Hey, sorry for the wait. I was pretty busy and wasn't able to work on chapter 4 for a while. But I finally had free time these couple of days and I focused on finishing this chapter to post it. I hope you all enjoy! Here is chapter 4!


The next few days with Magnus out of town, Alec spent it training with Jace. of course, Jace wouldn't stop asking him questions. Like Alec didn't feel guilty enough. Alec also spent those days texting Magnus, back and forth. Magnus would send him pictures of places in LA and selfies, making Alec smile goofily at his phone and yes he saved all of them. Magnus would also text him during his meetings complaining how boring it was and that everyone in there had no sense of style. He proved it by sending Alec a picture of them, which Magnus colored over it with a caption saying, Live a little. This made Alec laugh out loud which he covered with a cough when he saw Jace looking at him with one eyebrow raised.

But what Alec loved the most about those days was those phone calls they had at night, when they were alone. Alec has to admit that he falls asleep with a smile on his face every night and Magnus does the same. He also has to admit that he is falling head over heels for Magnus Bane.


Alec is home and just got out of the shower, with a towel wrapped around his waist, when he hears his phone beep, notifying him of a text message. He checks his phone and automatically his lips curls up into a smile. It was from Magnus.

The Most Beautiful Man: Hey handsome!

Hey beautiful. What are you up to? Alec texts back.

The Most Beautiful Man: Nothing much. Just another boring meeting. You? Is it too forward of me to say that I miss you?

Alec eyes soften looking at the text message and decides to be honest with him. Alec starts typing, Just got out of the shower and I miss you too. So much.

Alec bites his lips and decides to delete So much and clicks send. Alec doesn't want to be seen desperate. Even though he does miss Magnus, a lot. In fact, he always catches himself looking at the picture of Magnus that is on Asmodeus' file. Alec is taken out of his thoughts whe he receives another text message from Magnus.

The Most Beautiful Man: Damn it, Alexander. You can't tell me that. That's the only thing I'm going to be thinking about now.

Alec lets out a laugh with his head back and replies with a winking face emoji.

The Most Beautiful Man: Oh how I miss you.

Alec lets out a small sigh, feeling the same. It's crazy though. Alec has known Magnus a couple of days but he feels like he's known him for all of his life. Alec can't wait until he sees Magnus again.

The Most Beautiful Man: Anyways, I just wanted to let you know that I'm coming back home tomorrow. My flight arrives at 2PM. Can't wait to see you on Friday for our date. I have to go, they just realized that I've been texting this entire time. Oops. Sorry not sorry. I'll talk to you later.

Alec: Thank you for letting me know. Can't wait to see you too.

Alec tosses his phone on the bed and let's out a happy sigh. Magnus is finally coming back. Alec doesn't think he can wait till Friday to see him. With that in mind, Alec starts to form a plan. He's going to surprise Magnus tomorrow by picking him up at the airport. A smile starts to form on Alec's face thinking about what kind of reaction Magnus is going to make. One thing for sure, Alec can't tell his father about this.

Right. His father.

Since he needs to follow orders, Alec has to report to his father about what happens on Friday. But by any means his father can't know about his plans for tomorrow. He has to be careful since his father has agents following Magnus around. Therefore, he can't screw up his plan.

The next day Alec got up early in the morning because he couldn't contain his excitement. But it gave him the time to plan for the day. First thing he has to do is make a few calls and then he needs to decide what to wear. Alec never cared about his clothes but now because of Magnus, he wants to look good for him.

When the time came to get ready, Alec didn't know what to wear. Usually his sister is the one who knows these type of things but Alec doesn't want her to get involved. Besides, she would ask a lot of questions that Alec can't answer. God, if Alec is having trouble picking what to wear for just picking Magnus up, he doesn't want to think about how much of a mess he's going to be for their date.


Alec arrived at the airport exactly at two. He ordered the driver to get Magnus in the airport, holding a sign that says Magnus Bane on it. Alec wishes to see Magnus' reaction when he sees it but he has to stay hidden in the car so that the agents doesn't see him. Alec straightens up when he sees the driver and Magnus walking towards the car. Magnus had a small smile on his face. Seems like the driver told Magnus that this was Alec's doing.

So far so good, Alec thinks.

Magnus still hasn't noticed Alec because he made sure that the windows were tinted black, so Magnus wouldn't be able to see him inside. Magnus starts opening the car door and gasps in surprise when he sees Alec sitting there, smiling softly at him.

"Alexander?" Magnus says as he starts smiling wide as he gets inside the car, closes the door and faces Alec. "What are you doing here?" Magnus asks still shocked.

"I wanted to surprise you," Alec confesses. "Are you surprised?"

Magnus nods, still smiling and says, "Best surprise ever." Magnus pulls Alec into a tight hug and Alec wraps his arms around him and leans his forehead against Magnus' shoulder.

"I thought I was going to see you on Friday," Magnus says still hugging Alec.

Alec tightens his arms around Magnus, not wanting to let him go, "I couldn't wait till Friday to see you."

"I'm glad you didn't," Magnus replies making Alec chuckle. They both let go of eachother but Alec reaches out to interlock his fingers with Magnus', not ready to let go of Magnus just yet. The entire ride was spent with a blissful silence, Alec and Magnus were enjoying each other's presence as Magnus had his head on Alec's shoulder with a small smile on his face.

When the driver told them that they arrived at Magnus' place, Magnus looks at Alec, "Would you like to come up?"

Alec smiles and says, "I would love to."

Alec grabs Magnus' suitcases from the trunk and carries them towards Magnus's loft. Magnus tried to help at one point but Alec just winked at him and said, "I got it." Magnus could have swooned right there and then. They entered Magnus' loft and Alec looked around while Magnus went to put his suitcases in his room.

This entire place screamed Magnus. The living room had a nice maroon color to it, with a black couch in the middle and a coffee table in front of it. There were also some scented candles around the room that smelled really good. There is also a bookshelf filled with classic books, which made Alec smile as he looked at them. Alec continued walking around, looking at the paintings on the wall and honestly this place felt really homey.

Alec notices some pictures on top of a table in the living room, so he gets closer to see them. There were pictures of Magnus in different states and countries and he had a smile in everyone of them. But there were a few pictures that caught Alec's attention. In these pictures, Magnus wasn't alone. One of them was Magnus with an older man, with their arms around each other, looking at the camera with big smiles on their faces. Alec realizes that the other man must be Ragnor. Magnus really looked happy in this picture, you can tell how much Magnus loved Ragnor. There are multiple pictures of them together and some pictures of Ragnor by himself.

There's another picture that caught Alec's attention. It was a picture of Ragnor, Magnus with another man and woman. The woman had snow white hair color with blue eyes, smiling at the camera and the man is latino, with brown eyes and had a smirk on his face. Magnus also had other pictures with them two, there was one that Alec picke up to look at it closely. They were at the beach and Magnus and the man were shirtless while the woman was in the middle, wearing a bathing suit with her arms around them both. They all had cheesy smiles on their faces. Alec smiles, looking at the picture and he couldn't stop looking at Magnus and how fit he looked.

I'm in trouble, Alec thinks.

"That's Catarina and Raphael. My best friends," Magnus says surprising Alec, making him jump.

Magnus lets out a chuckle and apologizes. Alec waves his hand and says, "No, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there and I was the one being nosey."

"Don't worry about it. I would have done the same," Magnus replies as his lips curl up into a smirk, "Besides, I enjoyed watching you checking me out." Magnus winks at Alec.

Alec chuckles and puts the picture back. "Well, I do like what I see," Alec says as he checks Magnus out in front of him, sending shivers down Magnus' back. Magnus clears his throat and says, "Would you like something to drink?"

Alec smiling, says, "Yes, some water please."

Magnus nods, "Okay, I'll be right back. Please sit down." Magnus heads towards the kitchen as Alec sits down on the couch, which was really comfortable.

Magnus comes back with the drinks but stops for a moment just to stare at Alec, who had his eyes close and his head leaned back against the couch. With a soft smile, he sits next to Alec and says, "Comfortable?"

Alec opens his eyes slowly, looks at Magnus and says,"Very. This couch is really nice." Alec reaches out and takes the cup of water from Magnus' hand.

"Thank you. It was a gift from Catarina."

"Hmm. I might need to ask her where she got it from," Alec blurts out touching the couch. His hand freezes realizing what he just said. He looks at Magnus with wide eyes, hoping he wasn't too forward. For god's sake he said that as if he and Catarina know each other.

"Hmm. Maybe after I introduce you to her. She'll definitely like you," Magnus says with a soft smile. Alec lets out a sigh of relief and smiles sheepishly at Magnus.

"So, how did the club business go?" Alec asks.

"It went great. Although there was a lot of boring meetings and a lot of paperwork, I managed to get a great deal out of it."

"That's great. So when will you open up the club over there?" Alec asks, impressed.

"Well, right now the place I picked is going under construction and I met up with an interior designer and told them how exactly I want the place to look like. It's going to take a few months. I'm going to keep tabs on the situation everyday and they know how to contact me," Magnus replies.

"Is it going to have the same concept as your club here?" Alec asks, intrigued.

"Mhhm. But with a little bit of LA style," Magnus says smiling.

"Sounds exciting," Alec says, happy for Magnus.

"It is. I can't wait to see it once it's done." Magnus smiles at Alec, loving the way that Alec is actually interested about his club.

Alec looks down for a moment, "So does that mean you have to go to LA again?"

Magnus reaches out to hold Alec's hand and says, "Yes, but not anytime soon."

Alec lets out a breath of relief and squeezes Magnus' hand. "Good," Alec says, relieved over the fact that Magnus doesn't need to leave again anytime soon. He also knows that if Magnus leaves again, he's going to be followed by other agents and Alec doesn't like the thought of that.

Magnus looks at their hands, curiously, "Alexander, can I ask you something?"

Alec tenses up a bit, "Sure, anything."

Magnus looks down, not sure how to get the words out. Alec realizing this, lifts up Magnus' chin up and says, "Hey, what is it?"

"What are we?" Magnus asks, surprising Alec.

"What do you mean?" Alec asks, confused.

Magnus sighs and looks down. "I never felt this way about anyone before. It kind of scares me," Magnus says as he looks at Alec again. Alec eyes widen a bit and sits up.

"I've been hurt before, Alexander. I don't think I can go through that pain again. So please tell me now what is this between us. Because if it is just casual for you, I don't think I can do this."

Alec breathes in and out. Here is Magnus being completely honest and open with him and he didn't know what to do. Alec is scared too, because he feels the same as Magnus does. With that in mind, Alec chooses to do something that he shouldn't do. He decides to be honest.

"Can I be honest with you?" Alec asks and Magnus nods. "I've never been in a relationship before," Alec continues.

Magnus gasps in surprise, "Are you serious?"

Alec nods, "Yeah. I never had the time for it. So, yes I've had casual relationships before, with no attachment. It's been like that for a while now. There's been one night stands and…"

"Sex buddies." Magnus finishes.

"Uh, yeah. Not proud of it but I didn't think me and relationships worked out. It's not like I hated commitment, it's just I never found the right person. Until I met you," Alec confesses.

Magnus eyes widened.

"So what I'm trying to say is that, you and me are nothing casual. Whatever we are feeling for each other is real. I'm scared too, you have no idea. I never thought I would feel this way for someone I just met a couple of days ago. I didn't think any of this was possible. But there's one thing for sure, I want you and only you, Magnus Bane."

Magnus lets out a breath of relief and smiled so big that it made Alec speechless, for how beautiful Magnus looked right now.

"Oh, thank god!" Magnus pulls Alec into a hug.

"Please don't hurt me," Magnus whispers in Alec's ear, making Alec shut his eyes.

On one side, Magnus is smiling from ear to ear but on the other side, Alec has his eyes closed with one teardrop falling from his eye.


After spending a little more time with Magnus, Alec decides to head home afterwards, with a lot of stuff on his mind. When he reached his door, he notices that it was unlocked and stays still for a second. Only two people have copies of his key and that is Izzy and Jace. Izzy is out of town with her husband, so it must be Jace. Alec sighs and enters his apartment, locks the door and leans against it.

"Hey man, where h…" Jace stops in his tracks when he sees Alec's face. "Alec what's wrong? Are you okay?"

Alec shakes his head.

"Is it Magnus?" Jace asks.

Alec nods slowly.

Jace frowns, "What happened?"

"H-he's falling for me Jace."

Jace sighs, "Shit."

Alec lets out a sarcastic laugh and says, "Yup." Alec walks towards his living room and sits down. "Do you want to know the worst part?"

Jace looks at Alec curiously and encourages him to continue.

"He asked me not to hurt him. Jace he asked me not to fuck around with his feelings and that's exactly what I'm doing. I'm lying to him everyday." Alec stops for a moment and then continues, "God, it's only been like a week and…" Alec turns around to face Jace who is sitting next to him, "Am I that good? Am I so good that I can make people wrapped around my finger so easily and just destroy them in the end?"

Jace looks at Alec with wide eyes, he's never seen Alec like this. He has always been very composed out of all of them.

"Alec…"

"I don't want to hurt him. I hate this Jace," Alec chokes out.

"It's too late isn't it? You're falling in love with him."

Alec shuts his eyes and nods, not able to lie to Jace right now.

"Oh, Alec," Jace says, shaking his head, hating seeing Alec like this.

"It's funny though. I didn't want to be in a relationship and I thought having this career would be difficult for me to find love." Alec lets out another sarcastic laugh. "You know, I used to envy Izzy and you for finding love. At first I thought it was nonsense but when I saw you guys with your significant others, deep down I wanted that too. I wanted to be happy and in love. Who would have thought that the man I have feelings for is part of my mission." Alec scoffs and shakes his head.

"Alec, I warned you about this. Not only will you hurt Magnus but it will destroy you too."

Alec sighs, "I know, I know. I hate lying to him but he can't find out who I am and I hate that he can't know me completely, just bits and pieces of me. He is falling in love with someone I came up with and I hate myself for it. But damn Jace, he is incredible, absolutely incredible," Alec says with a small smile, thinking about the last thing he said.

"Oh, brother of mine. You are completely gone for this guy."

Alec snorts, "Don't I know it." Alec looks down at his hands and Jace looks at him, curiously, "But…" Jace says.

"He knows something. I didn't tell you this, but at our coffee date, Magnus mentioned Asmodeus."

Jace eyes widened and his mouth opens in shock, "Are you serious?" Alec nods. "Wait, but you said he's not involved," Jace continues.

"He's not. But he might know that his father is up to no good. Magnus is not stupid and he is not a big fan of his father either. His face hardened when he mentioned him," Alec explains.

"Shit. Well this makes things more complicated," Jace says.

"Tell me about it," Alec replies.

"So, you really have no choice but to continue this mission, then?"

"Yeah…" Magnus is the key for this mission to be completed and Alec hates that.

Jace looks at Alec and sees him looking down at his hands with sad expression on his face. "I'm sorry you have to go through this Alec. Izzy and me always wanted for you to find someone but I didn't expect for it to happen like this."

"Neither did I," Alec whispers.

Jace puts his arm around Alec and gives him side hug, comforting him in silence.


*Next Chapter: Magnus and Alec's second date.*