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Cause For Shock

Sitting on his cot Alec wished there was a clock around so that he could have some idea what time it was. It had to be getting close to his release time. He was going stir crazy. It was a good thing he was such a goody goody, he was not meant for a life behind bars, Alec thought with a small grin. Ideally he considered doing something constructive, like push ups or sit ups, but Alec didn't know what had been on the floor beneath him in the past. Well that and he didn't want to be all hot and sweaty when his family got there to pick him up. They were going out to dinner with Magnus to celebrate his relief from his cell apparently. Normally he would have been all for skipping dinner to be with Magnus alone, but his parents were stressed and prison food sucked majorly.

He was so hungry he was only think about sex every other thought.

And considering how he was expecting to spend his night that was saying something.

Absently studying his clothes Alec was grateful that his parents had been allowed to bring him fresh ones the night before. At least he'd go home with Magnus looking relatively decent. Or at least decent in his own eyes, he silently amended. Magnus's were a whole other story. Alec winced, thinking about what kind of clothes his boyfriend would want to get him into in the future. What was even scarier was that he knew in his bones he was going to be talked into altering his wardrobe. He would never wear spangles, but he saw color in his future. Lots and lots of color.

He shuddered at the thought.

And then the sound of footsteps caught the Shadowhunter's attention, Alec rising as two people appeared in front of his cell. Of all the people he'd expected to stop by, his little sister hadn't been one of them. At least not without his parents in tow. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to visit you. The guard here is standing by to make sure I don't bust you out of here."

From where Alec was standing, the guard was more interested in drooling over his sister, not guarding him. But he wasn't complaining. At least the time would go faster with her prattling on about whatever boy crazy thoughts were in her head. Isabelle was rarely at lose for words and was always looking for someone to listen.

Walking over to stand in front of the bars Isabelle grinned at her brother, wiggling her eyebrows teasingly. "So how's it going, Jailbird?"

"Not bad. How about you, Jailbait?"

Isabelle laughed delightedly, not insulted by the comment in the least. She knew he didn't mean it after all. "I'm doing pretty good, thanks. Though I have to say, that's a pretty mean greeting since I came here to help you out, bro."

"Help me? Seems pretty pointless to break me out now, seeing as I'm getting out soon. It is almost time, right?"

Giving the guard a flirty wink Isabelle fluttered her lashes at him before turning her attention back to her brother. "As fun an idea as that is, I have a whole other reason for being here. Mom and Dad will be here in an hour with Magnus. That gives me a whole sixty minutes to do you a favor you're really going to owe me for."

It was never a good thing to owe Isabelle a favor. "What kind of favor?"

Not bothered by the looks she was getting Isabelle's smile went downright gleeful. She couldn't wait to see the reaction she got from her little bombshell. "Well…it was pretty obvious that you and Magnus didn't manage to get naked after the battle which means you, brother dear, are still a lily white virgin." Isabelle laughed in delight when Alec went as red as a tomato, the young guard not much better. "I bought books for you, you know. I figured you'd need them when you finally got over you know who. It figures you and Magnus would finally hook up when all those books are still at home, spoiling my helpful surprise. But lucky you, I read them all to make sure they were good."

Alec didn't know whether to blush like mad or go as pale as a ghost. He had a really, really bad feeling that he knew where this was going. "Isabelle…."

"No need to thank me. Just take a seat and I'll tell you everything you need to know to rock Magnus's world tonight."

Even as Alec sputtered a plea to not be informed Isabelle launched into her little speech.

"When two men really love each other they want to express their love physically by having sex." Isabelle began, both men going as red as was humanly possible as Isabelle explained to both of them how men had sex and the multiple positions they could have sex in. With horrified fascination, the two men listened and imagined, their minds blown as Isabelle delighted in shocking them both into stupors.

Alec had had some vague idea how men had sex together, he wasn't completely ignorant. He'd figured out what was put where, but he'd sort of tried to forget about that in favor of thinking about the fun stuff, like the kissing and touching. That he liked. The rest…well he imagined it had to feel good since it was the point of having sex…as he understood it, but still….

Now, thanks to his sister, he had some very, very vivid images. And his stomach was so in knots Alec was surprised that he hadn't passed out yet.

Needless to say, neither Alec nor the guard even noticed the sound of approaching footsteps an hour later.

Magnus and the Lightwoods came down the hallway, stopping in their tracks when they got a good look at the guard's face. Isabelle waved at them in delight, but then she obviously wasn't nearly as freaked out as the other two.

"Isabelle…." Maryse began, a bad feeling in her gut as she came to a stop in front of the bars, noting that her son looked even worse off than the guard.

"Yes, Mom?" Isabelle asked, all innocent and sweet.

"Alec, are you okay?" Magnus asked as he came to stand beside his man's mother, his worry plain. He'd never seen Alec so pale before. He looked almost see through.

Alec just stared at them, obviously so lost in his own thoughts that he was barely aware of them.

Following their gaze Isabelle suddenly realized that maybe, just maybe, she'd gone just a little too far. She'd just thought he'd blush and squirm like the good little goody two shoes that he was. He was pretty funny when he acted like that. But now that she looked at him her brother looked like he'd maybe gone into shock sometime during her fun without her noticing. Which was not a good thing given how she'd figured her brother intended to spend his night. Uh oh.

Wincing, Isabelle gave Magnus a sorry look. "Well…uhm…on the bright side, I think I've cured his blushing problem. He's blushed so much in the last hour that he can't possible do it again for a long time to come."

"I like his blushes!"

"Oh. Sorry."

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Magnus had to restrain himself from strangling Isabelle all during dinner. He'd managed to corner her long enough to find out what she'd done, and even knowing she hadn't meant any real harm Magnus was tempted to transform her into something awful for a while. But the damage was done and Magnus could see his plans for the evening going up in smoke.

He was somewhat heartened by the fact that Alec had opted to come back to his room with him after dinner, but Magnus wasn't entirely sure if the Shadowhunter was too out of it to realize what he was doing. The man had spilled wine on himself earlier and hadn't even noticed until his mother had pointed it out.

Arriving at his room Magnus closed the door behind them, hoping desperately that the night could be salvaged. Turning to face Alec Magnus didn't know how to get through to the other man.

"Could I borrow your shower? I want to wash the wine out of my shirt and off my chest."

Blinking in surprise at Alec's words Magnus nodded automatically, pointing in the direction of the bathroom door.

Nodding his thanks Alec turned and headed for the door, closing it firmly behind him. Magnus took heart in the fact that he didn't hear the lock being engaged.

Shoving his hands into his pockets Magnus looked around the room, walking over the bed to turn the covers down. Then he turned them back up because it seemed pretentious of him to turn them down. Then he turned them back down again because even if there would be no sex in the near future thanks to Isabelle, there was no reason Alec couldn't at least sleep with him. She hadn't traumatized him that much, had she?

For her sake she better not have.

Running nervous hands through his spiked hair Magnus paced back and forth for a good ten minutes before it occurred to him that Alec might be hiding in the bathroom. As it was, Alec wouldn't want to get back into his wet slacks which meant a towel. And in his present state Alec was probably not feeling comfortable enough to come out wearing only that.

And that in mind Magnus snapped his fingers, a pair of slacks appearing in his hands. Slugging them over one shoulder Magnus screwed up his courage and headed for the bathroom, intending to walk in just long enough to toss them over the door's hook and assure himself that Alec wasn't curled up in a fetal position on the floor.

Stepping into the room, Magnus's eyes automatically went towards the shower even though there was no sound of water running. And there his eyes remained as he forgot about the slacks and all about his own worries. His eyes and all his thoughts were centered on the form within the shower.

The shower was glass on two sides and Magnus had a perfect side view of Alec as the man vigorously toweled off his damp hair. Water ran over lightly tanned skin, slipping and sliding down the slopes and curves that made up Alec's finely muscled physic. There was not an ounce of fat on the man's body, the lack of clothing finally revealing of the body Alec always took such pains to hide.

"Beautiful." Magnus whispered, instinctively licking his lips in anticipation.

Even though Alec couldn't have possibly heard him, the Shadowhunter slowly lowered the towel and turned to look in his direction, their gazes meeting with a force that had the air around them sizzling with their shared chemistry.

Alec didn't blush as he automatically wrapped the used towel around his waist, his eyes never leaving Magnus's. He still seemed to be in a daze, but at least he was aware of his surroundings, Magnus thought cynically.

"I…how long have you been standing there?" Alec's voice was as uncertain as his body language.

"I…brought you some slacks to wear."

"Wouldn't that…sort of defeat the point?"

"Well I…I wasn't sure if you would want to…after Isabelle's little pep talk. And if you want to go back to taking things slow than that really is okay. I mean I want…but you're worth the wait. I want this to be right, Alec." Magnus finished awkwardly, sighing heavily as he tried to figure out what he could say or do that would make this all easier on the both of them. He was starting to get really nervous now too.

Alec was quiet for what felt like forever, Magnus's stomach tied up in hundreds of knots before the Shadowhunter finally spoke.

"I have…one question."

Gulping, Magnus fought the need to cross his fingers. "Okay. What's the question?"

"Are you…expecting me to be on top?"

Magnus blinked several times, not sure how to interpret that at all. Did Alec want to be on top? That could end badly, especially since he was fairly sure that Alec had never even gotten past second base before. Not that he was opposed to Alec being in charge, but he wanted their first night together to be as perfect as possible. Alec was far too timid and innocent to take top until he knew exactly what that entailed.

"Do you want to be on top?" He asked carefully, Magnus doing his best not to give his thoughts away.

"No." And now Alec blushed, proving his sister's earlier prediction wrong. "I really, really don't. I don't want to screw this up and I will if I take the top. I know it."

Magnus gave a sigh of relief as a sexy grin crossed his face. "Good."

"Good? So that's okay? Even though I'm bigger than you?"

Magnus laughed and held out a hand to Alec. "Come out of there so that I can make love to you, Alec Lightwood."

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Taking a deep breath Alec opened the door and stepped out, concentrating solely on the man who watched him with burning, golden green eyes. Stomach muscles tightening at the heat Magnus's eyes were generating, Alec forced himself to put one foot in front of the other. The water dripping down his body reminded him with every breath he took that he wore only a towel, but suddenly that seemed more sexy that embarrassing.

He felt sexy. And a lot more confident about what was going to happen.

Stopping in front of Magnus Alec forced his arms to raise and wrap around the warlock's waist. "I'm going to get you all wet." He whispered, sighing as Magnus brushed his lips against his.

"I really don't mind." Lifting his hands Magnus combed through Alec's damp hair, holding on as he deepened the kiss, tracing Alec's mouth with his tongue in a silent request for Alec to part his lips. Groaning his pleasure when the Shadowhunter did so, Magnus hungrily devoured the man mouth, tightening his hold when Alec imitated his actions so that their tongues met and dueled.

Heat gathering and building between them, the two men moved their hands over each other's bodies, Alec's hands sliding under Magnus's shirt so that he too could touch bare skin. Pressed up against each other, their bodies vibrating with need and desire, they both groaned with pleasure as Magnus broke off the kiss so that he could lap up the water dripping down Alec's neck.

Fingers digging into Magnus's back, Alec tipped his head to the side as his eyes closed. "That feels so good." He murmured, not feeling the least bit nervous as he lost himself in the passion they were inspiring in each other.

"That's the plan." Magnus purred, savoring the taste of the other man's skin. "I'm going to make you feel so very very good."

Kissing the side of Alec's neck Magnus was about to suggest that they head for the bedroom when something burst into flames just behind Alec's shoulder, distracting him. As it was he had to blink a couple of times before his heated brain processed what he was seeing. Slowly straightening up Magnus stared at the fiery piece of paper with growing dread. "Oh hell no."

Turning in Magnus's arms Alec stared at the piece of paper in confusion.

Reaching out Magnus grabbed the piece of paper, the fire going out as the paper returned to its original size and condition.

Putting their heads together both men read the message with sinking hearts.

Apparently the warlock that had been nominated to represent the warlocks on the new council had gotten into a duel with another warlock and lost. And the warlock had not only lost his life and the duel, but so had the other guy. So now they were figurehead-less and an emergency meeting had been called to nominate and decide on a new nominee. Magnus's presence was required and if he didn't show up at the assigned meeting place in the next half an hour warlocks would be sent to retrieve him.

"They'll really send warlocks to bring you in?"

Magnus nodded in pure misery. Not that he couldn't take out a couple warlocks, he was a serious badass after all. But that would involve property damage and Shadowhunters freaking out and possibly kicking him out of the city before he was ready to go.

Being a man, Magnus's mind turned to all the things he could do with Alec in half an hour, but their first time together was going to be all it should be, and that meant he needed a hell of a lot more than a lousy thirty minutes.

Taking Magnus's groan as conformation that their plans were once again being shelved Alec winced, watching Magnus tear the message to shreds. "This is getting ridiculous."

He couldn't have agreed more. Pretty sure he'd never been so frustrated in his life Magnus made a mental promise to himself that he was going to make the recently deceased warlocks pay when he joined them in the afterlife. "You're staying here, in my bed." Magnus decided, his voice broking no argument. "I probably won't be able to get back until morning but I'm sleeping with you when I get back."

"I'll be waiting for you." Alec promised, turning to lean his forehead against Magnus's. "I'll wait as long as I have to for you."

"Any longer and I'll self destruct from frustration." Was Magnus's wry response to that.

"Well we can't have that." Alec murmured as he turned his head to capture Magnus's lips for one last kiss good bye.

Magnus made it to the meeting with seconds to spare.