant idea! Carissa and him have been real busy with work. He feels bad that he's not spending a lot of time with Val. So, he brought up the most perfect idea to his wife to get Val a cat! That was about three months ago and now he going to get a cat! Finally!
"So, where are you going?" Val says with a confused expression and hair a light orange.
"Just to get a few things from Diagon Alley." Samuel replies back.
"But I thought Link get's the things from Diagon Alley?" Val says with a even confused expression.
"Well, this thing is uhh special!" Samuel should've known Val would of caught his lie! I mean they're only eight, yet them are very smart!
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So, here he is in Diagon Alley, heading to 'Magical Menagerie', to get Val the perfect cat!
He spends about 20 minutes looking at cats when he sees a small black kitten in a cage, the kitten has bright yellow eyes, and the name tag on the cage says 'Apollo'.
"Apollo." Samuel murmur looking at the kitten. He's perfect for Val.
"Ahh Apollo a feisty one! He don't get along with any of the other!" The shopkeeper tells him.
"I'll take him!"
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~September 22nd, 1969~
Samuel has been in France for about almost 3 weeks. He misses his wife. His misses his kid. He loves his work, but sometimes he just want to sit in the garden with Carissa and Val.
He's sitting at a desk doing boring paperwork when he hears a tapping at the window behind him, he looks at the window to see Wings (Val name him when they were two) there family owl, he opens the window and grabs the letter.
It's Val's handwriting. He opens the letter.
Dear Papa,
Yesterday, I spent the WHOLE day with Παππούς! I had so much fun! He got me this muggle thing, it's called sketching pencils, they work so much better then a quill when i'm drawing! He also got me these muggle sweets!
I also miss you so much! When you get back i want to show you this book i have been reading! It's called a wrinkle in time!
Anyways, i don't want to distraction you from your work! I love you! Miss you!
From,
Val
(a/n Παππούς means grandpa)
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~March 29th, 1970~
I can't believe my baby is already ten years old!
Wait.
They're TEN! Merlin, it feels like just yesterday they were born! I mean they'll be going to school soon!
Samuel knows he shouldn't feel that sad about Val going to Hogwarts next year, but he is very sad about it, and he knows he isn't here most of time! But he does really try to be home as often as he can!
So, here he is watching Val talk to their cousin, with a frown on his face.
"Who died?" A voice next to him said.
Samuel whips his head to side to see his father-in-law standing next to him with a smirk on his face.
"Huh?" Samuel says dumbfounded, he should really pay more attention to his surroundings.
"You're at your kids birthday celebration and you have a frown on your face. So, who died?" Alexander says with his thick greek accent.
"Oh, no one. I was just thinking." Samuel says making sure he smiles.
"Mhm, about how Val is leaving the nest soon?" Alexander says.
"I-" he clears his throat "Yes, how did you know?" Samuel say yet again dumbfounded, was Alexander reading his mind, no he couldn't have.
"I have seven kids. I think I know something about the feeling." Alexander says with a laugh.
"Oh, right." Samuel says taking a sip of his drink, he definitely didn't forget that was in his hand, and looks back at Val their hair a light yellow while talking to their cousin Alex? or Anthony? he could never tell the difference between those two.
This is very awkward. Here he is standing with his father-in-law who hated him when they first met. In a very awkward silence, in his opinion.
"You should be proud." Alexander says after a couple minutes.
"Mh?" Samuel hums in confusion.
"Of Val. They are smartest person I have ever met, and I'm eighty years young!" Alexander laughs at his own words before continuing to talk "I mean i would bet everything I own" which Is a lot "that Val will do great wonders for our world. So, what i'm trying to say is don't think about how they will leave you, think about all the great things they are going to doing. Be proud of them." Alexander says while clapping Samuel on the shoulder and then walking away.
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