A/N: This chapter has Alec making breakfast, the two of them decorating a Christmas tree and the loft, and Magnus cheating at it by using magic.

Hey guys! I'm a lot more confident with the chapter than I was about the last one. I hope you like it!

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. 'Tis the season to be jolly, Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

- Deck The Halls

Alec's POV

Alec was sitting at the kitchen table early in the morning. Even after living with Magnus for as long as he has, he still woke up at the crack of dawn every morning. Magnus always seemed to be able to sleep in until about eight, but Alec couldn't seem to sleep in any later than seven.

He decided to make breakfast this morning. It consisted of chocolate chip pancakes, and buttered toast with cinnamon. It was nothing much, but he just really enjoyed cooking breakfast for Magnus no matter what it was. It felt very domestic, which was something he got to experience at the Institute. Today, him and Magnus were going to decorate the tree they just bought, as well as the rest of the loft. He was excited for the because not only did it sound like something that would be a lot of fun, but it gave him an excuse to spend more time with Magnus.

The sound of footsteps walking down the hall shook Alec from his thoughts. He looked up to see Magnus walking towards him, wearing one of his cozy looking robes.

"Good morning, handsome. You look like you slept well," Magnus said, smiling brightly as he sat down at the table across from Alec.

"I could say the same thing about you. Tell me your secret," he said jokingly.

"Well, when I'm sleeping with a gorgeous Shadowhunter's arms around me, how can I not get a good night's sleep?" Magnus said, winking at him.

Alec blushed slightly, and looked over at Magnus lovingly. He reached his arm over to the counter, and picked up the plate of food he saved for Magnus. "Here, I made breakfast. It's nothing special, but I just thought I'd get a head start."

"It looks delicious, Alexander, thank you," Magnus said, leaning over to kiss Alec on the cheek.

They both finished their breakfast after about ten minutes, and then decided to go get dressed for the day. A couple of weeks ago, much to Alec's surprise, Magnus had bought matching ugly Christmas sweaters for him and Alec to wear.

Apparently wear ridiculous looking sweaters for Christmas was a mundane tradition? He'll never understand these people…

So, they decided that they would both wear them today while they were decorating the loft.

"Are you ready, darling?" Magnus asked. The sweater he was wearing had red and green horizontal stripes, and had a snowman in the center. Alec's sweater looked exactly the same, only his had candy canes instead of a snowman.

"Sure am," Alec declared confidently.

"Wonderful! Let's get to it, then."

Alec picked up the shopping bag of ornaments that was left by the door. After they bought their tree yesterday, they went to a Christmasy store in the mall to pick out some ornaments. He picked out a few things like colorful ornamental balls, and some silver garland. That, combined with the ornaments that Magnus already owned, they now had plenty. They also bought a few boxes of multi-color lights.

"Where do we even start?" Alec asked, staring at the shopping bag, as well as the boxes of ornaments and decorations that Magnus had brought up.

"Well, how about we start with the tree? It's been sitting there bare since yesterday, so now we need to brighten up the place before we do anything else," Magnus said, a cheerful expression on his face. He picked up the bag of ornaments, and started taking out the boxes to put them on the coffee table.

Alec smiled, despite himself. He loved that this was making Magnus so happy and cheerful, and it, in turn, also made himself feel happy and cheerful. They haven't had time to go on dates, or to even just spend time together, so being together right now, doing something fun, meant a lot. He took a container of ornamental balls out of the bag, took off the lid, and went over to start placing them on the tree.

"This is actually kind of calming, you know? I don't have to worry about anything at the Institute, and we can just spend time together," Alec said, letting Magnus know that he was enjoying this.

"I agree, Alexander. We've been apart too much recently," Magnus said, placing his hand on Alec's back, rubbing his hand up and down soothingly. He reached into the bag, and pulled out a box of lights, and opened it up. "Hmm, do you know what we could do to make this easier?" He asked, a mischievous glint in his eye.

"What?" Alec asked, holding back a smile as he already knew the answer.

Magnus snapped his fingers, and all of the light from the box appeared on the tree before his eyes.

Alec started laughing, trying to be mock-disapproving, but failing miserably. "Magnus, I'm pretty sure the ruins the sentiment," he tried to get out through bursts of laughter.

Magnus started laughing as well, though he wasn't trying to hide it. His laugh was so contagious, that Alec couldn't hold it back any longer, and he started laughing uncontrollably. Through his laughter, Magnus said, "Alexander, the point was to get the lights up quickly because lights are notorious for being a pain in the neck. Doing it by magic would avoid the frustration.

After a moment, they both started to calm down from their laughter.

They finished decorating the tree after ten minutes of doing it non-stop. Alec took a step back to admire the tree. Him and Magnus did a pretty good job decorating this tree. They also put some decorations up around the rest of the loft. Magnus put two festive looking wreaths to put on the entryway door to the loft. Alec suggested that they put some lights on the balcony, and Magnus absolutely loved the idea.

After a couple of hours, the loft was beautifully decorated from floor to ceiling. The tree was lit up, there were plastic snowflakes dangling from the ceiling, there were little trinkets catered about, and it all just felt so warm and homey.

Magnus and Alec were now sitting on the sofa, cuddled up under a blanket with the soft glow of lights surrounding them. They had their arms around each other, kissing softly. Alec leaned his forehead against Magnus's, looking into his lovely brown eyes.

"I had a lot of fun today, Magnus," Alec said softly, as to not ruin the peaceful mood. Although he couldn't see his mouth, he could tell from his eyes that Magnus was smiling.

"I'm glad. I had so much fun as well. It's been quite some time since I've been able to do things like this with someone by my side. I love you."

Alec felt his chest fill with joy. "I love you too," he said, cupping the back of Magnus's head, and pulling him in to continue kissing.

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