Hellbound With You

The next day, early in the morning found Alex carrying both the twins in his arms – one in his left and the other in his right. He thought he had prepared himself enough when this day came but he was still incredibly overwhelmed as he looked down indulgently at his two tiny babies who were contentedly sleeping in his arms. He was already a father now and his heart was constantly filled with intense emotions.

He looked at Abi who was lying on the hospital bed, still recovering from the tiredness of her labour the day before and when she smiled at him with the same intense emotions in her eyes, Alex relaxed and smiled lovingly back at her. It felt as though they were even more connected now that their babies were born. When their eyes met, words were not needed, and they could understand what the other is thinking.

At that moment while the couple were still basking in the afterglow of their newfound connection to each other, the door opened, and Zeke and Lucas entered the door.

Zeke's gaze immediately fell to the babies who were cradled in Alex's arms as he paused by the door. Lucas eyes instantly widened. "T-twins?" he exclaimed, and Alex smirked at them. They could literally see him puffing out his chest in pride as he held the twins close to his body.

The words 'aren't I amazing?' were flashing across his eyes proudly as he looked at the two men.

"Girls?" Zeke finally stepped forward and approached Alex who was sitting leisurely on the comfortable and padded chair with his two babies sleeping in his arms.

Alex gave him a taunting smile and then said, "Sorry to disappoint you Zeke, but you're wrong this time." Zeke's face darkened for a millisecond, but he kept his unfathomable face as blank as usual as he sat on the empty chair across from Alex.

Zeke ignored Alex and turned to Abi. "Congratulations." He wished Abi sincerely, and she smiled at him.

"Thank you." she said when Alex stood and approached Zeke.

"Here, carry him." Alex pushed his right arm forward which was carrying his son and Zeke's eyes widened a little but before he could refuse, Alex had already carefully placed the baby into his arms.

"Wait, I –" This was the first time either of them detected a hint of nervousness in the great Zeke's voice. Normally he would sound deadly cold at his worst or neutrally indifferent at best. So, catching the slight wavering of his voice was an extremely interesting matter, more so for Alex than Abi. Abi only smiled gently. Alex however, wanted to burst out laughing but managed to curb it and held it back as he told himself that he was now a father, thus he needed to behave more maturely.

"Just raise your arm like this. Yes, like that. Careful. That's our precious little one." Alex completely ignored the look on Zeke's face while Lucas was pressing his lips tight together as to restrain himself from not bursting out into an all-out grin.

This was the first time he saw Zeke looking as though he were trapped in a very sticky situation. And this man had never been in such a situation for a very long time since. The way he held the baby was so stiff and unnatural. His shoulders were frozen, and he did not move at all as he kept throwing sharp glances at Alex, silently telling him that he had enough and wanted the baby out of his arms. Alex, however, was having none of it as this was truly the sight of the day! He wanted to enjoy looking at Zeke being this thrown off and not being able to maintain his normal cool and calm self. He grinned mischievously and determined that he would drag on Zeke's torment as long as he could. That would serve him right for all the other times the man had shown him up one!

Alex pulled away as soon as he was certain that his son was held securely in Zeke's arms. He looked over at Zeke and smiled proudly.

"There you go! Now, you're officially the proud uncle of twin babies, Zeke. Congratulations!" Alex grinned at him.

Zeke took in a deep breath and looked as though he was enduring some huge ordeal that needed him to be longsuffering. After a few seconds, he then let out a small sigh and looked down at the baby that was nestled in his arms – courtesy of being put there by his very own father. It was really so tiny. "If you are planning to ask me for help to raise your sons –" Zeke started out before being cut off by Alex again.

"Son and daughter, Zeke." Alex corrected with a snicker which did not reflect much on his earlier determination to be more mature and fatherlike at all, and Zeke whipped his head up at him.

"Oh, I have yet to tell you their names. His name is Alexis," Alex gestured to the baby in Zeke's arms then back to the one he was cradling. "And this is my little princess, Alice." He added. Last night, Abi and Alex had discussed between themselves and decided on their babies' names. It was actually Abi who had decided on both their names as Alex had just nodded and gone along with everything Abi suggested. She had named their princess after her late friend, the witch queen and named their son Alexis. Abi told him it was the combination of his name and Lexus, her dragon friend in her past life.

"By the way, where is Zeres?" Alex then asked as he realised that he had not seen the guy yet. "Why did he not come to visit his brand-new nephew and niece? He definitely knows about my children by now."

"I'm sure he'll be dropping by for a visit to your family one of these days." Was all Zeke said as a response to Alex's question and after a long while, Zeke and Lucas finally stood to leave.