About the story: [The fic about to follow is a story from my dearest parabatai's and my RP accounts as Malec, on twitter! Thus, the story format is a little more fragmental than your usual fic.] (She has no account here, but you can find her as "Aeriels_Stories" on Ao3)

[Aeriels_Stories' parts are Magnus, Tessa, and Ragnor, (Warlock team FTW yay!) and mine are Alec, Izzy and Jace. There are some minor chars here and there too!]

~o~

Alexander Lightwood was walking down the street, his headphones on, ignoring the world while listening to his favourite singer's latest album. Suddenly something caught his eye and he froze, staring at it.

"Well… I was looking for a job…" He mutters to himself picking up the "Help wanted" ad and studying it. "No harm trying…" He mutters again heading to the address on the paper, humming along to the song currently playing.

~o~

Magnus Bane was clearly stressed, pacing in his dressing room.

"I need that assistant for yesterday. How hard could it be to find someone fitting the profile? 'No touching, no lovey-dovey eyes, no selling my underwear on Ebay.' … I'm sick of… sick people." He sighs and ends up sitting again, for the fourth or fifth time in a row, on the chair in front of the mirror. "Ragnor, could you please check my make-up again? I want to be perfect for…"

"Mags, you're always perfect, okay? I checked ten times." The green-haired man, Ragnor Fell (his personal hairdresser and beautician), puts his hands on his shoulders, slightly massaging them. "You need to relax… You'll do great out there."

"I'm not so sure anymore… I think I lost my muse and I desperately need to find it again."

~o~

Meanwhile, Alec reaches his destination and heads to the building's reception, taking off his ear-buds. "Excuse me…" He says politely, showing the paper on his hand. "I'm here for the 'assistant' position. Has it been covered?"

The woman behind the desk stares intensely at him and then smiles. "You're cute. I think he'll love you. You can go in whenever you are ready. Second door to the right. Good luck~"

He blushes and mutters "I'm not cute…" Then nods and says, "Okay… Thank you." He goes to the door, takes a deep breath and knocks.

Magnus hears it and makes a face. "Can you get rid of… whoever is knocking? I'm getting a headache."

Ragnor rolls his eyes, saying. "I'm not your assistant, Magnus. You go."

"But you work for me! I pay you!"

"Not enough…" The man mutters, and Magnus frowns before getting up to open the door.

"Fine, I'll take care of that… just this one time." Hearing a knock again, makes his frown deepen. "I'm coming! Who the hell is thi-?" He freezes on the spot then, totally captivated by the person on the other side of the door. "There you are…" He whispers in a really low voice. 'My muse…' adds to himself.

Stares at him for a second then hastily drops his eyes. "I'm really sorry to bother you… The lady at the reception told me to knock here for the assistant position." Steals a glance at him through his eyelashes, his head still low, waiting.

Clears his throat, trying to hide the urge to kiss the boy in front of him. "Yes, of course! Your name is…?" Lets him in, checking out his ass while he does so.

Ragnor only smirks at the scene.

"My name is Alec…" He says turning to look at him. "Alec Lightwood."

"Alec… It comes from Alexander, right? Can I call you Alexander? Oh, but of course I can, I'm your new boss after all." He grins, leaning against the wall. "I assume you know who I am…"

"I'd rather you didn't…" He mutters frowning and then answers his question. "Yeah, I've heard of you." He lies, thinking, 'Huge understatement.' and then realizes what Magnus told him. "Wait, you said new boss? I just arrived!"

"Well, you're cute. Dark hair, blue eyes… My favourite combination." Winks at him and walks to the chair to sit down. "So, you'll get my phone calls, bring me coffee, take my clothes to the dry cleaner's and the most important thing, you'll be in charge of my schedule. Are you in?" Magnus looks at the boy through the mirror, trying to decipher his body language… in vain.

"I'm not cute…" He mutters for the second time in the last ten minutes, crossing his arms over his chest, then nods when Magnus is done, and answers, doing his best to sound indifferent. "Is that all? Okay. Easy." He smirks looking at him.

That wasn't what he expected. At all. So he can't help but laugh, openly.

Ragnor goes to the rescue then, extending a hand for Alec to shake. "I'm Ragnor Fell, his hairdresser, beautician and pretty much the only friend he has. Nice to meet you, Alec." Winks at him.

"Hey, for your information, I have a lot of friends. A lot, wa~y nicer than you." Says back Magnus.

"Yeah, yeah." Ragnor winks at the boy once again.

Smiles, relaxing a little, enjoying their antiques, and shakes his hand, nodding. "Nice to meet you."

With an arrogant smile, Magnus gets up, walks to Alec and imitates Ragnor's gesture, extending a hand. "Nice to meet you… Alexander."

Alec looks at him, and gulps, his blue eyes widening ever so slightly, not expecting he would ever do something like that. "I thought your rules said 'No touching'?" He asks carefully while raising a questioning eyebrow at him, not taking his hand yet, while chanting in his head: 'Please don't touch me, please don't touch me…' worrying that if Magnus does, his carefully constructed Façade will crumble and everything will be lost. He was being very clear after all. He didn't want fans working for him. On his way there, Alec was building up defenses, determined to look indifferent, while on the inside he was screaming even at the thought of seeing him up close. Somehow, surprising even himself, he had managed not to mess things up so far…

If that was some kind of test it wasn't working for Magnus. If any, he was determined to break any barrier that kept him from making any move towards the boy. "Yeah, boring rules… I wrote them, that's true, but only for nuisance fans… You don't look like one of those so…" Arches an eyebrow with his hand still raised, waiting. "I don't bite… much." Adds with a lopsided smile.

His heart skips a beat. 'Why are you so outrageously beautiful?' He thinks seeing his smile. It takes all his self-control to keep his features in check even though he can't help but blush at his comment. He bites his lip trying to keep his composure and gives Magnus his slightly trembling hand, trying not to think about it. His heart is beating rapidly, while on the outside he smiles softly playing it cool. "Oh, Okay then… It's nice to meet you too…"

In a quick and sudden movement, he pulls the boy to him, so close he could lose himself into his eyes if he wanted, to whisper. "I know what you're playing at and I'm so going to win…" As he lets an astonished Alec go, his smile widens. "When can you start?"

has stopped working. Circuits overloaded. Please restart system./

Magnus pulls him close to whisper and his heart stops as he feels his hot breath on him. When he lets him go, he stumbles backwards desperate to put distance between them, as he turns impossibly red and stutters. "Wha-what are you talking about, I, I-I'm not playing at-at anything…" He takes another step back, hitting the wall while staring at him, unable to look away.

His smile is even more dangerous now. So the boy is affected by him… He knew it. Now the only thing he needs is Ragnor out of the picture so he can have a private conversation with his new… employee. Completely dismissing Alec's words, Magnus turns to look at his friend. "Would you please go? I need some time for myself before going on air." He then turns to the boy. "That doesn't include you since you're my assistant."

Ragnor simply raises an eyebrow saying before exiting the dress room. "Oookay, give me a little whistle if you need me~"

'God, why is he smiling like that? He's so-…' Alec thinks enchanted, about to leave, when Magnus' next words stop him in place. Before he has time to argue, Ragnor leaves instead and he is left frozen, staring at Magnus, his mind in overdrive. 'What was I thinking? I can't do this… He knows… Don't look at me…'
"I should…" He manages to say hesitating, pointing to the door, but is unable to move forward, because he would have to pass too close to Magnus to leave.

"Well… It's true that your contract isn't done yet so until then you aren't my employee… Mea culpa." His playful smile is still there as he gets up and walks to him. "But you could grant me some time to know each other. I ask you things and you answer. That simple."

He's still staring at his smile mesmerized, but then confusion overcomes everything else, snapping him out of the daze. "Why would you want to know me?" He asks perplexed, looking at him.

"Because…" He's awfully close to him once again. "You know everything about me and I find that really unfair."

He tries to take another step back but hits the wall. Finding it hard to breathe, he lies again, doing his best to sound calm. "I don't know everything about you…"

Bites his lip, trying to keep himself from laughing. "Oh? So now there's one thing I know about you."

'Please don't do that…' He thinks but then feels like Magnus is mocking him and asks, a bit annoyed. "And what is that?"

"Let's say… that you need to improve your ability to lie." Wiggles his eyebrows. "Favourite song?"

His extreme stubbornness causes his annoyance to overcome everything and he is able to resist. "What?" He frowns. "I'm an actor, I can lie perfectly fine! And what would I be lying about?" He pauses, and then adds, lying again. "It's 'Curse my name'."

"Sure…" Magnus whispers, looking right into his eyes, closing the distance between them even more. "I wouldn't mind if you did that while I'm making love to you though…" Says referring to the song's title.

'Wha…t?' Alec's mind almost going blank at his words and he blushes even more, feeling he will faint if this keeps up, so even though all he wants is to lean closer, he puts his hands on Magnus' chest pushing him away. (Not hard, just to make his point.) "What are you talking about?"

Looks down at his hands and up to his eyes again, suddenly feeling an urge to lean forward to capture those perfect lips. "A tough one…? Fantastic, I love challenges."

He clears his throat which has gone dry and says in his most professional tone. "Mr. Bane, I came here to be your assistant. Not a fling." He knows Magnus couldn't be more serious than that about him.

"Mr. Bane… I like the sound of that in your lips. We could try it someday… in my bed." He winks at him before stepping back to let him breathe. "A 'fling', huh…? Nah… Well then, I'll tell Tessa to call you once the contract is made. You know where the door is."

He nods biting his lip again, wondering if he angered him or insulted him. There is nothing he can do though, so he moves to the door opening it and stepping out. He looks up at him and mutters, loud enough to be heard. "I'm sorry." And then he closes the door, and runs away. Really really runs and doesn't stop until he is out of the building.

~o~

Meanwhile, Magnus stares confused at the door, trying to figure out what Alec meant by that, why he apologized. He then calls Tessa and she appears in the room right after.

"Did you call me?"

"Yeah… You saw the boy, right?"

Tessa just nods.

"Was he…? I mean, do you think he looked interested? In working for me or personally."

"I'm not sure. He looked nervous…But who wouldn't be in a job interview?"

Magnus sighs. "Maybe you're right… Make the contract and call him when you're done."

"Yes, sir." She says before leaving Magnus there, alone with his thoughts.

~o~

He reaches home, sinking breathlessly to the couch, hugging a pillow. "What… just… happened…?" He mutters not believing it, bringing Magnus' words to mind, then dismissing them right after.

"Don't be stupid…" He whispers talking to himself. "Of course he wasn't serious… You've seen his exes… Woosley, and Camille, and so many more of them, all have one thing in common… They are all outrageously beautiful. Even if they are nothing compared to him… And all I am is…" He sighs burying his face in the pillows. "I would be nothing more than a game to someone as amazing as him…"

He sighs again, staying there trying to calm down and sometime after, he falls asleep…

~o~

P.S: English isn't our native language so please forgive any mistakes! ^_^

PLEASE READ: We were also considering making a Malec RP voice blog on Tumblr and we'd love to know your opinion. Would you be interested in something like that?