The hangover was definitely worth Jace staying in bed taking care of him all day. So far he'd been sick an additional two times. Alec was fairly sure he was still a little drunk. While Jace goes to get him lunch Alec texts Magnus

[ M. Bane ] Dunno what happened last night we both passed out.

Jace came back and took the phone from him. "Please don't tell me you were texting Magnus?"

"Ok I won't tell you." Alec said miserably.

"Alec! He got you so drunk you basically had alcohol poisoning!" Jace huffs.

"He didn't get me drunk! I bought the alcohol myself." Alec said more miserably still.

Jace is tempted to slap Alec upside the head but doesn't because he knows it would probably make his parabatai sick to his stomach again. Jace sits at the end of his bed and hands him the plate with a ham and cheese sandwich. "There's no groceries here I'm going to have to go shopping later. Maybe I can get you some ginger ale?"

Alec nods but the sandwich doesn't look very appetizing. "Did you put mayo and mustard on this?"

"Yes?"

Alec rolls his eyes. "That's foul."

"You know what's foul? Your breath. Go brush your teeth." Alec laughs lightly at Jace and goes to brush his teeth.

When Alec comes back he flops on the bed. "Could I possibly have a kiss now?"

Jace looks shocked. He hadn't expected this to move quite as quickly as it was. "A small one, yes."

Alec leans in and gives Jace a light kiss, Alec's afraid to push them too hard just yet. It's feather light and Alec thinks that this doesn't really count as a first kiss. Jace backs away awkwardly, blushing crimson on his pale skin.

"Just focus on getting better ok?"

That night Alec was feeling much better, even if he was a little tired. It was just him and Jace in the library at around ten. "I'm going to bed." Alec announced.

Quickly looking around to make sure Hodge wasn't around Jace said, "You want to sleep with me?"

Alec laughed, "I mean yeah but isn't that moving a little fast?"

"I just meant, sleep in my bed you idiot!" Jace grumbled.

"Oh yeah, ok."

"You go get ready I'm just going to have a smoke."

Alec looked up, "Let me come with you?"

Jace nodded and they headed for the back of the Institute and went out the back door facing their alley. Jace asked, "Do you want one?"

"Yeah I guess so." Alec said. Alec was standing a fair distance away from Jace, he stepped in closer to take the cigarette and after he lit it he laced his fingers with Jace's. "That's better."

Jace looked pleased and so was Alec. No one ever came back here and Alec was pretty sure it was known only to to the three of them, Jace, Izzy and himself. Alec squeezed Jace's hand briefly and was rewarded with Jace squeezing his hand back.

"I'm glad we're doing this." Jace said, seemingly out of nowhere.

"I'm glad too." Alec said blushing slightly in the dim light.

They finish their cigarettes and head back inside. Alec goes to his room first, just so they're not seen going into Jace's room together. About fifteen minutes later when Alec has washed up for the night he sticks his head out the door and makes sure no one's around. Alec tip toes to Jace's room and knocks lightly. "Come in."

Alec opens the door and slips in. Jace is lying in bed in just a grey t-shirt and his boxers. A shiver runs down Alec's spine at the sight of his parabatai. He's seen Jace at least this undressed many times, hell he's even seen Jace naked but it's never been like this before. If he thought he'd been driven crazy with need before it was nothing compared to now.

Alec slips off his basketball shorts leaving just his boxers and the plain white t-shirt he'd gotten cleaned up into. Jace's bed, seemed bigger than Alec's even though he knew it was the same queen size all the beds in the institute were. Alec slips in under the covers, slightly chilled because the window was open. He clasps Jace's hand in his own. "Thanks for letting me do this." Alec mumbles.

"Thanks for coming." Jace said pressing a kiss to Alec's shoulder.

"You want to watch some TV before we go to sleep?" Alec asks, Jace nods and flicks on the TV.

"You pick something I think I'm going to read."

An episode of Big Bang later Alec's eyes are feeling heavy. He's already curled his taller body into Jace's. Jace takes the remote from his loose grip and turns the TV off. Jace slinks down onto the pillows and puts his book away, turning the light off. The light of the full moon shines through the window.

"Goodnight, parabatai." Jace says sleepily.

"'Night." Alec says as he presses his body into Jace's

It's late, really late. Alec looks at the clock and sees it's 2:06am. But there's a light at the door… and footsteps? Alec peeks his head up. Two small feet have stopped directly outside Jace's door, the door creaks open and light blinds him. There's a shock of red hair in the doorway and Alec's already trying to shrink back down and make it seem like he's not there, Jace meanwhile is oblivious to the intrusion on his privacy.

"What are you doing here?!" Clary says in a harsh whisper.

"Uhhh…" But Alec doesn't have to come up with a suitable answer because Jace has slid himself up in bed.

"What are you doing in my room at 2 in the morning Clary?" Jace's voice is a low growl.

"Uh, I had a bad dream and I wanted to slide into bed with you but I can see Alec has been keeping my spot warm." She sounds angry.

Jace gets up and puts pants on and takes her outside the door. Alec's sweating bullets that this could be the end of his and Jace's little trist, over before it had even begun just like he knew it would happen.

But when Jace comes back he's alone and looks a little frustrated. "I had to tell her about us and then swear her to secrecy. Sorry, I didn't think that would happen."

Alec nods and pulls down the covers for his parabatai. "C'mere." Jace shucked off his pants and shirt and slides into bed, placing his head on Alec's chest.

"Do you ever think the legends are true? That the love of two parabatai could consume the world? Because I can't imagine being any happier right now."

Alec smiled in the dim light. "I don't think the legends are true, no. But I think the Clave is scared of people of the same sex loving each other. I think it terrifies them that love transcends the boundaries of gender." Alec said.

Jace inched up and kissed Alec full on the lips. "That was deep, Alec."

"For 2am I thought it was pretty good." He said with a shadow of a smirk.

"Get some rest baby." Jace whispers as he closes his eyes.

"I was thinking we could go out to dinner tonight." Alec said over lunch. Clary had been giving him the cold shoulder the whole afternoon.

"Yeah, sounds good. Taki's ok?" Jace said as he cut his sandwich in half.

"Yeah that sounds good. I could go for their waffles." Alec said.

"You and Taki's waffles, you'd think you were having an affair with them or something!" Jace laughs.

Clary comes in, looking frigidly at them both. "Making goo-goo eyes at each other already?" She sneers.

Alec snaps out of his chair, ready to give her a taste of her own medicine but Jace is there in an instant, "Alec don't say anything stupid."

Alec snarls at her. Straight people he laments. Jace guides her from the room and out of earshot before he can say anything damning.

Taki's is deserted that night and Kaelie is the only waitress in the entire place.

"Hi Jace!" The little pixie girl says excitedly. "Hello Alec." She says rather less happily.

"Hey Kaelie can we have a seat by the window?" Jace asks politely.

"Of course. Let me grab you some menus." She leads them to a little corner in the back (their usual booth) and sets the menus down. "Can I get you something to drink guys?"

"Coke for me." Alec says.

"Same, thanks Kaelie." Jace says.

She disappears to get their drinks and Alec sighs. "I forgot about her. Have you fucked her?"

Jace goes slightly red. "Yes, kind of."

"Is there anyone you haven't fucked?" Alec grimaces in the direction of the window.

"The only person that matters, yeah, I haven't fucked him." Jace says with a smile.

Alec looks back from the window and smiles at his parabatai. "You want to watch a couple movies tonight? Just chill?"

"Yeah sounds good to me." Jace agrees with his parabatai. Their food comes in short order and Alec and Jace eat up.

Walking back to the Institute they take a small detour to their alley way and Jace lights up a cigarette. "I kind of want to get stoned."

Alec barks out a laugh. "What happened to 'I don't want my parabatai smoking that shit'?"

Jace shrugs as he laces their fingers together. "You gotta do you. I'm not one to bring down your fun am I?"

"Usually you would be but," Alec sighs, "I'm glad you're over that." He pulls out a little sachet from his inside jacket pocket and begins to break up the bud, sitting down on the retaining wall of the alleyway.

Jace is only just done smoking his cigarette when Alec lights up the blunt. Around a mouth full of smoke he says, "Do you think anyone suspects about us?"

Jace takes the blunt from Alec and puffs on it. "I don't think so. I mean we're parabatai so if we're together a lot they won't care."

"What do you think mom and dad would say?"

"I dunno, mom would probably cut my dick off for daring to corrupt her precious son and Robert… I'm not sure. He seems like he would be the one to separate us."

A shiver went down Alec's back at the thought of being separated from Jace. It was a bone chilling thought. Jace sat down next to Alec.

"I want to talk to you about Clary." Jace said and Alec rolled his eyes.

"Here we go…"

"Stop it Alec! I thought I was falling in love with her until a few days ago."

"Yeah." Alec said flatly.

"Look, she's special to me and I understand why you don't like her. I've always known why you didn't like her, but now that's not an issue right?" Jace said placing a kiss on Alec's slightly stubbly jaw. "Just be kind to her, I want to be friends with her but I can't do that if my boyfriend is acting out like I know you sometimes do." Jace said with a frown.

Alec sighed. "Yeah you're right. As long as I have you there's nothing for me to worry about. Thank the angel you came to me." Alec says getting Jace's head in a light head lock, only to kiss his golden hair.

"Just don't worry about her, she'll get better over time and we have our whole lives." Jace said breaking free of the headlock and planting a messy kiss on Alec's lips.

Alec smiled and took the blunt from Jace. This was how he'd always pictured them, laughing and joking around, kissing and ... Alec doesn't want to rush into things but he knows if he loses his virginity to anyone he'd want it to be Jace.

Alec takes another puff on the blunt and passes it back to Jace. "You want a shotgun?" Alec offers.

"Hell yeah!" Jace smiles at his parabatai.

Alec takes the blunt, which had worked itself down to be small enough to fit in his mouth. He took the blunt between his teeth and Jace hovered his lips over Alec's. Alec blew on the blunt and Jace inhaled. Jace was coughing and his eyes watering by the time Alec stopped blowing on the blunt. "Holy fuck that shit is strong!" He said between coughs.

"Yep, only the best weed." Alec said, suppressing a cough of his own.

"I'm completely lit." Jace said

"Me too." Alec said smiling.

"We should go inside, it's getting late." Jace said. It had been dark for a while now but it had to be close to eleven or twelve based on how high the moon was.

They crept back into the Institute, smelling terribly of weed and cigarette smoke. Alec whispered to Jace, "Can I stay with you tonight?"

"Yeah, of course baby." Jace said affectionately.

Alec went into his room and changed into something clean and brushed his teeth. He cracked his door and made sure no one was in the hallway and tiptoed to Jace's room. He entered and saw Jace splayed out on his bed.

"Jesus I'm high." Jace mumbled.

"Me too. Lemme see the remote, there's a Harry Potter marathon on and we need to watch it." Alec took the remote and flicked on the Harry Potter marathon and tugged off his shirt.

Jace curled up and put his head on Alec's shoulder. "You're perfect, Alec."

Alec smiled down at his parabatai and kissed his golden hair. "So are you honey."

Jace sat up and tugged off his shirt and in that moment Alec was struck by just how beautiful and powerful his parabatai was. Finally, they were alone. Alec looked at the clock, it was 12:30am. He pressed a kiss to Jace's lips, tentative at first and then more demanding. Jace let out a low moan as Alec pressed kisses down Jace's jaw and down the long column of his neck. Alec tweaked Jace's nipples between his thumb and forefinger causing him to arch his back.

"Don't tease," Jace said pouting slightly.

"I'm not." Alec replied.

"Yeah but do you actually want to…?"

"Yeah I do, but I'm nervous. Will it hurt?"

"Yeah it'll hurt a little at first but that's part of it too." Jace said pressing another kiss to Alec's lips. "Fuck baby you look amazing." Jace said as he broke the kiss.

"Let's do it." Alec said as he pulled Jace close for another kiss. It was so intoxicating, the feel of his parabatai's touch on his body, his warm breath on his neck as he pressed kisses down the nape of Alec's neck. Alec gave a little whine, a whine for more, always more. He was greedy for Jace's touch.

"Lay on your stomach baby." Jace says affectionately as he tugs down Alec's boxers and basketball shorts.

"Mkay." Alec says a little sleepily. For a fleeting moment he wondered if Jace might regret this in the morning but no, Jace wanted to do this with him right? "You're not going to regret this in the morning are you baby?"

Jace is mid-way through grabbing the lube and a condom when Alec asks him. He grabs the stuff and sits back on his knees, looking at Alec. "Why would I ever regret this? You know I love you parabatai, I want to make you feel good. You're nervous that's all baby, let me help you." Discarding the lube and condom packet on the bed he spreads Alec's cheeks and licks a ring around Alec's entrance.

"Oh my god!" Alec whines. He's amazed by how good it feels.

Jace sets to work, hoping he can get his parabatai to forget about the feelings of ill ease he has about giving up his virginity. He licks all around Alec's entrance, pressing kisses there too. Using spit he slips one finger in Alec's entrance and Alec freezes. "That stings." Alec whimpers.

He pulls his finger out and goes for the lube. One thing's for sure, Alec is tight as hell. After he's lubed up Alec's entrance and his finger he presses it to Alec's entrance again. "If it hurts too much we can stop ok? Just take a deep breath and relax, it's going to feel good ok?"

Alec takes a breath and Jace slips his finger in and makes a 'come here' motion with his finger and Alec's toes curl and he whimpers Jace's name.

"Don't stop baby." Alec whispers under his breath.

Jace adds another finger and continues stimulating Alec until he's whining filthily and begging for Jace's cock. "Please fuck me. Please Jace!" Alec's crying out.

Jace pulls out and Alec whimpers at the lack of contact but smiles when he hears the foil of the condom wrapper opening.

"It's going to burn a little more this time but I've got you pretty well opened up so hopefully not that much." Jace said biting his lip. He nudged his legs a little wider. "Fuck it, turn around I want to see your face when I make love to you ok?"

Alec flipped around and stroked his cock. "Just fuck me." Alec whined.

Jace slipped Alec's long legs over his shoulders and pressed his cock into Alec's entrance. Alec let out a sharp wince of pain and Jace stilled, allowing his parabatai to get used to the sensation. "Ok you can move now." Alec said.

Gently, Jace rocked his hips back and forth, gently rubbing Alec's sweet spot in the process. "You're so tight for me baby." Jace whispered to Alec.

"All for you." Alec whimpered.

Slowly, Jace picked up the pace and has his hips moved Alec scratched Jace's back leaving red welts. "Baby I'm going to come." Alec warns Jace.

"Come, come for me." Jace's hips stutter and he works up a feverish pace before spilling into Alec. Alec comes with a loud whimper and cries out "Jace!"

When the stars have ebbed away from his vision, Jace pulls out of Alec and stumbles to his ensuite bathroom to get them something to clean up with.

"You were perfect." Jace whispers to Alec. Alec nods numbly and as soon as he's cleaned up he crawls under the covers.

"Come to bed baby." Alec says.

Jace puts the damp washcloth away and climbs into bed with his parabatai. "C'mere." Alec slides into Jace's arms and curls in close to him. Jace turns out the light and the moonbeams shine down on them.