Chapter 10
(The Lightwood family take time as a family.)
Magnus pulled Max to stand on his bed, to look at his work. He dressed him in a pair of black pants with a light blue button-up shirt, sleeves rolled up. He was proud of his work because Max looked like a mini version of Alec. He made sure to secretly buy both his boys the same shirt to make sure they matched. He would be wearing the same style of pants but his shirt would be in a light salmon. Tonight, was the wedding dinner for Jace and Clary; it was the just Lightwood siblings and partners, Clary wanted a fancy dinner, so that is what they did. Alec who had not helped at all for the wedding told Clary wherever she wanted them to eat he would pay for. He was going to use the money he stowed away for the lawyer that Magnus was now paying for.
"Do I look like you and Alec?"
"You look perfect." He put Max on the floor so he could go downstairs.
"Jace!" Max went yelling around the house, "Look at me. Magnus picked out my outfit."
Magnus heard Max talking to Jace and Clary in the living room, so he went to see his boyfriend. He found him standing in the center of their bedroom, just standing there. "Hey?"
Alec looked at him, "Tessa called." He threw his phone on their bed with a deep sigh.
"And you are keeping me waiting, why?" Magnus stepped up, cupping Alec's face to look into his eyes. "Tell me."
"Valentine has been fired; the company settled it with him. He's signed a statement that they won't press charges for harassment if he doesn't sue me for assault." Alec turned his head to kiss Magnus' palm.
Magnus froze, he didn't even think that Valentine could sue him for assault; Alec did punch him. "I didn't even think about that."
"Tessa said it would be okay. The board has decided that to keep me since I've become such an asset to the company. All the reports basic painted me in a favorable light. I won't lose my paid or team lead position but I am on probation for 180 days which could be extended to a year if I can't prove my worth in the first 180 days. I will also have it written in my permanent file. I can go back to work on Monday."
"That's good news." Magnus smiled at him, his trademark smile that went beyond his eyes. "That's great news."
Alec brought his hands up to Magnus' open button on his shirt, pulling him in for a searing kiss. He kept stepping back until his knees hit the bed, but Magnus wasn't kissing him back. He wanted to fall backward, bringing Magnus with him. He wanted to celebrate his job with Magnus. He would have brought Magnus down with him but Magnus wasn't letting him.
"Alec, we can't." Magnus pulled back. "We have dinner."
"Kiss me," Alec smirked, Magnus couldn't say no to him, ever and he was going to use that in his favor.
"We can celebrate after dinner." Magnus pulled Alec's hands off of him. "You need to see Max; he's adorable."
Alec frowned, "One kiss."
Magnus had to smile then; one kiss never stayed one kiss. Alec had started talking to him and the weight on him began to dissolve. It was like something he had never seen before, Alec was still calm and collected but at night when it was just the two of them he was less relaxed. It was like Alec finally trusted him with everything in his life. They seemed to settle into a classy routine. Alec had been picking up Max after school while he was on leave from work, they had a dinner and helped Max with his homework. Clary was still in charge of putting Max to bed and that's when he and Alec would settle down. Some nights they talked and some nights they made out for hours. They had not had sex yet, but it was becoming a slow burn. It would always heat up and then cool off at a steady pace. They never spoke about it, but it was a simple understanding. They weren't ready yet; they still had work to do on themselves. Magnus was going to end that slow bun tonight but Alec didn't know it yet, he had a special gift for him and he couldn't wait for it.
Jace and Clary were taking Max out to the farm for the night to be better prepared for the wedding the next day. That meant him and Alec had the house to themselves, and Magnus was going to make the most of it.
"We have never stopped at one kiss." Magnus had to stay strong, or they were going to be very late for dinner.
"Alex, look at me." Max came running in their room.
Magnus thankful for Max was able to step back. He didn't want to refuse Alec but he knew them. When they got hot, it didn't stop at one kiss.
Alec looked at Max, then at himself, and then to Magnus, "Really?" The question hung in the air.
"What?" Magnus smirked, "My boys look good." He left his shirt sleeves down but he knew Alec would want his rolled up, so he got in close to Alex again. He started with one arm then the other, he purposely left his tattooed arm for last. When he rolled up it up, he slipped his finger up a little higher under his sleeve to trace the line. Magnus knew they were safe with Max in the room so he could stand in front of Alec, touching him, and his tattoo. He felt a thrill up his spine when Alec sighed at him for touching him even if it was just an innocent gesture. He normally didn't understand the turn on factor Magnus seemed to be obsessed with but he was beginning to get it. He had to stop himself from rolling his eyes.
Alec was trying to listen to Max go on about his outfit but Magnus was doing a great job of distracting him. He leaned forward to kiss Magnus on the lips which he was rewarded by an 'eww, gross' from Max who then ran off. Alec pulled back, "See? One kiss." Alec couldn't stop himself to pull him in again. "Okay, two kisses."
He pushed hard on his chest with his free hand to get Alec to back up before he could go in for a third kiss. The dark blue of his eyes told him that he was going to try for more. With great reluctance, Magnus pulled his hand out of Alec's sleeve. "Go get your son. We have to leave." Magnus smirked at him but went to their bathroom to finish his hair for the evening. They already packed up Max's things in Jace's car. They were going to have a night together, finally.
The dinner lasted for almost three hours with the entire family talking and having a good time. It was late enough and Max was laying in Alec's arms, holding onto Rex sound asleep. He would rock him once or twice then Max would settle back in. It wasn't long past his bedtime but all the excitement wore him out. Magnus offered to take him but Alec said no and just cuddled him closer. He didn't know how the case was going to end or when; he wanted to hold onto Max for as long as possible.
"How did you find this place?" Clary was speaking to Magnus.
Alec was paying for the meal as their gift but Magnus picked the restaurant, it was one of their favorites: Morton's Steakhouse.
"My friend Ragnor came in from New York during the first month into my move to town and we found it by accident but it became my favorite after Alec and I came here on our first date."
"Second date." Alec corrected, "The movie and Mexican restaurant was our first date." He rocked Max a little when he stirred which calmed the boy down to get him back asleep.
"Oh yeah, we did say that afterward." Magnus laughed a little enticing a few odd looks. "That was a fun night."
Alec shook his head, hoping Magnus wouldn't lead on to more. He had kept their first few dates a secret as to what happened on those dates. Sure, he spoke to Jace about some things later but nothing in detail. Even Izzy had a few ideas of what happened but their first date and first kiss was a substantial secret between them and he would have liked to keep it that way.
"Why do I get the feeling there is more to story?" Clary spoke up this time, which was rare for her. She was usually the quiet one of the group.
"Alec was having a bad day at work and we had this moment in the stairs where I got to roll up his sleeves. Then I found him working late so; I forced him out to the movies and dinner with me." Magnus rested his arm on the back of Alec's chair, bringing them closer together. He ran his thumb over his shoulder.
"Yep, not the whole story still," Simon smirked as Izzy elbowed him in the stomach.
"No, I wanna know." Clary sat forward, she had a few drinks but nothing to make her lose her senses. But apparently enough to let her speak freely. "I never hear the good stories, please? Magnus?" She pleaded across the table from him. She knew who to appeal to; Alec would never give her any information.
"Magn-" Alec tried so hard to get him to be silent but Magnus cut him off.
"The parking lot at work is where the real action happened." Magnus raised his eyebrows.
"Magnus!" Alec sat up a little to get him to stop, but Max kept him tied down.
Magnus didn't even hear Alec; he continued on. "Remember I said Alec and I had a moment earlier in the day at work. I was so busy crushing on my boss, who I wasn't even sure if he was gay or not, but at that moment, I knew. So, I cornered him in the office and forced him into going out with me, 'as friends.'" Magnus used air quotes to get his point across. "Well, we took my car. We did the whole cheesy movie and dinner, at this point, it wasn't a date, just a nice night out. We had a great time at dinner and talking so I had to find out for myself, officially." Magnus was looking at Clary because she asked the question while Alec focused on the floor with the deep red blush creeping up his neck to his cheeks; which no one could see in the dark lighting. "When we returned to the parking lot, we got out and talked for a moment."
"Oh god," Alec buried his face a little lower, he was embarrassed but was not one to tell his family their details.
"Then?" Izzy was the one who sat forward then; she wanted to hear this.
"Then I kissed him." Magnus smiled, he loved that everyone wanted to hear it as Alec was trying to hide from it. He didn't want to embarrass Alec but he loved that his family wanted to know. "I kissed him first but Alec kissed me back. Obviously, I knew he was gay at this point so I did what any man would do, I kept kissing him."
"Wait a minute." Simon doing his awkward thing again, "What are you leaving out?"
Magnus laughed then, "I started the kiss, but Alec is the one who pushed me up against my car."
"I did not." Alec pipped in; he felt the need to set the record straight.
"Then how did we end up against my car? And who had whose hands under my shirt?" Magnus smirked as Alec dropped his head down. The rest of the family grasped and went into motion all talking at the same time. Magnus knew it was mainly him but the Lightwoods didn't need to know that. He winked at Alec when he finally looked at him, deepening his blush. "We also agreed that me calling him Alexander was defiantly our thing."
"Magnuusss." Alec drew out his voice with a low moan.
"Yes, Alexander?" Magnus tried to be sweet, but the devil was looking back to Alec, "It's not like I'm telling them about our second date and your tattoo."
Jace barked out his laughter at that point, "Oh god, you guys need to get a room." Alec let it slip once what Magnus meant when he said his name like that and Jace would never let him hear the end of it. Jace was just playing the part of the annoying younger brother since he never got that option before now.
"Oh, Alec put out on the second date," Simon spoke up loudly, against the soft music of the restaurant, the next table looked over at them.
"I did not put out on the first or second date." Alec sneered at them; he let out a desperate sigh, he really wanted them to just stop talking about him.
"But you did stay the night at Magnus' place." Jace cut in, "You told us that when you were yelling at us for Max calling you and interrupting you guys the morning after."
"Oh, Alexander defiantly put out on the second date." Magnus leaned in for a kiss on Alec's cheek, but Alec pulled away from him with a glare. Magnus was one-hundred percent sure he was going to pay for this later but he would have so much pleasure while doing it. Only they knew they didn't have sex on either the first or second date but it was fun to play otherwise.
"Oh my god! Magnus, please stop." Alec was pleading with him now.
"Don't worry baby; it's not like I'm telling them about your late-night visit to my place otherwise known as our third date." Magnus was going to die, he knew it then.
"Jesus Christ! Stop!" Alec laughed then; he was going to kill his boyfriend shortly. This was all getting out of hand; it was time for dinner to end.
"Soooo, by the third date, Alec had defiantly put out." Izzy roared with laughter.
Jace and Clary bust out laughing while Simon tried hard to reign himself in, he didn't want to be on Alec's bad side. Izzy had to hold in a yawn but Simon had seen it and announced it was time for them to leave.
Clary nodded and came around the table to kiss Alec on the cheek, "Thank you for a special night. I had fun." She leaned in close to whisper to him, "Magnus is good for you."
Jace took Max from Alec's arms and shook his hand. "Thanks, brother!"
They all said their goodbyes, leaving Magnus and Alec alone to pay the bill. Alec led the way out to his car, but Magnus didn't let him get very far. He waited a moment to make sure their family was gone before leaning in close to him. "Want to even the score?"
Alec frowned, "What?"
"I'm going to assume that's a yes." Magnus pushed Alec against their car. It was freezing outside but that didn't stop Magnus from pushing him against their car and kissing him. He forced Alec's mouth open with his tongue, it was fast and quickly growing out of control. Alec brought his hands up to push him away, but Magnus grabbed Alec's wrist to pull them away from him and pressing him into the side of their car; pinning him into place. He pushed his mouth harder against Alec, who finally opened his mouth and kissed him back. Alec moaned out his boyfriend's name which Magnus just swallowed his words. Magnus released Alec's wrists, finally, which Alec moved to the sides of Magnus' jacket. Alec tried to pull Magnus towards him but their jackets kept getting in the way. The kiss slowed to a gentle passion brought on by Magnus pulling back from him. Alec was smiling, licking his lips.
"Oh fuck." Magnus kissed Alec's bottom lip that he just licked, pulling it between his teeth to tease him.
Alec pushed him back with a smile, "Let's go home. We need to have a long talk about what you're allowed to talk about with my family, you freewheeling bi-sexual."
Magnus knew he was in for now.
Magnus grunted as his back hit the wood door of their house, they were alone and finally allowed to have some fun that wasn't in a hotel or keeping quiet. Sex always had a way of being hotter when you could be as loud as you wanted and he was ready to make Alec turn up his volume. However, he would have to wait for that; he had to get out of trouble first.
Alec put his hands on the wall next to Magnus' head, "You really couldn't shut up at dinner, could you?"
Magnus smirked, "You are much too quiet with your family."
"I'm sorry I don't shout about it. Max was at the table."
"Max was asleep." Magnus leaned forward to kiss Alec, "Let's not talk about Max." He loved the boy but he wanted to hear Alec scream him name and thoughts of Max would throw that out the window.
Alec pulled back, "Yes, instead let's talk about making my family think I had sex with you from the beginning."
"Well, you did." Magnus pushed Alec's hands away. "We've been hot and heavy since our first kiss. Why deny it?" He twisted fast, pushing Alec against the door. They had already removed their jackets and their shoes, they could go anywhere in the house and they had not made it past the front door. "We kissed on the first date. Made out and slept in my bed on the second date. And had sex soon after for our third date. Should I also remind you of our greatest sex moments?"
"NO!" Alec rolled his eyes; he didn't need a reminder, he had all the sexy deeds imprinted in his memory.
Alec tried to walk away, but Magnus grabbed Alec's arms and pulled him to his chest. "Good. Let's discuss something else." Magnus had a plan and this slight disagreement actually worked in his favor. "Let's go upstairs." Magnus leaned in and bit Alec's ear, taking it into his mouth. "I have a plan for you."
"A plan? Why am I scared?" Alec shuttered at the feeling of Magnus' mouth on him; the tingles began moving throughout his body. The shutter forced him to whisper his next word, "Magnus."
"Don't say my name like that, Alexander," Magnus smirked and pulled back from him; he took his hand to lead him up the stairs. "No time for sex."
"You're turning down sex?" Alec smirked at his boyfriend's back. The little noise Magnus made in the back of his throat made Alec want to jump him on the stairs. It was a mix between a snort and a laugh. It was a rare noise that Alec would draw out of him from time to time but never enough and always in public so there wasn't a damn thing he could do about it.
"Let's be clear on something." Magnus turned around to point at Alec, his smirk firmly in place. "I'm not turning down sex. I will never turn down sex with you. I'm just saying it has to wait; I have plans for you." Magnus finished his climb up the stairs backward, keeping his eyes on Alec the whole time.
"Well, that's good to know." Alec locked eyes with Magnus. "How am I so lucky to have a boyfriend who's always willing for sex?"
"Like you'd ever turn me down." Magnus winked at his boyfriend. "You're always just as willing."
They finally made it to the top landing, which seemed to take forever in Alec's opinion. He wasn't sure what the game they were playing but Magnus was right, he was always willing. It had been so long time since they had this kind of playful banter as their foreplay.
"Can we go back to you telling my entire family about us?"
"Alexander," Magnus pulled hard on Alec's arm, he wasn't excepting the movement and Alec was forced to step in close to him. Magnus wrapped an arm around Alec's waist, keeping him close. "I'm pretty sure your entire family already knows we have great sex."
Alec rolled his eyes but allowed Magnus to pull them back to their room. "Yes, but you don't have to point it out. Or when we started."
"You think we have great sex?" Magnus stared at Alec's lips as his tongue came out to lick his bottom lip. "You know I've told you; you shouldn't do that."
"Magnus, what are we doing?"
"Foreplay?" Magnus released Alec in the center of their room. He took a few steps towards the door to slam it shut. There was something strange about getting used to being alone with a closed door; the habit was hard to break even when they were alone in the house.
"Our foreplay usually has a lot more touching." Alec unrolled his sleeves while Magnus shut the door then turned to lean back on it.
"Oh, there will be touching. Lots of it actually, but I keep telling you I have a plan for this evening." Magnus watched Alec roll down his sleeves. Once Alec was finished with his sleeves, he went to work on his shirt buttons. Magnus is just watching him, going to work one button at a time. "Maybe touching first." He kicked himself off the door and over to Alec. Magnus put a hand on the back of Alec's neck to kiss him. Alec continued to work his shirt open as if Magnus never stepped up to him. The kiss quickly changed from hot to steamy. Alec finally got his buttons undone and pulled his shirt off. Magnus helped as best he could with the offending garment but his focus was on Alec's lips.
He wasn't wearing an undershirt tonight so Magnus was greeted by a lovely tattoo he could lick for days and a perfect set of abs. He moved from Alec's lip straight to the symbol on the tattoo, Alec put his hands in Magnus' hair with a smile, he never understood the turn-on the factor of his tattoo but Magnus had told him once, it was all about the bad boy image. He was calm on the outside but a bad boy on the inside and his tattoo was his only way of showing it. Magnus bit the center of the tattoo then soothes the skin with a lick, he continued with one more before Alec pulled him back up by his hair.
"You had a plan for this evening?" Alec asked pulling back as Magnus' lips got close to his lips. "No time for sex." He felt Magnus groan against him, their chests were pressed together and the satin finish on Magnus' shirt felt terrific to cool his warm skin.
"Plan?" Magnus asked, his breath anything but normal. "No plan. Sex." He leaned in again but Alec stepped entirely away from him then.
"You've been talking about this plan of yours, so let's see it." Alec got close to him again, he gripped the sides of Magnus' shirt and pulled up to get the tucked bottom out of his pants. Alec began the process of unbuttoning him, one slow agonizing button at a time. Magnus tried to go in for a kiss but Alec evaded him so he only got the side of his face, where his ear and hairline met. The spot worked for Magnus who blew on Alec's skin then went in for another kiss to the same spot. Alec finally got his shirt undone and slide his hands up Magnus' abs to his chest, then up to his shoulders and down his arm, the shirt falling away as he went. "Plan, Magnus, tell me this plan."
"Oh my god!" Magnus groaned at the feeling of Alec, literally, running his hands all over him. "Fine!" He stepped back and onto his shirt as he went to his nightstand and pulled out a little gray box that seemed to have seen better days. "I got you a present."
Alec looked at the small and flat square box, "What's this?"
"You need this first." Magnus held out his hand a long silver chain fell from the end, it was wrapped around his finger so it wouldn't fall out of his hand.
"A necklace?" Alec brought his hand up but Magnus pulled back.
He got just out of reach from Alec; he had more to show him. "The necklace isn't the gift; it goes with the gift."
Alec frowned at the confusion. "With?"
"Yep," Magnus finally opened the box, pulled out something Alec couldn't see and closed his hands so Alec couldn't see this part either. Magnus walked around Alec to be behind him, he threw the box to the floor behind them. "Close your eyes." He whispered in his ear.
Alec complied and felt Magnus breathing behind him then he felt his arms coming up and wrapping something around his neck, the necklace hit his chest but it wasn't alone, he didn't know what it was but it was cool to his skin.
"Alexander." Magnus kissed the back of Alec's neck where the clasp hit, then he went from one shoulder to the other, kissing reach point then moving up to his ear, kissing his neck. His hands trailing behind his lips, touching every inch of him. "Alexander Lightwood."
"Yes," Alec sighed with a deep moan, he felt his insides begin that slow boil that would take him over the edge. "Yes, Magnus Bane."
"Will you marry me?"
The question pulled Alec from his haze and opened his eyes wide. Magnus was still behind him but he looked down then, sitting on his chest on the simple silver necklace was a ring, a very shiny ring. "What?"
"Alexander Gideon Lightwood, will you marry me, Magnus Bane?" Magnus repeated himself just as sure of his words the second time as he was confident the first time.
Alec turned around to face him, he hoped the love he felt in the moment outshined the look of shock, he knew he had on his face. "You want to marry me, after everything I put you through?"
Magnus smirked, he knew this wasn't going to be easy. Alec was never easy for him, "Yes, more so now than ever. I love you. I love our family, here in this house. I don't even want to leave home again. Would you do me the honor and become my husband."
"Oh god yes." He fingered the ring again without taking his eyes off of Magnus'. "I love you. I love you so much."
"That ring was my grandfather's, it has been in my family for over a century, passed down from one member to the next and I want you to wear on your finger. I want to see you with it on."
"You want to give me a family heirloom? Shouldn't you wear this?" Alec was stunned, he couldn't take his eyes off the ring. It was just a simple band but the closer he looked at it, he saw something on the inside of the ring but he couldn't read it. "What does it say?"
"Bane." Magnus took the ring out of his hand and laid it on his chest. "I want you to wear it because it says my last name on it. I want to know you have my name."
"Magnus," Alec whispered his name.
"I put it on a necklace because I don't want you to wear it until we say our vows. I want to be able to look at you and know my ring is hidden under your shirt and only I know it's there. Plus-" He didn't know how to say the second part, he knew Alec would agree but getting the words out there seemed hard.
"What?" He looked at him, really looked at him. "What is it?'
"We shouldn't overshadow Jace and Clary or Izzy and Simon with their news. We should wait to tell everyone after we hear about Max."
"You wanna wait?" Alec had to clear the haze from his mind to fully understand Magnus; he was quick to get it. "I mean I agree, it wouldn't be nice to either of them if we announced it now."
"You and Max, you are my family. I want to spend my life with you."
"What about you? Don't you get a ring?" Alec licked his lips as Magnus pulled on the chain. He stepped back, pulling Alec with him.
"I get a ring, later. Now, I want to drag you to bed for that sex we keep putting off."
"Oh yeah." Alec stepped to him, again matching his steps as they have done so many times over the past eight months of their relationship. Always turned to one another, eyes meeting eyes with faith and love.
"Yeah, I'm going to spend a lot of time fuc-" Magnus couldn't finish because Alec's lips were on his then, he knew Alec hated the term he was about to use. It was okay to say at the moment but adding the 'king' to end was distasteful in his eyes, it was sex or love but never the other.
"Is this the part where you say you're going to do bad things to me?" Alec smirked pulling out of the kiss.
"It doesn't need to be said in words, we both already know that's going to happen." Magnus felt their bed on the back of his knees and stopped pulling then. He sat down and pulled Alec with him, so he was being straddled. He leaned forward to kiss his ring and his boyfriend's chest, "Come on, Alec you know you want to fu-"
Alec kisses him again, drowning out the word for the second time.
They spent the next few hours doing precisely what Magnus wanted, Alec's favorite word coming out of his own mouth a few times.