Boyfriends? Boyfriends

Alec woke up, when he felt Magnus placing small kisses on his bare chest. He moaned quietly, as he tried to wake up. Magnus moved his way up to Alec's lips, biting down slightly here and there probably leaving a few marks, but Alec welcomed the morning kisses.

"Mmh," he sighed, when Magnus lay back down beside him.

"I couldn't help myself," Magnus admitted.

"It's a nice way to wake up," Alec mumbled. He hadn't even opened his eyes yet, so for all he knew he might still be asleep and inside a wonderful dream. Something else added weight to the bed and to Alec's legs, and he remembered the kitten Magnus had brought home last night. He finally opened his eyes, and looked down at the small kitten approaching his face. It tried to place itself on top of Alec's head, but he pushed it lightly so it didn't cover his face. Magnus was watching him carefully, trying not to laugh. It would probably scare the kitten away if he did.

"I think he likes you," Magnus said.

"I'll say you have some competition," Alec chuckled. Magnus rolled out of bed. "Hey, where are you going?" Alec had no idea what time it was.

"You made me jealous," he teased and walked to the bathroom. Alec fought the desire to follow the man into the bathroom, and petted the kitten on his pillow instead to distract himself. His desire was getting stronger by every minute Magnus showed him the sweet and intimate side of himself that he had last night. And it made him feel like a horny teenager, something he hadn't quite experienced when he had actually been a teenager; at least not in this extreme. He was staring at the ceiling, while absentmindedly still petting Chairman Meow, when he heard Magnus approach the bed again.

"Do you think other couples do this too?" he asked. Alec looked at him. He was only wearing boxer briefs.

"Do what?"

"Wait. For this long?" Magnus wondered. Alec placed his words carefully, rolling over so Magnus now had his full attention.

"I don't know what other couples do. I've never been in one. I don't mind taking it slow, but you should also know that whenever you're done taking it slow, I'm ready," Alec smiled softly. Magnus swallowed hard. Alec knew why Magnus was nervous. He'd never had his feelings returned either, and that's why he was hesitating. He was scared of getting hurt. Alec also knew that Magnus wasn't used to not being in control of something. Just like Alec wasn't used to someone taking his feelings into consideration. The people at home sometimes seemed to be unaware that he actually had any feelings. The two of them were a perfect match, and he was only waiting for Magnus to accept that.

"Maybe we should put our next step into a calendar?" Magnus offered. He was a businessman, and he needed this control in his personal life, because Alec wasn't just an accidental one-night stand. Alec cracked a smile.

"How's Tuesday?"

"You're making fun of me, but I'm serious. Don't tell me you haven't thought about it?" Magnus tried to smile, but he seemed too nervous to do so full-heartedly.

"I have, because I overanalyze everything. But I also want it to be somewhat spontaneous. And I know you; you like to go on a whim. You're only suggesting this, because you're nervous."

"You're right," he said and went to his closet to find clothes. "You're right," he repeated as he pulled out a dress shirt. "How about we don't talk about it anymore and see what happens? I'm starting to feel like such a drama queen. I usually go with the flow. Though I also like drama…" Magnus' thoughts seemed to trail off.

"Let's go with the flow," Alec grinned. The kitten purred into his ear. "You're going to work today?"

"Yes," Magnus smiled down at him, while buttoning his deep purple shirt.

"So you're leaving me here to babysit?"

"Seems like he's in good hands. He already likes you better than he likes me," Magnus said and went down to the kitchen, but he came back a few seconds later. "Could you make me expresso?"

"Espresso. It's called espresso," Alec sighed and stroked the kitten's head, whispering to it, "it's okay, he doesn't understand coffee." He rolled out of bed and Magnus began packing his bag. Alec eyed the man running around the loft half naked looking stressed. They'd probably overslept, Alec realized. "Are you going to wear pants to work?" he wondered. Magnus looked down at himself.

"Oh shit! You could have said something," he mumbled and went back up to his closet.

"I wasn't sure if it was a no-pants workday today," Alec called to him. He sort of enjoyed seeing Magnus nervous and a bit out of it because of him. It gave him a boost of confidence.

"You're very funny today. How did we trade personality overnight?"

"Maybe it's a Freaky Friday situation?" Alec offered and looked at his reflection in the oven. "Nope, I'm still the paler one."

Magnus came back to drink his cup of espresso, wearing a tight pair of leather pants. Alec bit his lower lip, and Magnus didn't notice how Alec was ogling him. He was about to run out of the door without a goodbye, but then he remembered and ran back to give Alec a sweet kiss on the mouth. Once the door had shut after him, Alec exhaled deeply. The Chairman came into the kitchen and walked between Alec's legs.

"I know. He really is dreamy, right?" he asked the kitten. "Even though he doesn't know anything about coffee." Alec continued to walk around, while occasionally talking to the cat. The cat just stared at him from time to time, as if he might have heard Alec say something important, but then looked away again when he realized it wasn't important after all. "I'm talking too much? Oh, that's right. You probably want your own breakfast," he figured and refilled the kitten's bowl, before getting his laptop and getting ready to continue work.

Alec had been writing for a few hours, when he needed a break he looked at the time and figured Jace would be off work by now, so he called his friend up on Skype. Jace flashed a smile at Alec first thing, as he answered his call.

"Hey man," he grinned.

"Why are you smiling like that?" Alec grimaced. Jace pointed at his own neck.

"You got a little something there."

Alec looked at his own tiny image at the corner of the screen and noticed a hickey that he hadn't realized Magnus had planted on him.

"Oh shit. I fell… this morning," Alec tried.

"On your neck?" It was obvious from Jace's expression that he was aware of the lie.

"Shut up," Alec rolled his eyes.

"I guess things are getting heated then?" Jace wiggled his eyebrows.

"Don't do that. Don't make it into a silly teenage crush."

"Sorry. It's just a bit weird, because you know, you haven't had a boyfriend before. I feel as a brother I should have teased you about boys at some point," Jace said.

"I didn't tease you about girls?"

"No, you were busy trying to save me from myself and not from girls. Are we just going to ignore that I just called him your boyfriend, and you didn't object?" Jace raised an eyebrow.

"We're taking things slow," Alec shrugged, thinking about last night.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Jace said, probably expecting Alec to say 'no'.

"Last night I planned a romantic dinner at home, because I wanted to get out of the friendzone and make him aware of what I wanted. But he brought home a kitten and we had to go shop for everything it needed." Alec stopped talking and Jace appeared to be analyzing the facts in his head.

"You just called his place 'home'?"

"I've never felt more at home than I do here?" Alec shrugged. Honestly, he had never felt more at home than last night, when sleeping next to Magnus and waking up to his kisses. Something in Jace's expression softened. It was a rare trade for his friend, but Alec knew it meant he was happy for him. Him and Jace had always had that kind of connection.

"Well, I'm glad. You should bring Magnus here sometime. I would love to meet him. And I know the other guys miss you. Izzy is starting to go insane, and Max keeps talking about wanting to go kayaking when you get home," Jace said. Alec couldn't help but smile. Max and him had a tradition every year around this time, and they would either go kayaking or out on a sailboat or fishing. A small familiar redhead appeared behind Jace, and a smile widened across her face.

"Alec!" Clary greeted. Alec didn't think he'd ever seen her this happy. The two of them hadn't always been on best terms, but it had been getting better within the past year.

"Hey Clary."

"Did you tell him yet?" Clary asked Jace. Jace shook his head amusedly. "Alec, I have my first exhibition by the end of next week!"

"That's amazing!" Alec laughed. Things were going great for his friends at home. Clary had always wanted a big breakthrough, and she really was a truly talented artist. Clary was still so young and it was amazing for her to already get her dream started like this. "I've actually been meaning to ask you something," he began.

"Please tell me you're coming to see the opening first?" she looked at him pleadingly.

"I'll talk to Magnus about it," he assured her.

"Oh good, you should bring him too. I really want to meet him."

"I'll see what I can do," Alec promised.

"So what did you want to ask me?"

"Well, you know that I'm working on a book, I was just wondering if you would…" He didn't get to finish his question before she cut him off.

"Yes! Of course I will!"

"Clary, you don't know what he was going to ask you," Jace chuckled.

"He wants me to draw his characters so he has inspiration, while he's writing, right?"

"Actually," Alec hesitated. He hadn't thought about that, but it was a pretty good idea to have images of his characters. "I also wanted you to do the covers if I ever get a publisher?"

Clary seemed to be in shock for a moment.

"Is that even how it works?"

"I'm not sure. But I hope I have some say in what's going on my cover or at least who's going to do it?"

"I would love to," Clary said, tears popping up in her eyes. Alec swallowed hard. He loved making his friends happy like this, because it felt absolutely amazing. Now he just hoped he hadn't jinxed anything. He had been in contact with an editor, but nothing was final of course.

"I'll see what I can do about next week," Alec said. The door to the apartment opened, and Magnus came inside. He must have gotten off early.

"Great," Clary said. Magnus froze by the door, probably not wanting to disturb them, but Alec smiled at him to let him know they were just talking.

"Was that the door? Did Magnus just come home?" Jace wondered.

"Say hi to Magnus for us," Clary said. Magnus strode across the room and looked at Alec's screen with a smile.

"Who are this lovely lady and handsome young man?" he asked, and brushed Alec's back so they couldn't see them touching.

"Magnus, this is Clary and Jace," he introduced. His two friends waved their hands like the dorks they truly were.

"Hi Clary and Jace," Magnus chuckled.

"Okay, you've said hello. Bye," Alec said and ended the call. When he looked up at Magnus the guy was staring at him, biting his lip. "What?" Alec asked nervously.

"I've just…" Magnus cleared his throat. "I've just been thinking about you all day. I sound like such a cliché," he sighed and face-palmed himself. Alec chuckled, and took the man's hand in his own, caressing his fingers.

"I don't care how cliché you sound. I kind of like it."

"Of course you do, you're a writer!" he said, and this time it looked like he gave himself a mental face-palm. Alec didn't have time to say or do anything else, before Magnus began kissing him heavily and almost desperately. Alec stumbled off the stool and crashed his body against Magnus. It took them a moment to steady themselves, lips still touching and hands everywhere. It was almost like the first time they'd made out, except everything was different now, and Alec could feel that this time Magnus' heart was in it too. Alec fumbled to find a spot of bare skin on Magnus' stomach, his hands shaking under the other man's shirt, as he felt his way up Magnus' abs. Magnus moaned against his mouth and drew in a breath, when Alec's hand moved around the man's back to pull him into an embrace.

"Is something wrong?" Alec asked nervously. When he looked up at Magnus' eyes they seemed darker somehow, full of desire.

"Let's move to the bed," he said and pulled away.

"O-okay," Alec stuttered, as Magnus closed his fingers around Alec's wrist and dragged him with him. Magnus pushed him down onto the bed and crawled on top of him, leaving kisses down Alec's jaw, while exploring Alec's body with his hands. Alec had a difficult time gaining a normal rhythm to breathe. Everything was going so fast, but it also seemed to be in slow motion at the same time. Magnus pulled his own shirt off in one move, and Alec helped him pull his shirt off, before welcoming Magnus' lips against his chest. He felt electric against Magnus' body, every time Magnus moved Alec's body moved as if to respond to the other man's touch. While Magnus hadn't been ready to take charge last night, he sure seemed to be in his right nature taking charge now. They had soon stripped down to their underwear and Magnus came down almost covering Alec with his own body, despite his lighter weight and smaller size. Alec knew he should feel safe and protected, but somehow the feeling of this kind of safety made him uneasy, and he tried to readjust himself under Magnus' embrace.

"Shit, what did I do?" Magnus noticed the uneasiness and got nervous suddenly. Alec reached up to cup Magnus' face with both hands.

"I'm sorry, I'm not used to this," he said and looked down at Magnus' arms set securely on each side of Alec's shoulders. Magnus' leaned over on the side, rolling halfway off Alec. He seemed to be contemplating something, and Alec was almost ready to let his nerves go and let Magnus be in charge, when the other man spoke.

"Do you want to be on top?" he asked, and Alec's gaze caught the nearly yellow eyes.

"I don't know," Alec said, realization hitting him hard. He had thought about it so many times, but he didn't want to force Magnus to do anything. Every time he looked or thought of the man, Alec had thought he would need to take care of Magnus, and he would need to be the one giving the other man a sense of security. Alec might not always seem the type, but he felt like the natural protector with just about anyone. He didn't like the word 'top' or 'dominant', because it send off a vibe of inequality in a relationship, but he couldn't help his own nature feeling the way he felt with others. Magnus seemed to study Alec's expression for a moment.

"I wouldn't mind," Magnus whispered.

"But you haven't…"

"Neither have you," he interrupted. Alec rolled over on top of Magnus, he brushed the man's hair away from his face and kissed his forehead.

"I need you to tell me to stop if I cross any kind of line. It doesn't matter when, you have to tell me?" Alec looked at Magnus' expression. He didn't look nervous anymore. Instead he looked like someone whose feelings had never been taken into consideration like this before. Magnus raised his lips to Alec's in a soft kiss.

"Thank you," he whispered against Alec's lips. He licked his lips after laying his head back down. Alec admired the man under him for a moment, unaware of where to start next. "I'll guide you," Magnus said and moved his hands down Alec's back, pulling him down. Alec felt hands in his boxer briefs and he rubbed against Magnus with the motion of the hands behind him. Alec kissed Magnus, while brushing his hand down the other man's underwear. He only had to do to Magnus what he knew he would enjoy himself, and it seemed to work. Magnus writhed under him, as Alec began to find a rhythm. It didn't take long, before Magnus was so hard Alec doubted he could get any harder, and so he pulled his underwear off and put Magnus into his mouth, imitating what he felt Magnus had done to him the first time. But instead of finishing up the way Alec had, Magnus stopped him just in time. "Stop!" Magnus moaned, and Alec's head jerked up. Magnus was panting, "I want to come with you… inside me." Alec blinked, before he continued to plant kisses on Magnus' body. Magnus was a gentle teacher; even if he had assured Alec that this position was new to him as well. He taught Alec how he needed to prepare Magnus, before going all the way. And when they were both ready to go all the way, Alec thought he would have to pull out again. Magnus grabbed the sheets under him into his fists, his face twisted into a mix of pain and pleasure and Alec froze in position while feeling Magnus slowly relax under him. When Magnus didn't say anything, Alec leaned down to kiss him gently on the cheeks, down his neck and his chest. After a moment, Magnus was ready, he let go of the sheets, and put his hands behind Alec's neck. Magnus guided Alec silently, telling him everything with his body and Alec replied with as much gentleness as he possibly could without shattering completely on top of the beautiful man. They found a steady pace, and Alec imagined it would have been better for both of them if Magnus had rolled over. But the first time wasn't about great sex, it was about intimacy and Alec felt the kind of intimacy he had always hoped for his first time, and he knew instantly how lucky he was, because not a lot of people would take their time to find the right fit and the right pace for their first time. It all ended in what he imagined to be ordinary bliss, as the first time should. Still, Alec realized what Magnus had meant that night weeks ago, when he told him about pleasuring others – although Alec felt pleasure himself, the sight of Magnus coming undone underneath him was just as satisfying.

Magnus brushed his hands down Alec's body, almost as if he wanted to get under his skin. Alec let himself fall down slowly on top of Magnus, softly caressing his chest, while catching his breath.

"Alec?" Magnus whispered.

"Mmh?" Alec hummed. He didn't dare to look up, afraid of what Magnus was going to say.

"I think I'm a bottom," he said. Alec looked up at him with a smirk, resting his chin on Magnus' chest. "Yeah, I'll definitely bottom for you any time," he reassured, when he looked down at Alec.

"You should know something…" Alec began.

"Oh, are you a bottom too?"

"I hate it when you say bottom," Alec finished his sentence.

"Catcher?" he suggested, and Alec wrinkled his nose with disapproval. "Receiver?"

"We talked about it, but do we have to talk about it still?"

"It's important to talk about sex if you want to improve?" Magnus suggested.

"Alright," Alec said, and rolled over to his side so he could get a better look at Magnus. "What do we need to improve?"

"I think you could be a bit more rough next time, now that I know what to expect," he smirked.

"I was planning on it," Alec felt his confidence rise, now that he knew Magnus was planning on them to have a 'next time'.

"Good," Magnus said and pulled Alec back on top of him.

"What, now?"

"Why not?" Magnus' grin told Alec that he knew exactly why not.

"I might need some time to recover," Alec chuckled.

"Fine, we'll take five," he smirked.

"That gives me just enough time to ask you something. You don't have to say yes, if you don't want to or you can't do it," Alec said, tracing a pattern on Magnus' chest with a finger.

"You're making me nervous, just ask me?"

"Clary has her first exhibition by the end of next week, and she asked us to come see her. All my friends will be there, and it will probably take a few days in my van, so I completely understand if you can't take the time off," Alec babbled. Magnus didn't say anything, and when Alec looked up at him it appeared he was searching for something in Alec's eyes. Alec rarely babbled, and when he did it was always because of Magnus.

"What happened to the confident guy I saw just a second ago? Of course I want to meet your friends. Nothing would make me happier than to see you happy, Alexander," Magnus said softly, and Alec felt his heart nearly burst. Knowing it would be too soon for the L-word, he leaned down and kissed Magnus' chest instead, right above where his heart was. "Does that mean you told your friends I'm your boyfriend?" Magnus smirked.

"I don't really need to tell my friends much, they are very good at drawing conclusions."

"Okay, how will you introduce me then, once we get there?" Now Magnus was just trying to make him say the word.

"Friend with benefits?" Alec offered, only teasing him.

"Ouch. I guess I deserved that one."

"No you didn't," Alec dropped his expression, and bit his lower lip absentmindedly. "I would love to tell them that you're my boyfriend?" Alec said it as a proposal, letting it be up to Magnus what to do with it. He seemed touched, and a smile reached his entire face.

"I would love that too."