AN: Hey guys! So, I may or may not have just found out that they had a Magnus Chase category… DON'T JUDGE ME I'M SLOW OKAY.

Ahem… Anyways, I read a lot of them and they're all super good, if you've written one, good job to you! Most of them were about Hearthstone/Blitzen (no objections there), Annabeth and Magnus' talk on the bridge (yassssss), and I think there was one Magnus/Sam (PLEASE (do not) WRITE MORE OF THEM, I (do not) SHIP THEM SO FRICKING HARD) So I thought I'd join the party and write about the one shipping that I SHIP WITH MY LIFE but I haven't seen many fanfics for. Aka Halfborn and Mallory. Hope you guys like it, and without further adue...

Update from the author as of October 2016- Before any of my fellow Sam/Amir and Magnus/Alex shippers kill me for above ^^^ I am currently hardcore regretting my decision to ship Magnus and Sam at any point in my life, please do ignore that cuz like now the ship makes me want to puke and I ship Fierrochase with my life now. Okay, enjoy reading the rest. :)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.

Mallory Keen walked into Lounge 19 still half asleep. She was in the mood for a nice cup of coffee, surrounded by the group of idiots that were her second family.

It had been a couple weeks since the battle with Fenris. Things had relatively settled down since then. Breakfast wasn't too different, even though they no longer had X with them. Magnus took his spot at the table, and he wasn't bad company.

"Morning, all you idiots." She yawned, her vision still blurred.

"Just me today." Said a voice that made Mallory's heart do a somersault.

"Where's everyone else? So stupid that they got lost?"

Halfborn just shook his head and rolled his eyes. Mallory's eyes had focused now and she took in the sight of Halfborn. He was so dam gorgeous, like a beautiful god. With a shock, she realized that his wild beard was actually combed and neat for once. She tried to imagine how many hours that must have taken.

"You're right. Of course that can't be it. You're the biggest idiot of them all, if anyone would have gotten lost, it would have been you."

He laughed, a beautiful, happy sound that made her want to laugh with him. Still, she fought to keep a straight face.

"Are you sure you're not talking about yourself?"

Now it was Mallory's turn to roll her eyes. "Shut up, you idiot. I hate you so much, you know that?"

He smirked. "You don't mean that one bit. I know you like me, Mallory Keen. You're a horrible liar."

Mallory felt her face turning almost as red as her hair. "No I do not! I knew you were crazy, but I didn't know you were that out of your mind."

"Suuuuuurrrrrrreeeee. I'm the one who's out of my mind. It's so obvious."

"How?"

"C'mon. You pretend to hate me, but you're actually super nice to me. And you insult me about ten times more than you insult everyone else-"

"Because you're about ten times the idiot." Mallory cut him off.

"See?" He laughed. "Even now, you take every possible opportunity to insult me. If you didn't like me, you would just not care."

"Halfborn Gunderson, you are officially the biggest idiot I've ever met. And stop smiling like that, you look like a mutated ragdoll."

"Someone's in denial!" He sing-songed.

"Shut up and let me get my coffee."

She started to stand up, but he was quicker. He stopped her, his arms going around her. Her heart started beating at a million miles an hour.

"Not until you admit it."

"You can't admit something that isn't true."

"Okay fine then. Maybe I should go first. I happen to like someone in this hotel too."

"Oh? That poor girl."

"Shut up. Let's see… she has seven letters in her name, she lives on the nineteenth floor, and she's absolutely beautiful."

Mallory swore he could feel how fast her heart was beating.

"It's you." He whispered in her ear, sending a chill down her spine.

"I will deny saying this for the rest of my life. I just really need some caffeine now. But yeah, I do." She didn't think her face could get any redder.

Halfborn grinned from ear to ear. "There we go. And by the way, they're out of coffee. I just had the last cup."

"ARE YOU SERIOUS? HALFBORN GUNDERSON, I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU."

"And I swear that I will come back by the end of the day, perfectly fine."

"You're such an idiot. And you still haven't told me where the others are."

"Well… I may or may not have asked them to come at an earlier time so we'd have the place to ourselves."

"THIS is your idea of a first date? We go here EVERY SINGLE morning, there's nothing special! And you drunk the last dam cup of coffee! And look out the window, who wants to see Jotunheim out the window? That's my least favorite of the Nine Realms. You are such an idiot!" She punched his chest, but it obviously didn't hurt him one bit.

"Want me to make it better?"

"As if you could, you stupid, hideous, mutated ragd-"

He cut her off by smashing his lips down onto her's. She could feel his triumphant smile against her mouth and she couldn't help but smile back. There was even a taste of coffee still left in his mouth.

AN: What did you guys think? Good? Okay? Horrible? I hope it was the first one. I will say that this was a lot different to write than my other fluff-fics. This shipping really means alot to me, it goes way past just thinking that they're cute together (don't ask). Anyways, once again, I really hope you guys liked it and thanks so much for reading.