Little!Alec and Others Adventures

More Domestics with the Lightwood-Bane-Branwells

After another two hours of playing, Magnus decides that they should eat something and conjures up lunch for the three of them. After they finish their lunch at the park, they head back home to watch a movie, knowing it's getting close to Alec's usual naptime. Lydia grabs a couple snacks as Magnus gets Alec settled in a blanket burrito, causing laughter to erupt from his toddler. Lydia comes back in with snacks and drinks, Alec's is in a sippy cup, and laughs at what she sees. Magnus is lying down in the floor with a wrapped up Alec on top of him, both laughing hysterically. "Lydia help! I'm being attacked by a giggling worm! He's to adorable!" Lydia smiles and helps Magnus by pulling off Alec and blowing raspberries on his cheek. "The worm is subdued!" Magnus bursts out laughing and smiles at their little makeshift family. He puts a movie on as the other two get settled.
An hour into the movie, Alec is out like a light and Magnus takes him to his room. When he gets back, Lydia is putting in a scary movie. Magnus raises an eyebrow and she shrugs. "I need a break from singing animals even if it's only for an hour or two. Plus I want to see this movie and can't when Alec is awake." "Fair enough." He sits down beside her on the couch as the movie starts. It's halfway through the movie and Lydia herself doesn't get scared, but Magnus on the other hand...
The warlock is hiding his face in a pillow on Lydia's lap, curled in on himself. She laughs at his fear a bit and pats his head in slight comfort, not used to helping others besides Alec. There's a jumpscare and Magnus yelps, waking up Alec in the process. He comes out of his room to see what happened, he wasn't in the crib for his nap so he got up easily. He sees the tv as another jumpscare happens and gets freaked out, running back to the nursery.
Lydia hears footsteps running away from the living room and pauses the movie. Magnus looks at her. "What is it?" "Shh!" She reaches for the baby monitor and turns up the volume, Alec's sniffling can be heard from it. "Shit..." Lydia gets Magnus off of her and rushes to the nursery. She turns the light on and rushes to Alec. "Sweetie?" He looks up at her and Lydia's heart breaks at the fear in his eyes. "Oh honey did the movie that mama and papa are watching scare you?" He nods and reaches out to her, desperately needing comfort. Magnus walks in, sitting on Alec's other side as he's cradled in Lydia's arms. He rubs the frightened boy's back. Lydia looks extremely guilty and Magnus looks at her. "Stop." "What?" "Don't do that to yourself." Lydia sighs and continues to cradle Alec. She knows that Maryse loved Alec immensely, but due to their culture she didn't nurture him in the way that Lydia does now. She stuck to the 'mama' role so fast knowing that he never truly had the experience and needed it. Magnus fell into the 'papa' role for the same reasons. The Lightwoods wouldn't sit with their child and comfort him when he was scared, they would tell him to man up and get over it. That's not what Alec needed and that's not what was going to happen. Lydia places a reassuring kiss to Alec's head and lets him just hug her, listening to her steady heartbeat for comfort. Magnus continues to rub his back and whisper reassuring phrases about how he's safe with them. Alec calms down finally and looks up at his 'parents', wiping tears away with his blanket. Lydia smiles down at him and so does Magnus, glad that he calmed down quickly. Magnus looks at Lydia, silently asking her to distract him so that Alec doesn't notice that he's wet. Lydia nods and blows a raspberry on his cheek. Alec laughs. "Mama!" "Didn't you know? When you laugh, it makes everyone around you happy." Alec smiles and laughs a bit. Lydia smiles widely to show him that she's right and she tickles him slightly. He laughs more and Magnus chuckles at how cute it is. Magnus changes him quickly and pets his hair afterwards. Alec looks at them both.
"Can we do somefing now?" Lydia and Magnus nod. "We have ingredients to bake cookies. Why don't you take Alec and wash his and your hands while I get a few extra things from my room?" Lydia asks Magnus as she gets up. The warlock nods in agreement and Lydia leaves the room.
All three meet in the kitchen where Lydia puts an apron on Alec that she made. Magnus is shocked by the new garment, receiving one himself. "Where did you buy these? They're incredibly well made." He sees Lydia blush as she puts hers on. "Wait. You made these?! Lydia Branwell you are something else." He smiles at her. "Thank you Magnus... Let's get started shall we?"
They spend the next half hour baking together. Once the cookies are finished, all three of them gather in the living room in a pillow and blanket fort. They both figured that Alec will have a nightmare tonight so they're both going to stay with him tonight.
And when the nightmare came, Alec has his Mama and Papa right by his side to make him feel safe.