You Know Who I Am!?
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Magnus pushed Chairman Meow aside as he opened the door to his apartment. He had decided that he simply needed that pair of designer jeans that he had seen the day before. He was barely out the door to his building when-
"Alec?" Alec Lightwood was wandering around on his sidewalk wearing a rather distraught expression.
"You know who I am?" Alec looked very relieved indeed.
"Why would I not know you? Did something happen?"
"Well… I'm not really sure to be honest. I just woke up in the park about an hour ago. I can't remember who I am and I don't know what's going on and-" Alec's eyes had begun to fill with tears and were threatening to overflow. Magnus hadn't seen this side of Alec before, though he knew that he was more fragile than some of the other shadow hunters. Where was his wall, his defense? He could definitely work this to his advantage.
"Well that does suck doesn't it?" Magnus noticed the look on Alec's face and immediately pointed out that he was joking. Gullible little thing wasn't he? Well, when you forget that you were raised to trust no one…
"I'm sorry but, how exactly do I know you?" Alec was incredulous. He couldn't quite figure out why he would know a person like this; all tight pants and glitter. Or why this person made his face flush red when he wasn't even embarrassed.
"Hmm," he paused. "How should I put this? Oh, I know! Something along the lines of 'you're madly in love with me even though you don't want to admit it and you live with me… Well, sort of. You stay over at night and go back home in the mornings. We have a thing worked out." Magnus just loved that look on Alec's face, all red and embarrassed.
"Oh." There was a silence. "But how can I know that you're telling the truth?"
"I would ask you to ask me something that only I would know but seeing as you don't know anything about yourself… Oh, I've got it. You can either come up to the apartment with me or you can wait here on the sidewalk.
"Er… I'll come with you I guess." Alec really hoped he was making the right decision. He followed the sparkly man up some stairs and into an elevator. The ride was awkward. Alec kept looking over and immediately shifting his eyes away when Magnus noticed. Magnus didn't really know what to say to this version of Alec who didn't remember him. Eternities went by and finally they heard the soft ding of the elevator as they reached their destination.
"So… I live here?" Alec asked, looking around. Chairman Meow trotted up to him and wove himself between Alec's legs. Alec bent down to pet the cat's head.
"Yup, and see, that is undeniable proof right there!" He said, motioning to Chairman Meow. "I have to lock him in our room when clients come over!"
"Clients? What is it exactly do you do?"
"Well, this might be hard, how much do you remember? I know you don't remember anything about yourself but, do you remember anything about the world that normal people probably wouldn't know?"
"Like what? I mean…"
"Well, that's not good. Considering your job. Well, to put it in plain English, I am Magnus Bane, High Warlock of Brooklyn, at your service" Magnus bowed with a flourish.
"Seriously, your joking right? Stuff like that doesn't exist. Does it?"
"But of course! And you, my darling, are a shadowhunter. So this is very looked down upon." Magnus grinned. He reminded Alec of the Cheshire Cat. Alec was fairly annoyed with himself. Of all of the memories he retained, one was Alice in Wonderland? Really?
"Uhm. I hate to keep asking questions but, what the hell's a shadowhunter?"
"All in good time darling, I think we've overloaded you with a bit much information today. We wouldn't want you to explode, now would we?"
"Could that happen?" Alec looked very distressed.
"No Alec, you are not going to explode. You might want to go mull things over and get some rest." Alec's face flushed at Magnus's loving and genuine expression. So at the end of Alec's eventful day, he knew three things: Magic existed, He was a shadowhunter, and apparently, he was gay.