WE ARE NEVER EVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER ALEC OHMYJEEZUS
Alec stared at the long list of calls Magnus hadn't returned. He clicked one of the calls to redial. As Alec's thumb hovered over the CALL button, Jace came in the room.
"You have got to stop this," Jace said. "Give me your phone." He held out his hand.
Alec sighed and handed his phone over to Jace. "Fine, you're right. Just keep-"
"Me just keeping your phone isn't good enough. You could always steal it back." Jace threw the phone against the bedroom wall. It shattered as it hit the ground and fell to the floor.
"What the hell is wrong with you? That was a brand new phone, you asshole!" Alec's hands curled into fists at his sides and he had to stop himself from punching his parabatai. The liquor made him moody.
"I'll buy you another one. I just don't trust you with a phone until you're over Magnus, however long that takes. And that's not going to happen if you keep calling him."
"It's never going to happen, Jace. There's nothing I can do. I've tried everything I can to make it better, but he won't forgive me."
"Forgiving you and taking you back aren't the same thing. I know that if I were Magnus, it would be pretty hard to forgive you after what happened. He already has trust issues, which is completely understandable, and this just made it worse."
Alec sat back down on his bed. "Thanks for being on his side, Jace."
Jace sat down beside him, the bed creaking under their weight. "I'm not trying to be on his side, I'm just trying to be realistic." Jace wrapped an arm around Alec's shoulders. "You need to do something instead of just moping around here all day and getting drunk. Don't try to lie, Alec, I can smell it." Jace moved his arm from Alec's shoulders and stood up. "Now, I would be happy to help, but I've got something important to attend to." He slipped on his black leather jacket and walked out onto the street.
He knew it would be a long walk to the warlock's apartment, but he could handle it, and he didn't want anyone to know where he was going.
When he got to the door and pressed the intercom, Magnus sounded like he had just woken up. "Who dares disturb the High Warlock?"
"Drop the act, Magnus. It's me and it's about Alec."
"Now, why do you think that would change anything? I told him I didn't want to see any of you. And as much as you think everyone loves you, I really meant especially you."
"I think it matters because you still love him. I think that you don't want to give your secrets away so you broke up with Alec."
Magnus sighed. "Come in."
Jace rushed up the stairs and into the apartment before Magnus could change his mind.
"What business do you think you have trying to blame me? I only broke up with him because of what he did. You claim I'm the one that's so secretive, but he went behind my back. And as if that wasn't bad enough, it was Camille he went to."
Jace sat down on the couch in the center of the room. "I know what he did was stupid. He was desperate and he's new at this. You two need each other. Can't you give him a break?"
"I'll consider it." Magnus opened his front door. "Now get out of my apartment." He shut the door behind Jace.
As much as Magnus hated to admit it, the young Shadowhunter was right. But would getting Alec back be worth the risk of getting burned?