The gentle coaxing of Eliza's and the exhaustion and relief of earlier's activities seemed to do it for John because he slipped and he slipped hard. Alexander had never seen him so small, he couldn't be any older than two.
Alex checked the clock.
5:15pm. Lafayette should still be on their break. He gently bounced John on his lap and smiled as he opened Skype on his computer. He hoped Lafayette was near his computer.
The dial up sound started and they played the waiting game. John whined impatiently and Alex hushed him gently.
Once Lafayette's face popped up on the screen John squealed in excitement.
"How are my two favorite boys doing?"They asked. Alex gave a thumbs up and John smiled happily grabbing at the computer. Lafayette's eyes widened as they realized the situation.
"L'avez-vous sous contrôle?"They asked raising a brow. Alexander nodded confidently and combed a hand through John's hair.
"Oui"He said. John soon started feeling left out and pouted.
"Mon doudou..."he said quietly and reached for the computer almost wishing he could pull Lafayette out and hug them. Laf's expression was priceless, they let out and audible gasp and stood up dancing around their office.
"Vous parlez le français douceur?"They cooed once they finally finished the happy dance.
John's eyes widened at the sudden onslaught of foreign language and he buried his face into Alexander's neck.
"I taught him a few things when he woke up from his nap earlier but he...he picked that up on his own"He said still in shock. John had never been one to pick up language but the amount of French he's soaked up in thirty minutes was astounding.
"Please show me please please please!"Lafayette said bouncing in their seat.
Alex nodded and whispered in John's ear gently trying to coax him out of his shyness.
"You wanna show doudou what we learned, huh?"he said gently. John nodded slowly and chewed on his fingers.
"Who's that?"Alex said pointing to the screen. John smiled wide showing all of his teeth.
"That my doudou"he said matter of factly.
"très bien!"Lafayette praised and clapped their hands.
"Who am I?"Alex said pointing to himself.
"Papa!"John said.
Alex grabbed the picture and of all four of them together on from his desk and pointed to Hercules.
"Who's that?"he said. John thought long and hard about it, they didn't go over this earlier. Alex didn't mean to put him on the spot but he wanted to see where he lay with Hercules.
"Dada"he said finally. The two practically swooned, of course Hercules was dada.
"What color is doudou wearing?"He asked pointing to the screen. Lafayette had on a mustard yellow waist coat with little honey bees embroidered on it.
"abeille"he said. Lafayette cooed again and pointed to the bees on their coat.
"très bien, there are how many bees on my coat?"They said and tapped their chin seeming to ponder.
"Hm, Un..."They said and groaned in fake frustration.
"I don't think I am getting it, can you help me honey?"They asked. John nodded and pointed his finger out moving it along the screen as he counted.
"Un... deux... trois!"He said and clapped his hands.
"Very very good my little scholar"They praised.
"Do you like counting with doudou?"Alex said bouncing his knee. John nodded and curled up closer to him.
"Can you say thank you?"He asked.
"merci"he mumbled and looked up at Alexander.
"Leche papa?"He asked. It took Alex's mind a few seconds to switch from French back into his native tongue but he grinned from ear to ear
"I think our little trilingual scholar is sleepy, I should go find him some milk"he said.
Lafayette groaned in protest, the fun had just began.
"You can be on bedtime duty and teach him all the French you want, it's kinda cute how he switches languages and doesn't realize it..."he said and kissed John's forehead.
"Leche por favor?"He asked again.
"Annnd now we're back to full on Spanish, I'll see you when we get home Laf. Bye."he said and ended the call.
Alex stood up and placed John on his hip.
"Let's go find you some Leche"
🌼translations🌼
L'avez-vous sous contrôle-you have him under control?
Oui-yes
Mon doudou-my safety
très bien-very good
abeille-bee
Merci-thank you
Por favor-please
Leche-milk
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The horizon and the balcony
FanficA poly hamilsquad story of Alexander's obsession with their apartments balcony, John coming to terms with himself and Hercules and Lafayette never catching a break.
