AN: Hellooo, this is a au story about Malec.
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Disclaimer: I do not own anything, they belong to Cassandra Clare. (I've only created filler characters)
Chapter one
Alec awoke as always, freezing. He groaned as he sat up, stretching his arms above his head. He lived in a small apartment, though it felt more like a very small hotel room. With only one room and a bathroom, a very small fridge which didn't really matter since it was almost always empty. The bathroom was practically only a toilet, sink and shower, there wasn't much floor space. Alec didn't mind though, he didn't need that much space. There were also the fact that he could afford the rent on his own. Though his salary from his job at the café Java Jones dosen't cover food too, it was alright, his sister Izzy always tried to give him some cash or food. It was hard for her, since their father, Robert, would kill her if he found out. However with his sisters help, the tip and extra hours he managed to stay alive. It wasn't really the life he'd pictured for himself but he didn't really have a choice. His father had kicked him out when he brought his first boyfriend, Dave, home and told his parents that he was gay. It hadn't ended pretty, his father started to scream and shout, kicked Dave out, no Alec didn't want to think about that, he didn't want to think about that day at all. He had to get dressed and go to work.
Alec arrived to work a couple minutes early, though he preferred to do that, especially when he was opening. He prepared everything, he put out the fresh made bagels and prepared some coffee. Just as he turned the sign to "OPEN", he heard his co-worker Simon come in through the back door.
"Good morning" Simon said, as happy as usual. Alec didn't understand how he could be this happy in the morning, especially on a Saturday morning.
"Good morning" Alec muttered back, definitely not a morning person. Simon knowing this, gave Alec a cup of coffee.
"My treat" he said, and Alec thanked him. Simon knew about Alec's lack off money and though Alec didn't particularly like him, he was nice and his sisters boyfriend. Another detail that made it hard for Alec to dislike him was the fact that he took amazing care of his sister. Not that she couldn't take care of herself, but with their mother an empty shell after their little brother Max died and their father making it almost impossible for her to have any contact with Alec, she needed the emotional support.
Simon being the one with energy started to walk around the café cleaning tables. Alec stood leaned against the counter next to the register, sipping on his coffee, trying to find some energy. That's when he heard the door pling, indicating that a costumer had arrived, something unusual this early on a Saturday. When Alec looked up to greet the customer he chocked on his coffee. Walking towards him was the most beautiful and glittery man he'd ever seen. His black hair was in fluffy spikes, with red tops and a ton of glitter. As if that wasn't enough, for the man to have the perfect hair, he also had the most stunning eyes Alec had ever seen, almost cat like, yellow and green. Oh and the jawline, god dammit, that jawline. Alec knew he was staring, though he was incapable of doing anything about it.
"Well, haven't my morning been blessed" the man said, Alec felt himself blushing, cursing himself, he never got like this with anyone.
"Wha-what?" he stuttered as he saw Simon looking between them and his phone, dammit, he's telling Izzy about this.
"You see, here I was moping because my best friend abandoned me, without any keys or phone" he smiled, clearly not mad at his friend.
"Oh" Alec managed to get out. ´wow Alec, that's a perfect answer´ he thought to himself.
"He and his boyfriend thinks that it's a very funny stunt to pull on me you see" the man continued, Alec had no idea what to do, why was this beauty small talking with him?
"Do you want anything?" Alec panicked and said that, really smooth, he just sounded rude.
"Your number?" the man told him but at the same time asked.
"Wh-wha-why?" Alec stuttered, suspecting his face to be red as a tomato at this point.
The other man smiled and Alec felt his legs turn into spaghetti, why did this stranger have this effect on him? It wasn't the first time a gorgeous man flirted with him. "Well, one reason is your beautiful hazel eyes" the man leaned in closer to me, standing on his toes to reach up to my ear "but I mean, everything about you is perfect." His seductive voice cause Alec to lose all ability to speak or breath.
"Here, it's Alec's number" Simon said behind Alec as he gave Magnus a napkin with Alec's number written on it.
"Wh-whaa-what?" Alec stuttered again, looking in horror at Simon, who just smiled and waved his phone "Izzy" he simply stated, of course Izzy would get in the middle of this. Alec sighed.
"I'm Magnus" the man told him and reached out a hand, Alec stared at the hand for a moment before getting to his senses and took his hand, he managed to smile as he said "Alec" and shook Magnus's hand.
"You're even prettier when you smile" Magnus said, making Alec to blush once again. "Though, you're adorable when you blush too" Magnus added, earning a smile from Alec.
"You're very beautiful when you smile too" Alec said, suddenly getting all his flirting skills back, he really needed to thank Simon and Izzy later, though he still didn't like them meddling in his business.
Magnus smiled, even bigger and more beautiful than before. Alec felt his legs weaken again, he swallowed hard, forced a smile as he asked if Magnus wanted to order something. So Magnus ordered two black coffee and one with cream, which Simon insisted on making, leaving Alec and Magnus to half awkward small chat. Though the small chat went smoother than Alec expected, Magnus had surprised him, beneath all that glitter and make up laid a nice man, not only a party animal. Though, Alec understood that he was that too, since he explained that he'd been at a club all night and their apartment buzzer was broken, Ragnor as his best friend was called and Raphael, his boyfriend, was still sleeping. Therefore, leaving Magnus to wander the streets, until he saw that this café was open and then his morning turned amazing when he was greeted by an angel at the disk. A comment that made Alec blush, he was anything but an angel, though he liked the compliment. He even managed to tell Magnus that he had brightened his morning too and explain that Izzy was his sister who dated Simon, the one making the coffee.
Alec was a bit sad to see Magnus go, but he understood that he couldn't engage in small talk with him all day, he had a job to do and Magnus needed sleep. Alec almost had an heart attack when Magnus tipped them with 10 dollars each. Thanking Simon for being a good wingman and thanking Alec for brightening his morning, something Alec thanked him back for. Just when Magnus walked out of the door, he turned back and winked at Alec, who lost his ability to move or breath until Magnus was out of his sight.
For about thirty minutes the work day continued as usual, slow with nothing happening but Simon teasing him about Magnus. Then Alec's phone vibrated from the staff room, causing Simon to sprint in there and grab his phone.
"GIVE IT TO ME!" Alec screamed, annoyed that Simon was snooping. When Simon gave Alec his phone he had a huge smile on his face, Alec knew what this meant. He looked on the screen
-Hey beautiful ;) xoxo Magnus
Alec smiled, huge and wide at this, Magnus wasn't just playing with him, he really wanted to talk. Or maybe he just wanted sex, which Alec wouldn't say no to either.
-Hello beautiful glitter man ;) xoxo Alec
He quickly typed back, thanking the gods that he'd managed to scrape together some cash so he could text without wifi. When he looked up he saw Simon texting and smiling. He took the phone from Simon.
"STOP TELLING IZZY EVERYTHING" he screamed at Simon as he typed a message to her, telling her to mind her own business, that he would fill her in when there was something to talk about.
The rest of the morning shift was slow, all he did was texting with Magnus, only a couple of costumers coming in. And since Alec had the short shift today he got to go home before rush hour, something that usually was bad since it gave less tips, but today was different, he'd gotten a huge tip and since he was happier then usual, other costumers tipped bigger. So Alec decided to stop by the store on his way home, buying food for a week and even afforded to buy a new sketch pad and pencils. He walked home happy, he still had money left even though he'd bought real food. As he walked through his door he saw an envelope on the floor, with Izzy's handwriting on it, spelling out "To: Alexander". He smiled and picked it up, knowing there was cash inside he opened and checked how much. He froze, holy shit, there was a 100 dollars, how in the hell had she managed to get that much money? He put his remaining tip money in the envelope and hid it between the wall and his fridge. Sending a quick thank you text to his sister before picking up his groceries. He couldn't text Izzy too much or too often since that would increase the risk of Robert finding out. He spent the rest of the day texting with Magnus and sketching him down, never managing to get that perfect jawline right.