A/N: Ahhhhh yo what's upppppp.

Ok I think imma make this the last chap but again if y'all have any suggestions about other Malec stories or like other chap ideas for this story plllllllz let me knowww.

Alright I don't know what to say so yee yee have a nice day y'alllll looooveee uuuuuu and alllll uuuuurrrr reeevvvieeewwwssss sssssooo ppplllllzzzz rrreevvvieewww forrrr meee.

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Epilogue: One year later

"I'm coming!" Alec yelled while tripping out of his room, his socks slipping against the wooden floors and making his feet slide. He giggled when he reached the door, jumping when Magnus rung the doorbell again.

Beep beep beep.

Alec wrenched the door open at the same time he pressed the button to let Magnus up into his apartment. His foot was jumping up and down, excitedly waiting for his boyfriend. In one hand he was clutching his phone which he'd just texted Magnus with saying that he was ready to go and in the other he had his overnight bag, thus proving he was ready to go.

"Baby!" Magnus yelled as he skipped up the stairs. Alec couldn't keep the wide, happy smile off his face, and his arms twitched in want to jump forward and wrap himself up in Magnus.

There was no need for that, apparently, because Magnus was already there picking him up with his arms and twirling him around on the unsteady step. Alec squeaked in surprise, clutching at Magnus's hair to keep himself from falling and Magnus giggled, ignoring Alec's protests.

"M—Magnus! Come on, aren't we a little too old for this?" Alec laughed. Magnus let him down slowly, keeping their bodies close together so their faces were nearly touching.

"Hi," Magnus whispered, giving Alec an eskimo kiss. Alec felt a tell-tale blush creeping up his face, and moved to hide his face shyly in Magnus's neck. Magnus chuckled, petting his back. "Hmm, a whole year, and you're still so nervous around me. Interesting," Magnus pondered.

Alec breathed a short, laughy sound into Magnus's neck. "Well, you saying that really isn't helping."

Alec felt Magnus smiled. "I know." Alec finally leaned back after that, returning the eskimo kiss despite his burning face. "Anyway, are you ready? This is going to be our funnist sleepover yet."

Alec gave him a short peck on the lips. "You say that every single time," he said, pretending to be annoyed. "And 'funnist' isn't a word. Now let's go."

Magnus laughed sweetly, and Alec tried to ignore the fact that that very sound was what made his heart jolt in fifteen different directions in his chest.

It was around Christmas vacation for both of them, and each year they had always had an annual sleepover party together, switching each other's houses every year. This year it was Magnus's. It was honestly one of Alec's favorite and best memories of the year, and now that he got to share it with his boyfriend instead of his friend he couldn't even imagine a happier or better life. He had everything he could've ever wanted.

They mounted a cab together, shivering in the windy and frosty weather outside. Magnus held Alec's bony fingers in between his hands as they rode in the taxi, blowing warm breath on them.

"Thanks," Alec whispered, licking his chapped lips. Magnus blinked then smiled, blowing warm air onto them once more before letting go completely.

"Anything for you, darling."

Alec couldn't help but smile back. He would never be used to Magnus calling him pet names like that, and he hoped he never did get used to it.

"You know, I love it when you call me things like that," Alec admitted, looking away.

"Mm, really? Which ones? Sweetheart, darling, pretty boy—"

"Woah woah wait now, you've never called me pretty boy before. That's new," Alec laughed through his words, like the possibility of him being called that was just absolutely ridiculous.

Magnus's face softened, sobering from a joking manner and into what Alec knew as the 'we need to talk about something important' face. Alec was scared of that face.

"Alec." Magnus brushed one of his gratefully warm hands across Alec's cheekbone. Alec would've probably turned red if he wasn't completely already from the cold. "You're beautiful. Please. You deserve to be called pretty boy every single day."

Alec swatted his hand away in embarrassment, turning to face the seat in front of him with his arms crossed. Maybe Magnus was just rubbing off on him. Maybe it was the fact that Alec was finally starting to listen. Or maybe he was just starting to realize that he wasn't a complete idiot. Anymore.

Alec didn't say anything to that. He wasn't going to admit it, but…there wasn't any reason not to. If Magnus wanted to call him pretty, well…he guessed he didn't have that much of a problem with it anymore.

"Aww, that's sweet honey," Magnus said fondly. Alec jumped, turning back to stare at him with wide eyes.

"Wh—did—are you seriously telling me that I just said that aloud?" Alec said disbelievingly. And slightly fearfully.

Magnus snorted slightly, covering a hand over his mouth immediately after. "Oh god. Are you seriously telling me that you actually didn't mean to say that out loud?"

Magnus kept making these strange little hiccup noises, like he was trying to hold back tons of laughter. Alec had possibly never felt more embarrassed.

"Oh no," was all his shorted-out brain could think of saying. Brilliant.

It was soon after Magnus started crying with laughter that Alec was too, and the rest of the ride to Magnus's place was joyful as ever.

The first thing they did when they arrived to Magnus's house was settle down and make some hot chocolate for their signature Christmas movie marathon. Alec tried insisting making it, but Magnus always needed helping him with the drink because Alec just never remembered how to do it even after years of making it.

"No, no Alec you're supposed to put the powder in after the milk, Alec, no Alec stop—" Magnus could barely speak through his wheezing laughs as he weakly attempted to take the chocolate milk packets out of his boyfriend's hands. Alec was denying the facts, trying to drag it back while at the same time trying to convince Magnus that his way was better, his cheeks turning a stupendous color of red in the process.

It was so fun seeing how quickly Alec could turn red from the smallest of things. It was one of Magnus's favorite things about him.

"Alright, okay, you can make your hot chocolate that way and I'll make it my way. The better way. We'll do a taste test after, see who's is better," Magnus said with a wink, moving to make his own by putting the milk first. Alec just nodded, proudly pouring his powder packet into the tall glass before the milk. Magnus just chuckled, pecking Alec on his pink cheek.

"So, what movie will we be watching tonight?" Alec asked, leaning over to toss the empty packet into the trash bin and accidentally giving Magnus a fantastic view of his ass. So it really wasn't Magnus's fault when he got a little distracted and forgot to answer.

"Magnus?" Alec saying his name jarred Magnus back into reality, and he returned his vision back to Alec's face. Which was holding a scolding look. "My eyes are up here." Alec pointed to his face and Magnus just shrugged, resuming what he'd been doing.

"Sorry dear. You know I can't help it. Your as—"

"Nope. Don't even finish that sentence. Now is not the time I can't—it's movie time." Alec waved him away. Magnus smirked, wiping the powder off his hands as he finished off making his drink.

"What is it darling? Can't resist getting some of this?" Magnus whispered right into Alec's ear, pushing his body forward obscenely.

Alec's blush reached so far down it started to hide beneath his shirt, and Magnus knew he had gotten through to him, even as he made a stubborn scowl.

"Magnus," he said warningly. "We—we can't do this right now."

Magnus chuckled lowly, delighted in the shiver that went through Alec's shirt. "You would be a lot more convincing right now if your voice was begging for me."

Alec exhaled hard through his nose, his eyes going half mast as he slightly tilted his head towards Magnus's mouth. "You're so arrogant."

"Mmm, I love how quickly you can get riled up," Magnus said with a grin, leaving a slow, wet kiss on the side of Alec's neck and then moving away completely. "But you're right. It's movie time. I was thinking The Grinch?"

Alec sputtered, twirling around quickly with wide, eager and desperate eyes. Magnus just cocked his head, blinking innocently at him.

"Wh—you—can't—I—" Alec stammered, but it was useless. He frowned, his face so red it was shining as he crossed his arms and sent Magnus a glare. "You're real evil, you know?"

Magnus threw his head back and cackled, not being able to hold it back anymore. A year and nothing was new. After a second, Alec joined, both of them laughing for so long they were eventually nearly on the ground clutching their stomachs.

"So yeah," Alec said once they both calmed down. "The Grinch sounds great."

Magnus nodded, putting both of their glasses to heat up in the microwave. "Yep," Magnus breathed. "Go set up the blankets and stuff."

Alec nodded and went to the living room. "Do we want to make a fort today?" Alec yelled.

Magnus smiled, considering. "Hmm, I think we do. Get the fluffy blankets from my room," he called back.

"Okay. This is going to be fun."

Magnus grinned and nodded, before realizing that Alec couldn't see him. "Yes, yes it will darling," he called back.

After a few more seconds passed, the microwave beeped loudly in indication that their drinks were ready and Alec came stumbling out of Magnus's bedroom buried in a multitude of blankets. Magnus burst out laughing when he caught sight of him, laughing even harder when he heard a muffled 'shut up'.

"Okay hang on sweetie, lemme—lemme come and help you now," Magnus said in between laughs, bringing their hot chocolate's to the living room and quickly setting them onto the table to help Alec lug over all the heavy blankets.

In the next half an hour, Magnus set up all the couch cushions and barriers as Alec draped each blanket on top of them, perfectly making their own little world that was directly facing television but leaving basically everything else out of vision.

They both stood back and surveyed their handiwork, smiling in each other's arms like proud dads.

"It's so beautiful." Alec was the first to break the holy silence.

"Truly," Magnus replied. "You ready to dig into the movie? And our hot chocolates? Which is most definitely cold by now, by the way."

Alec giggled softly, going to his hands and knees to crawl under the blankets. Once he was inside, Magnus saw his thin hand sneak out and grab his glass.

"Alright, make room. I'm coming in," Magnus announced. Once the too of them were squished inside, they immediately wrapped up in each other's arms snugly, pulling a stray, extra blanket from outside to put over them. All of Alec's limbs were on top of Magnus, so much that he was bordering being in his lap, but Magnus was completely fine with it, wrapping his arms around Alec's body and pulling him closer.

"Grinch time baby," Magnus said, pulling a laugh out of sweet Alec.

"Yep."

And so they watched. Chairman Meow joined them halfway through, cuddling right in Alec's lap, his fur brushing Magnus's face.

Magnus was drowsy after the first movie, sleepy after the second and he only remembered the beginning of the third. It was just the start of their fabulous Christmas sleepover.

When Alec woke up the next morning, probably sleeping through half of his alarms, he realized the entire fort had been basically destroyed, the blankets and cushions fallen haphazardly on top of the two of them. Well, three if you counted Chairman Meow.

Magnus was draped over one of the arms of the couch, his head resting on his arm which was straightened and hanging off the edge. His mouth was slightly open, the slightest bit of drool, (which Alec found adorable), on his sweater sleeve, and his legs tangled up with Alec's.

Alec was halfway on the floor, his torso and upper body leaning on the couch cushions that had fallen from the fort and his lower body disorganized with Magnus's.

He wanted to laugh at how they'd managed to ruin the fort and gotten themselves into that position.

No matter how much he wanted to stay there for the rest of the day and take constant photos of sleeping Magnus, he knew that his stomach was going to protest to that, having skipped dinner accidentally the other night. It already was a little, making weird gurgling noises that made Alec cringe.

So he carefully unwrapped himself from Magnus's legs, squirming away from Chairman Meow and tip toeing to the kitchen. The cat followed him anyway.

"Hey buddy," Alec cooed as the small feline brushed up against his leg deliberately. "Aren't you just the cutest, yes, you are, yes, you always make me sound so stupid, mmm," Alec whispered in his high, squeaky voice that he used accidentally with cute animals.

"Where does papa Magnus keep your food, hmm?" Chairman Meow just gave him a short glare since Alec had stopped petting him and left the room with a sassy swish of his tail. Alec sighed, closing all the cupboards he'd opened looking for the Chairman's food. He didn't exactly seem like he even wanted it. Ungrateful cat.

He might as well start making his own breakfast then.

"Papa Magnus, huh?" A drowsy voice suddenly appeared from behind him.

Alec jumped, almost dropping the bowl for cereal he'd taken out. "Oh jesus, Magnus, way to give a guy a heart attack." He Just just chuckled, planting a kiss on Alec's cheek as he started pulling out a plate and piece of toast for himself.

Alec scowled, pretending that the entire situation didn't thoroughly embarrass him (it did). "Shut up. It just slipped out," he said quietly, facing away from Magnus. A second later, he felt Magnus's long arms slide around his waist and warm breath in his ear, making him shiver.

"Mm, maybe I like it," he whispered passionately.

Alec snorted, pulling away. "How do you manage to make absolutely everything sexual?"

Magnus leaned his tall, fit body back against the marble counter top that was in front of Alec. His head was tipped back nonchalantly, his eyes half mast as he stared at Alec with a smirk. He was bathing in morning sunlight, making him look like a Greek God. Alec knew those eyes. Those were his bedroom eyes. And he was doing them on purpose.

Alec swallowed a little heavily. Maybe the answer to his question was because Magnus was just so effortlessly sexy.

"I don't know dear. Just a quality of mine, I guess you could say."

Alec nodded, completely distracted by that point by Magnus's beauty. Magnus cocked his head in confusion. "What is it?" he asked innocently, like he didn't know exactly how he was affecting Alec. And Alec knew that he knew that very well.

So he scowled again, turning around and fiddling with things in the kitchen to keep himself distracted. Magnus laughed loudly.

"So," Magnus said. "How's sophomore year of college treating ya?"

Alec shrugged, sighing. "I don't know. Pretty overwhelming. I mean, I have so much work to do."

"Aww, I'm sorry baby." Alec just shrugged again. "Well, it's a good thing you have a friendly face to come home to all the time now."

Magnus's voice went up a notch at the end of the sentence, and Alec caught a glance of regret written on his face. He too then realized how Magnus's words had sounded—like they were roommates. It made Alec nervous enough to bite his lip.

They'd discussed moving in together quite a lot, as it was something they were both interested in, but had never actually gone through with it any of those times. Alec guessed it was because it just sounded too official, and it was also a lot of work. They were basically already living with each other by that point, so what was even the point of officially moving in?

At least, that's how Alec's mind worked. He'd be more than thrilled to take that next step with Magnus, with his best friend, but at the same time it meant a lot of change. A lot a lot of change. For the both of them. Which was a pretty terrifying thing to think about.

So that's why Alec really didn't like thinking about it too often.

"Alec? You still with me?" Magnus said, almost anxiously. Alec blinked, then realized he'd been staring at the wall for the past few minutes.

"Oh, oh yeah I'm fine I'm fine, sorry," Alec chuckled uncomfortably, and Magnus gave him a weak smile.

"Anyway, how's college going for you?" Alec asked, desperately trying to change the subject.

Magnus immediately relaxed, getting into some story about a feral cat and a bunch of drunk college kids from a party the other night. Alec was only half listening, nodding along as his mind explored the possibilities of what it would be like to move in with Magnus. After all, it had been over a year since they'd been dating. Wasn't that enough time? Alec thought it was.

They finished their toasts, eating curled up on their blanket-cushion mess from the other night as Magnus played some random reality TV show that Alec pretended to be interested in.

Once breakfast was over, there wasn't that much to even do. Alec didn't have any shifts to work that day, and Magnus only had one but it was later at night. And neither of them had class.

"So," Magnus said after ten minutes of awkward silence. Well, it was awkward at least for Alec. "What'd you think of the Grinch?"

Alec felt himself almost visibly relax in happiness that it wasn't going to be…a different question. He knew he was being selfish and overthinking but…to be fair, when was he not?

"It was great." Alec laughed softly, running a hand through his tangled curls in attempt to calm his racing nerves. He had an inkling that they were eventually going to talk about moving in. That's what his inner gut was telling him. "I mean, it's still great, even after seeing it a million times." Magnus chuckled along with him.

"You know, Alec, there's something I've been meaning to ask you lately," Magnus began after a few minutes.

Alec panicked. "Wait."

Magnus froze, looking at him with a careful expression. "Yes?" he gulped.

Alec immediately felt bad, and panicked even more. He opened his mouth to say something, but instead couldn't think of anything in his overwhelmed mind, and went to biting his lip. It was pathetic, really.

Magnus took a deep breath and then continued.

"Anyway, I wanted to ask you something. It's…sort of been on my mind for a while and I…it's something that I'm—I'm interested in doing I guess you could say."

Magnus waved his arms up in the air as he spoke, exasperated. Alec reconized that silly habit Magnus always did when he got stressed out. Alec could sympathize. "I just…I guess I'll just get to the point. Do you—I—I want you to move in with me."

Yep. Alec really wasn't expecting anything other than that. So he didn't know why his heart had the nerve to flutter stupidly when that was exactly what he had been expecting. It was ridiculous.

He didn't say anything. He didn't know what he could say. He was pretty sure his face had gone totally red, and he was stock still, so Alec knew how bad it looked, but he couldn't help it.

Magnus's face masked into one of worry immediately, and he looked like he wanted to take back everything he'd just said. He nearly did.

"I—I'm so sorry, I know—I'm not trying to pressure you into anything, you can totally say no, I just thought—I mean, since we've talked about it before, I mean, I guess I didn't assume—"

Alec cut him off with a lift of a finger, suppressing a smile. Magnus babbling was one of the cutest things about him.

"Magnus. It's okay, I want it too," he quickly reassured him. "I just…I don't know what to say. It's a lot to think about."

Magnus nodded, and Alec had to admit, he looked more relieved now. Which made Alec more relieved.

"Okay…" Magnus said slowly. He still looked a little crestfallen, and Alec knew he needed to act fast.

"Okay. I think—can we just talk about this? Like sit down, and really just…talk? Because I think we need to."

Magnus nodded again and quickly ushered Alec into the living room. They sat down on the mess of the couch together, holding hands. Alec had grabbed his.

"Alright. Magnus. I…I really want to move in with you to." Alec cast the warmest smile he could muster, and it must've worked because Magnus quickly looked relieved. But that disappeared in a fleeting second when Alec proceeded talking. "And I just never…like did anything about it because it just seems so—so overwhelming, you know? So official. Which, yes, I know sounds stupid, but—"

"It's not stupid," Magnus muttered. Alec believed his heart promptly stopped, but he forced himself to keep speaking anyway.

"And, and it sounds scary. Like the thought of leaving my apartment behind and everything and…it would just be a lot of change, you know? Which…change is always scary. I'm sorry, these just sound like a bunch of excuses but…I swear they're not."

After a few seconds of intense examination of Alec on Magnus's behalf, Magnus decided it was best to talk again after all. "Yeah. I know. You're right. And I've thought about that a lot too. But then…then I thought about the pros of doing it all. It would be scary, yes, but it would be a great next step into our relationship. I think. I want to share every moment of my life with you from now on, and the thought of being here with you now all the time just seems so amazing, it rules out all other bad thoughts," Magnus said softly, his eyes grazing Alec's face in a way that made him feel special and loved. And also a bit terrified.

It felt strange knowing that he had all of one person's love. Strangely scary. Alec felt like he shouldn't be allowed to have that power, that he was going to fuck it up. He didn't know who allowed him to possess all of that power. It felt positively breathtaking.

"Yeah. That's true, I guess, I…I don't know, okay, alright. We can try. I wanna try."

Magnus's whole face lit up wonderfully and he Alec into a tight hug. Alec beamed in his arms, pulling him close as well.

"Yay," Magnus said into his ear. Alec laughed quietly.

"Yay," Alec parroted.

The next couple of days became chaos.

School was overflowing with assignments and tests, and that was nothing new, but combined with the stress of trying to pack up Alec's apartment and somehow have time for work, everything was starting to become too much.

Magnus was being a big help, however, which Alec was eternally grateful for. He went back and forth constantly, helping Alec bring boxes to his apartment and Alec wondered regularly throughout the day how he got to be so lucky.

"Alec! Where do you want these…candle…stick…thingeys to go in? Decoration or furniture?"

Alec bit his lip in frustration in the middle of studying for biology, whipping around in his desk chair. There was just one small problem with Magnus helping, however. Alec needed things to be in a certain way and in a certain order, and Magnus was sort of…the opposite of that. Which was a lot for Alec to handle.

He got up, trying to convince himself that Magnus was innocent and he wasn't an OCD psychopath like he was as he stomped over to the living room.

"Magnus. They would obviously go in the decor section." Alec pointed to the decor box. "And they're candlesticks."

Magnus brightened, clearly not recognizing Alec's salty mood. "Oh, okay. And yeah, that's what I said." He tossed the candlesticks into the decor box carelessly, and Alec nearly lost his mind.

"Wh—you—careful with those! They're expensive, and they're also breakable. Just like a lot of the other things in that box!"

Magnus's face scrunched up into an expression of apology, putting his hands in the air and whispering 'sorry' as he started arranging all the items again. Alec studied him work for a few minutes, making sure that nothing was going to get out of order, and then went back to his room to study when satisfied.

Just to be called back there a few minutes later because Magnus didn't know where to put his bookends.

"Magnus, just bring the boxes that are ready back to your place, and take a break. I—I'm sorry, this has nothing to do with you, but I—I just need everything to be in a certain way and organized like that, so I don't think this is really working out. I'll work on these boxes later. And you can take a break and go home. But for now, I can't come with you, because I need to study. Okay?" Alec said it all a little strictly, and Magnus hung his head like a sad dog. Alec didn't even have the brain cells to feel sad; his mind was going a million miles per hour with a million things that he needed to do in such a short amount of time.

"Alright. I'm sorry. I'll go." Magnus slouched as he dragged the last two boxes out of the flat. Alec sighed hard, accidentally making a small noise of annoyance. Not at Magnus, at himself for not being able to comfort his boyfriend because yeah, he was just that busy.

So back to homework he went.

For the next few hours.

The next day, Alec barely even remembered talking to Magnus. He got up at five to make sure he had enough time to pack, and then by six he was getting ready and basically rushing to get to class by six fifteen. After his entire day at college, he had to go right to work for the next five hours, and then when he got late at night, Magnus was waiting for him at his apartment with Chinese food. Alec couldn't have wanted anything more to top off his horrible day.

"You're the absolute best," Alec whispered, falling gratefully into his gentle boyfriend's arms.

Magnus smiled, taking him in. "I know. Now you need to eat. How much food have you had today?"

Alec pulled back to look at him, scrunching up his nose. "I—not sure, actually."

"Okay. Yeah. It's definitely time for you to sit down and take a break. A big one."

Magnus was always there to take care of him and make sure that he got everything that he needed when times got tough, and Alec was started to get used to it. Which felt dangerous, but he guessed that Magnus would just continue to surprise him so. In wonderful, wonderful ways.

He felt like a complete cheesy sap when he dragged his tired body over to the table to eat with Magnus. All he wanted to do was throw all the food off the table and just be with Magnus, in every way. The absolute love for Magnus that Alec held felt completely unreal; Alec had used to think that even when he did fall in love and settle down with someone, the love would never feel as strong as his love for Magnus had. Well, was.

When Alec was still figuring everything out in high school, he knew deep down how much he was in love with his best friend, even though every cell in his body kept denying it every day they were kept apart. And when he even thought about settling down with anyone else, it almost brought him mental pain. It still did at the current time, but at least he wasn't miserable anymore.

When he was dealing with his cutting and his sexuality crisis and his parents and just absolutely everything, Magnus had still always been there, but never, never the way Alec had wanted. And dealing with that horrible feeling so many times had made it grow something new inside him, something that felt like a poisonous sprout which was always telling him that he would never get what he wanted with Magnus. And so, after a while, he started to believe it. That's why he didn't like looking back on high school often.

So when Magnus had came spiraling into his life as this new person, nonetheless as his boyfriend, Alec almost wasn't used to all those nagging and evil thoughts vanishing. It was why literally all of it had felt like a dream. In fact, still felt like a dream because he still wasn't quite used to it.

But at the same time, everything was different then a dream. It was actual reality.

Alec had never imagined the bright future that he currently had going on for himself. Being with Magnus was something so far out of reach back then, Alec wouldn't've ever dared thinking about being with him; it was that painful.

Everything in his life had been confusing. It still was confusing. But he knew Magnus was the one thing he was absolutely sure about, shockingly, the farthest thing he'd thought he'd be so sure about. The thing he had wanted the most, and the thing he'd barely even dreamed of getting. Which all ended up being the thing that he was going to end up with.

A new sprout was growing this time, one that was fresh and new and happy and told him things that were he knew were actually going to be true. Unbelievable, but true.

The one that told him Magnus was going to be the person he was going to spend the rest of his life with. For real. No exceptions.

He hadn't realized he'd been dreamily staring at Magnus as he set the table until Magnus stopped what he'd been doing and stared at him with a strange look.

"Alec? Why do you look like you're about to cry?"

Alec sighed happily, feeling another wave of euphoria ripple through him just from looking at his eyes.

"Nothing. I mean, no reason. I—it's just—you. I love you."

Magnus paused, then smiled slowly. "Aww, I love you too, darling. Now shall we eat?"

Alec nodded, not trusting himself to say words yet with the lump in his throat.

"Alec?"

Alec, who'd been toying with his noodles, jumped up at the sound of his name. "Yes?"

"You…you're sure about this whole…moving in thing, right?"

Alec grinned. He liked the way that sounded out loud. He was moving in with Magnus. The love of his life.

Cheesy sap.

"Yes. Yes of course." Alec's hand twitched, wanting to reach out across the table to touch Magnus's hand, before he came across a terrifying thought and hesitated.

"Wait. You can't—I mean, you're not having second thoughts…are you?" Alec asked nervously.

Magnus immediately sensed his concern and shook his head profusely. "No no no, I—of course not. I just know that all of this packing is stressing you out and I just wanted to…I guess confirm that you weren't having an second thoughts."

Alec relaxed again, and smiled. "Oh. Okay. Well, you're really sweet, but don't worry, I have no second thoughts. And I always have you here to help me. Because you're amazing and just been so helpful through everything, so thank you." Alec realized his voice had become very small and quiet towards the end, so he held his breath as he felt heat coming to his cheeks.

"Aww. Thanks sweetie. And I'm your boyfriend; it's my job. Get used to it." It sounded like something that would be mean, but the way Magnus said it made Alec know that it was from his heart.

Alec just nodded in return, shoving Chinese food down his throat to keep himself from saying anything else. Magnus gave him back a happy smile.

A week later, everything was going perfect.

Alec had officially, nearly completely moved into Magnus's. He'd tried not to have high expectations in case something went wrong or living together wasn't as perfect as he'd always dreamed it would be, but there wasn't even any need. Because it was only day two, and Alec was already in love with living with the person he was in love with. It was his actual dream life.

He loved living with Magnus. It was like having a sleepover with his best friend every single day, being able to have long late night talks every single night and then hyping each other up in the morning when they were both tired from the night before. It was the absolute best. Alec hoped, well, more, he knew that it was going to be what he wanted for the rest of his life. He just hoped that Magnus wanted that too.

But so far, the chances of that were pretty high. So he didn't think he had anything to worry about.

At the current time, Magnus was setting up the apartment for the little 'moving in' party they were having. Magnus had come up with it, which Alec had made sure to tell everyone who'd been invited. A 'moving in' party sounded like the dumbest idea ever to him, but maybe he was a little biased because he wanted Magnus all to himself for at least a whole week after moving in. But it was all about compromise, and plus, all of his friends were coming, so Alec was sure he'd be able to deal with it.

"Stop it!" Alec heard a yell from the kitchen from where he'd been peacefully staring off into space in the living room and jumped.

Alec turned his head slowly to face Magnus, who was washing a plate angrily. "What?" he asked, a smile toying on his lips.

"I can see you judging my party from here. I can see it on your bony little face," Magnus snapped, but Alec heard the sarcasm behind it, and he laughed.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry. You caught me. But seriously, I think it might actually be fun because, well you know, all of my friends are going to be there."

Magnus stopped washing the dish for one second, giving Alec the skeptical eye, before brightening up and continuing. It was funny how Alec could see the literal moment Magnus had read his face and interpreted that his reaction was genuine.

"Yeah," Magnus chirped. "Exactly."

Alec laughed again. "Do you want any help with the dishes or like…something? I could start setting up, I don't know, the party decorations? Did you bring any of those?"

Magnus snorted, tossing the plate into the dishwasher so loud that Alec's almost heard it echo. Alec blinked. "Honey, if you didn't know already, that's not exactly how I consist my parties."

Alec sighed, shaking his head as he went to the kitchen to at least help with the dishes. "Alright. Just don't go too crazy, right?" Alec was speaking booze wise.

Magnus's eyes softened when they landed on the look on Alec's face, and he ripped off a plastic glove to reach out and tuck back a lock of Alec's hair gently. Alec scowled slightly, only at the fact that after a full year, he still wasn't used to Magnus surprising him out of the blue with things like that.

"Of course, darling. I would never."

Alec gulped, brushing his hand along Magnus's wrist. He saw a glimmer in Magnus's eye, one that he recognized very well, and took a deep breath as he leaned forward and closed his eyes.

With everything that had been going on, it'd felt like years since Alec had had the chance to really, really kiss his boyfriend. Which made it all the more difficult to keep himself together as they absolutely smooched in the middle of his kitchen, dirty dishes in the sink with Magnus still wearing a crusty, damp glove on his other hand.

"Mmm," Magnus moaned into his mouth, making Alec shiver when he deepened the kiss and slipped his clean hand smoothly on the small of Alec's back to make him arch up more into him. Alec loved it so much when Magnus did that.

"M—Magnus," Alec stammered through a breath. "Are…are you—fuck—are you sure this is a good idea?"

Magnus didn't even respond, just made another throaty sound and pulled Alec back in for a deeper, harder kiss that nearly made Alec's knees buckle.

He made a small squeaking noise through the kiss, trying to make himself calm down. Somehow, Magnus had removed his other glove because his other hand was now tugging at Alec's hair in the exact way Alec knew Magnus knew he liked it.

"M—Mag—there's guests coming like—so soon—"

Magnus then moved down to rigorously mouthing up and down Alec's neck, moving his tongue and biting down and Alec absolutely lost it, his knees actually buckling. Magnus was quick, though, and held him up, pressing his back against the opposite counter.

Fuck, Magnus knew very well just how much Alec loved it when he kissed his neck.

"Well then we'd better be quick, don't you think?" Magnus slurred in a deep, raspy voice, making Alec dizzy with want. He tried to pull himself away, he really, really did but…Magnus was right, if they were quick…they could get it done.

And it'd been so long. Too long. Alec wasn't sure if he'd be able to get rid of the raging boner in his pants if he pulled away at that point.

"O—okay fine, let's—let's just do this quickkkk then ah ah—" Alec could barely get out full sentences as Magnus continued to slurp and suck at his throat, making sure to leave a few bite marks big enough that the guests would definitely be able to see. Alec didn't even care.

Magnus proceeded to then drag him into the bedroom, already pulling at Alec's shirt to get it off as he started undoing his pants with his other hand. If Alec wasn't overcome with bliss, he would've chuckled.

"Eager, are we?" he said. Magnus growled, ripping Alec shirt the rest of the way off just as they reached the bedroom and turning him around promptly to toss him onto the bed. Alec went willingly however, grinning up at Magnus shirtless and spreading his legs slightly in invitation, a confident move he rarely ever was capable of doing.

With the surge of confidence guiding him on, Alec threw his head back and almost moaned, "I love it when you throw me around like that."

Magnus smirked, looking positively devilish as he stalked forward, his dark hair mussed up and covering half his face.

"Mm, yeah, a lot of things have changed in the past year, baby," Magnus whispered right before jumping onto Alec, devouring his neck again the second he fell. Alec jerked and made an embarrassing choking sound, grabbing the fabric of Magnus's shirt in fists and taking heaving, shaky breaths as he tried not to melt into a puddle or come in his pants or anything else ridiculous like that.

Magnus made quick work of the rest of Alec's clothing, tossing all of the articles thoughtlessly onto the ground before they were both just bare skin against bare skin.

Alec was heaving through breaths by that point, his mouth slack as he stared at the ceiling in anticipation. He loved it when Magnus got into moods like the one he was in, getting so worked up over how Magnus just lay him back and took over, completely in control.

"God you're beautiful," Magnus murmured after pulling back from going vampire on Alec's neck and raking his eyes all over Alec's body. Alec flushed and whined as he weakly thrust his hips forward, begging silently for some friction, any friction.

Magnus didn't move his hips at all, which was sort of the opposite of what Alec wanted, but what Alec got in return was good enough. He leaned forward and pressed their lips together again.

The feeling was electric and magnified that time, and Alec felt a thrum move through his body as he parted his mouth and sloppily licked into Magnus's soft mouth. It felt magnetic to the point where Alec wasn't sure if they were going to be able to move apart ever again.

He realized, with a flip in his stomach, that under Magnus's gaze, he actually felt beautiful. It was the first time in his life that he had ever felt loved and taken care of and…and just truly happy. Magnus was the only person who could and would ever make him feel that way. He would probably be a few heartbeats away from his depression again if it wasn't for Magnus. He couldn't even imagine Magnus not being in his life.

So when Magnus called him all those things like beautiful and pretty and gorgeous, Alec realized that, despite the embarrassment, he felt like they actually meant something for once. Well, maybe it was the fact that someone like him, him, could reduce a man like Magnus Bane to desperation with a touch or a few words. It was mind-boggling.

Magnus didn't exactly seem to be picking up on his little crisis, and was more focusing on keeping his promise on moving things along quickly. And boy was that a promise.

"M—Magnus, Magnus oh my god oh my god, you—you need to stop—'m—'mgonna come—ah—" Alec rasped out, barely even managing to get any words out as Magnus spit on his hand and starting tugging the two of them together in one fist, slick and hard.

Going from no friction to the overwhelming feeling of both their cocks pressed up together into one fist, Alec was pretty damn sure that they would be done before the guests came. At least, Alec was well on his way to that.

How did Magnus—after a whole year—still manage to reduce Alec to absolute shreds with just a simple handjob? It was quick. It was messy. It wasn't even the best handjob he'd ever received from Magnus. And yet, there Alec was writhing on the bed and biting his fist as to not yell out. Sweat was starting to gather on his chest and face, and he felt Magnus start shaking slightly above him when he increased the pace of his hand. Alec could pretty much relate to that feeling.

"G—god, I love you so much," Magnus panted, all teasing sides down by that point. His eyes were closed but his face was in the general direction of Alec's, hair flopped down and tickling Alec's forehead. He looked so beautiful, so perfect right there and then Alec wondered if Magnus would think he were an actual weirdo if he took his phone out real quick and snapped a photo. Well, knowing Magnus, he doubted there would be any judgement.

That thought was swiftly and rudely pulled from his mind, however, when Magnus started teasing a finger around his hole, wet already with god knows what. All he knew was that Magnus always managed to get the job done.

"N—nonono fuck I'm—'m gonna—I—"

Magnus licked his lips and squeezed their dicks, smirking when Alec arched his back and let out a seizing cry. He kept his finger where it was, just lightly teasing and driving Alec wild.

"Ohh, are you going to come for me, baby?" Magnus said alluringly, making Alec shudder. He wasn't even sure if he nodded; just thrashed his head violently as he used everything in his power to hold off until Magnus did.

"A—re you—please tell me you're close," Alec said, strained. His eyes had shut tightly, and he tried to focus on breathing in and out, in and out, not in a couple of times and then forgetting to breath out again.

Magnus leaned down to press a couple more slack kisses to the base of his throat and along his jaw.

Alec couldn't take it anymore, and started spurting onto their stomachs with a wail. Magnus moaned and encouraged him, whispering praise and love into his ear as he jerked him through it with his strong, big hand. Alec's chest was shuddering up and down as he tried to breath through it, having to literally push Magnus's hand away as the aftershocks and overstimulation became too much.

Magnus came soon after with a heart wrenching cry, and Alec forced his eyes open through the exhaustion, making sure that he memorized every single detail of his face. It was the same face he made every time; the usual clenched eyes, grinding teeth to dropping his mouth open in a silent scream as he clutched onto whatever his hands could find, in their case the bed covers. Alec thought he'd never seen anything more beautiful then Magnus Bane having an orgasm. He felt like the luckiest guy in the world whenever he thought about the fact that he was the only one who had the amazing privilege to witness that.

Once Magnus came down and collapsed bonelessly beside him, Alec reached out and took his sweaty, limp, wet hand, interlocking their fingers.

"And I love you too," Alec said shyly, suddenly remembering that he'd never said it back. Alec scooched forward and put his head on Magnus's chest.

Magnus chuckled, his eyes still closed as he whispered, "I know, darling. You're the best." Alec gave a small smile back, one that Magnus couldn't even see anyway. His heart did that stupid little zig-zag again.

"You know, I think everyone's gonna be here soon. We should probably shower and get ready."

Alec groaned. "Ugh. That's too bad. I don't feel like showering and I especially don't feel like getting up right now. I mean, you still got it," said Alec.

Magnus snorted, and Alec felt his chest rise and fall with small giggles of pride. Alec grinned. "But yeah. We should get up. I would rather be shot then have Jace see me in such a, um…compromising position with you."

"Mmm, I don't know. We do look pretty damn hot together if I do say so myself."

Alec pulled a face, finally forcing himself to lift off of his slightly sweaty boyfriend and hop off the bed. "Mmm, yeah I don't think so," Alec replied in a mocking voice.

Magnus laughed from behind him, not even moving up from the bed yet. Alec cocked his head and stared at him from the doorway of their bedroom.

"You coming? I'm going in the shower now," Alec announced, pointing a thumb in the direction of the bathroom and trying not to stare at Magnus's full, exposed body, spread out on the bed for him.

Magnus smirked at him. "Yeah, sure," he said casually, but Alec saw the evil glint in his eye. He gulped, trying to distract himself with the thought that his brother and sister were probably on their way, but not even that could keep his mind off Magnus. Who had stood and was slinking towards him, completely naked and already half-hard probably at the thought of a nice shower. Alec felt around the same.

One hour, one shower and two orgasms later, the two of them were squeaky clean and happy and finally ready to actually prepare something for the party.

"Hello boys," someone called from the living room, causing Alec, clad in a towels, to freeze. "Having fun?"

It was Jace. Alec un-freezed, and then carefully stalked into the room to see what was going on.

"Jace? What the hell are you doing here? It's—oh, well maybe it's a little later then we said, but we didn't let you in!" Alec complained, adjusting the towel around his hip to make sure it didn't budge.

Jace was sitting horizontally on the couch, munching on a bag of Cheetos he'd definitely stolen from them.

He shrugged. "Okay. So I let myself in. Great food, by the way."

Alec rolled his eyes, stomping back into his bedroom to get dressed. Magnus had already put on some dazzling leather pants and was deciding between two very similar mesh t-shirts. It was his usual style, but Alec had to admit, he never didn't look good in them.

Magnus whipped his head over to Alec when he heard him walk in, damp hair spraying small water droplets in Alec's face. Alec spluttered, and Magnus laughed apologetically.

"So what's happening? Is there anyone else here besides Jace?" Magnus asked.

Alec shook his head, dropping his own towel to slip on a pair of boxes. From their shared closet.

Alec let himself smile secretly. He loved the way that sounded in his head. He loved calling a bedroom that he shared with his boyfriend, his best friend, his bedroom.

"Okay good," Magnus said, deciding finally on the mesh shirt that was slightly lighter than the other one.

Alec didn't know what to wear; out of the huge, extravagant, walk-in closet, his clothes only occupied one small section of it, and they weren't nearly as flamboyant and lavish. He was almost afraid he'd look plain and weird next to someone as eccentric as his boyfriend, but he assumed that no one they were inviting would even care, as they were used to it already. So he picked a light blue sweater and some khakis—the fanciest outfit he could think of.

Alec smiled to himself, again, as he put the sweater on. Magnus had gotten it as an extra gift for their one year anniversary, and it'd been his favorite sweater ever since. Every time he thought of that day, he felt all warm and tingly inside, and knew he had to stop thinking about it before he lost his mind.

In the next few seconds that Alec continued getting dressed, the doorbell rang another two times, unveiling his sister Isabelle and Clary, Jace's girlfriend.

Jace's face lit up when Clary walked into the room, and Alec knew at that moment that that no other person would be able to get his attention for the rest of the night. That was always what happened when Clary arrived.

Izzy went right to the kitchen, fiddling with the food on the stove and making Alec chase after her to stop her from burning down the house. There was a reason that Izzy was never allowed in the kitchen, and Alec was determined to keep it that way.

Magnus's friends came late, as they usually did, and Weston, who Alec had invited impulsively, came last with his boyfriend.

Once everyone was finally there, Magnus served the food, which was his signature grilled cheese, a cheesy pasta, and a salad for the vegetarians. Which was only Clary.

"Okay, bon appetite everyone," Magnus said as he laid out all the dishes on the coffee table in front of the TV. Everyone stopped their conversations to stare at the food in awe. Magnus grinned at their reactions, winking at Alec who was sitting curled on up in a blanket on the couch. Alec gave a returning smile, holding out his arms for Magnus.

"Alright," said Magnus as he fell into his Alec's arms, pulling up a blanket to cover himself in the chilly room. "Which movie are we going to pick?"

"A Disney one," Clary piped up, enlightened. "I suggest Shrek."

Jace scoffed, and Alec would've believed it if it wasn't for the way he was looking at her as he did it. "Nah. I say…some sort of action movie. Like Die Hard!"

Magnus snorted and Cat, Magnus's friend, who was sitting next to Jace, whacked him in the head with a pillow.

"Hey! My hair!" he complained.

Clary made a face. "Why do you care about your hair right now?"

"I always care about my hair," Jace said dramatically.

"Anyway," Cat said loudly . "Ew. That movie's like, a hundred years old, Jace."

Jace scowled at her. "Yeah, well that doesn't mean it's not good."

Ragnor spoke next, which almost made Alec jump considering he hadn't spoken all night.

"I agree with Jace," he said in his deep, raspy voice. His voice sort of scared Alec, though he'd never admit it. "Die Hard's a great movie."

He and Jace high-fived from across the couch, making Magnus roll his eyes.

"Okay, y'all have left me with no choice. I'll be choosing the movie," Magnus announced.

Everyone groaned, including Weston, who was sitting under his boyfriend on the armchair closest to the television. Alec caught his eye and they exchanged a little laugh.

"Magnus," Alec pleaded, turning to whisper in his ear. "I think that we should compromise on this."

Magnus frowned, pulling his pouting, stubborn face, and Alec knew he was about to complain, but then Clary spoke.

"Yeah, and I think we should compromise on Disney," she said with a smile.

And then everyone started talking again.

After a long, debated discussion that wasted probably half of the time that they had planned on spending together, everyone compromised on The Lion King, a Disney classic, which made Clary very happy.

"I'm scared," Alec murmured to Magnus in the first few seconds that the movie started. Magnus immediately tightened his arms around him, and Alec laughed. "No, I mean like, this movie always makes me cry. I don't want to cry."

Magnus snorted gently in his ear as the intro of the movie began. Clary shushed him, and Magnus ignored her.

"Why? Because a drawn, cartoon character die—"

"Nope," Alec interrupted, lifting a warning finger. "Don't even mention it."

Magnus chuckled softly, pulling him closer still even when the threat was gone. Alec's cheeks turned slightly red, and he was suddenly grateful for the dark room because the last thing he needed was for everyone to give him shit about his red face in front of Magnus.

Magnus gave him a light, comforting kiss on the forehead, starting to card slow fingers through his hair. Alec blushed more and cuddled comfortably closer, resting his head on Magnus's collarbone.

"I'll cheer you up baby," said Magnus happily.

Alec grinned, not even paying attention to the film anymore as he turned his head to peck Magnus on the lips. "I love you," he whispered.

Magnus smiled. "And I love you."

"I'm so glad that we're…we're doing this whole 'moving in together' thing," Alec admitted, biting his lip. "I mean, I was scared, but now I like realized that this is something that I've wanted for a while. And I'm so excited."

Magnus's eyes were brighter then the screen in front of them. "Me too darling."

Alec couldn't help himself from saying it, just one more time. "I love you so much."

Magnus kissed him on the forehead again. "I love you more."

"Impossible."

A/N: Ok ok i know I know, cheesy ending, but like that's the best I could do. I hope y'all liked this story, and just a reminder THIS IS THE END OF THIS STORY. Plz do not ask any questions like 'when's the next chap' that make me feel bad bc like this is the end. But don't worry, I have LOTS of other cute Malec stories planned that are much more creative then this piece of crap and that are coming very soon. Well, maybe not like super soon bc I still need to plan them out, but soon. So plz stay tuned. I swear I'll be better. I'm getting there heh.

Also who knows, actually, maybe I'll change my mind or remember something else that I needed to add to this story and this won't be the last chap, but I think it will be.

Alright. Review if y'all have any story ideas for Malec; I'm always open :). I love y'all, thx for making this one hit like 30 reviews, that's so awesome. Ok I'm being rlly sappy now jesus.

-Emma, signing out of this story for the last time. *Wipes tear*.