Still no news on the #saveShadowHunters war front. **sigh**
Let's go to a wedding. :D
Enjoy
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Magnus smooths his gold jacket for the hundredth time. He's wearing black pants with a gold pinstripe and a white shirt. His tie matches the pants. He added gold streaks to his hair.
He and Alec are in matching suits but they went to separate fittings. Alec is still getting dressed and Magnus is a nervous wreck. He can't remember the last time he was this antsy. Oh wait, maybe it was a month ago when he walked into the Institute and was surrounded by ShadowHunters. Not literally, but it felt like he was.
Magnus wishes Max was here, it would be nice to have someone friendly to talk to while he waited for the Justice of the Peace to show up. Three of Alec's co-workers are here but they barely spoke to Magnus before sitting down. The rest of the seats are empty.
Magnus smooths his jacket again. He isn't expecting trouble but he always feels naked without his gun, therefore he gets all his jackets altered to hide the holster. But right now, he feels that Alec's co-workers are judging him because of it.
Magnus looks at the door when he hears footsteps and can't believe who is walking into the room.
Catarina Loss.
Magnus stares, as she walks down the aisle. She glances at Alec's co-workers, then smiles as she nears Magnus.
"Catarina, is that really you?"
She laughs, "Magnus, why would somebody pretend to be me?" She hugs him.
He holds her, "I haven't seen you since the ShadowHunters went after those rogue warlocks."
She nods, "At the time, I wondered why you stayed on the sidelines and allowed them to go after Lamar and the others. But once I found out the truth, I understood. I am so sorry, Magnus, for abandoning you."
He shakes his head, "It was more me abandoning you, I didn't know who to trust and I foolishly thought you, of all warlocks, would harm mundanes."
She holds his face in her hands, "Maybe, but you still sent me an invitation to your wedding."
He smiles, "I figured what was the worst that could happen, you not coming?"
"I would not miss it for the world. I'm glad you finally found someone special to share your life with."
"Alec is special, Catarina. You don't know what I went through when he died."
She looks at him confused, "Wait, he died?"
"Catarina, when it happened, I so needed you but I was afraid to reach out to you. Afraid that you would laugh at my pain."
"Magnus, never. But what is this about him being dead?"
Magnus sighs, "It's a long story."
"Well then you and I have a lot of catching up to do."
"Yes, we do, and I promise that I will tell you everything."
She smiles, "You better."
He nods and looks at the door as he hears footsteps. He smiles as he sees Max walk in. He hears Catarina gasp as Jace, Izzy and a red-haired female ShadowHunter also walk in.
Catarina grabs his arm, "Magnus, are those ShadowHunters?"
Magnus nods, "Yes they are."
"What the hell are ShadowHunters doing here?"
"I invited them."
"You invited them? How the hell do you know ShadowHunters? And where the hell have they been all this time?"
"They are from another world, Catarina."
"Another world? Good Lord, Magnus. You and I have some serious catching up to do and soon."
AU!Magnus laughs as Max walks over and hugs him. Max smiles at AU!Catarina, "Hi."
She smiles, "Hello and you are?"
"I'm Max. It's nice to see you, Catarina."
Her eyes widen, "You know who I am?"
Max giggles, "Of course I do."
AU!Magnus smiles, "Max, what's going on here?"
Max smiles, "I told Daddy that you had nobody coming to your wedding and he decided that was unacceptable." He looks around at the empty seats, "This is pathetic."
AU!Magnus shrugs, "Alec and I don't have many friends."
Max giggles, "Now you do. Oh that's Aunt Clary, she's married to Uncle Jace." He walks back to the group as Izzy walks over to AU!Magnus and AU!Catarina.
Izzy smiles, "Where's Alec?"
AU!Magnus smiles, "He's getting dressed." He turns to AU!Catarina, "This is Izzy, Alec's sister in that world."
Catarina nods, "But not his sister here."
"Right, he has no family here."
Izzy sniffs, "Yeah." She smiles, "Where can I find my other brother?"
AU!Magnus smiles, "Down the hall, room B."
She nods and walks away. She finds room B and knocks on the door.
The door opens and she smiles at AU!Alec, "Hi, just checking to see if you are okay."
He looks at her with wide eyes, "And you are?"
She laughs as she walks into the room, "I'm Izzy, a friend of Magnus'."
"Magnus said he has no friends."
She smiles, "He has some now." She eyes his tie, "You need help with that?"
He nods, "Yes please, I was debating rather I should find Magnus to help me, but since you are here, I would appreciate it."
She smiles as she fixes his tie, "Nice suit."
"Thanks. Did you see Magnus?"
"Yes I did and the two of you are going to look gorgeous together."
AU!Alec smiles, "Awesome." He bites his lip, "Izzy, do you believe in love at first sight?"
She smiles, "Yes I do, why?"
"Magnus proposed minutes after we first met."
"How romantic."
"Not just that, but I wanted to say 'yes'. As soon as he looked at me, I knew he was the one. But I was scared. Izzy, I'm not good with strangers. I deal with them every day but the time I spend with them is minimal. Magnus made me feel safe the moment he looked at me. It wasn't just the gun he had but the way he focused on me and made me feel special, like I mattered to somebody."
"You matter to people, Alec."
He shakes his head, "No, Izzy. I never mattered to anybody before Magnus. Not to my mother, especially not to my father. The people at the hospital deal with me because I'm good at my job. Oh, did anybody show up?"
She nods, "There's a few people out there."
"They probably came for the free food."
She hugs him, "Magnus loves you, and that is all you need."
He smiles, "You are right about that."
She smooths his jacket, "You look great. Let me go join the others."
"Thank you Izzy."
"You're welcome, Alec." She walks out the room.
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AU!Magnus and AU!Catarina watch Izzy walk away. She looks at Max and the ShadowHunters talking to each other, "Magnus, I still can't believe YOU, not only know ShadowHunters, but invited them to your wedding."
He laughs, "I didn't know they were going to show up, I thought only Max and Izzy would be here."
She nods. She glances at the doorway and her eyes widen as she sees Magnus walk in holding hands with a male ShadowHunter, "Magnus, who is that?"
"That would be the other world's Alec and me."
AU!Catarina looks at him, "YOU married a ShadowHunter?"
AU!Magnus laughs, "No, he married a ShadowHunter, I'm marrying a doctor."
"Magnus Bane, you know what I mean. How the hell was that allowed?" She watches as Max runs over to the men and hugs them, "And Max?"
"Max is their son. Their warlock son."
"Magnus, let me get this straight. A ShadowHunter married a warlock and adopted a warlock child?"
"Yes, Catarina."
"Wow."
He nods, "Yes, wow." He walks over to the ShadowHunters, "Magnus, Alec, I can't tell you how much this means to me, having you all here."
Magnus smiles, "Max told Alec that you weren't expecting that many guests, so we figured why not show up and help you celebrate."
Alec nods as he looks at the near empty room, "This is horrible."
AU!Magnus shrugs, "At least we will have leftovers for a week or so."
Max giggles, "You said we could have cake to take home."
AU!Magnus laughs, "Yes, you can take whatever cake is left."
"Good."
Alec and Magnus sit down. Max sits next to his father.
The Justice of the Peace walks into the room. AU!Magnus excuses himself and walks out the room with him.
AU!Catarina looks over at Alec's co-workers and decides that she would rather sit with the other group. She calmly walks over.
Magnus smiles, "Catarina, nice to see you."
She laughs, "Magnus Bane married to a ShadowHunter, I would never have thought it possible."
"The heart only cares about what makes it happy, everything else is unnecessary baggage."
She nods, "How true. May I sit with you?"
Alec smiles, "Of course." She sits next to Jace.
Izzy returns to the room. She grabs Max's hand. Max giggles and stands up.
Clary asks, "Where are you going?"
Max giggles, "Closer."
Clary laughs, "Me too." She stands and goes with them. They sit in the front row.
Jace looks at AU!Catarina, "Really?"
She laughs, "This seat is good for me."
"Thank you."
Magnus laughs, "Max and Izzy are a bad influence on Clary."
Alec laughs, "IZZY is a bad influence on Max." Magnus nods.
AU!Catarina glances at the co-workers, then asks, "How come they don't realize that you look like the grooms?"
Magnus smiles, "I have us glamoured so that mundanes won't see the real us."
"Of course."
The Justice of the Peace and AU!Magnus return to the room. AU!Alec walks into the room. His eyes fix on Magnus and his smile brightens as he gets closer to his soon to be husband.
AU!Alec reaches for AU!Magnus' hands and they kiss. Max, Izzy and Clary giggle.
AU!Alec looks at the trio and smiles, "We have a fanclub." He seems confused to see Max, "Magnus, what is he doing here?"
AU!Magnus laughs, "Max is a friend of mine."
"What? How? I don't understand."
"I'll explain later."
"Okay."
The Justice nods, "Let us begin. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to witness the union of Alexander Lightwood and Magnus Bane in holy matrimony. This union should be entered into solemnly and with reverence and honor. If any person here can show cause why these two people should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace."
Magnus glares at AU!Alec's co-workers, he's getting a bad vibe from them. Alec reaches for his hand as he rests his head on his husband's shoulder. Magnus smiles and rests his head against Alec's. AU!Catarina sitting behind them, smiles.
The Justice continues, "The rings?"
AU!Magnus takes a box out of his pocket. He opens it and hands a ring to AU!Alec. He takes the other ring out, closes the box and puts it back in his pocket.
The Justice nods, "Alexander repeat after me, 'I, Alexander, take you, Magnus, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.'"
AU!Alec puts his ring on AU!Magnus' left ring finger, "I, Alexander, take you, Magnus, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part."
The Justice nods, "Magnus repeat after me, 'I, Magnus, take you, Alexander, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.'"
AU!Magnus puts his ring on AU!Alec's left ring finger, "I, Magnus, take you, Alexander, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part."
The Justice nods, "Alexander and Magnus have pledged their love and faith to each other, sealed their vows in the giving and receiving of rings and have expressed their complete and pure dedication to one another before us then it is by the authority vested in me by the State of New York, I now pronounce you husbands. You may kiss."
AU!Magnus smiles, "Don't have to tell me twice." He pulls AU!Alec close and kisses him.
Izzy, Clary and Max giggle, clap their hands and wipe tears from their eyes in celebration.
AU!Alec holds his husband close as they continue to kiss until Jace yells, "Get a room you two."
AU!Alec blushes as they separate. AU!Magnus smiles at Jace, "Sorry about that."
The newlyweds get hugs from their fanclub, then walk up the aisle hand in hand. Jace, Magnus, Alec, AU!Catarina hug the newlyweds.
AU!Alec looks at his co-workers with a smile, "Hi, glad you could make it."
A male, Clyde, walks over to him, "Yeah, we lost the draw, which is the only reason we are here."
The smile leaves AU!Alec's face as AU!Magnus walks to his side, "Oh?"
"Yeah, we wanted to see what a 'Magnus Bane' looked like and we're not surprised."
A woman, Brenda, nods, "And what is with wearing gold to a wedding?"
AU!Alec looks at the other woman, "Cissy, I thought we were friends."
Cissy stands, "Yeah, about that. You seem to know what you're doing but Alec none of us really like you."
Clyde nods, "You're lucky we are here only out of curiosity. Frankly I'd rather be home washing my dog."
AU!Magnus' eyes narrow, out of the corner of his eye, he sees Max striding up to them.
Max's fingertips are ablaze with power and his blue eyes are cold. But a crisp "Max", stops him in his tracks. He extinguishes the power at his fingertips but not the hate in his eyes. AU!Magnus and AU!Catarina both take a step back, as they are reminded that a powerful ShadowHunter is in the room. AU!Magnus pulls his new husband close to him.
Izzy walks around Max and steps in between AU!Alec and Clyde. She glares at all three of them as she coldly says, "Your ass should have stayed home. All your asses should have stayed home. This is a wedding. A happy occasion. Your bigotry and pettiness aren't welcome here. Leave now."
Clyde opens his mouth, but Jace walks over to stand by his sister's side. Clyde backs away from the taller man and walks out the room. Cissy and Brenda run out.
AU!Magnus holds his husband, "You okay?"
AU!Alec shrugs, "It's going to be a bit awkward when I go back to work on Tuesday."
AU!Catarina walks over, "Or you can come to work in my hospital. We could use an extra doctor. I'm Catarina, by the way."
He smiles at her, "Cool, thank you Catarina."
AU!Magnus smiles, "Yes, thank you Catarina."
"You're welcome, both of you."
Magnus smiles, "I guess we no longer need to be glamoured." He flicks his hand.
AU!Alec eyes widen as he sees double. He looks at his husband, "Magnus, what's going on?"
AU!Magnus laughs, "It's complicated."
"Understatement of the year."
AU!Magnus smiles and kisses him, "Basically they are the reason we are able to get married."
AU!Alec looks at Max, who has calmed down and is smiling at the newlyweds, "This is connected to me bumping into Max, isn't it?"
AU!Magnus nods, "Max is their son."
"Son?" He shakes his head, "I'm hungry."
AU!Magnus nods, "We are officially married, so let's eat." He holds AU!Alec and AU!Catarina's hands as they walk to the dining room.
Max pouts at his father, "Why did you stop me, I was going to talk to them, just like Aunt Izzy did."
Alec sniffs, "Talk to them? Right, you were powering up, how much talking did you think you were going to do?"
"Lots of talking."
"Right."
Max looks at Magnus, "Poppa, you believe me don't you?"
Magnus laughs, "Sorry, blueberry, but I wanted to blast them to Staten Island myself."
Alec shakes his head, "By the angel, Magnus what is it with you and Staten Island?"
Magnus laughs, "Are we staying for food?"
Jace nods, "Hell yes." He grabs Izzy and Clary's hands and pulls them to the dining room.
Max giggles as he follows his uncle and aunts. Alec holds Magnus' hand as they follow their son.
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After dinner and cake, it's time to say goodbye.
AU!Magnus packs up the leftovers and gives most of the cake to Max and his fathers. AU!Catarina takes a couple of slices and some food as well.
AU!Catarina tells AU!Alec that she will see him Tuesday morning at Beth Israel Hospital. She tells AU!Magnus that she is expecting to see him on Thursday so that they can catch up. She hugs everybody and leaves.
AU!Magnus and AU!Alec hug everybody from the other world.
AU!Magnus smiles at Alec, "Thank you again, for being here."
Alec nods, "It was fun."
"Yes. It's probably a good thing you were all here, because I might have shot one of them."
AU!Alec's eyes widen, "Magnus."
He smiles and kisses his husband, "I don't care what people say about me, but saying shit about you is worthy of a bullet between the eyes."
Max nods, "Yes it is."
Alec glances at his son, "And that is why I got you to stand down."
Max sniffs, "But you didn't get Aunt Izzy to stand down."
Izzy laughs, "That's because I wasn't going after them with my whip."
"But I bet you wanted to."
Izzy winks at him, "Maybe."
Alec calmly says, "The mundanes lived to see another day."
AU!Magnus nods, "And thanks to Catarina, my angel doesn't have to deal with them ever again."
AU!Alec nods, "That is the best wedding present ever."
Magnus smiles, "But we didn't get you anything."
AU!Magnus smiles, "You got us to this day."
AU!Alec sighs, "And I'm still waiting to find out what I'm missing."
AU!Magnus kisses him, "I told you, once we get home, I will tell you everything."
"Everything, Magnus?"
"Yes, my angel, everything."
"You better, or no sex for a week."
Max screams, "Time to go home."
Magnus laughs, "Yes it's getting late."
After another round of goodbye hugs, the other world group walks out the Hall. They go around the corner and Magnus opens a portal back to their world.
AU!Magnus and AU!Alec make sure nothing is left behind. They grab their bags of leftovers and leave the Hall. They get into a waiting cab and go home.
They put the leftovers in the fridge and change into their sleep clothes.
They sit on the sofa. Alec rests his head on Magnus' shoulder, "We are married."
"Yes we are."
"I love you, Magnus."
"I love you, Alec."
"I'm exhausted."
"It has been a long day."
"Tomorrow you can tell me everything."
Magnus nods, "Fine."
"Time for bed?"
"Yes, sir."
They stand and walk to their bedroom hand in hand. They get into bed and fall asleep in each other's arms.
-tbc-
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One more chapter for AU!Magnus to tell the two important people in his life about the hell he went through in Magnus Has a Gun.
