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Alec rolled his eyes for what could be the hundredth time, followed by a heavy sigh as he eyed Simon, who was talking to him at the moment.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Alec in an annoyed tone.
Simon had called him about an hour ago, asking to meet up for an urgent favor he needed Alec to do. It was his lucky day, because Alec had finished his missions and wasn't in the mood for pulling out vampire's fangs.
"I mean, can you come with me? Please, I may be a vampire, but I'm still new to this entire shadow world ordeal. I don't know what Raphael was thinking by asking me to deliver this to—"
"Enough," Alec sighed, rolling his eyes again. "Why would you ask for me? Why not Jace? Or that best friend of yours?" said Alec whilst folding his hands over his chest.
"I wouldn't ask that duckhea—" Simon paused when Alec narrowed his eyes, daring him to finish the insult intended for his parabatai. He coughed and awkwardly rubbed his nape.
"Anyways, I can already see Clary telling me that this is too risky, and that I should probably go back and give Raphael the finger." Simon finished his rambling and Alec snorted.
"And what makes you think that I would help you?" asked Alec in a bored tone. He wanted to be home that night with his beloved boyfriend, Magnus, who was out on a business with his client in a foreign country with a name that he couldn't pronounce correctly.
"Come on, man! I swear I will stop Jace, or whoever it is, from cockblocking you and Magnus, ever!" said Simon desperately, he needed to deliver the letter to the werewolf pack without getting himself killed.
Luke was out of town for a pack meeting, and the other werewolves were not as tolerant as him and Maia. Luke had asked Maia to go with him, and Simon's chance of not getting mauled by the pissed werewolves was as thin as a sheet of paper. Besides, if he didn't get the task done, Raphael would give him more than just the finger.
Alec scrunched his nose and looked at Simon as if he had grown a second head.
"Seriously? If I remember correctly, you are one of them." said Alec sarcastically. He still remembered that one time Simon had walked in on him being pinned to the wall, shirtless, with Magnus ravishing his neck and him moaning in ecstasy.
Talk about cringe.
"T-That was an accident! I d-didn't know you guys were—ugh..." Simon looked down at his shoes as his face caught fire when he recalled the memory, which he had been trying to pluck out from his mind. That time Raphael was wounded badly from a pack feud, and he didn't have other choice but to look for Magnus. If there's someone Raphael would ever depend on, that would be Magnus. He didn't expect Magnus to be busy getting it on with Alec.
Alec sighed upon seeing the desperation on Simon's face. He usually didn't like Simon enough to be doing him favors. Besides the constant cockblocking, or the trouble he seemed too fond to get into, something about Simon had always made him roll his eyes in annoyance, but Alec wasn't exactly cruel either, so he made up his mind to help him.
"Alright, I'll help you." said Alec with a sigh, which caused Simon's head to immediately shot up as he smiled at Alec widely.
"Really?" he said in relief.
"Really?" Alec made a face and gestured to Simon's mouth.
Simon's eyes widened and he immediately slapped a palm over his mouth to cover his fangs.
"Sorry." he said with a sheepish smile.
Alec shook his head and couldn't suppress a chuckle from escaping his lips, he could see why Magnus feel the need to be responsible for this Night Child. He's just too naïve—in some odd ways—to be a bloodsucking vampire.
"So where are we going?" asked Alec as he fixed the seraph blade tucked on the side of his pants.
"Pandemonium." said Simon and began walking.
"Wait, what?" asked Alec, his eyes widened as he walked next to Simon. "Pandemonium? What happened no the Jade Wolf?"
"I can't risk getting the both of us mauled by a bunch of angry wolves, since Luke wasn't there. So, I agreed to meet the wolf dude somewhere else crowded with more than just werewolves, you know, at least at the Pandemonium people will easily find our bodies after—" Simon instantly shut his mouth when he realized Alec had stopped walking.
Alec pursed his lips and huffed, his hands were itching to smack Simon's head, maybe that would stop his habit of rambling ridiculous ideas out loud.
"You know what? Let's get this over with." said Alec as he started to walk past Simon.
"R-Right." mumbled Simon as he tailed close behind Alec, trying to keep up with his pace as they made their way into the busy night of New York.
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Alec sighed, in fact, he had lost count of how many times he had sighed while sitting on a bar stool next to Simon, who was talking to a bulky werewolf. He questioned himself as to why he was willing to help this annoying vampire.
"You guys done yet?" said Alec in a loud tone so that his voice could get through the deafening music in the background.
Simon looked to his side at Alec with an apologetic smile and held up a finger, implying that their meeting will finish soon.
Alec rolled his eyes then looked around the night club. There were many Downworlders around them, caught up with their own business. He wished Magnus was there with him, he had a feeling that he could no longer contain his urge to smack Simon's head.
His thoughts were interrupted by a warlock bartender placing three shots of strange colored liquor in front of them. This seemed to catch Simon's attention as well, because he made a face at the shots, and then looked at Alec.
"No thanks." said Simon to the purple-skinned bartender.
"Yeah, no thanks." Alec echoed with a disgruntled face.
"He paid for these." the bartender shrugged and gestured to the werewolf Simon was talking to before walking away to the other stools.
Both Alec and Simon glanced at the werewolf with raised brows, suspicious for his intention.
"What?" he asked nonchalantly.
"We came here for a meeting, we don't need to drink." said Simon, pushing the shots away.
"I don't usually say this, but I agree with Simon." Alec nodded in agreement and looked at the werewolf sharply.
The werewolf laughed dryly and took one of the drinks in his hand. He smirked and drained the liquor in one big gulp.
"See? No poison, I'm not dead." he grinned and pushed the remaining shots toward Alec and Simon.
Simon looked at Alec hesitantly, mentally asking him if he should drink it.
Alec huffed impatiently, he just wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. Magnus will be arriving soon, and he wanted to be in their home when he arrived. He didn't have time to deal with this anymore.
"Whatever." Alec took a shot and made a face. He hated alcohol, except the martinis Magnus fixed for him occasionally. They were sweet, like Magnus. And Alec loved those.
Simon followed suit and took the remaining shot. He coughed with a disgusted face. Like Alec, he also wanted to get out of there and go back to the manor, being with his sire gave him more sense of security, instead of sitting next to a werewolf about two times bigger than him. Although Alec was there with him, he had the feeling that Alec would leave him to be mauled if he made one false move.
"Can we go now?" asked Alec, this time in an extremely annoyed tone. The drink left a bitter taste in his tongue and that didn't help to ease his urge to leave at all.
The werewolf shrugged when Simon looked at him. "Yeah, I got the letter and your instructions. I'll hand it to Luke when he gets back."
"Right." said Simon with a relieved sigh, but gasped when he no longer saw Alec at the stool. "Wait, Alec!" he rushed over to Alec who had walked away a few seconds ago after the werewolf finished talking.
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Alec couldn't suppress a yawn by the time he arrived home. He rummaged through his pocket to get his key, but jumped when the front door opened on its own. He sighed in relief, knowing that Magnus was home, although he was disappointed for not being able to welcome his boyfriend when he arrived.
"Alexander." greeted Magnus when Alec entered the loft, hanging his jacket and gear on the coat hanger.
"Hey Mags." Alec beamed upon seeing Magnus. They were only separated for half a day and Alec already missed him.
He strode toward Magnus and kissed him deeply, sighing in content when he felt Magnus' hands wrapped around his broad back to pull him closer.
Magnus made a face after Alec pulled away, "What's that taste?" he said, out of breath from the intense kiss.
Alec frowned at Magnus for a second, then realized what he meant. He shook his head and sighed, gently pulling Magnus into his arms for a hug. He needed to recharge his dose of Magnus.
"A drink." he muttered into Magnus collarbone, inhaling his sweet magical scent that always got him feeling euphoric.
Magnus raised an eyebrow, still not breaking the hug, "You drink?" he asked in amusement.
"I was doing the vampire boy a favor, I took the drink to avoid unnecessary stalling." he mumbled then broke the hug, still holding Magnus in his arms. "I wanted to see you." he added with a sweet smile.
Magnus studied Alec's face for a moment with a smile, he knew he recognized that strange taste from somewhere, but Alec's angelic smile made him pushed the thought aside as he led him toward their bedroom.
"Have I told you that I miss you?" said Magnus with a smile upon entering the bedroom.
"No, you haven't." Alec muttered with a teasing smirk, taking Magnus' hands in his, rubbing his knuckles lovingly.
Magnus let go of one of his hands and snapped his fingers, so they were in their pajama pants now. He took Alec's hand back into his, smiling sweetly as she pulled Alec onto the bed with him.
"Well, I miss you." said Magnus, laying on the bed with Alec next to him. He pulled the covers over their bodies and Alec immediately clung onto him, sighing contently as their arms and legs tangled under the covers.
Alec's smiled drowsily as he hummed, snuggling his face onto the crook of Magnus' neck as his eyes fluttered shut. "I love you." he mumbled sleepily.
"And I you." whispered Magnus, petting Alec's fluffy dark locks lovingly until he drifted into a peaceful slumber. "Sweet dreams, my dear Shadowhunter."
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