#baby carstairs

[shadowparx]

hello what if once the baby is born alastair likes to sing them lullabies to soothe them to sleep and he is caught by thomas doing this 🤭

#idk id go feral #someone who can write this? 🥺 #tsc #tlh #thomastair #alastair carstairs #thomas lightwood #chot #baby carstairs

[cardiganloser]

it's out in a week so here's my chain of thorns bingo

#chain of thorns #tlh #the last hours #tsc #the shadowhunter chronincles #cordelia carstairs #matthew fairchild #owen herondale #christopher lightwood #kit lightwood #sona carstairs #baby carstairs #thomas lightwood #alastair carstairs #thomastair #belial tsc #tatiana blackthorn #charlotte fairchild #charlotte branwell #henry branwell #anna lightwood #kamala joshi #ariadne bridgestock #annnariadne #magnus bane #jem carstairs #james carstairs #elizabeth gray #grace blackthorn #chain of thorns potential spoilers

[boredfangirl16]

Alastember: Sibling Headcanons

-Sona is going to die in childbirth, but the baby boy will be completely healthy 

-There will then be a debate over who is going to raise him. At this time Cordelia and James are still going through relationship problems, so Alastair is given care of the child. Even if they weren’t, he would’ve insisted on taking the baby because he wouldn’t want Cordelia to have to bear that burden. 

-It turns out Alastair has no clue what to do with a newborn and has a breakdown within the first few weeks. He doesn’t want to ask anyone for help, but Thomas notices that something is off. He assists Alastair as much as he can, but he also lacks knowledge about children. Eventually Thomas convinces him to get Sophie and Gideon’s help. 

-Thomas’s parents are overjoyed to assist with baby Carstairs. They brag about how amazing their grandson is to anyone who will listen. Thomas isn’t at all surprised by their reactions, but Alastair cried the first time he heard them introduce baby Carstairs as their grandson during a party. He never thought he would ever find that much acceptance, let alone from the same people who he slandered at the Academy. 

-Once the baby is around a year old, Alastair and Thomas move into Cirenworth Hall together. Cordelia comes over all the time to visit her brothers. She gets to the play the role of a sibling to baby Carstairs, because Alastair truly is his father in everything but blood. She is always helping him get into mischief and insists that bedtimes don’t have to be listened to. Alastair is exasperated by her bad influence, but he is glad that the baby gets to have someone to act like a sibling with. 

-The Merry Thieves are often over as well. They constantly joke that no one would have ever guessed that Thomas of all people would be the first to have a kid. Matthew and Alastair are civil with each other for Thomas’s sake. Christopher often tries to take baby Carstairs into the lab, which is ultimately stopped by Thomas. 

-While it was nothing like what Alastair expected for the future, he couldn’t have been more glad for the family he has. 

This got a little off topic from the sibling part of the headcanon, but it is what it is. 

@alastair-appreciation-month

#alastair carstairs #cordelia x james #baby carstairs #thomas lightwood #thomas x alastair #thomastair #the merry thieves #sophie collins #gideon lightwood #alastember 2022 #alastember

[i-sold-my-soul-to-house-wrath]

yall, i did come close to predicting kit would die-

#IM SORRY #merry thieves #alastair carstairs #cordelia carstairs #emma carstairs #jem carstairs #mina carstairs #baby carstairs #tessa carstairs #dru blackthorn #drusilla blackthorn #jesse blackthorn #julian blackthorn #livvy blackthorn #secrets of blackthorn hall #the secrets of blackthorn hall #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #cassandra clare #sobh #😭😭😭😭 #But like why kit tho #James and math got kidnapped too 😭 #chain of thorns #chain of gold #chain of iron #the last hours

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Well baby Carstairs has been born and Charles came out to the entire Enclave

That’s a whole lot of info for a paragraph

#the last hours #chain of thorns #chain of thorns spoilers #cot spoilers #charles fairchild #baby carstairs

[melanielocke]

Alastember - day 6 - friendship

Alastair and Kamala take Rostam to Hyde Park. Rostam is almost 2 here and he's very cute.

CW: period typical racism and misogynie

@alastair-appreciation-month

‘Rostam! Oh, you’ve grown so much!’

Kamala knelt down in front of the toddler, smiling brightly at him. She’d always been fond of children and Rostam was no exception. Alastair would be visiting Hyde Park with her today and he’d decided he might as well bring Rostam. He loved to explore new areas.  

‘Kamala!’ he shouted excitedly.

Alastair let Rostam out of the stroller and allowed him to run over to his friend. He was still learning how to walk and was tripping over his own feet all the time, so Alastair would have to keep a close eye on him.

At almost two years old, Rostam still preferred to stay close to his family and he didn’t like strangers, but he’d made an exception for Kamala. Thomas too, because no one was as tall as Thomas and Rostam could see the whole world riding on his shoulders.

‘Wow, you’re so fast,’ Kamala said.

Alastair laid out a blanket with some of Rostam’s toys he’d brought and a sippy cup with apple juice in case Rostam got thirsty.

‘You can go explore, but don’t stray too far,’ Alastair said. ‘I want to be able to see you, okay?’

He never quite knew how much Rostam understood already. His speech consisted of mostly one or two word phrases, but Alastair often got the sense he already understood a lot more.

Rostam walked along the grass and dropped down a couple of meters from the blanket, staring at something in the grass.

‘He’s growing up so fast,’ Kamala said. ‘I remember when he was just a little thing, staring at me with his big dark eyes. Now he can walk and speak.’

‘All on a very beginner level. He still has plenty of growing up to do. But he’s making lots of big steps. Maman keeps saying what a magnificent shadowhunter he’ll be when he grows up.’ Alastair sighed, looked down. ‘Like his father, she says.’

Kamala put a hand on his shoulder. ‘He’ll be a magnificent shadowhunter like you. Like Cordelia.’

‘Cordelia and I decided that Cortana should be his when he’s old enough to wield it,’ Alastair said. ‘She can’t wield it anymore, and for me it doesn’t feel right. Cortana never chose me, it was never meant to be mine.’

‘Does it still bother you?’ Kamala asked. ‘You wielded Cortana well, you know. I don’t see why it can’t be yours.’

‘I feel more comfortable wielding my spears,’ Alastair said. ‘Don’t worry about me, it was my choice. Rostam, don’t eat that!’

Alastair stood up and walked over to his little brother, who was putting dirt into his mouth.

‘Rostam, we don’t eat dirt,’ he said. ‘That’ll make you sick.’

Rostam followed him back to the blanket and started playing with his rabbit plushie for a while. It had been a old plushie of Alastair’s that he used to call François for some reason. He’d decided he could live with it if Rostam ended up chewing its ears of. Some of his other old toys he’d decided to save for when Rostam was a little older and less likely to break everything he touched.

After a while, Rostam decided to wander off a little farther again and Alastair knew he needed to keep watch. Not only was Rostam prone to put all sorts of dirty things into his mouth, he had also brought the rabbit along and if Rostam came back without it Alastair would have to go looking for it.

A middle aged white man walked down the path where Rostam was playing. He was dressed in a coat, wearing a rather old fashioned top hat Alastair wouldn’t wish to be found dead in. It was the kind of thing he could picture Charles wearing, serious and gentlemanly but at least a decade behind in fashion. Many older shadowhunter men of London were a little behind in their fashion. After all, shadowhunters were not supposed to care the way mundanes did. But Alastair had not been raised that way, his mother had always emphasized the importance of dressing well. Alastair could not afford to dress wrong.

Rostam was running around, not looking where he was going until he bumped right into the man and fell over, immediately bursting into tears. Alastair shot up and picked up Rostam, taking him back to the blanket. He heard the man grumble something and Kamala remained closer to him and said something in return. Alastair couldn’t make out their words over Rostam’s crying, but it seemed like they were arguing.

‘It’s okay, Rostam,’ Alastair whispered to his little brother. ‘Where does it hurt?’

Rostam didn’t say or do anything to indicate where it hurt, but then perhaps he was a little young for that. Alastair held him in his lap, and after a little while Rostam’s crying softened.

The man walked over to Alastair, a furious expression on his face. ‘Keep your wife and son under control,’ he sneered before continuing on his walk and disappearing from view.

Kamala joined him a few moments later, sitting down next to him. ‘I hate men like that,’ she grumbled. ‘Doesn’t he understand Rostam’s not even two years old? How is he supposed to watch out and keep quiet?’

‘That’s what you were arguing about?’

‘He was being very rude,’ Kamala said. ‘And also racist. I don’t think he would have made such a scene if it’d been a white child. What did he say to you anyway?’

‘Apparently I have a wife. And a son.’

Kamala raised an eyebrow.

‘He told me to keep my wife and son under control,’ Alastair said, and moments later he and Kamala both burst into laughter.

‘He assumed we’re married? And that Rostam is our child?’

‘It’s not so far fetched, I guess.’

When he took Rostam out, people often assumed he was Rostam’s father, but this was the first time anyone had assumed Kamala was Rostam’s mother.

‘What, are you going to tell me to behave modestly? To not embarrass you in front of old white rich men?’ Kamala teased.

‘That’s something Charles would do,’ Alastair said. ‘If he ever finds a fiancée who lasts long enough to actually marry him.’

Alastair had never been able to imagine the married life as something that would suit him, something that would feel right. There were plenty of men like him who chose to marry, but to Alastair that felt wrong. Even if he did not have to deceive a woman and had the option to marry a woman like Kamala, he imagined it would be a very difficult situation to navigate and Alastair had never been particularly good at social relationships. He certainly couldn’t imagine becoming so dominant in a relationship as was expected of men, to have a wife who obeyed him in everything. With his tendency towards bad decisions, that would be a disaster.

‘I’m so glad I didn’t marry him,’ Kamala said. ‘I really wouldn’t have minded so much to be married to a man who prefers men. But not Charles.’

‘I don’t think you would have been happy with him,’ Alastair said. ‘I’m glad I left him too. And I’m glad to have a best friend to complain about him with.’

François is an the Owl House reference since that's how I pictured the rabbit looks

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#Alastair Carstairs #Kamala Joshi #Ariadne Bridgestock #Rostam Carstairs #baby carstairs #the last hours #tlh #alastember 2022

[astriefer]

There's this one person here who guessed Baby Carstairs' (middle) name and I just want you to know that's reallly damn cool of you

#chot spoilers #cot spoilers #chain of thorns spoilers #chain of thorns #q #baby carstairs #sona carstairs

[hanelizabeth]

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

#cassandra clare #artists on tumblr #digital artist #shadowhunters #tsc #illustration #cartoon #drawing #the shadowhunter chronicles #tlh #the last hours #chain of iron #chain of thorns #chain of gold #zachary carstairs #alexander lightwood #my flower card #flower card #flowers #lillies #babys breath #everlasting love

[culiehua]

friendly reminder that jem calls mina "silly melon" and "little mina" which are very common endearments used by chinese parents (e.g. 傻瓜/呆瓜/笨蛋/小...)

another reminder that he most likely learned them from his mother and i cant stop thinking about baby!jem being called every term of endearment under the sun bc i refuse to believe that the boy whose smile could light up an entire room was anything but loved™

like??? xiao jian? xin gan? zhu bao?? xiao dai gua??? qin ai de baobEi?????? the possibilities are endless and so are my tears

#i live and breathe for my jem #baby!jem #jem carstairs #ke wen yu #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #mina carstairs #will herondale #tessa gray #the infernal devices #the mortal instruments #kit herondale #brother zachariah

[lekawi]

Baby Carstairs, babier Carstairs, babiest Carstairs

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#in tears everytime I remember there are three carstairs siblings #my babies #carstairs siblings #tlh #chain of thorns #chain of iron #chain of gold #the last hours #tsc #alastair carstairs #the shadowhunter chronicles #alastair and cordelia #zachary carstairs #cordelia carstairs #tlh fanart 💀👄💀

[potato-jem]

is this just me or...?

#church the immortal tumblr girlie cat #he makes posts about missing his blorbo and baby girl jem carstairs #i just know it #church the cat #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc #shadowhunters #shadowhunter #the mortal instruments #tmi #the infernal devices #tid #the dark artifices #tda #the last hours #tlh #the wicked powers #twp #secrets of blackthorn hall #sobh #jem carstairs

[deepspacialrift]

daisy, daisy, my daisy

im reading the last hours for the first time and i dont think im going to survive it tbh

#tsc #shadowhunters #the shadowhunter chronicles #cordelia carstairs #tlh #the last hours #losing my MIND over her. that is my baby #also finally tumblr gets these b4 insta bc i was too excited to draw her #abbarts

[boredfangirl16]

Just imagining the breakdown that Alastair will have if Sona dies, leaving him with a newborn makes me want to give him a hug… and pay for his therapy.

#alastair carstairs #baby carstairs #sona carstairs #chain of thorns #tlh #the last hours #hug #and therapy

[agnes-draws]

little collaboration with @skyllowarts 💖 - the carstairs family on christmas eve 1904-2013✨ + bonus sketch of alastair being bullied by his younger siblings (sorry i had too)

#btw the baby is alastair and cordelia's sibling!! #also if someone comes here telling me that sona is going to die- im sorry but i refuse to believe that bye 😩✨ #(denial) #alastair carstairs #thomas lightwood #james herondale #cordelia carstairs #sona carstairs #the last hours #chain of iron #chain of thorns #the shadowhunters chronicles icons #thomastair #jordelia #my art🌷 #p.s. merry christmas to those who celebrate !!! 🎄🎉💖

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Castle Towers Fall

Chapter 20/Epilogue

Summer 1908; Paris

Little Jasper Carstairs was running around the halls of his brother’s home, gigging and squealing as he went.

He was being chased by his brother’s partner, Thomas Lightwood, who was currently the tagger in their little game.

“You can’t catch me, Tommy! I’m going way too fast for you!” he called out, looking behind him to see if Thomas had indeed caught up with him.

He laughed gleefully when he realized that he had indeed outrun him. But his joy was short-lived as a pair of arms scooped him up.

It was his older brother, Alastair, who was looking at him with a raised eyebrow.

“Dadash! Quick! You have to hide me from Tommy!”

“And why should I do that?”

“Because I want to win at tag!”

Alastair had a questioning look on his face and Jasper began to pout. “I don’t know. That doesn’t seem like a good enough reason for me to help you.”

“Please, Lassie, please!”

Alastair was about to respond but was interrupting by two muscular arms wrapping around his waist and lifting the two of them up. Jasper giggled as it happened.

“I caught you, Jasper! And your brother, too.” Thomas pressed a kiss to Alastair cheek, causing the latter to roll his eyes.

“Put us down, you idiot. Dinner is almost ready and both of you need to wash your hands.”

Thomas looked at Alastair with faux-shocked look. “We aren’t that dirty, darling! Tell him, Jasper.”

“Yeah, dadash! We aren’t dirty at all!”

“You still need to wash your hands, both of you.” Alastair said with a bit of finality, so neither one would question it.

Thomas put both of them down with a sigh, Jasper automatically running to the sink to wash his hands. He turned to his lover with a smirk on his face, leaning down to kiss him.

“I love you, Alastair Jahan Verlac Lightwood-Carstairs.” he whispered in his ear.

Alastair smiled, happier than he had been in a long time. “And I love you, Thomas Gideon Lightwood-Carstairs.”

The end.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It started as a oneshot, but here we are, two years and twenty chapters later!

It’s finally the end, you guys!!! Thank you to everyone who has been here from the beginning and has stuck through to the end. Seriously, you guys deserve the senior discount for this blog-

But anyways, thank for you for supporting me as I wrote my first multi-chapter fic! It’s been a long journey but it’s finally over!

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#castle towers fall #the last hours #ceo of the first alastair verlac fic #alastair carstairs #the alastair verlac theory #alastair verlac #baby carstairs #thomas lightwood #thomastair

[fairdale]

okay, i’ve been thinking and i actually believe alastair is my fave tlh character. don’t get me wrong, i adore all of them but alastair?! his growth?! he’s just so lovable, ok? he thinks he’s not, but he is.

i love how he broke out of his shell, how he bloomed.

how his relationship with cordelia became stronger (he’s so soft for her i’m gonna cry), how he admitted that he never wanted cortana, he was just worried for his sister.

how he adores his baby brother so much he always brings him toys and sings for him.

how he became more confident with himself (you don’t understand what him going back to his original hair color did to me, that statement…).

how he went from treating the rest badly, to ignoring them, to helping them, to caring for them…

he has grown so much and he has finally let the people see how good he is. the kind alastair, as his mother said, the one that didn’t have to be on his guard constantly because of his father and because of who he loved.

and with thomas… oh, i love those two SO much. i just wanted to shake alastair and tell him he’s worthy of love too (just like thomas tried multiple times). from those moments in paris i knew they had a special bond.

alastair is devastatingly in love with thomas. he feels so much, cares so much. he just wants the best for him, even when that meant hurting him because he thought he deserved something better than a life with him.

and, ugh, can we please talk about how during the christmas party in chot he was so sure about kissing thomas in front of everyone? he would never let anyone make him feel ashamed anymore, not of his feelings, not of his thomas.

i just love alastair so much. i love how he grew on me because he’s not perfect, but he tries. because he’s scared, but he tries. because he’s been hurt, but he tries.

i didn’t expect him to become someone that i would hold so close to my heart, but here we are. thank you, alastair, for being there for all of us who are growing, who want to be better, who are trying. thank you.

#tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #shadowhunters #tlh #the last hours #alastair carstairs #i’m in love guys #I LOVE HIM #HE’S MY BABY #i’m sensitive okay #reading chot has done things to me #cordelia carstairs #thomas lightwood #thomastair