#im just really soft for mal being very soft to baby silver ok

[llondonfog]

Young Silver & Malleus having a bonding moment. Maybe Malleus was babysitting or he decided to visit Lilia and Silver that day.

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Humans were so . . . mouthy.

Drool clings to the black plastic, the tiniest of indentions decorating the cheaply made horns as Silver happily teethes on his newfound toy.

The initial anger that Malleus thought would swell indignantly within every inch of his regal posture at discovering the impudent creature with Lilia's precious gift crammed in his mouth sputters out into a pitiful pile of embers as the child removes the toy from being drowned in spit to point gleefully at Malleus himself and babble some kind of arcane nonsense, clearly making the connection to the elegant horns atop his very head.

"Yes, yes, you're very clever indeed, little one," he murmurs with no small amount of weariness, settling himself on the floor beside the happily gurgling boy in a flourish of dark robes. With a restrained sense of castle doctrine, Malleus carefully extricates the sopping plastic cover from Silver's beaming smile, swallowing back a grimace as he attempts to clean both the sticky toy and his fingers against the silken fabric of his sleeves as it beeps weakly in protest.

"It is lucky that you have the protection of your father, child," he states solemnly, fixing the boy with an expression known to make even the oldest members of his Grandmother's court tremble in their finery. "You've committed such an egregious crime, trespassing on that which belongs to your prince. How do you plead your case?"

Silver's innocent laughter is answer enough as he reaches for the fae without a trace of fear, and Malleus finds himself indulging with an ease unknown as he situates the child comfortably in his lap, tapping a nail gently against the side of the boy's nose. "Guilty as charged, hm? Then as reparations for the suffering you've put Dragon-kun through, you shall assist me in his feeding time. Pay attention now, this is your most sacred duty . . ."