Merry Christmas everyone! And happy holidays to all that don't really celebrate Christmas the way that I do. Here is the last chapter that I hope you all will enjoy! And also #AllIWantForChristmas is to #SaveShadowhunters.
Alec had actually made sure that it was an amazing Christmas. He had brought everyone back to the loft, handed them the presents that Maryse, Luke, Simon and Raphael had bought, cooked a delicious meal and sent everyone off. Alec was proud of himself. He had made sure that his family had a successful Christmas day. And now it was late Christmas night. Alec walked around the loft, cleaning up the wrapping paper left there from Madzie's gifts and Noel playing around. As Alec was cleaning, he looked over to the coach and smiled at the sight of Magnus. He was laid down on the couch, holding Noel in his hands and pushing the puppy up and down onto his nose, making baby sounds to the dog that couldn't even understand what he was saying. Alec smiled. How could he even think about letting this beautiful man go? How could he so selfish and think that Magnus would just bounce back from something like a burn from Edom? Alec shook his head in disappointment in himself. Magnus looked over to his boyfriend to see him standing in the door frame. Magnus summoned a small fluffy dog bed and placed Noel down on it. Noel happily walked in a circle on the bed before deciding to stalk his tail.
Magnus stood up. "Alexander?" he called, taking his boyfriend's arm in his hand. "What is it?"
"I.. I should probably tell you." Alec replied, taking Magnus's hand. They walked over to the couch and sat back down. "Um… last night. I don't know what happened. But really late into the night I was visited by someone that looked exactly like my mom."
"But I thought that you're mom was in Idris? How could it be possible that she-"
"It wasn't her." Alec corrected calmly. "It was a warning."
"A warning?" Magnus repeated. "What do you mean?"
"She just came and told me that I needed to change my opinions on Christmas." Alec responded. Magnus was going to respond, but Alec held his hand up. "Please, Mags. Let me speak. I need to tell you everything that happened."
Magnus sighed and nodded. "Okay." he replied, nodding over at him. "I'll shut up and listen."
Alec nodded and looked over to him. "So… she warned me that I needed to change my feelings and my actions towards Christmas. When she left, I just told myself that this was a prank and that this wasn't real. But another hour passed and this person that looked like Luke showed up. And he warned me as well. He told me that I had to change what I was doing with Christmas. When he left… I thought the same thing. That it was a joke. That is was probably you or Jace pranking me. But then… Jace showed up."
"But… not Jace." Magnus finished with a nod.
"Yeah. He told me that he was here to show me something, then Izzy showed up. They threw me out of my office and suddenly I was outside on a snowy night. They showed me a Christmas night when I was young and I gave Izzy a new crown. I didn't know that it was Christmas though. Then they showed me a Christmas Eve with you. How we came back from a trip and we danced and had sex. Do you remember that?"
"Of course I do." Magnus said.
"They showed me how you started crying when I left for Idris. Magnus… I'm sorry for leaving you. But… but that's not it. When they left, I was back in my office and then Clary showed up. And she showed me what was supposed to happen today. You were supposed to still have the burn and you werer supposed to slowly die."
Magnus moved forward and took Alec's hands in his. "Alec… none of that happened. I'm okay."
"Let me finish Mags, please. There's more." Alec said. "After Clary showed me that, I was back in my office. And, I know that I didn't say this before, but each of those ghosts that looked like my family said that I was under some sort of spell. I was trying figure out who hexed me or who put a spell on me… but before I could, your father appeared."
Magnus sat up. "Did he hurt you? How did he get here?"
"Easy Maggie, I'm not hurt. He didn't hurt me. But he was the one that cast the spell on me. He showed me the future… and in that future… you… you were dead." Alec said, tears starting to flow from his eyes and drip from his cheeks. Magnus cupped his face in his hands. "You were dead, buried in the ground and I wasn't there for you. You were gone because I couldn't help you. And… and then-"
Noel moved forward, feeling the sadness in the room. He patted Alec's legs with his paws, barking for some cuddles. Chairman Meow, who was sitting in the corner of the room, watched him in anger of getting the attention of his loft's only shadowhunter. Alec chuckled and picked up the white puppy, holding him in his arms. Magnus rubbed Alec's cheeks, magiking away the tears. "I'm okay Alec. Look at me, I'm alive."
"But you could have died Magnus! What Asmodeus showed me could have really happened! Izzy left me, my mom left, Jace carved off our parabatai rune and you…"
"What about me darling?"
"You might have been dead on the surface but you were down in Edom. Being tortured to join your dad." Alec cried. "All of this… all of this because of me. All of this because of me. Because I didn't care enough about you-"
Magnus moved forward and held his cheeks in both of his hands. "Alec… it's okay. It's fine. I'm okay."
Alec moved forward and pressed kisses against Magnus' nose. Noel moved forward off of Alec and into Magnus' lap. "I'm sorry for ever taking advantage of you. For ever believing that you are not enough and that you'll never leave me. I love you more than words can express and I want to hold you in my arms forever and ever." Alec pulled Magnus close to him. Magnus rested his head onto the shadowhunter's chest. And the two just stayed there for a moment. Magnus smiled at him, feeling Alec's love and care and everything inside of him. Alec buried his head in Magnus' hair, never wanting to let the beautiful warlock go. Noel felt the love in the air and he moved over into their hold. Chairman Meow, wanting the care as well, jumped onto the two lover's hug. Alec held Magnus for a whole hours until the lights instantly shut themselves off.
Alec looked down and saw that Magnus had drifted off to sleep. But his hand was still tightly intertwined in Alec's bigger one. Alec looked down at the two animals. "Hey." he whispered to them. "Let me get Maggie to sleep. Go on, go bother each other."
The two animals jumped off of Magnus and Alec and started to play with each other. It looked like an adorable patty cake with their paws. Alec stood up and then moving slowly and carefully, slung over his boyfriend shoulder. Magnus, still asleep, rested his head against Alec's broad back and smiled in his sleep. Alec carried the warlock to their bedroom. As Alec reached the door frame, Magnus slapped his shoulder blade lightly. "Look up babe." Magnus said, still in his hold on his shoulder.
Alec raised his eyebrow, looking up as he was instructed. He saw a small plant hanging magically from the door. Alec smiled. Izzy had held this up at dinner with Simon. Mistletoe. Alec set Magnus down and held his neck in his huge, archer hands. "So do I just move forward and kiss you, or do I have so say I love you twenty million times?"
Magnus chuckled. "How about I start?" he suggested, moving forward so that they could feel each other's breath. "I love you so much. And… I'm glad that you decided to share this Christmas with me."
"I'm glad too. I just wish that it didn't take me going under a spell to show you how much I appreciate you." Alec said. "I love you so much Maggie."
"Call me Maggie again. I like it."
"Okay. Maggie." Alec said, before leaning forward and kissing him. He sucked on his bottom lip and held onto Magnus tightly. He moved back over and picked up Magnus up before going over to their bed and laying him down and going on top of him. And after hours of passionate and loving sex, the couple laid down on the bed exhausted. Alec held Magnus close to him, rubbing his shoulder with care. Magnus opened his eyes after the sex and smiled at the wide blissful cuddles that he was receiving from his brand new Christmas loving boyfriend. He opened his eyes in the darkly lit room and looked up over at his boyfriend. Alec was sleeping soundly, a smile on his face. Magnus lifted one of his hands and rubbed it over Alec's deflect rune. Alec opened his eyes as well, still tired from the love making, feeling Magnus' touch on his and he looked down at him. Alec smiled at him. "I'm sorry." he whispered.
Magnus raised an eyebrow, confused. "What are you talking about?" he whispered.
"I'm an asshole." Alec replied. "I was to you when we first met if you really think about it. When I first met you, I treated you like you were beneath me. Then when Jace was taken by Valentine, I yelled at you all of time for nothing. And I... I never apologized to you. I never said sorry for yelling you, screaming at you, pushing you away, treating you like you weren't meant to be treated."
Magnus sat up in the bed, propping himself on his elbow and holding his head on his hand. "Alexander... that's all in the past now."
"That doesn't change the fact that I shouldn't have done it at all." Alec said back. "You deserve to be treated like a prince. You deserve everything that you ever wanted. Not someone like me."
"Alec." Magnus said to him, moving over and holding him. "Alec... I love you. And everyone makes mistakes."
"But I shouldn't have made those mistakes with you. I don't think that I could ever shake the thought of you leaving me. I don't think that I would ever come back from you leaving me. I love you so so much and I'm so sorry for what I've done to you." Alec got up from the bed and left the bedroom. Magnus sat up fully on the bed and looked over at the door that Alec just went through. Alec came back a couple of moments with something enclosed in his larger hands. He sat back down on the bed and looked over at his boyfriend.
"Alec, if you're going to apologize to me, I-" Alec opened his hand and showed a beautiful diamond ear cuff. Magnus gasped, seeing the cuff. "By the angel, Alexander this is beautiful."
Alec moved over and placed the cuff onto Magnus' bare ear. Magnus leaned into the touch, letting Alec hold his cheek. "I love you." Alec said, pressing a kiss to his forehead. "And I promise you... I will never hurt you again. I will never take you for granted again. I will never... let you go. I love you Maggie."
Magnus chuckled at the nickname. "I love you too Alec. Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas Magnus."
Alec moved forward and kissed Magnus again. He was never going to let him go again. He was never going to let Magnus go a day without letting him know that he is loved and cared for. Alec spooned Magnus as they went to bed. Noel came back from the room, hopping onto the bed, waning for some of the Christmas love too. Magnus moved over and spooned the puppy as Alec spooned him. Alec smiled.
"Merry Christmas Magnus." Alec whispered. "And many more to come."
All good things must come to an end. I hope you all enjoyed this holiday themed Shadowhuntrrs fic. Let me know how you all enjoyed. Thanks for reading, be sure to check out my other stories and of course #SaveShadowhunters
