I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy Holidays !!!
Summary: Magnus and Alec want to make sure that Madzie has a fantastic first Christmas one that she’ll love and enjoy.
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Our First Christmas
Chapter 1: Setting up the tree
Madzie stared at her daddies as they brought down a box full of different lights, decorations, and some weird red fabric that was in the shape of a shoe.
She watched as Daddy put down the box with the decorations next to the pine tree that for some reason was resting nicely among the corner of their house, while Papa put the one with the lights and red fabric next to the fire place.
“I just don’t see why Madzie and I can just use our magic to decorate the house instead of wasting time and putting all of these things up.
Alec chuckled at Magnus who wouldn’t stop complaining about them ‘wasting their time’ decorating the loft.
“Because I want Madzie to experience the joys of decorating the house and tree without magic, and to put the star up the tree herself and not use some shortcut,”
Magnus stared at his husband before he gave in, very well we’ll do it your way but I still think we should do it with magic,”
“Maybe next year, right now I want her to at least enjoy Christmas without magic, unlike Halloween,”
Magnus laughed as he remembered him and Madzie using magic to have fun on Halloween, Alec wanted to take her trick-or-treating but Magnus ended up poofing up boxes full of candies and the three spent the day watching scary movies and eating candy.
Alec then begged Magnus for them to at least have a normal Christmas, hell he’ll even take a break from the institution so that they can spent all spent the entire month of December together.
Magnus agreed granted Alec had to use some prestation to get his way.
So here they were setting up their house to give it the feeling of the holidays.
“So what do we do first daddy?” Madzie asked him. Alec turned to look at his adorable munchkin before getting the lights.
“Well, first thing is, we set the lights around the tree,”
“Okay,” she said smiling at him.
The three of them set to untangle the lights making sure that there were no knots or tangle with something else. When they were done with the task Alec and Magnus began to wrap them around the tree Madzie watched as they worked together to get the lights around their tree.
Once completed Alec then gave Madzie another box, this one was filled with different color balls, some boxes with candy canes, and some other ornaments of different shapes and sizes.
“Alright munchkin, it’s time to put these on the tree,” Magnus said as he grabbed one of the ornaments and placed it on one of the branches of the tree.
Smiling Madzie grabbed another ornament and placed it on the bottom of the tree. The three continued their task, hanging up reindeers, some nutcrackers, and candy canes. Madzie asked her papa if she could have one, Magnus being the fun parent said yes, Alec being the responsible one agreed, only because she deserved it.
After they finished the tree Magnus, Alec, and Madzie hung up their stockings; each one was design to fit the member of the family as well as their names on it. They then painted their windows with snowmen, Christmas trees, and wishing everyone a happy holiday.
“Alright the tree is decorated, the house has that Christmasy feeling and now we need to do one last thing,” Magnus said as he looked at the house and was proud of how it looked.
“And what’s that papa?” the little wizard asked.
“It’s time to put up the star,” Magnus said as grabbed the star and handed it to Madzie. Alec then picked Madzie up and had her place the star on the top of the tree. When he put her down, Magnus plugged the cord in the electrical outlet, Madzie watched as the tree light up with pretty lights, even the star light up with different colors of lights.
“Pretty,” she said Magnus and Alec smiled at one another; they both wrapped their hands around each other before placing their hands on top of Madzie’s shoulders.
“Yeah, it is,” Alec said as he stared at his tiny family, he already knew that this was going to be an amazing Christmas, not because it was his first without having to worry about the Institution but because it was the first Christmas that he’ll spend with his family.
Chapter 2: Ice Skating
“No, absolutely not!” Alec said as he placed a plate of pancakes in front of Madzie before pouring her some milk.
“Come on Alexander, we both agreed that Madzie was going to have a great Christmas, what better way to spend it then taking her ice skating?”
“Because the last time we went ice skating I kept falling, and you and Izzy compared me to Bambi,”
“You did fall a lot like Bambi did when he was first walking daddy,” Madzie said as she took a bite of her pancakes.
“See even Madzie thinks that I looked…silly,” he chose to keep it PG since his baby girl was around.
Both Magnus and Madzie rolled their eyes at Alec’s lame attempt to keep things PG. Still she really wanted to go ice skating and she wanted to spend it with her family.
Come Alexander, we should have some fun and what better way to spend time together than to go ice skating?”
“Please Daddy, I want us to go and spend some time together pretty please?” Madzie asked already using her strongest weapon, her puppy dog eyes.
Alec saw his baby using her puppy dog eyes and he was already melting.
“Alright, alright we’ll go ice skating together,”
“YEA!” Madzie and Magnus cheered both hugging Alec and saying thank and kissing him.
Alec may have looked annoy but if he was honest he would do anything to see his family’s smiling faces. Even if it meant looking like a fool.
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He takes it back, Alec takes it all back; he rather be at home reading a book instead of doing this.
He held onto the railings for dear life, meanwhile Magnus and Madzie where having the time of their lives. The two were skating around Alec like pros; laughing and doing some crazy tricks that would put most figure skaters to shame.
He couldn’t believe that his two-beloved people are having fun while he was trying hard not to fall and embarrass himself.
“Come on daddy it’s easy to do this,” Madzie said as she stopped to stand in front of him.
“I don’t know sweetie Daddy, well he can-“
“Be very clumsy and can easily fall down and hurt himself,” Magnus said as he stopped in front of Alec and standing next to Madzie.
“Laugh it up sweetheart but I am going to try and skate without having to worry about falling down,” Both Madzie and Magnus looked at each other before they backed away slowly giving Alec some room to skate.
Taking a deep breath Alec pushed himself from the wall and tried to skate. He didn’t make it far, after his second step Alec lost his balance and fell; waving his arms around Alec fell and landed on his butt.
Both Madzie and Magnus chuckled at his clumsiness, the two extended their arms for him to get their hands; Alec smiled at his family as he grabbed their hands, the two grabbed their hands and pulled him up Alec held a firm hand on them as the two held onto him as they began to skate.
Alec held onto their hands as they slowly rode around the rink, meanwhile Madzie and Magnus gave him some pointers on what he should and shouldn’t do, they even told him what he was doing wrong, Alec couldn’t help but laugh as his family helped them in their own way.
After a while, the two wizards told Alec that they were going to let him go so that he can skate on his own and to not worry but they reassured him they will be there for him. Slowly they released his hands and Alec slowly kept skating doing what both Madzie and Magnus said. It took a while but he finally got the hang of it and was able to skate. Without falling on his ass.
The family of three went riding around, they played tag, race, and tried to do tricks on the rink. Well Madzie and Magnus did, Alec was still trying to go fast without getting scared; after a while the three removed their skates and decided to get some food, Madzie told them that she had a great day and she was happy that her family was able to take her out to the rink, she then asked if her daddy will go skating with her again in the future, Alec smiled at his baby and told her that he’ll be happy to.
When they were finished eating Magnus and Alec took Madzie home where Magnus made them some hot chocolate and decided to watch some movies a perfect way to end a perfect day.
Chapter 3: Gift shopping
Madzie watched as all the mundanes walk in and out of different stores, each carrying bags from different stores and gifts. She guessed this was the crazy holiday shopping that her aunt Izzy was telling her about.
“Papa, why are we here?”
“Because sweetie, we need to shop a present for daddy and make sure that he gets something nice because he deserves nothing but the best,”
Madzie couldn’t help but agree with her papa, both her daddy and papa deserved the best which is why she hopped that they both loved the gifts that she got them.
“Okay now what can papa get daddy for Christmas?” he asked.
“Jewelry?” she asked hoping to help him in some way.
“Hmm, go suggestion but unfortunately daddy hates jewelry,”
“True,” she said more to herself.
“Ooh, maybe we can get him some clothes,”
“Papa, daddy wears nothing but black, if we get him something flashy he’ll probably hide it in his closet and tell you that he will wear it when he can which we both know will be never,”
Magnus stopped walking as he stared down at his daughter who just gave him a smile.
“I hate it when you are right,” he said as he continued walking.
“Daddy is a hard person to shop,”
“Yeah, he is, I really want to get him something nice, something that he’ll love and enjoy,”
It then hit Madzie before she tugged her papa’s hand.
“Yes love?”
“I know what to get daddy,”
“Really?”
“Mmm-hmm,”
“And what should I get him,”
Madzie whispered in his ear telling him what he should get him, a huge smile was slowly spreading across his face as he listen to Madzie’s plan, he couldn’t help but imagine Alexander’s face and imagining how much he’ll love it.
“Madzie, love, I know for sure that he’ll love it,” leaning down and kissing her forehead Magnus picked her up and then headed outside of the mall.
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Alec quickly hid the gift for Magnus as he heard the door of the loft opening, walking outside of his living room he saw his loves smiling and giggling they were each carrying bags and a plastic bag full of food.
“Hey you two,”
“Hey beautiful,” Magnus said as he walked over to him and kissed him, Alec was happy to return the kiss. When they pulled away the two smiled at one another meanwhile Madzie was smiling seeing her parents happy with one another and she hoped that they continue to be happy and in love with each other when they were old and gray.
“So you’re back early,” Alec said as he took some of the bags and placed them on the counter.
“Well, let’s just say that Madzie and I got our shopping done a littler earlier,” Magnus said smiling and winking at Madzie.
“Yep, we sure did,” Madzie said smiling and winking back at her papa. She hoped that daddy would like the gifts that they got him but knowing her daddy he’s gonna love it.
Chapter 5: Meeting Santa
“Why are we here?” Madzie asked as she and her cousin Jocelyn-Uncle Jace and Aunt Clary’s five-year-old daughter-stood in line waiting for seeing a man in a big red suit.
“Because peanut, your daddy wanted you to meet Santa and ask him what you want for Christmas,”
Madzie wanted to comment that she could do that whenever she wanted but instead kept her mouth shut mainly because she could see the excitement in her cousin’s eyes so she did not comment.
As they waited their turns Alec and Magnus continued to be lovey dovey that it brought a smile to her face, however her smile dropped when she saw how Santa was glaring at her parents, she also did not like how he shook his head in disgust as her parents shared a quick kiss.
Rolling her eyes, she waited for her turn so that she could give him a piece of her mind.
The line got shorter and before she knew it, it was her turn.
“Hello there young lady,” the man in the red suit reached for her but Madzie took a step back.
“I’ll stand,” she said in deadpan tone.
Magnus and Alec looked at one another already figuring that this was not going to be a good day.
“Umm…okay so tell me little girl what’s your name?”
“Shouldn’t you know? I mean daddy and papa tell me that Santa knows every little boy and girl and knows if they are being bad or good,”
Santa stared at her before clearing his throat and said,
“Well you see, My elves have been a little slow with all my letters so I did not have time to memorize everyone’s name,”
Madzie stared at him before asking.
“Are you homophobic?”
“I’m sorry?”
“Well you were looking at my daddies with disgust when they kissed and snuggling with one another so are you homophobic?”
Magnus, Alec, Jace, and Clary stared at her as well at each other in shock, meanwhile Madzie askes,
“I am not homophobic child, I’ll have you know Santa loves everyone and he brings gifts to everyone,”
“If you do, why don’t kids from Africa, Brazil, Afghanistan, and India don’t get presents?”
“Umm, well, you see…”
“Or families that are struggling to make means ends? Why don’t the children in those homes get presents?
“Uhh…well…you see,”
“Why do people believe in you but not in God?” Alec ran and grabbed Madzie meanwhile both Jace and Clary had to drag Magnus who was laughing like crazy about the comments that Madzie made.
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After an interesting day the Bane-Lightwood family sat down at the table both adults tried hard to hold in the laughter.
“That ummm…that was an interesting day,” Alec said trying to suppress a giggle.
“Yeah, it was; bet we won’t be allow near any mall santas anytime soon,”
Alec didn’t deny it instead he sent a warm smile to his princess who was sitting on her Papa’s lap, before kissing her cheek, a kiss she was more than happy to return.
“Love you princess,”
“Love you too daddy,”
Alec then lean forward and kiss Magnus.
“Love you,”
“Love you too,”
All in all, the day started out weird but it ended nicely.
Chapter 6: Merry Christmas
“It’s Christmas,” Madize said as she headed towards her parents room, opening the door she jumped on their bed.
“It’s Christmas! It’s Christmas!”
Both Magnus and Alec slowly opened their eyes as they stared into the warm chocolate eyes of their daughter.
“Merry Christmas papa and daddy,”
“Merry Christmas love bug,” both her daddies said.
“Come on let’s open presents!”
The family of three headed downstairs where they found all the presents wrapped nicely under the Christmas tree.
“Okay love bug, go ahead and open your gifts,”
Smiling widely Madzie ran to her side of tree and grabbed her presents. She open the biggest one which she figure was from both her parents. Opening it she saw that it was the Barbie Dream house she wanted.
She grabbed her other presents and saw she got a Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Starfire, Bubble Bee, Shimmer and Shine, and an Uma doll; she thanked her daddies as she saw she also got clothes, books, and paints.
Next it was Magnus’ turn Alec of course got him thoughtful gifts; tickets to a spa, a night out at their favorite restaurant, and of course giving him a beautiful Pandora Charm Bracelet with three charms that represented their little family.
“Thank you, Alexander, I will never take this off,” he said as he put the bracelet on.
Alec smiled as he opened the presents he got. So far, they were all gift that were work related which he didn’t mind as he was always busy with work. However, the gift from Magnus made him almost cry.
They were letters wrapped in envelops, each one had a different saying;
“Open this whenever you are feeling stressed,”
Open this when Madzie starts dating,”
Different types of letters with different sayings that made Alec’s eyes water.
“Magnus, this is beautiful,”
He said as he lean forward and kissed him, Magnus smiled as he peck his cheek.
“Okay now it’s my turn!” she said as she grabbed her present and handed it to her parents.
Both Magnus and Alec smiled as they opened the present when it was free from it’s wrapping they were shock to see that it was a beautiful drawing of them three; Magnus and Alec stared at the drawing in shock then at their little girl who was smiling at them.
The two slowly put the drawing down before wrapping their arms around her and kissing her forehead.
“We love you Madzie,”
“I love you guys as well; Merry Christmas papa, daddy,”
“Merry Christmas Lovebug,” both her daddies said.
This is defenitly going to be an amazing Christmas, Madzie could already feel it.
@nefertsukia don’t get too excited, Noctis is not ripped at all. xp (or in Noctis’ own words, “I GOT muscle. You just.. can’t see it.” )
he sounds more adorable by the minute and I don’t think I can take it :D hehe, that’s alright. I wasn’t expecting him to be buff or anything -- but the anatomy in this art looks pretty neat :p
You know.. when I first watched 3.02, when Alec says, "I did it." It didn't sound like he was making a joke to me (which, at least from what I saw, seemed to be the most popular interpretation). After all these interviews from Matt, I'm only more certain that it wasn't. Alec isn't as confident as a leader as he appears to be to others, and in that moment, he got a little caught up in the fact that the potentially disastrous decision he made was the correct one.
Oooh, I think you’re absolutely right. I mean, it was a joke but only to the audience. I also took that line as Alec being genuinely happy and relieved that his plan worked.
He is still growing into the leader he is meant to be. Until then, Alec will fake it till he makes it. I’m glad we got that line to show us what was really going on inside his mind.
galtenoble replied to your post “I love people who just recently joined the fandom and are having ideas...”
Okay, but what is up with Magnus' blood? He obviously doesn't have angel blood, but it is different than straight up demon blood (at least.. in the books?)
In the books, witchlight (that rock that lights up only when Shadowhunters touch them) turns red when Magnus touches it. Other than that, having the blood of Asmodeus makes Magnus much stronger than the average warlock.
I want the omamori to appear at least once during the Magnus is the Protagonist quest. Like, Magnus getting out of a situation by the skin of his teeth and there's a shot of it
Same. The omamori has an amazing potential as a visual tool and I’d love to see it again when Magnus is down in Edom. To me, it doesn’t even have to be about protection. A connection to Magnus’ home is enough.
Speaking of Lilith walking up to Magnus' door. It struck me as odd the way he looked down the hall before acknowledging her. I'm not sure what to make of it.
Hm, I re-watched that scene. I hadn’t noticed it before but, yeah, Magnus checks the corridor when Lilith arrives. I wouldn’t make much more than him looking for companions to the lady at his doorstep, though.
I think that if Magnus thought something was up, he wouldn’t have invited her in.
