LOVE IS PAIN

Annoyance. Exasperation. Adoration. Love. Love. Love.

There are hundreds of words that describe the way a certain blue-eyed, black haired boy feels about his 800 year old warlock; but only a single word in the world can describe the way Alexander Lightwood felt when he saw his boyfriend crumple to the ground.

Shock? Horror? Desperation? Pain. Pain. Pain.

Love is pain. That's what they all say.

Shadowhunters experience pain on a daily basis. Fighting demons does not come without a price.

But leaning over Magnus' unmoving body, he knows that he had never experienced true pain. Not until this.

This brings back memories of pain from the past. His little brother Max's death. The death of hundreds of Shadowhunters in the Dark War.

He thought they were all safe now. They couldn't possibly be harmed.

Alec breathed heavily as he ran solutions through his mind. Magnus' eyes were still closed.

Iratze? No. Bandages? Yeh, like that'd work.

Alec heard a faint whisper call out his name. "Alexander"

He looked up and into a pair of eyes. His eyes. Green and gold. The most beautiful things he'd ever seen.

"You're alive!" He pulled him into a hug, clenching tightly to his shaking body.

"The demon. It-it caught me by surprise" Magnus whispered, clutching a hand to a wound close to his heart.

Alec smiled. "It's okay. You can heal it" He could hear his own voice, strangled with hope and relief.

Magnus shook his head lightly and whispered something so light that Alec had to lean forward to hear it.

"I'm out"

Alec shut his eyes and thrust his hands out.

'Take my strength, Magnus. Take it" he said desperately.

"Use it to heal yourself. Please"

Magnus pushed his hands away gently. "Not enough" he whispered, even weaker.

Alec shook his head. "I don't believe that. I'm going to get help. Tessa…"

Magnus wrapped his fingers around his wrist. "They are fighting…needed"

Alec laid his head upon Magnus and tears began to fall. Swift and fast.

"What do you want me to do?"

Magnus looked up at him and smiled with a mixture of pain and love.

"Alec, I'm scared"

He held his hand out to him and willed the tears to stop falling. He had to be strong. Magnus needed him to be strong.

The hand around his tightened.

"I need you to promise me something" he said through clenched teeth.

"Anything" Alec choked on the word and tried to still his aching heart.

"Live a happy life for me"

Alec shook his head and the tears fell again.

"I'm joining you. We'll die together"

Magnus closed his eyes and loosened his grip on Alec's arm.

"Your family needs you" he whispered.

"And so does yours" Alec whispered harshly. "Max…"

Magnus opened his eyes and they focused on Alec intently. "Max needs you"

Alec nodded thickly and kissed his forehead lightly.

"One more thing…" Magnus whispered.

"Go to Peru for me"

Alec laughed heavily and when he lifted his head once more, he knew.

Magnus was gone. The hand on his loosened.

Alec knew that he should return to the battle. That they needed every Shadowhunter they could get.

But Alec stayed. With Magnus.

Over their relationship, they had argued about Magnus' immortality. It had almost broken them several times.

Alec always imagined he'd have 50, 60 years before he had to leave this Earth. Before he had to leave his warlock.

But in a cruel change of fate, Magnus had left him. It was like the heavens were laughing at him because even in the darkest of times, he had never imagined a world where he would not have Magnus.

And that world had come.

Just a little story about one of my favourite couples (Magnus and Alec, if you didn't guess)

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