Jace and Alec
It was pretty late by the time Jace and Alec got down from the roof, and started towards their rooms. Jace was still coming to terms with the events of the past few hours, as they took the stairs back to the institute and reality. As they walked down the corridor, Jace realised Alec was holding his left hand in his right. He felt his face starting to heat up as he got hyperaware of Alec's fingers holding his.
Alec gave him a side look suddenly, and came to stop. "What's wrong?" Jace shook his head. "Nothing. What do you mean?" Alec was frowning now, and hesitatingly started to walk again. Jace followed, noting again that Alec was still holding on to his hand. He tried to suppress the grin that was creeping on his lips, and tried to work his blush away. Alec suddenly turned around and Jace almost walked into him. "What is it Jace?" Jace on his part had barely managed to not walk into Alec and reflexively said "What is with these sudden stops Alec?" Then registering Alec's question, he replied "What do you mean what is it? What are you talking about?" Alec gave him a good no nonsense stare, then opened his mouth to say something. Then seemed to think better of himself, and closed it again as he looked down at his feet.
Jace was growing puzzled by the second. So he tried again "Alec, I know we are parabatai and all… But dude, you gotta use your words sometimes. I can't read your thoughts from here". This seemed to bring Alec back to reality as he chuckled and looked up. Then he looked down to where their fingers were still intertwined. He took Jace's hands in both of his and raised it to brush them against his lips. "It's your hand. You got stiff just back now". He looked up into Jace's eyes lost in thought, then suddenly seemed to pull himself together. "Am I making you uncomfortable? Oh... I..." And he let go of the fingers, looking away.
Jace was so amazed at how attentive Alec was to his every detail, that he was at a loss of words. As Alec let go of his hands, he felt the cold air and immediately missed the warmth from a moment ago. He couldn't help the smile that crept from the sudden warm feeling in his heart. He cupped Alec's face in his hands, and brought their foreheads together. "No. You are not."
Alec stopped breathing. Jace was so close to him. And they were standing in the middle of the institute corridor. Anyone could walk in on them just now. Was Jace crazy? And then Jace pressed his lips to Alec's, giving him a chaste kiss before pulling back chuckling. He ran his fingers through his (gorgeous) hair chuckling "Oh sorry, did I make you uncomfortable?" Then laughing he took hold of Alec's hand again and continued down the corridor.
Alec shook his head as he was pulled away, not being able to help a smile himself. But he quickly checked himself.
Down the corridor, Alec's door was one ahead of Jace's. As they reached his door, Alec smartly opened his door with his free hand, and whirled Jace inside and against the door. Now in the confines of his room, and in the safety of the dark he retaliated. Jace only managed a startled "What the f…" Before Alec's lips were on his. Jace suddenly found himself pinned between Alec and the door. He felt a thrill go down his spine as he door moved behind him and closed with a snap. In the darkness, he was hyper aware of the wetness of Alec's mouth on his. He responded by opening his mouth, and felt Alec invade him immediately. His fingers were on his hips and Alec's was plastered to the door on both sides of his head. Jace lost himself in the kiss and closed his eyes, not that there was anything to see in the dark anyways. Alec pushed a leg between his, as he stepped in closer, one of his hands running through his hair, and settled on his neck. Jace couldn't help another shiver down his spine, and wondered vaguely if Alec felt it. They lost track of time, fingers hesitatingly exploring each other in the dark, their kisses oscillating between intense and sloppy. Jace was content to stand in the dark and feel Alec's fingers tracing down lines along his neck and chasing them with his lips He shuddered when he felt Alec's teeth graze him every now and then, and drowned in Alec's scent that seemed to surround him. Finally, Alec stopped at his collar bone, and Jace tried to battle between want and disappointment. He tightened his arms around Alec, as he felt Alec bury is face at his neck. They stayed tightly wrapped holding on to each other for some time. Jace realised Alec was leaning down on him with his weight, and he liked it. It made him feel anchored and loved. He sighed in contentment and smiled into the darkness.
"I love you my Parabatai. I love you… So badly" Alec whispered into his neck, leaning further onto Jace. Jace's arms had loosened around Alec while they stood in the dark. And now as he ran light patterns onto Alec's back, he whispered "I love you too my Alec". He felt Alec sigh. He felt Alec's warmth transferring to his body. He felt Alec's smell envelope him and give him a new sense of serenity. He felt Alec's arms around him, and felt like he belonged there. This was exactly where he wanted to be. He whispered again "I love you Alec. More than I can tell you…"
Jace went back to his room later than night. There were too many questions they needed to answer together. Too many situations they need to solve together. Too many people they had to confront together. There was so much unfamiliarity and unknown surrounding them, and they had to find their way through it. But that was alright. They had each other now. And the world did not seem such a dark cold place anymore. Even if every single thing went wrong, they still had each other. And that was enough.