For the Monthly Oneshot challenge, from The Towers of Alicante forum
Prompt: "Silence is a source of great strength." ~Lao Tzu
I don't own anything
It's easy enough to yell from the rooftops to tell someone that you love them. It's easy enough to shout and scream and basically annoy everyone to death about your feelings when, to be frank, they don't care. It's easy enough to tell someone that they mean nothing to you when, in fact, they're your absolute everything.
It's not so easy to stay quiet.
It's not as easy to be able to stop yourself from telling the person you love that you love them, or that you want them to stop being so selfish and to confess to the world that they love you. Because, in that instance, you want to tell the world that you're in love…
… He wants to go round and tell the world that he loves Alec, that it is Malec forever and that the disapproving Shadowhunters can go stick it up their own ass; he wants to head to the Institute and tell Alec that he absolutely adores him and every minute they are apart, it breaks his heart further. He can't even focus on his clothing anymore, settling for what would be deemed normal clothes by fashion designers, rather than the glitter and bright colours of norm.
Every fibre of his body wants to go over to Alec Lightwood and give him an ultimatum; Alec either confesses his love for him… or he, Magnus, walks. But he doesn't. He decides that it is best to stay silent, to wait for Alec to realise that their bond is something that can never be broken, no matter what he thinks.
And that silence brings him the strength to carry on going with his life, getting paid to complete jobs that he does simply because it alleviates boredom, not because he wants to help people. Because… if he spoke aloud and Alec rejected him fully, it would destroy him. Even if he lied with his words, it would still destroy his heart and he would never be able to recover from that.
No, it's best to stay silent. Because… because silence can't give you an answer you don't want. Silence can't tell you that it doesn't love you. Silence can't break you to pieces with one word.
Silence is the best thing in Magnus' life right now… and how sad is that?
Sorry it's short… I couldn't think of much else to write XD
Vicky xx