Pull the heart out of your smile

Push the sense of being here from your life
Carve your thoughts out in your eyes
They read I don't want to be alone in the end

Well she had come home. He honestly hadn't expected her to, but he was glad she did. For the months that Rosa was gone he felt as though he were watching his twin slip into the roll their own father had been stuck in his entire life. Raising children alone was difficult. Raising children alone when you're heart still belonged to their mother seemed impossible. It must have been, given the distance their father had put between himself and them. He didn't think that Harvey could have been like that. Silas was important to him-- not to say that they weren't important to their own father, surely in some way they were-- but the way he cared for his son was not the way that Welkin had cared for them. For that alone Osteros was immensely proud of his brother.

In truth he was proud of his brother for many things. Being a father so young in life seemed like an impossibility to his own mind. He couldn't fathom it. Then again some people his age could never imagine running a business on their own or doing the sort of things he did for a living. To each their own, he supposed. Harvey had his son and he had his business. What would become of their sisters as they aged he didn't rightly know but he figured if they were anything like the two eldest Arington children they'd get out from under Welkin's thumb as soon as they could.

Today he had already seen one of his sisters, and now it was time for him to see his brother. He had invited his twin away for a few hours. Rosa had been back for a few weeks now but he figured that she could relish a few moments alone with their son. Merlin knows how much she had missed while she went on the run. Still, as apart as they were from little Silas Osteros was still on a mission to work mum more into his nephew's wardrobe. "What do you think of this one?" The six feet tall wizard turned, holding a onesie in Silas size up against him self for...well for God knows what reason. As if realizing how ridiculous that was he withdrew it gazing at it for a moment. "Mum says I'm a keeper," he read scrunching his nose with an amused sort of smile. He had never played quidditch but he absolutely adored the sentiment. It was only made better of course by his brother's profession.

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MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOXOGRAPHY 2.0

Harvey was so happy that the day had finally come when Rosa had returned home. It had been on top of the muggleborn registration ending. It had been one of the happiest days of his life, it had only been trumped by the birth of Silas. He had been so relieved when his love had come home and he could see for himself that while she wans’t looking completely okay, she hadn’t been hurt. They had a lot to catch up on and Harvey had been busy in filling her on what Silas had been up to and making sure she saw all the milestones that Harvey had recorded for her. In her time away, he had made sure to take a snap when Silas sat up for the first time or when he attempted to stand up. She had only missed his first steps by a few weeks but she had arrived home in time to help him learn to walk. He felt his mother ought to have that privilege. Harvey was going to help his love assimilate back into the magical world and to get her started again her life and their life together.

When she had first arrived home, their son had been visibly confused about what was going on since his mother hadn’t been home in months. Harvey worried he would not recognise her even if he had constantly pointed her out to their son to make sure he would never forget her. It had taken a day until Silas called Rosa ‘Mama’ and Harvey wished he had had his phone or a camera in that moment to capture her reaction. It had made his heart jump and he beamed with pride at his son at that moment. Harvey wanted to be a more involved parent than his father ever was. It seemed that the children had raised themselves for the most part with their father only stepping in when it suited him or when he felt like it. As Harvey had grown up it had angered him and he told himself he would not be anything like his father. It had happened sooner than he expected but he loved Silas so much and in the time that Rosa had been away, he had devoted as much time as he could to raising his son.

He only hoped it was going to be reflected in the kind of boy that Silas would grow to be. He would have Harvey and his twin as role models. While Osteros was very different from this twins they still loved each of their and looked out for each other.

Today, he had been invited by his twin to come out shopping. He had been surprised to receive the invite and he wasn’t going to turn it down even if meant shopping in a children’s store. They were currently looking through baby wear and Harvey had been picking up some shoes for his son to help him get used to wearing them when he looked over to his twin. ”You going to place a stretching charm on it for yourself?” he asked with a slight smirk. ”At the moment I believe Rosa is not going to let go of Silas” he smiled and he wanted to give her all the time in the world to spend with their son.

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