LOL, I will be getting back to Miracle, but this was supposed to be Max's 33rd adventure.
He takes a stroll through Soulmates.
Enjoy.
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Max taps on the laptop's keyboard as he watches Magnus gather the ingredients for a potion. It's been a while since he went into his fathers' past and he wants to make it a good one. But he can't think of the right word to give to the program.
So he watches his father. When Max was little, Magnus tried to teach him the basics of potion making, but Max couldn't get interested. Magnus tried to make it fun and exciting, but seven year old Max wasn't having it. It got to the point that Max burst into tears, thinking that he failed as a warlock if he lacked 'potion making' skills.
But Magnus calmed his fears and reassured him that there was more to being a warlock than making potions. Especially since Max has been opening portals since he was a baby.
Max smiles as a memory pops into his head.
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Five year old Max watches as Poppa secures the loft. Poppa picks him up and kisses his forehead, "Blueberry, Daddy is in Idris so we won't see him until the morning. Time for bed."
Max nods as Poppa carries him to his bedroom and puts him in his bed. Max sits and watches as Poppa leaves the room. He crawls out the bed and follows his father to his bedroom.
Poppa smiles at him, "Bed, blueberry."
Max giggles as he climbs onto his fathers' bed, "Poppa bed."
Poppa changes into his sleep clothes and smiles, "I like that idea." He gets in and holds his son tight. Max rests his head on his father's chest and closes his eyes.
Some time later, Max opens his eyes and carefully gets out the bed, so as not to wake Poppa. He walks into the living room, claps his hands and opens a portal to the Institute. He whispers, "Daddy" into the portal and waits.
A few minutes later, Daddy walks into the loft with a surprised look on his face. Max giggles as he's picked up and kissed, "Thank you, blueberry."
"You're welcome, Daddy."
Poppa enters the room, "What's going on here?" He walks over to them and kisses Daddy.
Daddy smiles, "The meeting ended early and they gave us portals back to our Institutes. I was standing in the War Room debating if I should wake you or if I should just take the subway, when a portal opened and I heard 'Daddy'. And here I am."
Max giggles, "Daddy's home."
Poppa smiles, "Yes, he is." He kisses Daddy, "Never debate about waking me. Much better than worrying about you on the train at this time of night."
"I'm a ShadowHunter, Magnus. I can take care of myself."
"Of course, my angel. But I worry."
"Yes you do." They kiss as Max giggles.
"Now that Daddy is home, we can go back to bed."
Max nods as they walk into their bedroom. Daddy changes into his sleep clothes as Poppa and Max get comfortable in the bed. Daddy gets in the bed, kisses his favorite warlocks and they fall asleep.
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Max smiles. Being able to sense when Alec needed a portal was something he grew out of when he was ten or so. Magnus never understood how he was able to do it in the first place nor why it stopped.
Max taps the keyboard, this isn't getting anything done. Magnus is working on the potion now. Max watches him add weird things to the bowl. He may have failed big time when it came to potion making but portals, that he has down to a science.
Portals to new worlds and different times in his fathers' lives.
He also mastered the art of drawing runes.
Max loves runes. Has done since he can remember. Which is why he loved when he was eight and he started going to the mundane school blocks from the Institute. After doing his homework in the War Room, he would go into the library and read a chapter in the Gray Book.
All those runes in one book. Max was in heaven. He would magically take a picture of his new favorite ones then after dinner, Alec would show him how they were drawn. Max would practice drawing them and add them to his repertoire.
At last count, he was able to draw over five hundred runes, most of them rarely used.
Max giggles as he watches Magnus stir the potion.
Magnus looks over at him, "What's so funny?"
"Do you love runes, Poppa?"
Magnus narrows his eyes, "Is that a trick question?"
Max giggles, "No, it's a real question. Do you?"
Magnus winks at his son, "You know I do."
Max giggles, "Do you love runes because they are on Daddy, or do you just love them in general?"
"Max Lightwood-Bane, what kind of question is that?"
Max giggles, "For real question, Poppa."
"Fine." Magnus thinks as he stirs the potion, "I dealt with a lot of ShadowHunters in my years as High Warlock. Some I cared for and some I wanted to strangle." He glances at Max, "Especially Lightwoods. Robert got his arrogance from his father and grandfather. Guess that explains why they have always been Head. ShadowHunters in general are arrogant, so the one in charge needs to be super arrogant."
"Then there is Daddy."
Magnus smiles, "I love your Daddy, despite his last name and what he is. So to answer your silly question, I love runes because they are on Alexander Gideon Lightwood."
Max giggles, "That's what I figured. Me too. If Daddy didn't have runes, then I wouldn't care about them. But without them, he isn't my Daddy."
Magnus nods as he gets a vial for the potion, "I'm sure those other Alecs are fine men, but I like my Alexander just the way he is."
"Amen, Poppa, amen."
"Weaving in and out of his life as he grew up, there wasn't one minute when I thought about walking away from him. Even when I found out he was a 'Lightwood', it never crossed my mind to hold that against him. Being near him, feeling at peace, was worth the battles we fought. Even when I foolishly agreed to leave him, I knew at the back of my mind, that Mistress Destiny would bring us together again."
Max smiles as the perfect word comes to mind. It was so obvious, which would explain why it eluded him. He types it into the program and waits.
"soulmates"
-tbc-
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A little fluff to get started because you know once Max steps into the past, there will be DRAMA.
In case you are wondering, We Will be Together, but Not Now, was the last time Max visited his fathers' past. Everything since then, has been AU's or warlocks getting sick. Although technically Deja Vu happened in their past, Max was fixing it not visiting it.