A/N: Pre IR sibling fluff snippet because I desperately needed to write some.
John picked a movie to watch with Alan. John did not pick well.
Miscalculated
Running footsteps registered first, then his door banged open and a small figure bolted into his room, all but flew under the blankets and huddled up against him. Scott was awake enough to drape an arm over the trembling lump curled against his chest and look towards the open door as he became aware of a second set of running footsteps that heralded John, the second born looking sheepish.
"John?" Scott squinted against the light from the hallway. "Why is," he paused to lift the blankets and check which small blond it was, "Alan in my bed?"
"I, uh, may have miscalculated." John came in and crouched beside the bed to add his contribution to the comforting pats currently being delivered to the youngest.
"...miscalculated how?" Scott looked at him suspiciously.
"I, uh, may have let Alan watch Alien with me." Was the reluctant admission.
Scott mentally face palmed. "Which Alien?" He asked. It'd been a pretty popular movie title over the years, but knowing his brother's tastes as a classic sci-fi movie buff, he had suspicions.
"The 1979 one." John admitted, looking down.
"The one with the facehuggers!?" Scott actually face palmed this time. "John! Why?"
"I forgot how bad it was!" John tried to defend himself. "We stopped before they got back on the ship."
"John, you're an idiot." Scott sighed and pointed to the lump under his covers. "Did you forget this one is Alan who is seven. Se-ven. Gordon is the older one." He shuffled back to make room, tugging Alan to move with him. "In. Help me fix this."
"Understood." John nodded and climbed in to help calm and comfort the understandably freaked out child.