Room 401, Saturday Evening

[not_trivial]

It was officially way too loud everywhere. In town, in the common rooms, just everywhere. In the world. Ever.

All Alec wanted to do was quietly read his book on demon poison, but no. He had to be subjected to an endless loop of child shrieking. And, considering he'd only ever gotten along with one or two children even when he was a child, it was

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[ultron_junior]

"How come you're in my room?" Victor asked, when he came back from the common room.

He'd woken up here. Therefore, it was his entirely.

[not_trivial]

Oh god no. SOMEONE SAVE HIM. Alec couldn't even handle his own baby brother, so there was no way this was going to work out well.

"I live here," Alec said patiently -- or as close to patiently as was possible at the moment. "We share, actually. That's your side."

He pointed.

[ultron_junior]

"But you're a teenager," Victor pointed out, and went to sit on the bed he knew was his anyhow. It had better posters over it. "Teenagers and kids don't have to share. Unless they're brothers and I don't have one of those."

[not_trivial]

"Well, I do," Alec replied. Though that was not at all relevant to this discussion. "But that's just how it works here. We share. Apparently."

Sigh.

[liarallmyown]

"There's a bunch of children around, did you know?" Jace asked, just walking into Alec's room like he belonged there.

[not_trivial]

"Oh, thank the Angel you're still normal," Alec said at once.

Ahem.

"I did notice that, yes." He cast a look Victor's way. "I can't say this is my favorite weekend."

The volume. It was appalling.

[liarallmyown]

"Oh it's not that bad, Alec." It was easy for Jace to say since he got along with kids. Or, well, he got along with Max anyway.

[not_trivial]

Whereas Alec was laughably terrible with Max. It was pretty sad.

Alec sighed. "Is your roommate normal-sized at least?" he asked. Because he really had no idea at all how to deal with a seven-year-old robot. None.

This was where a firmer background in mundie movies and television would've benefitted him. People always overlooked the usefulness of that kind of knowledge.