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Alec hadn't planned staying all night, but he didn't regret it. Waking up next to Magnus was a treat.

He blinked the sleep from his eyes and cracked his neck, which was stiff from sleeping on the couch. The one thin blanket he and Magnus had shared was on the floor and Magnus was curled up against Alec's chest.

He looked kind of cute when he slept. His lashes were thick and cast little shadows along his high cheekbones and his mouth was opened. He snored though, which was less annoying than Alec thought it would be. They were soft little snores. Cute snores. Cute like the lines in Magnus' face from the wrinkles in Alec's shirt. Cute like the way Magnus' hair was actually a complete rat's nest.

Alec let his hand wander to Magnus' hair, where it buried in the soft strands and got caught in the tangles. Slowly and without pulling too hard, Alec started working the tangles out.

"Mrow."

Alec jumped. "What the-"

He turned his head and saw a tiny gray kitten-that was tearing apart a pillow.

"Magnus probably won't be happy about that," Alec mused.

Magnus groaned and shifted. "About what?" His voice was rough with sleep. "What did you do? Why are you petting me?"

Alec scoffed. "What did I do? There's an odd little kitten tearing apart one of your pillows."

"A kitten…? Oh, crap! Forgot about him." Magnus sat up and his jaw dropped. "Oh no he didn't. You piece of crap cat! I loved that pillow!"

"Mrow."

The cat clearly didn't give a shit about Magnus' feelings.

Alec groaned and closed his eyes, blissfully ignoring the sound of Magnus getting up and chasing the cat away with bits of broken pillow fluff. "Begone, asshat! And to think- I was going to bathe you and everything!"

"Two comments." Alec kept his eyes closed. "One: Begone? And two: I think a bath is more of a punishment than a reward to be honest."

"One: shut up, asshat. Two: shut up, asshat."

Alec vaguely remembered at one point deducing that Magnus wasn't a morning person. This attested to that deduction.

"Also," Magnus started, and Alec expected another exasperated tirade, "speaking of the word begone, when will you be gone?"

"It's almost like you don't want me here."

"Um, yeah."

Alec opened his eyes and glared, making Magnus backtrack. "Okay, okay. I appreciate that you're extremely attractive and want my attention, that's great. I always love attention from attractive people. But there is the slightest problem that I'm trying to get you put in prison. Prison. Prison. P-R-I-"

"I'm attractive to you?"

Alec was asking a serious question, but it made Magnus facepalm. "You're missing the point. But yes, you're very attractive-"

"Thanks."

Magnus glanced up and seemed to realize that Alec was dead serious. Something changed on his face. Softened. "Hasn't anyone told you that before?"

Alec sat up and shrugged uncomfortably. "Um, no. Normally Jace gets all the attention, but I don't mind that. It's not terrible."

Magnus frowned. "I can't see why. He's awfully rude."

"You're just saying that 'cause he threatened to kill you."

"Yes! That's not a thing you do!"

Alec wrinkled his nose. "Why not? You're a police officer. You're a threat."

Magnus threw his hands in the air and stomped off. Alec figured he was making a dramatic exit, but he wanted to check and make sure. "Where are you going?"

"Bathing the cat. Better than hanging out with you, you murderous freak."

"I've never killed anything!" Alec protested. He got up and followed Magnus into the bathroom, where he had a struggling cat in one hand and the knob to the bathtub in the other.

Alec listened to the cat shriek and watched him claw at Magnus' hand in self-defense. "Are you sure this isn't animal cruelty? He doesn't look like he's having the time of his life."

"Oh, quiet. I've had plenty of cats in my lifetime. Trust my judgement."

Magnus shoved the hissing and biting kitten into the soapy water, holding him so his head was just above the surface. The kitten clawed in the direction of the edge of the tub. "Shut up, pillow destroying cretin!" Magnus snapped.

"Wow," Alec said. "You're a monster."

"Quit being overdramatic." Magnus squirted some cat shampoo on the poor thing's head and started rubbing it in.

"Remind me to never get on your bad side," Alec grumbled. Magnus used a cup to pour water over the kitten's head and wash the soap away. Alec flinched at the following pitiful mewl. "Not even Jace is that mean and he threatened to kill you."

"I know what I'm doing!"

Something had to be done. The cat's little whiskers were trembling and his fur stuck to his tiny frame in the most uncomfortable-looking way. Alec felt it pluck at his heartstrings. Magnus had to be stopped.

He snatched the cup that was now abandoned on the side of the tub and started to fill it in the sink.

"Don't drink out of that cup, it's-"

Alec dumped the water on Magnus' head. Magnus shrieked.

"You did not!" Magnus put the kitten on the floor and turned on Alec. The little kitten scampered off.

"I'm going to kill you," Magnus said, green eyes flashing and black hair sticking to his temples.

"Now, now, hold up!" Alec said. "What happened to your philosophy on threatening to kill people? That's not a thing you do! Who said that? You said that."

"This isn't a threat. It's a promise."

"Oh, good."

Alec ran.

He made it all the way into the kitchen before Magnus jumped on him from behind and they went crashing onto the floor. "No! Stop, help! Someone call the cops!" Alec yelped.

Magnus pinned him to the floor and reached over to open his fridge. "You're gonna pay."

Alec shut his eyes tight when Magnus cracked something cold and wet on the back of his head and rubbed it into his hair. "Oh, ew."

"That's what you get!" Magnus snapped. Alec whined and squirmed underneath him.

It started off annoying, the way Alec bucked underneath him and whined about wanting to be let out, but at some point in the middle it got pretty hot.

"Magnus," Alec whispered. He turned around and met Magnus' eyes, egg yolk dripping onto his eyelashes.

Magnus glanced down at Alec, who had suddenly gone still. It was suspicious. "What?"

Alec burst into laughter. "Holy shit you're hard!"

Face flushing red, Magnus hopped off him. "Shut the fuck up, Alec. Are you sure you don't inhale all the coke you work with?"

Alec rolled over and held up a finger, like he was scolding Magnus. "Allegedly. I'm allegedly working with coke."

Magnus was going to snap at him, either about doing illegal shit or ruining their moment before or rubbing his wet ass all over the floor, he hadn't decided, but a knock came at the door.

Alec cocked his head. "Got a hot date?"

"Shut up," Magnus growled. He stalked over to the door and Alec trotted into the living room behind him. "Hide."

Pouting, Alec crawled under the couch.

"Wow," Magnus said, even clapping a little. "Ladies and gentlemen, the genius of one of New York's most wanted criminals. Nice. You deserve a gold metal in hide-and-seek. What an accomplished human being you are. And with such a well-rounded array of talents."

From under his shitty hiding spot, Alec said, "don't hate!"

The knock came again.

"Oh my God, I'm coming!" Magnus growled.

Alec snorted. "That's what she said."

Magnus did his best to ignore him. Magnus opened the door instead of kicking Alec in the gut.

Ragnor stepped in and pointed at Magnus. "Quit taking so fucking long to answer the door! It's snowing!" Ragnor then pointed to his hair, but it was too blonde to even notice the snow. Magnus nodded along so Ragnor would quit whining.

"So, why are you here?"

"We were finally granted the search warrant," Ragnor said. "Finally. We're going a little before dinner."

Fuck. That was such a terrible thing for Alec to overhear.

Ragnor grinned. "This is it, Mags. If we find evidence we're one step closer. It could be the end of this stupid bastard."

Shit.