Alec looked around the room and chuckled. "Everyone sure is messy this morning, huh?" Alec asked, taking in Magnus's disheveled appearance. "Even you're coated in glitter."

Magnus reached his hand up to touch his hair, and sighed. "Well, it definitely adds to the mess on me that was already there."

"Are you going to take another shower, or are you just going to rinse out your hair?" Alec asked.

"I might as well just take a full shower as I've got glitter in other places besides my hair. Don't worry, I won't be too long. We'll still be able leave on our little trip around town at a reasonable hour," Magnus said while walking towards the bathroom door. "Oh, and you're welcome to join me," he said, looking over his shoulder at Alec with a questioning look in his eyes.

Despite the slight heat blooming on his cheeks, he smiled a goofy smile. "Sorry, Magnus. I'd love to, but someone's gotta keep an ear out for the boys. Who know what other messes could be made when we're not paying attention, you know?"

"Hmm, good point! Maybe next time, then," Magnus replied, winking an eye at Alec as he disappeared into the bathroom.

Alec smiled, and shook his head fondly at Magnus, and then sat down on the bed to pick up a book, and start reading while he waited.

After about ten minutes, Magnus got out of the shower. Alec, still sitting on the bed, put down his book, and started getting his things together to go out. Wallet, phone, stele, jacket, sunglasses. Yep. Everything's together. While he was waiting, he'd been listening to the boys playing in the other room. It was nice to just bask in the peacefulness of it.

Just then, pulling Alec from his thoughts, Magnus walks out of bathroom wearing one of his nice robes.

"Hello there, Alexander," Magnus said flirtatiously.

"Hello, yourself," Alec replied. He loved those robes that Magnus would wear. They were just so soft, and he loved to cuddle and kiss him while he wore them.

Magnus winked at him, and walked over to his spacious, and very colorful, closet. He was in there for a few minutes before he finally emerged. He was wearing plain, black skinny jeans, and a maroon colored button up shirt with little designs on it. The first few buttons were unbuttoned, showing off some of his chest. Alec thought Magnus looked stunning in any outfit that he wears, but he always looks exceptionally stunning in a simple outfit like that one.

"What do you think, Alexander? I thought that since we're gonna be doing a lot of walking today that I'd dress a little simpler."

Alec walks over to him, and wraps his arms around his waist to pull him closer. "I think you look beautiful as always." Throughout the years they've been together, Alec has gotten much more comfortable saying such bold things like that, and it no longer flusters him like it used to. Besides, it was such a true statement; he couldn't not say it out loud.

Magnus's face lit up with a happy glow. He leaned his head up to pull Alec into a sweet kiss. "Why, thank you! You've become quite the flatterer, Alexander."

"Well, I did learn from the best."

Magnus smiled up at him again, and ran his fingers through the hairs at the back of Alec's head. He pulled him in for one last passionate kiss before pulling away. "Come on. I need to finish getting ready, then we can get going. Okay?" Magnus said softy; their foreheads touching.

"Okay," Alec replied, placing a sweet kiss to the corner of Magnus's mouth.

Magnus walked towards his vanity, and looked into his mirror. He ran his fingers through his wet hair, and it changed into an up-do of neat curls piled on top of his head. Then he waved his fingers in front of his face, and then appeared his signature smoky eye with a touch of glitter here and there.

"Normally I would spend more time getting ready, of course, but we have more important things to do. I'll be out in the living room whenever you're ready," Magnus said, strutting out of the bedroom.

Alec watched in admiration as he walked off. He was so in love with this man, it was almost impossible. How had he lived without him for so long?

After everyone had gotten ready, and after struggling to get Max and Rafael's jackets on, they were out the door, and ready to go.

"Daddy, Papa, where are we gonna go first?" Max asked excitedly.

"Yeah, where?" Rafe repeated soon after.

Alec looked at Magnus in question, but he just shrugged his shoulders, and shook his head. Didn't really plan ahead, he mouthed out to Alec.

Alec rolled his eyes fondly. "Wherever you want. We have the whole day to do fun things."

Max and Rafael both gasped happily at that.

"Ooh, ooh! Can we go to the candy store? Or to the pet store?" Rafael asked. He's always been very fond of animals.

"Can we go to the toy store?" Max chimed in.

"Woah, woah, woah! One at a time, you two," Magnus said. "Also, I just remembers that we do need to stop at the grocery store to buy a few things. Then we can go to the fun store that you want to visit. Okay?"

"Okay, Papa," Max and Rafael both said in unison, still lightly bouncing on their feet.

They finally made it to their local grocery store after walking for a few more blocks. It was a small shop, but it still had everything any other grocery store would have; it was just in a smaller space.

Alec grabbed a shopping cart, and he brought it over to Magnus, and Max and Rafe.

"Okay, first things first; we need to pick out what we're having for dinner tonight," Alec said.

"I agree," Magnus said. "So, what you two want for dinner? It can be anything except for that fish we had last week. We are never buying that again," Magnus said in a definite tone.

Max giggled at that. "How about spaghetti and meatballs? You like spaghetti and meatballs, don't you Rafe?"

"Sure do! Yeah, let's get that!"

Alec chuckled. "Alright, spaghetti and meatballs it is. Is that okay with you, Magnus?"

"Of course," Magnus said as he linked arms with Alec.

They walked down the many different aisles until they reached the aisle that had the many different variety of pastas.

Max ran over, and picked up a box of spaghetti. "Yum, spaghetti. Hey, Daddy? Can we get enough spaghetti to take a bath in it?"

What the hell? Where did that come from? Alec thought. He sure was shocked to say the least. "What? Max, why would you want to do something so silly?"

"Uncle Jace told me about it. He said that he used to take baths in spaghetti when he was my age, and he said that it was so much fun!"

Curse you, Jace. "Hold on a second, sweetheart. Hey, Magnus, can you watch after these two? I just need to make a quick phone call."

"Sure thing, love," Magnus called back at him.

Alec took out his phone, and dialed Jace's number. After about three rings, Jace picked up.

Hey, buddy, what's up?

"Jace, have you been implanting your ridiculous ideas into my kids' heads?" Alec asked him, letting his anger show.

Umm, what do you mean? Jace asked, clearly oblivious to the situation.

Alec sighed. "Me and Magnus are at the grocery store with the boys, and Max just told me that he wants to take a bath in spaghetti. He also said that you were the one who told him that!"

Oh, that's right! Jace responded, laughing out loud. I did tell him that. It was that time when me and Clary were babysitting for you guys, and Max asked me to tell him a story about when I was a kid. What's so bad about that?

"Jace, I'm not gonna let my son bathe in spaghetti!"

Well, why not?

"Well, because it's disgusting, and a waste of perfectly good spaghetti."

Oh, come on, Alec! Why do you have to be like that? I know that you don't like to have fun, but you could at least let your own kids have fun.

"This has nothing to do with not letting them have fun! It's just...you know what? I'll talk to you more about this tomorrow. I'm trying to have a good day with my family, and not fight. You're still an idiot, though."

Come on, admit it. You love me. He could just here the cockyness in his voice.

Alec smirked at that. "Yeah, yeah. See you tomorrow, Jace," he said, hanging up the phone.

Magnus walked over to him with a concerned expression on his face. "We got the pasta that the boys wanted. Is everything okay?"

Alec cupped Magnus's neck with the hand not holding his phone. "It's all good. Just Jace being an idiot."

Magnus snorted. "Hmm, what else is new?"

Alec laughed out loud at that, wrapping his arm around Magnus's shoulders, and pushing the cart down the aisle with the boys in front of them; Max still chattering on about spaghetti baths.

After a day of grocery shopping, going to toy stores, some clothing stores that Magnus liked, and buying some pastries from their favorite bakery, Alec, Magnus, and their little family made it back home to their Brooklyn apartment, utterly exhausted from their day.

They had their spaghetti and meatballs dinner, which Max and Rafael helped him and Magnus make. It was delicious.

At the end of their wonderful day, Magnus and Alec tucked their lovely children into bed, and said goodnight.

Then, they got into their own bed, and snuggled up together under the covers.

"I had so much fun today, Alexander. You know, except for the few mishaps we had this morning," Magnus said, his smile lighting up his whole face.

"Me too, Magnus. We need to have family outing days like this more often, don't you think?"

"Of course. We most definitely do. It won't be too hard, but we'll make it work."

Alec smiled at him, and kissed him on the cheek, under his eye, and then kissed him full on the lips; both sweetly and passionately at once. As they started to drift off to sleep, safe in each other's arms, one thing kept popping into Alec's mind.

He loved his little family, and he wouldn't trade it for the world.

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