Authors Note:
Hello everyone! I'm back :)
I had my ballet exam yesterday! So nerve-wracking :S My ballet teacher told me she expects me to get 90-91 out of 100! So much pressure! But I've got to keep up to standard. Also! (if you care) my dance teacher rang me the other day. And we sort of had a heart-to-heart. You'll never guess what she told me… she said that if I keep up the good work she thinks I'll be able to MAKE IT! It's been my dream since I was about 5 to be a professional dancer, and now 11 years later it hasn't changed. She says I am the type of dancer the Queensland Ballet company would look for, and the artistic director is Li Cunxin! The guy 'Mao's last dancer' was based on! I don't want to get my hopes up, but its hard not too, as my dance teacher is seriously tough.
Okay! After all that, (I'm sorry I needed to get it off my chest, I haven't told ANYONE!), this chapter occurs about 8 months into Malec's relationship. Alec is on tour with the company. Magnus is in America and Alec is currently in Australia.
Enjoy :)
Magnus slowly opened his eyes, squinting at the sunlight that was peeking through the blinds straight onto his face. He groaned, throwing his arm over his eyes and turning to Alec's side of the bed.
Oh.
He wasn't here.
Even after 3 months, Magnus still wasn't used to waking up without his blue-eyed boyfriend next to him every Saturday. The night that Alec ALWAYS stayed over, as he didn't have class the next day.
He glanced in between his fingers to the clock. It was 10.40 am. He had plenty of time before Alec was scheduled to call. Throwing the covers off his body, he blindly made his way to the ensuite, as the sun was fucking ridiculous.
Stumbling into the bathroom, he reached up to Alec's draw in the cupboard. Quickly grabbing a pair of the boys favourite sweatpants and pulling them on, because dam-mit, he missed him.
After running his face under the tap, and applying minimal makeup he wondered back into the bedroom, opening the blinds (much to his own distaste, but Alec needed to be able to actually see him), and flopped back down onto the bed.
Pulling his laptop towards him, he opened it up and couldn't hide the sad smile that captured his lips as soon as he laid eyes on the screensaver.
It was a picture of him and Alec, a photo they'd taken at the airport 3 months ago, just before Alec had boarded the plane. Alec had red-rimmed eyes from crying, but was laughing none-the-less. His face was turned slightly towards Magnus, who was looking directly into the lense. His hand was in Alec's hair, pulling gently, the other arm extended outwards holding the camera. Alec's arm was thrown around Magnus' chest, pulling him close. A few moments after Magnus had taken the picture, Alec had boarded the plane, and the American Ballet Theatre Company Tour had officially started.
He didn't realise how long he had been looking at the photo until the room was filled with a shrill ringing, and a skype window popped up, obscuring Magnus' view.
He smiled even wider, and pressed the 'accept' button.
What he was not expecting was the screen to be occupied by a dark haired boy who was definitely not Alec.
"William?" He asked incredulously.
"Oh don't be so surprised, Alec and I are sharing a room you know. Been fucking him constantly actually." He added with a toss of his head.
Magnus was too stunned to respond, and he was saved by another voice piping up.
"WILLIAM!" A silvery haired man appeared at the side of the screen. Jem.
"Babe, I'm joking, I'm fucking no-one constantly, well, except you."
Jem turned towards the screen, and Magnus could see a blush creeping up his cheeks.
"Sorry Magnus, Alec is in the shower. He asked ME to call you, seeing this is Mr 'I make everything more complicated than it needs to be'," he rolled his eyes and pointed to boy next to him.
Magnus just laughed.
"Hey! I do not make everything harder than it needs to be!"
"You-"
"Except your cock." William added mischievously, and Jem spluttered.
"If you two are finished, I'd like my laptop and my boyfriend please." Alec's voice cut through their antics, and the two turned to face him.
Alec's hair was wet, and he was wearing nothing but a white towel, barely covering his private areas, water dripping seductively down his bare chest. Magnus almost screamed.
"Alexander, thank god, William has an even dirtier mouth than me." He spoke as Alec picked up the laptop, thrusting the camera to his chest, just about killing Magnus again.
"Hang on, I'm going to my room, it actually has a DOOR." He quipped, as William yelled something unintelligible back at him.
Once Alec had settled on the bed, on his stomach feet propped up behind him, he sighed.
"Magnus, fuck, I miss you so much."
Magnus smiled, mirroring his position, his face was closer to the screen this way anyway.
"I miss you too Alec, only three more weeks right?"
"Right." Alec confirmed. Then he leaned forward squinting his eyes.
"Are those my pants?!"
Magnus snorted. "Of course, do you think I would own something this scruffy?"
"Magnus!"
"What!"
"Those are my favourites! I left them at home so I wouldn't ruin them!" He half yelled, and oddly enough, Magnus found comfort in it, it was almost like Alec was still here with him.
"Alec, who cares, what I really want to know, is how your show went last night."
Alec made a face at him before hauling himself up and off the bed.
"Oh you know, normal I guess, someone left roses on each dancers dressing room table during interval though." Magnus could hear scraping noises; Alec was probably going through draws looking for clothes.
"Oh really know?" He teased, Alec's face popped back into view, deadly serious.
"I have a feeling it was Jem." He said, and disappeared again.
"Hm, may have been him."
Alec didn't respond, and the conversation died down as Alec scoured his room for clothes and Magnus grew increasingly bothered by the fact that Alec was naked, away from the camera.
After a few more moments, he gave in.
"Alec…" He whined.
"What? Jeez, I think William has hid my underwear or something, I swear, I laid it out on the bed before I had my shower…." The muffled noises continued until Magnus down right yelled.
"Alec!"
"What!" His boyfriend snapped back at him.
Magnus composed himself and his tone went back to normal.
"Sweetheart, why don't you get changed infront of the camera. It's been what, 2 weeks since I've seen your glorious body- not that the skype sex wasn't amazing-"
"Magnus!"
"Come on Alec, pleaaase?"
There was a sigh, and a ruffling sound as the camera was turned around to reveal his boyfriends face, close enough to the camera that Magnus was able to see the water droplets running down his hair and cheeks. He was bent over, hiding what Magnus wanted to see, but he could tell the towel was discarded, as Alec's toned legs were being half displayed.
"Happy?"
Magnus smiled, "Very."
With a roll of his eyes, Alec straightened up, the camera now focusing on his crouch.
"Oh, Alexander." Magnus purred, and a pair of hands appeared on his glorious hips.
"I'm starting to think the only reason you wanted to skype me today was so you could creepily watch me dress through your computer screen." He said sarcastically, turning around and heading back towards the cupboard draws. He bent down, and Magnus wasn't sure if it was on purpose or not, stuck his ass right up to the camera.
'The flexibility of a dancer.' He thought thankfully to himself.
Trying to return to normal conversation, he asked about the performance again.
"I was completely fine, the orchestra was a bit too early in the beginning of the piece, but Mr Starkweather said I wasn't to blame. Thank god."
"So in other words, you were fuck-ing perfect." Magnus decided as Alec emerged from the draws holding a pair of boxers triumphantly in his hand.
With his dick fully on display once more, Magnus' breath hitched a bit.
Alec walked coyly up to the camera, so everything was in perfect view of Magnus, and wiggled his hips a bit.
Magnus groaned, "Alec, hon…"
Alec just laughed and pulled the boxes over his crouch, sitting on the bed once more.
"How's things in New York?"
"Shit, because you aren't here." Magnus answered without hesitation.
Alec smiled a bit, "Oh come on, they can't be that bad, how's Izzy?"
Magnus sighed, and rested his chin in his hand. "She's fine, asks about you as soon as I walk into work though."
Alec just laughed, "I don't know why, I call her almost everyday, she gets pretty much the same news you do."
"Hmm." Magnus agreed, and shifted himself and the laptop so he was lying back against the pillows comfortably.
"You know, even after all this time, it still feels weird not waking up to you next to me every morning."
Alec's expression softened.
"I know, you're always so warm." He sighed, snaking his arms around his own waist, as if he was trying to replicate Magnus' innocent touch.
"I miss you Alexander, I really mean it."
"I miss you too Magnus, I'm so jealous of Will, his boyfriend gets to come along with the company, maybe you should become a doctor Mags, give Jem a run for his money, eventually take over his position and travel the world with me." He said, smiling softly.
Magnus couldn't help but chuckle. "We'd be inseparable, just you and me baby." He laughed, holding a hand to his heart.
"I wish you could come and watch one of the shows. You could come backstage afterwards…" Alec trailed off and his expression was somewhat blissful.
"Woah there Casanova, don't get too ahead of yourself." Magnus winked towards the camera.
"Oh you've just got a dirty mind."
Magnus couldn't help but agree with him.
"I'll be at the airport. Waiting. Swear I'll turn up 5 hours before I'm that excited."
"We can do the whole dramatic reunion thing and run violently into each others arms." Alec said, grinning like a maniac.
"Sure we can darling, I'll even lift you up and spin you if you want."
Alec barked out a laugh, and looked up, before his face turned into a scowl.
"I've gotta go, it's almost 9."
Magnus' expression soon mirrored Alec's.
"Come on, just stay a while longer?"
"I can't," he said sadly, "I need to be proper rested." He said, adding air quotation marks.
"Alright. I suppose you're right, I better go and actually do something with myself."
"I love you, so, so much Mags." Alec breathed, his face impossibly close to the camera.
"I know." He answered, and they brought their lips to both their cameras, not really a kiss, but better than nothing.
"I love you too Alec. I'll call you in a while okay? Tomorrow, alright?"
"Yeah." Alec whispered, getting up and turning the lights off. His screen was plunged into semi-darkness, somewhat still lit up buy the small desk lamp to the left of the camera.
"Goodnight Magnus."
"Goodnight baby."
Alec seemed to hesitate for a moment before ending the call.
"I love you." He said again.
Magnus grinned, "What did I do to deserve to hear those words once more?"
"Nothing."
"Well in that case Alexander, I love you too, with absolutely all my heart. Good luck tomorrow. You will be absolutely wonderful. Goodnight hon."
Alec smiled, and Magnus could just make out his shining eyes in the dark. He laid down and pulled the covers up to his chin.
"Goodnight Mags."
Magnus smiled to himself as the screen cut off, the program automatically closing itself. He pushed the laptop away and sighed.
God did he miss that boy.
End Authors Note:
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