looks like alastair and thomas were on babysitting duty today 🤭

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Baby Carstairs, babier Carstairs, babiest Carstairs

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hello, it’s been a while

Friendly reminder that after Chain of Thorns there are many more Christmas balls yet to come. (As if Will Herondale would have it otherwise). Balls, where the TLH gang is truly happy and without any worries regarding saving the world or unrequited love. Thomas and Alastair will dance with little Zachary, James and Cordelia will dance the night away, only having eyes for each other and Anna and Matthew will talk about their travels (and their new waist coats oft course). And at the end of the evening the Merry Thieves and all their beloveds will return to Curzon Street where they spend the rest of their night chatting and laughing about the good old days as well as of their future plans.

the fact that thomas himself said “for now zachary was enough” when thinking about him and alastair having kids implies that he considers himself one of zachary’s father figures and that’s just very important to me

THOMASTAIR BABYSITTING ZACHARY WHILE HE ROLLS AWAY IN THE PRAM CONFIRMED @vwritesaus

I don’t need a series about the next gen of TLH but it would be fun if we could learn a little about them through references that Tessa made.

Like:

Tessa to Kit: ya know who Ash reminds me of is Penelope Fairchild when she was young. Penny and her twin Louisa were very smart but while Louisa was more outgoing I always felt that Penny was more secretive like Ash.

OR

Tessa to Jem (looking at Kit with Mina): Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

Jem: Alastair and Zachary

Tessa: Yes, I’m so glad Mina has a Kit in her life, I just hope for Kit’s sake and Mina doesn’t go through a phase of pranking her brother like Zachary did with Alastair

AND

Tessa watching Rafe and Max along with Mina:

(Max upset bc he is trying to draw something but it’s not coming out how he wants it to)

Tessa: It’s ok to not get it right the first few times Max, here let me tell you a story of one of your ancestors Christopher Joshi-Lightwood, he wanted to be an artist too…

Zachary, over the phone: Hey Alastair, I need to borrow, like, £5000.

Alastair: £5000??? Why the hell do you need £5000???

Zachary: Escape room.

Alastair: What sort of escape room charges £5000???

Zachary: The… very complex kind?

Alastair:

Zachary:

Zachary: Jail. I’m in jail.

ok my thoughts and headcanons on the carstairs/lightwood in-laws now that thomastair are official and out to their families

eugenia and alastair bond over being exasperated by their younger siblings. they have a standing tea date every other week to gossip and complain (thomas tries to join once and gets himself banned from his own sitting room).

cordelia and eugenia also become close friends. eugenia misses her sister and would never dream of replacing her, but it's nice having cordelia around. they go shopping together. cordelia eventually helps eugenia gain the confidence to open her heart again and cheers her on when eugenia enters her first courtship since augustus.

cordelia and thomas are constantly giving each other recommendations for poetry. thomas primarily recommends the irish poets his mother shared while he was growing up and cordelia commits herself to helping expand thomas' knowledge of persian works.

gideon and sophie absolutely adore sona, and the feeling is very much mutual. sometimes the lightwoods go visit cirenworth just to see her and help with zachary. of course zachary has alastair and thomas in his life as strong, kind male figures, but sona is glad that gideon is there as well. and, of course, sophie and sona get along like a house on fire. they gossip almost as much as eugenia and alastair.

when it comes to zachary, all of the lightwoods absolutely love and adore him. family dinners typically devolve into a game of pass-the-baby so everyone gets a turn to hold him while they all talk. eugenia and gideon are the best at making him giggle, and alastair and sona are the only ones who are able to get him to sleep at those dinners.

speaking of family dinners, those are definitely a monthly occurrence. they rotate locations between the lightwoods' house, thomas and alastair's house, and even occasionally cirenworth or james and cordelia's house.

thomas and alastair eventually decide to get married. it's a private ceremony, of course, with only their close friends and family. eugenia officiates. sona and cordelia walk alastair down the aisle and sophie and gideon do the same for thomas. zachary is their ringbearer, being just grown enough to toddle down the aisle and hand them the rings. ari and cordelia stand with alastair as his groomswomen, and james and matthew stand with thomas (they save a spot for christopher, since everyone knows he would have been thomas' best man).

when eugenia gets a new suitor, the man expects to have discussions with her father about treating her right and respecting her, and even the talk with her younger brother about not hurting her is expected as well. the surprise comes when alastair and cordelia appear to talk to him, together, and give one of the most blood chilling shovel talks in the history of shovel talks.

gideon and alastair actually take a minute to warm up to each other. they never directly address the origin of their tension together, but gideon decides nothing said by a hurt teenager is worth soiling his relationship with his son-in-law. after he rather aggressively and indirectly proves to alastair that he is trustworthy as a father figure, they get closer and alastair even opens up about growing up with elias, which only makes gideon decide to be even more of a father figure to him.

that's all i have for rn pls pls add on your own !!

no thoughts, head empty, just zachary convincing thomas to hide under the bed with him to scare alastair like his big sister used to do

thinking about how Sona was 42 in Chain of Gold, and (if his birth year on the family tree is accurate) that's probably about the age Elias was when he met Sona...

i felt zachary and alexander needed their own flower cards so that’s exactly what i made them 🤍

Zachary Carstairs ~ Baby’s Breath ~ Everlasting Love

Alexander Lightwood ~ White Lily ~ Purity

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«He had truly astonished Sona and Cordelia with the attention he paid to his new baby brother. As long as Alastair was there, Zachary Arash never needed to fear being alone for a second…»

– Chain of Thorns, Cassandra Clare

TLH Medieval AU

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imagine having the best big brother in the world

They have the most beautiful names in the entire TSC

James Ke Jian Ming Carstairs

Alastair Esfandiyār Carstairs

Cordelia Katāyoun Carstairs

Zachary Arash Carstairs

Wilhelmina Yiqiang Ke Carstairs

the fact that jem now canonically has two children named after him is just so good