Thanks to a comment made on my other story… I was inspired to write a multi-chaptered Jalec story. Please feel free to R&R. I'm really proud of how this first chapter turned out.

As usual… All characters are property of Cassie Clare.

Please. Enjoy ^_^

I didn't realize that he was staring at me. Or, perhaps a better way of putting it was, I didn't acknowledge he was staring at me. I could feel the way his eyes wandered over the curve of my shoulders, down the contour of my back and over my ass.

Thankfully, with my back to him, he couldn't see the small smile I was trying desperately to hide. Alec, I thought to myself, please don't be too obvious. As if he'd heard me, he moved to stand beside me, pretending to be more interested in the tightness of the string on his bow.

We were waiting with for parents, Maryse and Robert Lightwood, as they spoke with the Inquisitor. This was a major crisis. Three missing Nephilim in as many days. Anyone who was of age was to be involved. That included Alec and myself.

"Jace?" He whispered to me, strapping a quiver of arrows over his shoulder.

"Yeah?"

"Are you worried?" I laughed. It was a question he posed numerous times, knowing all-too-well that I wasn't… usually. But… in this case –

"Yes, Alec," I said solemnly. "Yes I'm worried." This seemed to be what he wanted to hear. A slight, albeit nervous, smile tugged at his lips.

"Alexander, Jace?" Maryse stepped toward us. "We need you to patrol from Brighton Beach to Prospect," she said plainly. "You are to report any strange sightings or reports from that area, immediately, to myself or your father. You are NOT to take any action. Do you understand?"

"Yes mother," Alec replied before I had a chance. So I nodded in response.

"Very good," she said with a wave of her hand. It was our hint to go.

I pulled up the hood of my jacket and slipped out into the brisk winter night with Alec by my side. Almost immediately, and when he was sure that no one was watching, he slid his hand into mine.

I sighed and squeezed his hand gently. "What was all that about?" I asked.

"Oh." He seemed genuinely embarrassed. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed the familiar blush rise against his pale cheeks. I knew it wasn't because of the cold. By the Angel did I love that blush. "You noticed that?"

I chuckled and leaned against him as we walked. "You're just really lucky mom and dad didn't notice, Alexander." I earned another blush from using his full name. Damn he was cute.

"I was trying… Jace… I promise." He seemed crestfallen, so I stopped walking and led him into the mouth of a nearby alley. Pressing him against the wall with my body I brushed my lips over his.

"Just… be patient." I smiled, and moved closer to him – if that was even possible. We had already been impossibly close. "Everything will happen in the right time." I suddenly forced my tongue into his mouth and smirked when he moaned loudly. "I think… we've waited far too long to do this," I teased. Alec pressed his hips against mine, sighing happily as we kissed – our tongues fighting for dominance.

"I love you, Jace," he moaned, wrapping his arms around me and clutching my shoulders so hard I thought his nails would leave permanent scars. I didn't mind. The thought made me smile again. Alec loved me. Alec was the only person who mattered right now. Everything else could wait. Alec couldn't. He needed me.

I pulled his knee up, locking it around my waist, while never once breaking our kiss. He was melting now, desperately trying to press himself closer to me. "Oh, Alec!" I moved my hips against his and heard him gasp in excitement. "I love you too."

"Jace?" He pouted as I drew away, even if it was just a tiny bit.

"We have work to do, Alexander." I kissed him again, and noticed the way he tried to hold me there. "And you are a pretty big distraction."

"Thank you," he smiled and kissed me back, almost desperately.

"Well… I suppose you could take that as a compliment." I pushed him against the wall again and dropped to my knees in front of him. "But we need to get back to our patrol soon. You know that, right?"

"You're kinda ruining the mood, gorgeous," he laughed.

"Oh shut up." I smirked and lowered my gaze. His jeans were tighter than usual. Which was my influence, thank you very much. I ran my hands from his ankles, along his thighs up to his crotch and rubbed very slowly. He hissed out a breath and bucked his hips forward. I gently tickled him through his jeans with my fingertips, tracing small circles along his inner thighs, before slipping my hand past the waistband of his jeans and stroking him.

"Damn it, Jace." He let out a long, low moan. I rose to my feet and quickly pushed my hips against his and moved them slowly as I kissed him again.

"Think you can hold off until we get home?"

"Hell no," he whispered, making me laugh.

"Then I guess we're going to have to finish our work quickly, so I can have my way with you." A noise startled me and we both looked up at the same time. A young girl was screaming, running through the streets and past where we were standing.

"Did you see them?" He asked me.

"The runes?"

"Yup." He drew out an arrow and had it fitted to his bow before I could blink.

I groaned. "Back to work then."