Acceptance and Shame
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All I seem to remember of the greater demon attack is the arrow soaring through the air, the skylight shattering open and my body becoming paralysed with fear. I had never fought a demon before. But now, I seem to be comfortable. Most of my pain from the attack is slowly ebbing away. I slowly open my eyes, just enough to peer through. I see Magnus bane, The high warlock of Brooklyn, standing over me. A fire is blazing in his eyes, a blue aura surrounds us, encasing us in his magic. I take a look at the room I'm in to find I'm in, what is most probably, his bedroom. It was completely black apart from his blood red bed that I was strewn across and a few glittery garments. I looked back into his eyes as he uttered a few words of a dialect I couldn't understand, the blue aura intensified and I blacked out. Again.
I woke up a while later, I was alone in his bedroom. The blue aura was faded by now. I felt much better now, all minor injuries were cured apart form a few of the more serious wounds, but they were soon fading too thanks to Magnus' magical aid. I sat up to see he had dressed me in black silk pyjamas adorned with golden symbols which almost seem to glow, I was hit with a wave of embarrassment then as I realised that in order for me too be in these pyjamas he had undressed me… pushing the thought from my mind I got out of bed and shuffled over to the ornate mahogany door leading into his living room, I opened it to find Magnus sitting on a turquoise leather sofa sipping at a cup of coffee. As I walked over to him he looked up and smiled, "Alec, how're you feeling?" He asked
"Fine thanks, you did wonders to my injuries!" "Well I'm not the High warlock of Brooklyn for nothing you know." He said with a smile.
I carried on over to the sofa and sat down and drew my legs up into a hugging position, "Coffee?" he asked
"Err, yes please" I replied as he waved his hand, then there before me on the coffee table was a steaming hot cup of coffee. I drew in a little breath, "So, you can just conjure anything from now where?" I was baffled, "Oh, don't be ridiculous", he laughed, "Everything has to come from somewhere, these coffee's are from steamy Joe's down the road. Great coffee machine he's got down there, ooo he can make a killer cappuccino!" And then we both gave a slight giggle. the ice was breaking.
I took my coffee and started sipping at it, he moved closer on the sofa towards me. "I'm glad you've made an almost full recovery Alec, y'know I don't normally do these sort of things for free." He stated "Oh then by all means, how can I repay you?" I asked, "I haven't got much money to pay you with…" He gave a sly laugh, "Don't worry about money Alec, I only want this." He moved in towards me, his breath becoming more intense on my face, and then his lips were crushing mine. At first I was to shocked to kiss him back, but then I got into the rhythm and it became a bitter sweet moment, his lips and mine being the sweetness, my Shadowhunter background shame on what I was, how I felt, was the bitterness that almost turned that beautiful kiss sour.
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