Bedtime Stories
"Alright princess, it's bed time." Magnus said from the doorway of Evangeline's room. She pouted at him, but listened, crawling under her pink comforter. "You want a bed time story tonight?" he asked, sitting next to the tiny girl and tucking her in.
"Yeah! Tell me how you and dad met again." she said, eyes gleaming with anticipation. Magnus laughed.
"You've heard that story about a thousand times already. Isn't it time for something new?" he asked her. She shook her head, sending her pig tails flying around her head.
"uh-uh. I wanna hear it again daddy." she said, crawling into his lap. He sighed and wrapped his arms around his little girl.
"Well, we wouldn't have met if it weren't for your aunt Clary. I had done her mother a favor and wiped her memory of all things that could be hided with a glamour. She came with a group of Nephilim, looking to get her memory restored."
"And dad was one of them!" Magnus laughed, tugging a hair tie out of her pig tail.
"That's right. Your uncle Jace was with them too, and aunt Izzy."
"Don't forget Simon, Daddy!" she admonished.
"Simon was with them too. I was throwing a party in honor of Chairman Meow here. It was his birthday, just another reason to throw a party. When I saw Clary at the door I knew the spell had to be wearing off. I took them into my bedroom to talk business, Clary Jace and Alec. Clary thought that she was considered a freak. So I told her that having half of her memory gone was nothing compared to what I went through. We can't all be a princess ya know." he said, lightly tapping Evangeline's nose, making her giggle.
"Your dad understood completely. I felt like we had a connection that he didn't quite want his family to see. He knew what it was like to be on the outside. To be different."
"It's cause he likes other guys right?"
"Yes, Ev, that's why." Alec said from the doorway, startling both Evangeline and Magnus. He smiled at Magnus and Evangeline and made his way to the bed so he could sit next to Magnus. "Daddy knew that. Don't ask me how, but he did. He slipped his number in my pocket before we left the party. One night when I was alone I felt like I needed to talk to somebody, so I called him up."
"And the rest is history." Magnus said, placing a chaste kiss on Alec's lips. Alec smiled and Evangeline wrinkled her nose. "Bed time princess. See ya in the AM. Don't go anywhere."
"Not without you." she replied, hugging Magnus and Alec in turn before settling down under her blankets. Magnus smiled and flicked the light switch as Alec shut the door behind him.
The two lovers made their way to their bedroom hand in hand. When they got there not much was said, but the silence was a comforting thing, something that Magnus was used to. It was the end of the day, nothing needed to be said, Alec had another hard day with demons and Magnus had another day as the High Warlock of Brooklyn. They both had their fair share of their sweet little girl, Evangeline. Now it was time for sweet nothings whispered into the silence of the Brooklyn flat as a warlock and a shadow hunter fell asleep in each others arms once again. The last words that hung in the air were barely audible to the average human ear.
"I love you daddy." smiles played across the lovers lips. They loved their little girl, more than she could ever guess.