Soo sorry that this took so long. I'm just not use to having billions of people telling me to update and it possibly scared me off. But it's here now! And I apologize for the fact that this may be considered M rated, but it's nothing bad. Just talking. Suggestive themes is all. To young readers, I warn you for the fact that, in the future, it may be M rated and, if it is, I'll warn you so that you can skip the chapter and not be scarred for life. Capiche? ^_^
The front door to Magnus' home was reached and Alec never spoke a word on the way there. He was too busy trying to figure out how he'd make these pick-up lines work. Yet Magnus walked beside him, chattering away about his walk through traffic and some old lady he decided to help across the street until she hit him with her purse and called him a hooligan. Alec wasn't listening to the warlock so much. He was nodding his head now and then, maybe even giving a mumble of a yes, that's cool or weird. Alec was just thankful that Magnus didn't seem to be getting suspicious of Alec's lack of speaking.
"Wait here, Nephilim, while I get some tea started. That's when we can talk or stare at each other or do whatever I, or you, feel up to doing," Magnus told the boy when they were through the door. He seemed to pat Alec's head before wandering off to the kitchen while humming a tune that was only familiar to him. Well, perhaps not. But Alec didn't recognize the tune.
Glancing in the direction, Alec decided to disobey the warlock's words. Rather than staying where he was, he wandered off into another direction. He knew his way around this place so well that it took mere moments before Alec was in the bathroom, locking the door behind him. Alec's back pressed to the door as he slid down and sat himself on the floor. He pulled the book he'd taken from the used bookstore out from his sweater and lay it out in front of him. It was to a random page. One with more pick-up lines.
Can I take a picture of you so I can show Santa just what I want for Christmas?
Life without you would be like a broken pencil... pointless.
I must be a snowflake 'cause I've fallen for you.
Alec groaned and brought his fingers to knot in his hair while shaking his head. None of these lines were what he was looking for. They were completely cheesy. He needed one that wouldn't make Magnus laugh at him or guess that he was purposely, well, flirting with him. But the more he looked through these lines, he more he thought that finding one he could use would be a lost cause.
A voice called from outside the door and Alec jumped away from it. The book fell closed and he quickly turned his head to stare at the white door behind him. The voice came again. Of course, it was Magnus. Who else would it be? Maybe Chairman Meow. Alec wouldn't doubt if Magnus could find a spell to make that cat start talking after all.
"Y-yea, I'll be out in a minute," Alec called back as he pulled himself back to his feet. He quickly grabbed the book and threw it open to a random page. He needed a line now. Any line. He just needed something he could use on the high warlock so that he could find out the man's reaction to lines like these.
The first line he saw was memorized and he shut the book again. Without thinking, he threw it in the cupboard under the sink, hoping that it would be a good place to hide it. After all, what reason would Magnus have to go under there? Unless he decided to start cleaning in less magical ways.
Alec slipped from the bathroom and stumbled down the hallway before reaching the living room. He stared at the warlock who sat on the couch and the warlock stared at him in return. "I... I was looking for Advil," Alec quickly lied as he sat himself down right beside Magnus on the couch. It was the only lie he could think up. He didn't actually have a headache, but he could pretend that he did. Especially since it fit in the with line he took from the handbook.
Magnus sipped from his cup of herbal tea and watched the boy. "Something wrong, Alexander? Are you feeling sick? The tea might help." he informed him as he held out the cup of tea he'd brought for the Shadowhunter.
Shaking his head, Alec took in a deep breath and turned his head to stare at the warlock. "Well, I have a big headache and... well, I hear the best cure for headaches is sex. S-so, how about we go to your room and, you know, work out a remedy?" Alec stuttered as he felt his face heat up deeply. Why that line? Of all the lines his eyes had to fall on in that book, it just had to be one as embarrassing as that. With a line like that, it was obvious that Alec was completely hitting on the warlock.
Magnus didn't seem to show any reaction. He took another sip of his tea and, with his eyes close, slowly put it on the table and place his hands I his lap. The warlock smiled and glanced at Alec through his cat-like eyes. "Really now? A headache? Well then, if sex is the cure, it's sex I can give you. After all, my dick has been feeling a bit dead lately and I was hoping you'd be able to give it mouth to mouth at some point."
Alec actually jumped back to the opposite side of the couch from Magnus as his eyes widened. "M-Magnus! No! Definitely no," he quickly said to him as he tried to move back farther, only to slip off the edge of the couch. But he recovered quickly and was on his feet. "How could you say such a thing?"
That same smile was still on the warlock's face. "You started it, Shadowhunter. This is the High Warlock of Brooklyn that you're talking to. If you're gonna use lines like that, you should expect similar lines in return," Magnus pointed out as he leaned against the arm of the couch and brushed a few stray hairs from his eyes. The ones that escaped from the rest that were all gelled up in random directions.
That was something Alec should have known. So many of the things that Magnus had said to him in the past could easily have been labeled as pick-up lines. The warlock was probably the master of pick-up lines and could most likely come up with a reply to any of them. "S-sorry. I just... I have to use the bathroom," Alec lied again as he almost ran back to the bathroom and slammed the door behind him, making sure to lock it.
"Does this mean we're not having sex?"
Those were the last words he heard from Magnus for the rest of the day. Alec was too embarrassed to leave the safety of the bathroom again. His parents would worry but, knowing Magnus, he'd call them and come up with an excuse as to why Alec wasn't coming home. Alec could only hope that it wasn't some embarrassing excuse that was told to his parents. It would only make Alec feel so much more awkward in the end.