Hello, back again :)
This time the chapter is a little bit longer, I'm quite happy with it. SO I know that Lydia isn't bad in the serial but I didn't like her so I've decided do what I did, hopefull you won't be dissapointed ;) Also I'll think about the wishes I've got from my winners, I will really try and use them :D
"Our parents are making plans for the both of us." pausing in his training, Alec turned to look at Izzy. She looked sad and angry at the same time and he knew that his father must be the cause of it. But then again she said 'parents'. Grabbing his towel and wiping some of his sweat away, Alec motioned for her to follow him to one of the benches. "Parents?"
Fuming, Izzy looked at her bright red high heels. "I mean father. He wants you to marry someone from Idris or something." she then glared and turned to look at him, "Promise me, you'll say no. Promise me Alec! You can't let father manipulate you how he wants to. And you have Magnus now. You like him don't you? You can't do this to yourself Alec!"
"That's not true." at Izzy's glare, Alec hurried to elaborate,"I mean the thing with the marriage. I...Yeah, I kinda like Magnus? I mean he is kind to me and really powerful, you can't deny that, and ...I don't know. It's just that when I'm with him I feel,...um...h-happy and s-safe?" seeing how hesitant Alec was Izzy inwardly cooed. Her brother was just so cute.
"I'm sorry but it is the true. Father told me so. He needs a politician line to restore 'our' name back in Idris. Pff, just a bunch of crap. All he wants is to improve HIS name. And as you are the only omega in our family, so far, you are his only chance to do that. But Alec I promise you that I will not let that happen! Do you hear me? You will marry for love and not for our father." nodding but still afraid, Alec decided to turn the conversation towards Izzy.
"And what about you?" she sighted,"Well, he wants me to try and review our connections with the Seelies." Alec frowned,"So you are playing the diplomat? That's my job, that's what I am supposed to be doing."
"I know that! But I'm the only one with ties to the Seelies." Alec nodded, still not happy with that but he couldn't do anything about that. His father didn't like him and Alec doubted that he would listen to him. Izzy's eyes softened, "Don't worry about father Alec. Just focus on Magnus and getting to know him." blushing slightly Alec smiled at her,"Okay, I will try."
A couple of days later, the Institute:
"No Downworlder can come into the Institute." said Jace and turned to look at Alec who was carefully studying one of the biggest screens. "Not without an invitation from a Shadowhunter." jumped Izzy in, knowing that Alec was still nervous because of their conversation a couple of days ago. "Last I checked, Valentine is a Shadowhunter. The cup is not safe here. We have to give it back to the Clave." insisted Alec and came to stand next to Izzy.
And that's when Clary decided to join the conversation. "The Clave? No. Not after everything we went through to get it." she said and stopped next to Izzy, waiting for her to support her. Too bad for her, Izzy was still angry at her and instead supported her brother. "My brother is right. The cup is extremely important." Clary sighted, "This cup is the only chance I have at getting my mom back."
Jace placed his hand on Alec's shoulder, "I agree with Clary." Alec lifted an eyebrow and looked at him, "We can't give the cup to the Clave, not now. We need it. It's our only bargaining chip."
"Look, I know how powerful the cup is. It has the power to create new Shadowhunters, control demons and even kill a mundane if they drank from it." She looked at them all before continuing, "But I promise you, I will not let that monster get his hands on it." yeah, Alec wasn't impressed as he knew that everything she just said about the cup was the same things Jace told her before. But seeing the pleading look in Jace's eyes he decided to allow them leaving the cup in the Institute.
"Follow me." he said, before nodding to both Jace and Izzy to stay put and mentioning for Clary to follow him. Kneeling down in front of one of the more complicated runes on the floor and drawing it with his stele, Alec watched as a panel made of glass emerged. He held his hand out and waited until Clary gave him the card.
"Listen Alec, I realized that I couldn't have done any of this without your help. I wanna thank you." sighting, Alec stood up. "Don't misread this as friendship. Since you've arrived our whole world got turned upside down. I'm doing this for Jace." yeah, he was still angry at her. Looking at her one more time, Alec turned and without saying anything more, left. Yeah, just a little.
As he was walking by another screen, he noticed something red approaching the Institute. And fast."What the...huh?" looking closer, Alec saw it stop and then trying to break into the building. At this time the loud beeping caught the attention of Jace and Izzy. "There is something outside the perimeter." said Jace and retreated slightly so Izzy could see too.
Alec looked at him and smugly said,"I told you ..." - "Don't say it." Jace stopped him before he could say it all, annoyed. "What's happening?" Clary asked but no one paid her any attention, the siblings getting their gear. "It could be the Circle members." Jace said and pulled his jacket on.
"I told you so." – "Too soon, Alec." Jace told him, but he was smiling. Excited to get some action.
In front of the Institute:
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" one silhouette asked the other one, little bit taller and stronger build then the first one. "What other option do we have? You tried to call her, you even left her a message, and she still didn't contact you. In your place I wouldn't bother but I know you and know that you are disappointed and so this is our only option."
The second one said and turned to the first. The smaller man, as they both were men, started to say something, when they were interrupted. "Don't move. Put your hands where I can see them." both turned and the smaller one smiled when he saw just who interrupted them.
"Jace, Alec, Izzy! Hi, how are you?" the Shadowhunters blinked and Alec's eyes widened. "Simon?!"
Alec's office, The Institute:
"So, you two are bonded?" Jace asked astonished, looking at the two men before him. Simon laughed and looked to where Raphael was holding his hand. "Well, not yet. We are courting, you could say?" looking at Raphael who nodded, Simon happily looked back at the surprised Shadowhunters.
"Wait! What do you mean ' courting'?! When did this happen?!" they all looked at Clary who was fuming, her hands on her hips and glaring at the pair. Simon nervously touched the back of his neck, "The night we helped Magnus summon the demon? I-...Raphael invited me for dinner and we talked, got to know each other. And then he walked me home and asked if he could court me. And I said yes." Simon smiled at her, ignoring her glare and nuzzled closer to Raphael, who continued his conversation with Alec and Jace.
"But...but What about your mother?!" Clary shrieked. "Well, the truth is that Raphael has her permission? He was invited for a family dinner and she like him. Oh, and Rebecca too."
"I-...I thought that you liked me?" Simon smiled sadly." Well I liked you. But you made it clear that you don't like me that way and I kind of moved on? I mean you couldn't have thought that I would follow you around like a puppy forever."
Clary just stood there, her mouth open as if she wanted to say something but no sound came out before storming out of the room. Simon just looked, not understanding why she was mad. Raphael on the other hand knew very well what the problem was and decided that it was time for him to do the thing he came here for. Excusing himself, Raphael followed her scent to her room. Not bothering with knocking, Raphael stormed inside and found Clary angrily muttering to herself. When she saw him, she jumped and glared at him.
"You! What do you think your are doing to Simon?! Do you think it's funny to play with his emotions like this? Ha?!" Raphael just calmly stood there and stared at her, not bothering to reply. This made her even more angry and she stormed to him and pointed her finger at his face.
"You will go and apologize to him for playing with him and you will never contact him again, do you understand me?!" but hearing this, Raphael's resolve snapped. Grabbing her hand and twisting it behind her back, Raphael ignored the pained sound and instead leaned down so he was whispering in her ear.
"Now listen to me. I'm not playing with Simon, I really and sincerely love him and I won't let you lie to him. If someone is playing with his emotions it's you. Really, knowing how he feels about you and using it to play with him. You are disgusting. If I'll hear that you tried something like this on him it would be the last thing you will ever do. Do you understand? Simon Lewis is mine and I won't let you use him anymore." saying what he wanted, Raphael turned and walked away, satisfied with the smell of fear around him.
Back in Alec's office, after Raphael left:
After Raphael left, Alec sat next to Simon. "So you are being courted? Congratulation." smiling a little, Alec just sat there and listened to Simon ramble. Seeing how happy the other omega was, Alec couldn't help but think about his own courting. It mus be nice having someone around like that. Someone who loves you and cherish you more than anything. He could see the love Raphael looks with at Simon and Simon at him. He also noticed the silver bracelet on Simon's hand. His collar.
When Alec was younger, he sometimes thought about his own collar. That someday he also would have something he could proudly show around. But then he noticed how everyone looked at him, how nobody ever tried to ask him on a date or something and his dreams disappeared. And now, when he was an adult already, and still no one has been affectionate with him, Alec was ready for a life full of loneliness. But then he met Magnus and everything changed.
Magnus was nice to him, not glaring at him or speaking behind his back. Maybe, maybe his family was right and Magnus was the one Alec waited for. But he can't be hasty. What if Magnus was only another alpha who wanted an omega for,...you know, naughty things, and then he will leave him. No he couldn't risk it. He needed to get to know him and only then would he decide. If Magnus asks. That's another thing. What if he will take too much time and Magnus will lose his interested? What will he do then?
He just didn't know what to do.
The main office, The Institute:
"Robert, you can't be serious. You can't do that to him!" Maryse glared at Robert, the man who cheated on her, who hated his own son just because he was an omega. "Maryse you know that this is needed. We need to cleanse our name in Indris and if this is what it takes I'm willing sacrifice it."
Maryse glared, "You mean to sacrifice our son." Robert rolled his eyes. "I don't see your problem. He is an adult already and has no one. So why can't he at least try and get to know them? Maybe he will like them." frustrated, Robert didn't think about what he said and Maryse inwardly smirked. "Okay fine. He will meet them, and only when he says that he WANTS to be courted will they court." Robert's eyes widened and he cursed. But what he said pays and he can't do anything about it, so dejectedly he nodded and watched how a satisfied Maryse stormed out.
The main floor, The Institute:
"Alec, you think you could get my stele back?" looking down at his little brother, Alec smiled at him. "They took it away because you nearly burnt down the Mumbai Institute." Max smiled with a mischievous spark in his eyes. "How many times do I have to say that it was an accident?" Alec sighted and knelt so he was on the same height as Max. "Look, Max. Somebody very important is coming to visit. All right? You think you can stay out of trouble for just a couple of days? If you do, I promise I'll get your stele back."
Seeing Max nodding, Alec smiled. Max always came to him with his problems. Alec thought that it might be because he was an omega and omegas were Family-based and loved children. He ruffled his hair and stood up, when the door of the Institute opened and in walked Valentine? Immediately shoving Max behind him, Alec unglamoured his weapon and drew an arrow. Letting it fly, Alec watched as Valentine grabbed the arrow right from air and brought his other hand to his runes.
Alec noticed that he has the glamor rune activatet (A/N: I don't know if there is something like this. Let's just pretend that it is ;) ) and his eyes slightly widened when he deactivated it and in his place stood a young woman, an alpha according to the her scent. She was maybe a little bit taller than Izzy and had blond hair. Alec heard that more people gathered behind him but he still didn't look away from the new alpha, keeping Max behind him.
"That reaction time was abysmal." she said and came to stand before Alec and he could feel Max grabbing a hold of his shirt. She then looked at Alec and smirked "Except for you. I'm Lydia Branwell, envoy from the Clave." and Alec wanted to disappear. This was the alpha he was supposed to marry? Great.
Alec stared as she started walking here and there talking about taking 'temporarily' control of this Institute. His mom along with Izzy tried to prevent her from doing what she wanted but she ignored them. "Where is Clary Fairchild?" looking around herself when nobody answered she sarcastically said, "Well I hope someone knows where she is?"
"She is out in the field. Training," Alec finally said and when she turned to look at him he tightened his arms around Max's shoulders. "You left Valentine's daughter freely running around New York?"
"Isn't she also your cousin?" he heard Izzy say sarcastically and inwardly smirked. Yeah, Izzy was a tad hot-blooded. The 'inquisitor' will have a little problem with her. "Distant cousin." Lydia said and glared at Izzy who didn't back off. Only a small little problem, yeah.
The Jade wolf:
Alec stood on the side and watched as Lydia, along with Luke, looked at a forsaken or something like that. He didn't want to be there, he wanted to be with Max. But when they got the photos from Luke and Lydia saw them she decided that she wanted tohave a better look at them for herself and that Alec had to go with her. Great.
"We'll take the body back to the Institute, do a full autopsy. Oh, hold up. I get that I called you ...Actually, I called Alec. But what I didn't want is someone to come down here and just take over." laughing under his nose, Alec came to stand next to Lydia. "Yeah, that's kind of her thing." smirking when Lydia huffed and turned away.
The Institute:
"We need to make sure that no magic was used to make this. I'm calling the nearest High Warlock to come in to consult." Alec froze before continuing. "Magnus Bane?" Alec was kind of embarrassed because he still didn't call him after their date. It was nice, Magnus was really funny and had a lot of stories and Alec didn't remember when the last time was when he laughed so much. Also the farewell was really nice.
Flashback :
When Alec remembered to look at the time his eyes widened when he saw that it was already 1am. "Oh, I didn't realize that it was getting so late. Maybe I should go." standing up, Alec turned to gather his jacket and phone. The evening was really nice, Alec's first date ever and he couldn't think of anything better than this. Like Magnus promised they get to know each other, he didn't try anything that could make Alec uncomfortable.
"Too bad, but you know what they say, with good company your times flies." Magnus said and winked at him and Alec found himself laughing once more. Petting the sleeping Chairman Meow one more time, the cat jumped him the moment he sat down, Alec walked towards the door. This was the moment Alec was nervous about. Should he hug him or kiss him? But he was still too shy to kiss him. Thankfully, Magnus made this decision fro him. He turned him around so his back was against the door, Alec had flashback to the last time they were together, when saving Luke, and smiled at him.
"Well, I know you wouldn't like me too much if I just kissed you like I wanted and that's something I don't want to." Magnus smiled and winked at him and Alec knew that he was just kidding. "But I also don't want you to leave without a kiss so please bear with me?" and before Alec could ask what he meant, Magnus pressed a gentle kiss on his cheek. Pulling away, Magnus chuckled at the cute omega, whose cheeks were bright red and Magnus was sure that even the tips of his ears were red. "So cute."
Pressing another quick kiss, this time on Alec's other cheek, Magnus gently turned him around and pushed out of the doors as the little omega wasn't in any state to do so himself. When Alec turned back to him, Magnus just smiled "Call me, okay? Whenever you will want. Just to talk or have another date." winking, Magnus closed the door before he could do something he would regret later. Alec just stood there, his face still red, not understanding what just happened. Finally, he recovered and started his walk home. Hopefully, by the time he will arrive, his cheeks will return to their normal color and Izzy won't ask too many questions.
End of flashback:
And Izzy did ask. Many and many questions. All night. What will Magnus do when they meet again. Will he kiss him again? Or will he pretend that the night never happened. Frankly, Alec didn't know which one he wanted to happen. If Magnus will kiss him, he will die of embarrassment. But if he will pretend that nothing happened, Alec's heart would break. Probably. And why was he even thinking about this? Looking up, he found Lydia looking at him and cursed.
"Sorry, what were you saying?" she looked at him with suspicion before returning to the dead body on the iron table. "Do you know him?" - "Oh, yeah. Magnus is,um...quite magical." seeing the look she gave him, Alec quickly played for a safe."I mean he is good with magic. Yeah." still, she was looking at him and Alec was getting nervous. "How well do you know him?"
Gulping, Alec didn't know what to say. He knew that his father wants him and Lydia to bond, but he didn't like her like that. He wasn't even interested in her. Magnus on the other hand. He was interesting. A lot. But she was asking him how well he knows Magnus. What should he say?Thankfully, before he could dig an even deeper grave for himself, Izzy saved him.
"Excuse me. Magnus Bane is here to see you." she was clearly annoyed at being the messenger. Lydia nodded and with one last look at Alec walked away. Once Alec couldn't hear her anymore, he sighted in relief. "Do you want me to get rid of her?" looking up at Izzy, Alec was confused. "I mean, is she bothering you? I can get rid of her if you want me to." Alec smiled. Izzy always cares about him even though he was the older one.
Smiling, Alec hugged her, burying his nose into her hair and breathing in her scent. It always calmed him down, the scent of an alpha and more importantly, of his family. "No, no, don't worry. I-I will think about something. You have work to do." he motioned to the body and Izzy nodded. "Okay, but promise me that you won't do anything stupid like agreeing to marry her. Please Alec, I can't see you suffer." Alec nodded and hugged her one more time before walking away, his mind full of thoughts. He needed to train.
Sometimes later, The Institute:
Alec was breathing heavily, his knuckles started to hurt. He was at it for sometime already, punching the dummy over and over again. Taking a quick break, Alec took a deep breath and paused. There was something different. A new scent, Alec smelt only a couple of times. Old books, some herbs and, what was the most important, sulfur – magic. Magnus. Turning around, Alec froze when his gaze locked with Magnus's.
"M-Magnus. Hi" smiling shyly,Alec instinctively tried to cover his bare torso. So embarrassing. "Alexander, how pleasant to see you." Magnus smirked and walked closer before pressing a quick kiss on Alexander's cheek.
"O-oh, you don't have to do that. I'm covered in sweat and I must stink." Alec stuttered, blushing.
"Doesn't matter. You are still beautiful." blushing prettily and shyly looking away, Alec put on his favorite hoody. It was completely black with a small pair of white wings in the right top corner. Alec thought that he saw a brief blink of disappointed in Magnus's eyes but that was surely only his imagination. "Is there something you wanted?" blinking, Magnus focused on Alexander's face. "Damn, I've got distracted." Alec was quite muscled but not overly so as an omega can't be as muscled as a beta or even an alpha, but still, it was pleasant to look at.
"Yes. I got the outcomes in regard to the body. No magic was used in creating that. Ileft dear Isabelle down, she looked quite,..ehem, in her element." Laughing, Alec nodded "Yeah. When we were younger, she saw some mundane series and she decided that she wanted to be a pathologist. So here she is. The best in New York." Alec proudly said and took the papers from Magnus. Magnus smiled, a proud look looked good on Alec.
Alec remembered that he didn't call after their date and got nervous. He should at least apologize. "Magnus listen, I-I'm sorry that I didn't call. I just...my father came for a visit and my little brother too. And then we had to help Clary again and then Lydia came and...and I'm sorry." whispering at the end, Alec looked at his hands, not wanting to meet Magnus's gaze. He was sure that he would be met with a disappointed one.
And when Magnus wasn't saying anything, Alec thought about the worst. "Now you've done it Lightwood. He doesn't want you anymore. Anyway who would want an omega who forgot to call an alpha?" flinching at his own thoughts, Alec tried to fight the tears that came to his eyes. He always messed everything up.
Magnus's eyes softened when he saw just how sad and scared the omega was. Surely he wouldn't think that Magnus would stop trying to court him. But seeing his hands starting shake, Magnus wasn't so sure. Stepping closer, Magnus gently took Alexander's hands into his own and made him look into Magnus's eyes.
"It's okay, that happens. To tell you the truth I was busy, too. Clients here and there, I was kinda happy that you didn't call. I didn't have to say 'no' to you. I wouldn't have liked that." saying this, Magnus pressed another kiss on Alec's forehead and smiled at the omega who was looking at him with wide eyes.
Alec was relieved when he heard this and blushed when Magnus kissed him, again. Alec knew that these kisses weren't true kisses, but to Alec, they were the first kisses with someone out of his family, and they meant a lot to him. Even more because they were with Magnus, with someone who has real interest in him. "Magnus, I-..." Alec started saying when he heard someone walking towards them.
Slowly pulling his hands away from Magnus's, Alec looked up and promptly sighted in relief when he saw that it was only his mom. It wasn't like he was ashamed of Magnus, he was more worried about someone seeing Magnus with HIM. Magnus's reputation could be destroyed if someone would see him witha broken omega.
"Mom, do you need something?" he asked and looked at Magnus from the corner of his eyes. Thankfully, he didn't look angry, instead he was smiling. Maryse, too, was smiling and it was a long time ago when he last saw her this happy. "No, nothing important. Magnus, how great to see you again. How have you been?" Alec's eyes widened, his mom knew Magnus? What?
"Maryse Lightwood, time was merciful to you. Youhaven't changed at all, still looking asif you are twenty." Maryse waved her hand at his compliments, "And you still know what to say." she laughed along with Magnus and Alec's eyes looked ready to fall our of his sockets. This was kind of weird.
"When I heard that you were here, I had to see you. What did you find out?"
"Thankfully, that thing wasn't made with magic, so Valentine doesn't have access. And I left the rest to your daughter, she looked really eager to dig into it." Magnus wrinkled his nose and looked at his watch. "Well it was nice meeting you again Maryse, hopefully we will meet again, but I need to go." nodding to her, Magnus turned to Alec and whispered so Maryse wouldn't hear. "Please call me okay? Whenever you need." seeing Alec nod, Magnus whinked at him and walked away.
Alec looked after him until he couldn't see him anymore and turned back only to flinch when he found his mom smirking at him. "W-What?!" Maryse smirked and turned away, metioning for him to follow her."Nothing. I'm just surprised that the alpha you and Izzy were talking about was Magnus Bane. But I must say..." here she turned to him and gently touched his shoulder,"Good choice Alexander. Magnus is a good man and alpha. He will take good care of you." blushing furiously, Alec started stuttering.
"N-No,.. ...Magnus is-isn't my alpha or any-anything...W-We just." laughing at herbefuddled son, Maryse couldn't help but think that it was about time for Alec to find someone.
To be continued
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By Lenuš
Beta'ed by Dawnsty