Chapter 1 – Return of Old Friends
"Believe it or not, I'm not here for the kid and it is a little cold out here." Lydia tried again.
Alec stepped back from the door, "Come in." He gave Magnus a look of panic but still allowed Lydia in his home. "You're looking well." She was dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a tight top that Alec was sure was meant for teens. Her blonde hair was thrown back in a high ponytail but her eyes; they were definitely Max's eyes and it scared him a little bit that she was there.
"Raj and I moved home. I thought you should hear it from me since we used to run in the same circle."
"Lydia, I have children now. The circles I run in include toddlers and play dates. No one from our old circle would be there." Alec didn't sit down but Lydia removed her jacket and took a seat on the couch, uninvited to do so. She came in like she owned the place and he felt the urge to throw her out.
Magnus was standing there silently, watching the scene play out. He felt Alec's shoulders straighten and tense; it pained him to see him that way.
"Look is your son here?" She thought it would be best to get straight to the point.
Alec frowned, her tone and manner of speaking about Max was grating on his nerves. "No."
"Good. I don't want to see him and I think it would be better to talk to you without him around."
"What?" It was Magnus who spoke up then, she shocked him and he couldn't understand her.
Lydia sighed, "Listen, I have no need or want for a child; in fact, Raj and I have gone through great medical lengths never to have children. We are perfectly happy in our marriage to just be us forever." She got a little loud in her speech but she was done caring. She put on the act of holding up her left hand to show off her diamond and wedding band.
"He's your blood," Magnus spoke again; he really had no idea how to understand her.
"I don't care. I put Alec on the birth certificate because he's a good boy and would do the right thing or even if it didn't then the child would have gone into the system. Either way, he was not mine to handle. Besides, it was better for the baby this way."
"The police could have tracked you down and charged you with child abandonment." Magnus put up another fight.
Alec put his hand on Magnus' arm; it wasn't worth fighting with her. The contact had a relaxing effect on both of them; the simple touch was enough to calm them both down.
"Instead, Alec did what Raj and I knew he would do and filed for termination. I have no legal claim to the child and that works out perfectly for me. Neither of our families even knew about him and that works for us." Lydia sighed, "Alec was the good boy we knew him to be."
The doorbell rang at that point and Alec busied himself with getting their pizza. His night was ruined anyway, he was no longer hungry, and his bed looked like a better option now. The guy made a little bit of small talk and Alec tried to be nice but it wasn't working. Lydia had ruined his mood and the night. Calling him a good boy made him sound like a dog. They had planned Max's abandonment because they felt he was a loyal dog. His insides burned and he wanted to throw up.
"His name is Max. Stop calling him 'child' or 'kid'. At least use his goddamn name." Magnus wasn't letting up since Alec wasn't going to speak up.
"I'm leaving now. I came to tell you we will be back in town for a while and that's what I've done. We are at Raj's parents. They still live up there. Raj wants to stop by at some point to see you but I wanted to tell you first. We will be around town in case you see us." Lydia stood up, pointing in the general direction of the mile road or what he thought was the general direction she needed to point. She grabbed her jacket, "Goodbye, Alec." She didn't sneer or frown but her voice held the venom for a sneer. "And whoever you are."
Alec sat the pizza down on the coffee table and went straight to the first-floor bathroom, he hadn't eaten in over six hours but that didn't matter. He threw up the contents of his stomach, mainly the acid lining and water from lack of food. He went down to the floor and just sat there; he sensed Magnus in the doorway but he didn't look up. He couldn't. He stared blankly ahead with a knot forming again. Alec reached forward in time to lose his stomach once more; there was nothing to empty this time and his throat ached from the dry heaves.
"Alec," Magnus knelt down to rub his back but Alec pulled away.
He stood up and flushed. "I need to brush my teeth." He went around Magnus and practically ran for their bathroom upstairs.
Magnus sighed and went into the living room to do his best to wait out Alec but finally, he gave up, turned off the TV. He packed up their dinner and drinks and headed for their room. He was too hungry to wait any longer and he knew Alec would need food or he would pass out on him. He put a towel from the hall closet on the bed and laid out the pizza, so it was waiting for them when Alec came out of the bathroom.
Alec smirked at him, "You and your precious pizza."
"You need to eat before we both pass out."
"You're going to make me talk, aren't you?" Alec took the outstretched beer and took a sip before Magnus zoomed in to take it from him and held out the other beer to them. Alec couldn't hold in his small laughter then, it was the normal for Magnus always stole his beer after the first sip and he always made him take a drink on all his beers. It was only beer and Alec didn't understand, Magnus never explained just made him do it. So, Alec always did; just to please him.
"Not if you don't want to, but yes, I think you should. I can see the panic in your face and you keep throwing up. I think it will be healthy for you to talk, but I won't force you." Magnus took his seat on the bed, digging into the pizza. He wanted to wait for Alec but he couldn't. He was going to die without food; he had to eat, or he was going to be the one to pass out.
"My worst fear is that Lydia and Raj will take Max away, I've already told you that. Having her on our doorstep instantly brought that fear to life." Alec took his seat on the bed, his body shutting down in defeat.
"I know but as sad and confused Lydia makes me, she did say she's not here for Max."
"Do we trust her?"
"Normally I would say no." Magnus put his crust down; he had a weird way of eating pizza. He always ate the slice and left the crust for the very end since it was his favorite part of the pizza. "But she has proven herself to be completely transparent on her not wanting anything to do with Max."
"She couldn't say his name, either she didn't know it or didn't care." Alec had a faraway look on his. He felt the burn in his stomach again, it was raising higher. "She likened me to a loyal dog." He had to take a deep breath to keep the burn from spilling over.
"Alexander," Magnus set his next half-eaten slice down; he went down on his knees in front of the bed to be able to get Alec to look at him. "You are a loyal, good person but those aren't bad traits. They are some of the reasons why I love you. You also treat our children the same; they are both your children. That's another reason why I love you. You are beautiful on the inside and out. I wouldn't have you any other way. You are not a dog; you are the best person I know."
"I'm a good boy who would do the right thing. Do I always do the right thing?" Alec felt the tears then, he loved Max and wouldn't change his decision to bring him home. Never had he thought Lydia and Raj actually sat down and came up with this plan from the beginning? He always thought it was a spur of the moment decision that came about in the heat of the moment. No, that wasn't the case. They planned this; they sat back and intended to abandon their child with him.
"Yes, you do, but there is nothing wrong with that. That is a good thing."
"They planned this Magnus. The first few years of Max's life was hard. I came close to failing. I lost my sister for years. And they planned this." Alec stood up, forcing Magnus to stand up with them. "Then they just stroll back into town without even knowing his name!"
"Alec, you need to calm down, you are going to make yourself sick again." Magnus held his hands out to get Alec to stop moving but he slipped by without allowing Magnus to touch him.
"Who does that? Raj has been my best friend for years. How was Raj this type of person and I never knew it? How could he do this to me?"
"Some people are just better at hiding their evil side than others." Magnus knew his words weren't having an impact on Alec. He wasn't even listening to him; his words were floating around the room. Alec needed to work this out, but Magnus couldn't let him get worked up. He needed food and sleep. They both did.
"It's worked it's self out but what if it hadn't. What if-"
"Stop!" Magnus reached out and pulled Alec to a stop in front of him. Alec was going too fast, he was going to make himself sick again and Magnus needed him to just stop moving for a minute. "Stop thinking about the 'what if's'. They are endless and you will never find an answer to any of them. You need to calm down. Just breathe with me." Magnus pulled Alec a step closer and kiss him. He pulled back but kept his lips in their shared space, "Breath with me." He whispered; getting Alec to follow his rhythm. "Good, that's good." He touched his lips to Alec's to talk against their mouths.
"I'm panicking."
"I know, and I'm here to tell you it's going to be okay. I'm here with you every step of the way."
They were each whispering in the darkenroom now, there was a light on but not the main light; it was hard for Magnus to go above the whisper. Their lips were still glued together.
"I need you to eat for me. It's been a long day of hard work with little to no food."
Alec brought his hands up to wrap around Magnus' waist, flattening them on the small of his back. He pulled back to lean his head on Magnus' shoulder; resting it in the curve of his neck. "I'm still panicking." It was like the nervous energy had let him along with the air in his lungs.
Magnus rubbing his hands up and down Alec's arms, soothing him the best way he knew how, "You are allowed to panic, this situation is unique to you. It's okay to have a fear of the unknown. But know this, you are an amazing human being. I love you more deeply than any other soul and I continue to fall deeper in love with you every day. Lydia and Raj say they want nothing to do with Max and only time will tell but I have faith in us being strong. We can handle anything life throws at us including those two idiots." Magnus knew when his words hit home to Alec, his breathing changed.
"This was not what I had planned for us this evening. I wanted to spend tonight with you on the couch then in bed." Alec kept his head buried in the comfort of Magnus.
"Oh, we're going to. I'm not letting this night go away from us. It's just going to be about comfort instead of celebration at moving in together." Alec sighed, and his stomach growled. That was his cue to pull back; Magnus had a huge grin on his face. "Finally, pizza time."
...
Magnus tugged on Alec's arm to get him to focus on him. They had long since finished their pizza and in the middle of an intense make-out session when Jace called to report about the day's events with the boys. Mainly the boys had a fight over who Clary loved more and that was the highlight but Jace wouldn't shut up. Alec had the phone on the speaker function so Magnus could be part of the conversation as well. This did not help since Alec was laying on his stomach on their bed with his pillow tucked under his chest to prop himself up with the phone in front of him. Magnus was edging his way closer to him when he tugged on his arm for attention. When that didn't work, Magnus moved to half laying on him by putting a knee between Alec's open legs and laying down. Alec was very much in control and didn't make a sound while Clary joined the conversation on their end of the speakerphone.
Magnus tried a new tactic of moving to be straddling Alec's legs; if Magnus laid down, albeit they were still fully dressed, his cock would be perfectly pressed up against Alec's ass. They were perfectly aligned. He didn't lay down though. Instead he got down on his hands and knees to pepper soundless kisses on the back of Alec's neck and the side of his face when Alec gave in and laid his head to the side.
Magnus was careful to be soundless except for adding a word here or there to keep his side of the conversation going. Finally, he went back to up to his knees and began working on moving Alec's shirt up a little bit and his sweats down just a touch, so he got the top of Alec's butt available to him. Magnus began making lazy movements across Alec's lower back and ass with a single finger, earning himself a sound of surprise which was quickly covered since Jace took that moment to go into the detailed story of the small human fight over Clary and how cute they were. It was hard to be mad at a small child when they got a little huffy and red then giggled at their own attempts to be mad.
Magnus moved off center replacing his right hand for his left hand on Alec's back to continue his movements, he stuck his index finger in his mouth to suck on it for a moment, he had plans for Alec and he was going to get himself in trouble. Magnus continued to soundlessly suck on his own finger to get it wet while Jace spoke with Clary adding her own word here or there. Magnus waited for Clary to say something, his left hand getting lower and lower so Alec wouldn't notice a thing. Once Clary started in, Magnus took his opportunity and brought his right hand into Alec's pants to stick his wet finger in Alec's hole. Shoving it in slightly had Alec grasp in surprise and twist to stare at Magnus as best he could. Magnus held up his left hand to point at the phone then place it over his lips with a smirk, and moved his right finger deeper. Out then back in at a slow agonizing pace. Magnus was rewarded when Alec rolled his eyes in the back of his head.
Alec finally got the hint and told Jace and Clary they needed to go and would talk later. He didn't wait for a reply before hanging up and tossing his phone to the floor.
"What the hell, Magnus?"
He only laughed and removed his finger, "Surprise!" He winked and rolled over to his nightstand to pull out their lube and a condom.
"Yeah, I got that."
"Then get this." Magnus tossed him the lube while shoving his sweats down just far enough to get the condom on his shaft, "I'm going to fuck you now."
"Always the gentlemen," Alec smirked, removing his shirt and tossing it across the room then pulling his already lowered sweats and boxers to be thrown with the shirt somewhere in the room.
Alec leaned over to touch Magnus while he wrestled with his own shirt. He kept his pants on and pulled Alec to him in a kiss. The kiss was hot and demanding, full of tongue and pressure. Alec pulled back first, holding up the bottle of lube to shake slightly in Magnus' face. "You'll be needing this."
"Yes, definitely." Magnus leaned back in the center of the bed, applying a generous amount to himself and his hands. "I want you on me."
Alec came over, straddling Magnus, and using the wall to steady himself on his knees. Magnus returned to his ass play with Alec, enticing a moan and thrown back head as he continued his movements from before with two fingers instead of one. Magnus could sense that Alec was ready but he asked him anyway, with his nod of approval Magnus guided Alec down and straight onto his rigid cock, hissing at the full feeling when Alec was sitting on his legs and Magnus was buried deep.
Alec kept his hands on the wall behind them and went in for a kiss, rotating his hips just enough to get them moving, swallowing Magnus' moan. Magnus had one hand on Alec's hip and the other on his chest, but he wanted him to move.
"Alexander, I need you to fuck me, or I'm going to roll you over and do it myself." Magnus was always proud of their ability to have sex and banter at the same time. It was a turn on for him to egg each other on towards the end. Magnus used both his hands on Alec's waist to get the movement started but Alec stayed in place.
"I like soft and steady."
"I like making it so you can't walk the next day. Move your ass, Alexander."
Alec laughed and finally gave in to what Magnus had been craving all evening. He moved up and down, moaning as he went. The feeling of being completely full, then almost empty, then full. The pace was steady but Magnus couldn't take it anymore and with a surprise twist had Alec on his back while still buried deep. "Too slow?" Alec questioned with a smirk; he was rewarded by Magnus going for his neck to bite him and move his hips at the same time.
Magnus went full fast pace fucking at the moment; he was ready to reach his end game and prove to Alec he had no reason to panic because he was here with him.
Alec sensed Magnus wasn't going to last long and grunted with each full thrust, taking himself in his own hand and worked his shaft to get him closer to the edge. Neither was going to last very long at this point with the day's events and the emotion mixed into the fast pace. Alec grunt deep and Magnus knew they were close. He kissed Alec, forcing him deep into the mattress at the feeling of his climax spill on their stomachs. Magnus pulled back going straight on the bed. He pulled out and removed the condom to add his own release to mix with Alec's on his stomach. He couldn't stay on his knees and went down, laying over Alec and becoming sticky with their individual releases combining on their hard-pressed stomachs. They were both slicked with sweat and red from the heat consuming the room.
"Jesus," Alec wrapped an arm around Magnus' shoulder to keep him across him. Magnus was breathing deep against Alec's throat, tickling his skin. "Magnus, thank you."
"You did not just thank me for fucking you." Magnus moved to be able to look at him.
Alec smirked, "No, I thanked you for being perfect. You always take good care of me. Today had a stressful end and you took it in stride and helped me through it without pause." He tightened his arms around Magnus. "I mean I guess thanks for the quick fuck as well." He was giddy at the response Magnus gave of deep laughter.
They weren't usually one to use terms fuck or make love, it was usually always just sex, they knew they loved each other and it was beyond sex but it was also a turn on for Magnus at least, when Alec would go out of his way to use a term which wasn't normal. Stepping out of his comfort zone and being Alec at the same time was enough for Magnus to fall in love time and time again.
"Let's move this party to the shower and you can thank me in a different way with a little less slicked out with sweat." Magnus got up on his knees with a little effort since his limbs still felt like jelly.
Alec licked his lips and laid back to watch Magnus. He was definitely in favor of their new living situation, he could know do whatever he wanted with his fiancée, any time he wanted.
