A/N: Hello readers! I am new to this fandom and just got this really weird idea for a story. Really weird. This story will be getting into some seriously bizarre places. I will attempt to be somewhat regular with updates, but I make no promises. School tends to make a liar of me.

With that said, enjoy!

Chapter 1: Cryotherapy

The High Warlock of Brooklyn was supposed to be home an hour ago.

Alec stood at the window watching the street below for any sign of his boyfriend. He sighed and looked down as he felt Chairman Meow rub up against his leg. He bent to pick up the small white cat and absentmindedly started stroking the cat behind the ears.

"Exactly how pissed off do you think he is going to be when he gets home?" Alec asked the cat.

Meow replied by burying his head in the crook of Alec's arm. Alec crossed the apartment and walked into the kitchen, setting the cat down on one of the chairs stationed at the island counter. He reached into the small wine rack and found a bottle of 10 year old Cabernet Sauvignon and went in search of the wine opener. Once located, he opened the bottle of wine with a deep uncorking sound and leaned on the counter as he let the wine breathe. Alec scratched the cat's ears a few times before pulling out two wine glasses and pouring them half full with the dark red liquid.

He sniffed at his glass a few times and took a sip. Not bad, he thought as he sat down. "Too bad you can't have any." Chairman Meow just trilled a chirping noise quietly back. "Cheers." Alec raised his glass to his companion just as the door blew open forcefully.

Alec jumped to his feet, carefully setting down his glass. "Uriel," he whispered as he pulled a tiny Angel Blade from the necklace he was wearing, watching it glow blue. As he approached the door he noticed scorch marks on the frame, but there was no sign of anyone in the hall. Alec clutched the small dagger in his hand and peered out into the hallway. After seeing no one, he pulled his shoulders back into the apartment.

"What are you doing?"

Alec wheeled around, blade drawn, as Magnus jumped back away from him. "Magnus!" Alec yelped as the warlock held up his hands in a gesture of surrender. He doused the light on the blade and lowered his arm. "You scared the the hell out of me!" Alec implored, clutching at his chest with his free hand.

"I scared you? You just tried to filet me in my own home!"

"I'm sorry, you just almost blew the door down and then I couldn't find you." Alec reattached the dagger to the cord around his neck and let it fall against his chest.

"Sorry, I forgot I was glamoured. I was in a hurry to get home and may have been just a tad too ferocious with the door." Magnus strode over to the door to assess the damage. "Woops." Magnus waved his hands and the door shut quietly, the scorch marks fading to almost nothing.

Alec continued to steady his breathing. "Now that we've sorted that out, want some wine? I poured some for us. I figured you were having a rough day." Magnus smiled.

"I have taught you well young Padawan." Magnus followed Alec into the kitchen. Chairman Meow jumped off the chair and head-butted Magnus' leg. Alec sat down in the vacated seat and gestured to the glasses.

"So, how was your day?" Alec asked, trying to revert to normal.

Magnus flopped down in another chair and and placed the stem of his wineglass between his index and middle fingers, swirling it lightly. "People, well faeries, drive me crazy. They called me in to help them with a spider demon infestation. You'd think they would learn to clean the cellars more carefully, you know? Anyway, when it came time to talk payment they tried to weasel out of it. It took me an hour of threats to finally get it."

Alec took a sip of his wine. "Ah, that's why you were late. Since when do you fight demons for faeries?"

Magnus sighed and looked up slowly at Alec. "Since all of Faerie is wary of the Shadowhunters."

Alec looked away. "Ah." Not knowing what to say next, he took another swig of his wine.

"I've been meaning to ask you, where did you get that dagger? It's terrifying and cute, like you." Magnus winked as he changed the subject none too subtly.

Alec looked down at the Angel Blade. "Izzy had it made for me. It was her birthday present to me. The Iron Sisters are still trying to recruit her for weapons making."

Magnus nodded. "She would be wonderful at that. At any rate, do you still want to go out for date night?" Magnus looked hopefully at Alec.

"Sure, you're not that late. Just let me finish this wine." Alec paused as he looked at Magnus' full glass. "Do you not want yours?"

Magnus looked at the hand that had been playing with the wine as though noticing it for the first time. "Sorry, I was distracted. I'll drink it while we get ready."

"We get ready?" Alec asked.

Magnus nodded. "Yup. It's cold out and we are going to be out in it. Put on something that looks decent and get your coat and scarf. I refuse to go out in public with you in that atrocity you call a sweater." Alec downed the rest of his wine and wandered toward the bedroom.

"Coming?" He asked Magnus who still sat at the table.

"Just a sec." Magnus drained his glass and followed his boyfriend into the bedroom.

Twenty minutes later Alec glanced at the alarm clock that read 6:00 pm in red as he sat at the vanity. Magnus insisted on styling his hair, so Alec just waited for the warlock to finish gelling it.

"There. You look perfect. Let's get going." Magnus literally skipped out of the room as Alec stood up and took in his appearance. His hair had been styled to look carelessly messy and he was wearing nice jeans with no holes, a dark blue long-sleeved shirt that brought out his eyes and some black oxfords. He reached for his charcoal grey pea coat and walked out after Magnus. The warlock had already pulled his long black pea coat over his black button down and red skinny jeans and was holding the door open. "Ready?"

"Yeah I guess. Where are we going?" Alec inquired.

"We have a reservation at that little bistro on 5th Avenue."

"The one by Rockefeller plaza?"

"That's the one." Magnus closed the door behind them and they headed toward the subway.

Dinner involved a lot of small talk. Magnus asked Alec about his day, which had been full of training and drama.

"You should have heard them Magnus. You'd think that after all the shit that has happened they would learn that not telling each other things is way more dangerous. If Jace tries to pull that 'I can't tell her my feelings because it would be too much for her to handle' business one more time I swear I will slap his so hard Will will feel it."

Magnus laughed at that and continued to fiddle with his silverware as he had been all night. Alec had not failed to notice that Magnus was acting strangely. "That sounds like fun. Please warn me if you decide to go through with it. I would love to see the look on his face."

"Whose, Will's or Jace's?" Alec asked, taking the last bite of his panna cotta.

"Both, honestly. I'm just not sure I would be able to see Will's." Magnus grabbed the check. Alec started to protest. "I was late for date night. Don't you even think about reaching for that wallet." Alec gave up as Magnus handed the waiter the billfold with cash. "Keep the change." Alec and Magnus grabbed their coats and walked back out onto 5th.

"Now what?" Alec asked as Magnus slipped his hand in his.

"Now we are going ice skating."

"WHAT?" Alec asked loudly.

"You heard me. I have never seen you ice skate and the rink is open at the Plaza. No worming your way out of this."

Alec silently cursed the warlock as they walked to the outdoor rink. Magnus paid for their skate rentals and the pair sat down on a bench. Alec was tying the hockey skates on when he heard a familiar voice.

"Alec? Is that you?" He looked up to see Izzy and Simon strolling towards him and Magnus in their ice skates.

"Hey guys, what are you doing here?" Alec asked as a slight blush crept up his cheeks.

"We just thought it was a nice night to go skating. I haven't been here in years." Simon answered as he linked his arm with Izzy.

"Isn't this cool? It'll be both our first times ice skating!" Izzy's eyes danced as she looked from Alec to Magnus. "Have you ever been skating Magnus?"

Magnus snorted quietly. "Psh, who do you think taught Dick Button to do triples?" Magnus said as he finished lacing up his black figure skates.

The blush on Alec's cheeks deepened. "By the Angel, this is going to be a disaster." He buried his face in his gloved hands.

Magnus just rubbed his boyfriend's back. "Oh come on, it won't be that bad. It's similar to rollerblading."

Alec turned his face to glare at Magnus. "I've never been rollerblading either." Magnus smiled at that.

"Somehow that doesn't surprise me. Just bend your knees." Magnus knelt down in front of Alec and finished tying the skates. He stood and offered Alec his hand. "Come on. Let's get out there." Alec grudgingly took Magnus' hand and let him lead him to the door.

"Alec!" Alec froze and glared at Magnus as yet another familiar voice called out behind him.

Alec turned around slowly to see Jace wobbling toward them with Clary in tow. "Hey Jace, Clary. What are you doing here?"

"Simon invited us and Clary decided she wanted to see what a wonderful skater I am."

"Jace, I hate to break it to you, but you've also never been ice skating. At least, as far as I know."

"That may be true, but seeing as I am awesome at most things it's hard to imaging that this will be an exception." Jace smiled as he placed an arm around Clary.

She just rolled her eyes and instead focused on Magnus. "Sorry about him. What brings you two out here?"

"We were just enjoying a quiet evening together." Magnus' smile seemed a little forced. Alec was beginning to worry that Magnus was even less thrilled about the presence of his siblings and their significant others than he was.

"Alright Magnus, let's hit the ice." Alec deflected. Magnus responded by taking his hand and leading him through the door to the rink.

This isn't so bad, Alec thought as he completed his third lap around the rink. He was getting the hang of skating fairly quickly.

"You're doing really well," Magnus said beaming at Alec.

"Thanks. It turns out that trying not to die on all the black ice this winter has had its benefits." Alec smiled as Magnus turned backwards and held out his hands. Alec took them and Magnus started skating faster and faster, only looking behind him for other skaters occasionally.

Alec just planted both of his feet firmly on the ice and held on for dear life.

They flew past Simon as he was trying to hold up a laughing Isabelle against gravity. Magnus just winked at Simon as Izzy basically scaled his torso trying to pull herself upright.

Magnus continued to speed up until they met up with Clary and Jace. Magnus turned one foot sideways and slid to a stop, sending a small spray of snow into Jace's hair. Clary was draped on the boards laughing at Jace, who had fallen rather spectacularly trying to make fun of figure skating spins. He was currently trying to get up from his back. Magnus extended a hand to help him up and Jace gladly accepted.

"So what was that about being awesome at this?"

"Shut up Alec," Jace grumbled.

Clary finally managed to straighten up. "Hey Magnus, why don't you show us a trick?"

"With pleasure," Magnus took a sweeping bow before heading to the relatively clear center of the ice.

Alec watched as Magnus took a few backward crossovers and stepped forward into a spin. He felt his jaw drop as Magnus dropped into a perfect sit spin while holding his extended right leg and dropping his head to his knee. He was practically folded in half while spinning very quickly in tight circles. Magnus then stood up and switched feet as he did so, pulling his free left foot toward his standing leg and raising his arms overhead. The spin picked up speed rapidly as he dropped his foot toward the ice. He lifted his left knee and extended his leg behind him to complete the spin. Alec, Jace, Clary, Simon and Isabelle started applauding from their spot near the boards and Magnus, after refocusing his eyes, curtsied and blew kisses their way.

Alec waited as Magnus made his way through the crowd toward the group and pulled him into a hug the instant he could reach. "That was awesome! I had no idea you could do that."

Magnus just smiled back. "Hey, I wasn't kidding about Dick Button. We trained together for a while." Magnus took Alec's hand in his. "Come on, let's keep skating."

Forty minutes later Magnus was attempting to teach Alec some easy tricks. After working on stopping and gliding on one foot, Magnus was attempting to get Alec to skate backwards.

"I can't see where I'm going and I feel like I'm going to kill some unsuspecting kid." Alec tightened his grip on Magnus' hands.

"Don't worry about it. I can see everyone behind you. You have nothing to worry about." Magnus dropped a wink.

"Somehow I am not feeling reassured," Alec mumbled as he looked down at his skates, trying to force his legs to do the backward 'swizzles' as Magnus called them.

"Here, let's switch." Magnus grabbed Alec around the waist and spun them so that now Magnus was skating backwards. Alec braced himself again as Magnus started skating quickly. "You know I love you, right?"

Alec nodded, unsure of where this was coming from.

"And you know that there is no one in the world who makes me happier." Alec noticed that Magnus was leading him to the middle of the ice and started to panic.

"Uh Magnus, what's going on? You're starting to freak me out a little." Alec suddenly had visions of this conversation going badly.

"Just hear me out." Magnus had stopped them at center ice. "I love you and I want you to understand that I would do anything to make you see just how much I do. There aren't enough words in all the languages I know to express how much I love you, but I do know one thing that will make you understand."

He paused, looking intently at the beautiful blue eyes he loved so much. "Alexander Gideon Lightwood," he paused, "will you marry me?" And with that, he dropped to one knee and pulled out a little black box from his coat pocket.

Alec stood frozen for just a moment as his brain attempted to process what had just happened. He had been fairly sure he was about to get dumped all night, from the time Magnus started fiddling with his wine to the moment he started saying 'You know I love you'. He stared at Magnus on one knee before him and a grin started to spread across his face. He started nodding slowly. "Yes," he paused, "Yes I will marry you." As Alec reached down and kissed Magnus, still kneeling, applause could be heard all around them. Alec pulled back blushing furiously to see that the whole rink was clapping for them. Magnus stood swiftly and slid the ring on his left ring finger.

Magnus pulled Alec in for a hug. "You have made me the happiest man on Earth tonight." Alec couldn't help but smile as Magnus kissed him again.

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