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-*-*-*-*-*-*- MagnusBane:PsychicDetective*-*-*-*-*-*-*-Chapter 12-
You Are Amazing
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Simon-Simon-Simon-Simon-Simon *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*What an absolutelyinsane day
Simon couldn't believe everything that happened. Reinforcements had absolutely swarmed the area not too long after they'd got out of the building, coming from seemingly every direction.
Luke as well as some of the other officers from the station, a big black van that had to be the FBI team from the scene at the bank, and even surprisingly, more than a few vehicles from the nearby military base. Apparently, the warehouse was full of stolen items from all over Santa Barbra. It looked like it was going to be one of the biggest busts in SBPD history.
Simon really didn't care at this point. He was just glad they were here.
He really didn't know how all of them had heard of it but it was a relief hearing them pull up, knowing that it was finally done, actually done. He was okay, the hostages had got out and were home safe, Divya was safe; they had actually managed to make it through everything.
Simon took a deep breath, finally truly, feeling like he could just stop and catch his breath for the first time today.
"Hey, Detective" A voice said from fairly close by
Simon whirled around, slightly startled
"Oh, sorry! Didn't mean to scare you" Raj said apologetically,
Simon shook his head slightly,
"No, it's fine Raj, sorry. Guess I'm still a bit on edge, it was a really long day."
Raj nodded
"Yeah, it was for me too, and I only had, like, the first half of it to deal with. I really don't even know how you're still standing" He gave a bit of a smile, continuing
"I-I really wanted to thank you, for today."
"Oh, I was just doing my job"
He shook his head
"No, you weren't, you went way above and beyond what you were required to do. You saved all the hostages, I'm pretty sure you saved my life- I don't think Wallace was planning to let me go…actually looking back I'm almost sure of it, you saved my sister."
He gave Simon a half terrified look
"I-I didn't even know that they HAD her... I could have lost her today; I would have had it not been for you. There is no way I could thank you for what you did.
She is all that I have, I-if something had happened to her... I wouldn't be able to survive it, I know I wouldn't."
Simon put his hand on the other man's shoulder
"Hey, it's okay;she's fine. Actually, she is really freaking amazing!
She's the one who got out first, she saved me as well. She is a really wonderful person. I'm willing to bet a lot of that is because of you. She is absolutely fantastic. Divya is going to be fine, no matter what, she is going to do remarkable things, I have no doubt."
"You are amazing," Raj said, shaking his head slightly
Simon blushed, slightly
"I-um, no, I-I just did what I could, thanks though"
"No but you really are... I am SO sorry for everything that happened today, I wish I could go back and never agree to it. I know it was stupid and I should have ever done it.
I knew I was getting in too far over my head, but I-I, just thought that if we had the money... I just wanted to make sure Divya has all the chances she can, and I hate not being able to give them to her. I thought this would be a way I could, you know?"
Simon nodded
"Dude, you were trying to find a way to take care of your family. You went about it allwrong, but your heart was in the right place. I know why you did it, and, while I don't agree with the methods you went with, like, at all... I know why you felt you had to."
Raj gave him a grateful smile.
"Yeah, well, that is done for good, I swear! I will never do anything this stupid again."
Simon smiled a bit
"Good, so…that means you'll give up hacking?"
Raj gave an excited smile perking up a bit,
"Actually, yes and no... See, while you were out here and dealing with all, well, this I was with the FBI. I was talking to them and they were pretty impressed by what I was able to do. They actually offered me some work in exchange for just probation for my part in today.
So, I will be hacking… but, you know, for the good guys."
Simon was shocked, laughing brightly, pulling the guy into a quick hug, before stepping back
"Raj, that is Amazing! I'm SO happy for you, congratulations!"
Raj blushed brightly, giving him a kind of shy smile
"Y-yeah, it kind of came out of nowhere. Simon, thank you so much; I know there is no way I could thank you for everything you did today. You really are amazing."
Simon shrugged faintly, waving him off,
"It's fine, really. Thank you, it's really nice to hear that, but, really, I-I had to do something, I couldn't just sit by and let all that happen, I just couldn't"
Raj smiled somewhat hopefully, moving a bit closer,
"Umm... So, I am staying around here… the FBI is letting me work kind of like a freelance kind of thing, this way Divya can finish her senior year here and all that. I know I can never thank you enough for everything you did today, but, uh...
Well, you are a really amazing guy a-and kind of ridiculously cute, and um...D-Do you think, maybe, you might want to go out, like …on a datesometime?"
"Oh...Umm"
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Alec-Alec-Alec-Alec-Alec *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"Magnus, hey" Alec said catching the other man as he was walking away from his interview with one of the people from the FBI. Hodge didn't seem to be anywhere around, Alec couldn't really bring himself to care much about that right at this moment, though.
Magnus looked up at him, with a warm, rather relived smile
"Hello, darling, this really is quite a mess, isn't it?"
Alec nodded, reaching over and catching Magnus's arm lightly, Alec kind of nodded over to an area away from the swarm of people.
"Can, can we talk a minute? I know it's been a really long day, and you had a lot of interviews and all that, but, just… I really need to talk to you."
Magnus sighed, giving a faint nod,
"Of course darling, I rather assumed you would want to before the evening was over."
Alec caught his hand, leading him away from the crowd, kind of around the side of the warehouse where they could talk a moment without interruptions. Finally finding a spot where they could have a moment alone he turned back to Magnus,
"Magnus, what you did today; you cannot do that again."
"Alexander, I kno-"
Alec shook his head determinedly
"No, listen to me; I know it all worked out, I know we all made it out okay, and it really did turn out as good as possible…but, god, there were SO many ways it could of gone wrong."
"But it didn't" Magnus said quickly,
"But it could have! Magnus, you snuck into a hostage situation, you WILLINGLY volunteered to go as a hostage with a man that you knew was totally set on killing whoever he took with him. You completely went behind my back and took a crazy, stupid, risk that could have SO easily cost you your life. You could have died today,
You could have died…
What the hell were you thinking?" He asked, shaking his head
"I was thinking Simon was in trouble and I had to do something to help."
"Simon is a DECETIVE! I know he is a friend, I know he is somewhat inexperienced at this point, and seems way too sweet and innocent for all of this, but he is adetective. He took the same exams I did; he has been with the police force for nearly three years. I know we all tend to forget that from time to time, but he is;
You are not."
Magnus swallowed faintly, looking downcast and hurt, shaking his head,
"I-I know that, bu-"
Alec stepped closer, catching his arm, meeting his eyes,
"No Magnus… just stop please? Magnus you are without a doubt one of the most incredible people I have ever met. I do have confidence in you, I trust you, I have absolutely no clue how you do half the things you do, and, going by today,there is a hell of a lot more that I don't even know about, yet." He paused shaking his head, moving a bit closer,
"You are brave and selfless and brilliant and completely insane,
But it works.
It DOES, and I have no doubt that you can do nearly anything you set your mind to. You are undeniably one of the best people I've ever worked with, and I really don't want that to end, I really don't…
But Magnus, none of that changes the fact that you are a civilian.
As long as we are working together, you are my responsibility. I can't have you running head first into danger, throwing yourself into deadly situations and just hoping that it all works out, because it WON'T. Eventually you will run out of luck, you won't have another move a-and... God Magnus, I really couldn't handle that..."
He trailed off, shaking his head. The man looked absolutely terrified. Magnus reached over, pulling him into a tight hug. Alec responded, wrapping his arms around Magnus, in an almost crushing embrace.
Magnus sighed, pulling him closer,
"Alexander, it is okay… I am okay, Simon is, it all turned out"
"Yeah, this time…" Alec murmured against Magnus's hair, taking a deep, steadying breath,
Magnus shook his head slightly, pulling back just a bit, so he could look the other man in the eye.
"Alexander, I am sorry I worried you today. I know what I did was insane, but…but I-it was Simon…I couldn't just sit by and do nothing. I know I shouldn't have left you out of the plan, but...
Honestly… you had so much to deal with and Hodge was already giving you trouble, I didn't want to cause any more issues between you two, I know that you look up to him, though I don't have the faintest idea why, but you do. I just didn't want to make it any worse.
I felt like I had to protect you-"
Alec shook his head, giving a slight, near laugh.
"Magnus, my job is to protect people.
Your job is to read people, find impossible clues, solve cases, occasionally talk to cats, and apparently find as many ways as possible to annoy me or make me blush, or both…"
Magnus gave a surprised laugh, nodding eagerly
"And, my darling detective, it is a job I most definitely take seriously…particularlythe last part."
He's smile softened
"But… Alexander, sweetheart, you must understand that I cannot just stand by when people are in danger. I can promise that I will not go behind your back on something like this again, however I really can't honestly say, should a similar situation arise, I wouldn't do the same thing.
I can't just sit by and do nothing while people I care about are in danger, anymore than you could. I-I really can't promise that I will never do anything crazy again..."
Alec didn't look very comforted by that, but he nodded
"Well, I can understand that; I don't like it, but I understand… how about if instead you just, you know, let me in on the crazy beforehand? Just a quick heads up, so I know how bad it's going to be and can try to keep it on the rails as much as possible?"
Magnus chuckled nodding slightly
"I think I can do that"
"Okay"
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Simon-Simon-Simon-Simon-Simon *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"Oh, umm... Raj that is really sweet and I am super flattered but-"
Raj's smile falls slightly
"Oh…you're straight aren't you? I really have the worst senses when it comes to stuff like this, sorry-"
Simon shook his head quickly,
"No, it's not that…you were right, but I actually already have a boyfriend. I really am flattered though;if I wasn't totally in love with someone you would be a really great catch, Iswear"
Raj nodded, cheering up a bit, giving a slight shrug
"Well, thanks, no harm in trying right? I had thought that you were lying about Magnus being your boyfriend, but it does kind of make sense.
Him breaking into the bank to rescue you and everything… Plus, he really is hot …
Completely insane…but hot."
Simon shook his head, kind of exasperated
"Dude first your sister, than you... I am not dating Magnus, he is just a friend- he's just a really, really affectionate person. No, my boyfriend is Raphael; he's around here somewhere, h-Oh, there he is… over there talking to some of the guys from the base."
Simon says pointing over to where Raphael is standing. Raj looks over, then pales freezing for a moment before looking back at him in shock.
He almost looks more scared then he was at the bank
"You're dating the scary guy?!"
Simon raises his eyebrow, kind of confused
"Uhh…No? I'm dating Raphael… The really handsome guy over there talking to the military dudes?"
Raj nods quickly, eyes wide,
"Yeah like I said; the scary guy."
Raphael finishes talking and turns, spotting them, casually making his way over. He smiles in greeting, slipping his arm around Simon tugging him close, pressing a soft, lingering kiss on his cheek,
"Is everything okay, lindo?"
"Yeah, it's fine" Simon says, blushing slipping his arm around Raphael, hugging him a bit
Raphael, shifts his gave to Raj smiling sharply
Raj takes a slightly stumbling step backwards, eyes widening,
"W-well I, umm…I gotta go, nice meeting you Simon"
He turns quickly, practically running away
Simon shakes his head, before giving a faint shrug
"That was weird. Anyways, I need to go finish giving my statement, then we can get out of here, okay?"
"Yeah"
Raphael tugs him around, pulling him in for a full, deep, kiss before he goes. Simon is blushing and a bit shaky when he pulls away, walking over to the Investigators, glancing back a few times.
Raphael watches him go. Alec and Magnus come over, joining Raphael.
"Hi, darling, you look happy…should I be worried?" Magnus teases
Raphael shakes his head,
"No, I'm just really glad that he is alright and safe…that I didn't miss my chance" He flashed a smile at Alec
A real one this time
Alec returned it, giving a faint nod,
"I told you that you would get your chance."
"Yes you did detective…I never should have doubted you."
Magnus looked confused
"What chance?"
Raphael gave a careless shrug, waving him off,
"Oh, it is not your concern; we'll just keep this between me and the detective."
Alec nodded
Magnus looked shocked, glancing quickly from one of them to the other,
"Wait, wait, no- Since when do YOU guys have secrets!?"
Raphael shrugged again fixing Magnus with a sharp smile, raising his eyebrow,
"Eh, since you ran head first into a hostage situation and were nearly kidnapped by a homicidal maniac… although I do not think that is the correct term when you try to voluntarily GO WITH said maniac!"
Alec put his hand on Raphael's shoulder, stopping the tirade
"I actually already got him for that. You can yell at him for the next one, we can just switch off."
"Hey!" Magnus huffed,
Raphael chuckled, giving a thoughtful nod,
"That may work; it does get rather tiring trying to keep him in line. Might be rather nice to have someone to split the work with. He really does require constant supervision."
"I do not-"
"Yeah… you really do." Alec cut him off with a smile
Raphael chuckled, sending him a bit of a wink
Magnus glared at the both of them, not really sure what was going on
"Ido not like this, not one bit."
They both just shrugged at him
"Not one bit" Magnus reiterated, petulantly
"Too bad" Raphael said, with absolutely no sympathy, whatsoever
Magnus rolled his eyes, huffing faintly glanced over towards the FBI van, catching sight of Raj
"Oh look, they let him out that's rather good, I think."
Raj glances over towards them, and freezes
Raphael waves
Raj's eyes grow wide; he turns quickly, nearly colliding with a wall he's in such a hurry to get away. Magnus just raises his eyebrow at Raphael who gives an unconcerned shrug. Magnus chuckles, shaking his head.
Alec stares at Raphael somewhat shocked, and rather warily, raising his eyebrow,
"Umm…Raphael…What did you say to him?"
Raphael gives him a rather sharp, thoroughly disconcerting smile, clasping his shoulder rather tightly.
"You are far happier not knowing, detective."
Well, that's disturbing as hell
Simon comes back over, his usual perky self, totally oblivious to his partner's apprehensiveness.
"Hey, you ready to go?" he asks Raphael, cheerfully
"Yeah, let's go" he nods, glancing over at the other two men,
"Night Magnus, Alec" Raphael offers, sending a slight smirk and a bit of a wink at Alec,
He slips his arm around Simon as they wander away
Alec blinks a couple times in shock, shaking his head. Finally he turns to Magnus.
"Seriously, He is, like, 5'9"; How can he be that scary?!"
Magnus chuckles slightly
"What, having doubts about your new buddy already?"
Alec nodded, really wondering what he was getting into with this guy
Magnus laughs again, patting him on his chest,
"Oh, do not worry, My Darling Detective, I'll protect you"
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Raphael-Raphael-Raphael-Raphael-Raphael *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Raphael lightly kissed along his jaw, pulling Simon just a bit closer. He was probably holding on to him a bittoo tight, but just couldn't quite bring himself to let go. Couldn't stop touching and kissing him, reassuring himself that Simon was here, was right here, in his arms; was safe.
Simon gave a soft, breathless, almost giggle, slightly jumping a bit when he kissed a particular spot on his neck, before tugging him back up into a deep, slow, passionate kiss. Pulling away to catch his breath he smiled softly.
"Raphael, not that I'm complaining, like at all, But I really am okay. I am fine, I'm not going anywhere"
He still nuzzled closer, with a bit of a sheepish smile
"I know, sorry if I'm being kind of clingy-"
Simon shook his head, giving a bit of a bright, warm, happy, laugh
"Hey, not complaining in any way here! Cling as much as you want. I am perfectly happy to stay like this forever. Though, gotta say; this kinda makes the whole day totally worth it."
"Yes, well… please do not do it again"
Simon chuckled slightly
"I wasn't really planning on it"
Raphael smiled softly, leaning in, kissing him again… He just couldn't help it
Simon hugged him tightly for a moment
"I really am okay" he assured gently, one more time
Raphael shook his head,
"You are far more than 'okay'. You were absolutely amazing today; you were, are, a hero… You saved the lives of fifteen people today, do you realize that?"
Simon blushed, lightly
"I-I really didn't-"
"No, you did. Magnus said Wallace wasn't planning on letting the hostages go, not all of them, anyways. He was going to shoot a few of them to keep the police busy and buy time to get away.
Simon, if YOU hadn't been there in all likelihood at least one, if not more of those people would of died. Divya would have, probably Raj as well… he wasn't planning on letting the guy go, not with all he could have known about the operation.
Do you have any idea how amazing you are?"
He shook his head slightly, blushing brighter
"I-It was Magnus's plan that got Wallace to leave, he-"
"Is completely insane, and offered to go as a willing hostage with a madman and if I didn't know that Alec had already adequately chastised him for his actions today I'd probably still be yelling at him for that stunt."
Simon nodded a bit
"Yeah, I did too when he broke in. God, that scared me more than anything else, I was so worried for you. SO mad that he'd just leave you out there alone. That you wouldn't even have anyone to lean on...
I can't believe you not only agreed to it, but actually helped!"
Raphael shook his head, looking slightly guilty
"I know… sorry for giving you even more to worry about. I hated having him go in there, but I-I just couldn't sit by and leave your life in Hodges's hands. I was freaking out and Alec was really off with Hodge and I just didn't know what else to do.
I couldn't just set by, Alec couldn't do anything, Hodge was a joke and, honestly, I was barely functioning or I'd of tried to go in myself..."
Simon looked horrified by the idea
"I'm really glad you didn't try that, bad enough Magnus being in danger; if it was you in there? God…I wouldn't of been able to focus on anything but keeping you safe- please, don't do that, like, ever, I really couldn't handle that."
Raphael nodded, pulling him closer,
"Yeah, that's how I felt all day today. This morning, when we were talking, when I heard the shot and screaming, when the line dropped…I just…I froze. I have never in all my life felt that kind of terror; I hope I never have to feel that again."
Simon shook his head slightly
"I really hope you never have to feel that again either. I am a detective though, my job can be pretty dangerous… I wish I could promise that something like this will never happen again, but I really can't."
Raphael pulled him closer, kissing him again deeply, somewhat franticly, holding him just a bit tighter for a few moments, before pulling back just enough for breath. Simon was somewhat breathless, and looked completely dazed.
Raphael smiled softly, lifting his hand up, lightly caressing his cheek, looking over this wonderful, amazing, incredible man, taking in every detail of him in this one perfect moment before looking up and meeting his eyes.
"Simon, I know you can't promise that; but I also know, now, that you really can handle just about anything. You truly are the most amazing person I have ever met. I still do not have the slightest idea what I could have possibly done to deserve you, but I am so incredibly glad I did. Because meeting you, being here, with you, now?
You are absolutely the best thing that has ever happened to me;
I love you, Simon, so much."
Simon gave an amazed smile; he looked like he was tearing up, nodding slightly
"I love you too…more than anything" he whispered softly
Raphael pulled him back in for another kiss. It was much softer this time, less frantic, less desperate, but with far more significance. He held him close, but not nearly as tightly as he had been, and just breathed a sigh of relief.
Simon was alright, they were together, they were safe, they loved each other, and really, he couldn't ask for anything more. Simon cuddled close, resting his head on his chest, right above Raphael's heart and drifted off to sleep.
Raphael tugged him a bit closer, pressing one more soft kiss to the top of his head, before drifting off himself.
The end-
***For now
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So, this is the end of this episode. Hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did.
I really love how the characters are coming together: I like having room where I don't just have to have one set kind of story, every time.
I really loved writing an action kind of story.
Thank you so much for reading!
The next one I will be starting sometime in a week or two:
Simon finds out Magnus isn't Psychic
Alec doubts his abilities as a detective, Magnus tries to help him on a case without him realizing it
Magnus teaches Simon some of his techniques
Raphael tries to teach Simon to lie convincingly ( it doesn't work, but IS completely adorable)
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