Summary:


Alec had left early that morning for a meeting with his mother to finally give her his report about what happened at Lake Lyn and Magnus was putting the finishing touches on a potion for Caterina and walked into the living room to remind him to send it to her after her shift was finished when he saw Alec standing in the room just looking around.

"Alexander." Magnus said and Alec turned around to look at Magnus and smiled at him lovingly and Magnus noted his eyes were a bit sad, "Did you forget something?"

"No, I just, I wanted to see you." Alec moved to kiss Magnus and Magnus felt an unusual softness in the kiss as Alec let his hand just rest on his shoulder.

Magnus took Alec's face in his hands after, "You seem sad, has your mother been giving you trouble about your report?"

"My mother." Alec echoed as he stared at Magnus before smiling, "How's she doing?"

"You just went to see her." Magnus looked at Alec in confusion.

"I... I haven't made it to see her yet." Alec said.

"I can tell, did you call her to tell her you'd be late?"

"No, I'll cal her later, I just... can we sit together for a bit?" Alec asked.

"Sure, I do have a meeting with Caterina later." Magnus reminded Alec.

"Okay." Alec settled down to lay on the couch with Magnus, head resting on his chest, listening to his heart beating.


"Hey, Magnus." Alec called softly.

Magnus blinked awake and found Alec crouching before him, "Hey, how was your day?"

"Fine, I took Caterina's potion over when I got in you seemed tired." Alec said as he brushed Magnus' hair back off his forehead.

Magnus frowned a little as he sat up, "What?"

"After my meeting with mom." Alec said as he went to the kitchen to get coffee.

Magnus looked after him and then back to the place where he'd seen Alec that morning, pointing to the place Alec had been standing and then to the kitchen where Alec was currently with a look of confusion on his face.

"Magnus?" Alec asked, "Something wrong?"

"No, just confused, we took a nap together this morning after I finished Caterina's potion." Magnus told him, "You seemed sad so we cuddled on the couch."

Alec frowned, "I went to give my report, I got home an hour ago, saw you sleeping and took the potion to Caterina before I came back after seeing Madzie."

"You seemed sad." Magnus said softly, "And a bit surprised when I mentioned your mother."

Alec sat next to Magnus on the couch, "What do you think made future me come back to see you?"

Magnus looked startled.

Alec gave him a look, "Surprised to hear you ask about mom, forgot a meeting with her and just wanted cuddles. Magnus, I'm pretty sure you just got your first visit from future me."

Magnus drew Alec into his arms, "I don't know but I have a feeling he lost someone."

"Do you think he had just lost you and wanted to have you hold him one more time?" Alec asked quietly.

Magnus hugged him tighter, "I should have told you I loved you this morning."

"You did, you cuddled me without even asking why, thank you."

Magnus smiled, a part of him wanted to point out that the man he saw that morning wasn't Alec, not yet, but Magnus thought about the Alec that would eventually be without him, left behind by time and couldn't bring himself to say that, when the Alec was from matter, he loved him regardless, and even if he didn't quite know the other man he was still Magnus' Alec and he would always love the man in his arms.

"I guess I'll be seeing you a lot while you're gone."

Alec laughed, "It's going to get weird."

Magnus smiled, "At least it will be interesting."


"So, how long has it been since my funeral?" Magnus asked as he handed Alec a cup of coffee.

Alec looked startled before smiling, "It's been a hundred and twelve years, nine months, one week, three days, five hours, forty-two minutes and seventeen seconds since you died."

Magnus nodded, "That's, that's very specific."

"I've been counting, that's... Madzie says I shouldn't do that, a lot of Warlocks say I shouldn't do that but, I'm not a Warlock and I can't... I'm not going to die, and the Nephilim drive me crazy."

"Oh?" Magnus asked with a smile.

"Trust me after Jace and Clary spawn you'll understand and don't get me started on Izzy's kids, I'm surprised that the Institute is still standing when I drift through to see our grandkids." Alec told him as he sipped his coffee.

"Grandkids?" Magnus echoed.

"Oh!" Alec exclaimed, "We don't have kids yet, do we?"

Magnus shook his head, "We have Madzie most days but she's still living with Caterina."

Alec nodded, "I miss her sometimes."

"Is she...?" Magnus asked.

Alec looked startled and then shook his head, "She's fine, usually, but she's been teaching at Warfin."

"Warfin?" Magnus asked.

"Ah, that's Simon's son's fault, the boy decided to mash Warlock and orphanage together when we were making a home for abandoned Warlock's and the babies just loved it and you thought it was wonderful." Alec explained.

Magnus smiled, "It's a lovely name."

Alec glared a little, "I forgot how annoying you were when we were young."

Magnus shook his head as the front door opened.

"Magnus?" Alec asked as he set his bow on the hook by the door and toed off his shoes, "Are you home?"

"Yeah." Magnus turned to look back at Future Alec only to find him gone.

"Hey." Alec said as he gave Magnus a kiss, "Something wrong?"

Magnus shook his head, "I saw you again."

"Yeah, how was he?"

"Better, not so sad, I'd been dead for a century."

Alec hummed.

"Let's go to Paris." Magnus said as he held his hand out to Alec.

Alec laughed, "I have a meeting with Herondale tomorrow."

"But Paris." Magnus pouted.

"Paris." Alec grinned, "Why not?"

Magnus kissed Alec and conjured a portal.


"Do you miss Ragnor?" Alec asked as he watched Magnus make a potion from his perch on a desk.

"Sometimes."

"Would you want to see him again?" Alec asked.

Magnus paused, "I never thought about it, it never seemed possible, time travel is impossible, I know several Warlocks that dedicated their lives to looking into it, even if it is possible it's one way because those Warlocks are never seen again."

Alec nodded, "What about talking to him?"

"How would that work?" Magnus asked.

"Well, I can travel..."

"Alexander." Magnus stopped him, "I love seeing you, giving you memories you obviously need, but Ragnor and I were never clingy, we'd go centuries without speaking, maybe in a few centuries I'll take you up on that, or when something big happens but not now."

Alec nodded, "Here, this is for when you're having doubts again."

Alec held out a sealed envelope that had 'Magnus' penned in beautiful handwritting.

Magnus took it and had to smile, "You are the most ridiculous Angel, you already went to him."

"I never got to meet him, he was your best friend, and boy does he have some funny stories." Alec grinned.

"What stories?" Magnus asked.

Alec winked at him, "Stories that get you banned from Peru, I had to go all on my own because they refused to let you cross the boarder even when it was no longer Peru."

Magnus buried his face in his hands.

"Magnus?" Alec asked as he entered Magnus' office, "Was I embarassing you?"

"No, Ragnor was." Magnus looked up and smiled at the Alec that he woke up to and went to sleep with, something that Future Alec never intruded on even when present Alec had to be away for days at a time.

Alec had mentioned it was probably because then he'd never leave, there had to be a line some place and sleeping in the bed they shared seemed to be the line.

"Oh?"

"You learn about Peru." Magnus sighed.

"Ah, the country you're banned in."

"Even after it's not Peru anymore, apparently." Magnus muttered.

Alec laughed.