The note that Harry had given him said that their ostensible son was sleeping. It had also invited John to guess just how many children were to be part of the Dresden brood.
John had a less whimsical question.
How, Mister Dresden, it ran in his head, waiting for the first opportunity to take his friend by the shirt and shake him. How do you know? Isn't this the slightest bit convenient seeming to you, after what we both wished for?
His face was calm and schooled as he made a rare approach to Harry's apartment.
[The meeting of Jerico JM Dresden, an AU character created for play at Hearts and Minds, and his unwitting adoptive father John Marcone, some sixty years before the adoption. Contains mention of two men in a relationship as co-parents.]