Set after the series, Alec and Magnus continue their trip around the world and are in Austria.
All characters belong to Cassandra Clare.
"He sighed and I looped my arm through his as we walked back to the church. I looked up at the sky as we walked. The gray clouds that had covered the sky this morning had gone away to reveal a clear blue sky. As we wound our way back through the graves, I listened to Ash's voice as he talked about how he got cut by a statue, and I began to realize something. Maybe this wasn't the end of the world like I had thought it was. All on the way to the funeral I was thinking that this was going to be the end of my life, or atleast, the end of a happy one. But now, now that it was over, I realized that there could still be a happily ever after after all."
"What are you reading?" Magnus's voice through the air and knocked Alec out of his book induced trance.
"What? Oh, its a book by some person...Rose Oakenshield….." He held up the front of the book to reveal a picture of two pairs of legs sitting on a concrete bench with the words Trusting Abby scrawled across it.
Magnus raised his eyebrows. "Doesn't seem like your kind of book."
Alec shrugged. "Its okay, what are you doing anyways?"
Magnus had been lying on the bed for about half an hour, staring out the window. "Just thinking. I'm hungry, want to get some pancakes?"
Alec glanced at his watch. "Magnus, its noon, why do you want pancakes?"
Magnus rolled over on his stomach and looked up at Alec. "Well, its only 6am in the United States."
"True….lets go get some pancakes."
Magnus leaped up gleefully as Alec set his book down and they walked out of their hotel room, hand in hand. The two were spending christmas in Austria this year, part of their continued around the world travels. Currently, they were in the city of Innsbruck. Alec and Magnus wandered the streets for a bit, until they came across a little cafe in an old part of time. When they entered, Alec gave the place a once over, frowned, then excused himself to go to the bathroom. Magnus shrugged and sat down at an empty table, grabbing a menu. "So, do they have pancakes?" Alec asked, returning from the bathroom.
Magnus shrugged. "Don't know, its all in German."
Just then a short girl with long brown hair appeared at their table, smiling. "Hallo, mein Name Anna und ich werde Ihre Kellner heute. Haben Sie zwei entscheiden, was zu bestellen?"
Magnus blinker at her. "Uhh…."
Alec however smiled back. "Ja, wir werden die Pfannkuchen haben, danke. " (Yes, we'll have the pancakes, thank you.)
She nodded, ponytail bouncing and walked away. Magnus stared at his boyfriend. "Since when do you speak German?"
Alec blushed and looked sheepishly at his arm. There, drawn on the smooth porcelain surface was a curly E looking rune. "Foreign Languages rune."
Magnus laughed. "Alexander, really, you don't have to be so abashed."
Alec coughed and looked back down at the menu.
After their pancakes, the couple went back to wandering the streets until they wound their way back to the main part of the city. "I'm bored." Magnus whined.
"We could go to the christmas market." Alec suggested,
"Oooh Christmas market! We should get one of those in Brooklyn!" Magnus grabbed his hand and dragged him off towards the market.
When they got there, Alec inhaled sharply. The entire street and then some was full of people wandering around stall to stall, lights all strung up from window to window. Snow glistened on the pavement, packed down from hundreds and hundreds of feet. Next to almost every stall sat a christmas decoration, candy canes, snowmen, and instrument barring santas that made Magnus feel like he had just walked into the Christmas special of Doctor Who. Magnus's eyes wandered around the market. Everywhere he looked there was glittery shiny things, and christmas lights. They seriously needed one of these in Brooklyn….hmm...and with just a few spells...maybe a little persuasion potion…"-in 1298."
"What?" Magnus jumped and looked at Alec, realizing he had just been talking.
The shadowhunter sighed, used to his boyfriends lack of attention. "I said, the Innsbruck christmas market was started in 1298, which is why it still bears many medieval characteristics that modern christmas markets lack."
"Ooh Alec look! look!" Magnus jumped with excitement as he spotted a stall selling a various array of christmas mugs, some of which had so much glitter that it looked like Magnus himself had decorated them.
"Hallo! Welcome to Nik and Anne's christmas cups! In front of you is a small sample of what we're capable of, all handmade. Are you looking for anything in particular?"
"No, not really." Alec said, casually picking up a cup to examine it.
The cup was mostly blue, with a santa hat pattern at the top and glittery black symbols that reminded Alec of runes. "Hey Magnus, these look like- Magnus?" Alec looked up from the cup to see that he was standing alone in front of the stall.
Wildly, he looked around, trying to spot the glittery warlock somewhere. "Um...I think your boyfriend went that way." The girl behind the counter pointed a little further up the street.
He nodded, muttering a short "Thanks" and hurried off in that direction.
After about half an hour of looking, Alec started to get panic-y. "Magnus! Magnus Bane!" He shouted, a few people giving him looks.
Suddenly, he felt a tugging on his sleeve and turned around to see a little girl with black hair and dark eyes staring up at him. "Excuse me sir, have you lost somebody."
"Yes, I have."
"Me too, I lost my mama. But my Mama always told if I ever get lost, to stay where I am. Are they wearing bright colors? Mama said that if I always have to wear bright colors when we go to the market, so if I get lost, she can find me."
Alec laughed. "Extremely bright colors."
Just then a woman wearing a black pencil skirt with her hair twisted into a tight bun, came running, or waddling in Alec's opinion due to her skirt, over. "Mary Anne! Gott sei Dank! Where have you been?"
"Right here all along Mama." The girl, Mary Anne, said, taking her mothers hand.
"Right, well hurry along, Christopher's waiting."
Mary Anne nodded and followed her mother, pausing for a second to look back at Alec. "I hope you find who you were looking for, sir." then she skipped away.
Alec smiled to himself. "So do I."
"Alec! Alexander! Alec!" an extremely flustered Magnus ran up to him, throwing his arms around the younger boy.
"Magnus where were you!?" Alec cried, wrapping his arms around his boyfriend tightly.
"I moved on to the next stall, I told you, didn't you hear me? Then I looked back and you weren't there."
"I didn't hear you!"
"Well I found you, thank the angel."
Alec pulled back. "Right, your being kept on a leash from now on."
"No complaints from me." Magnus smirkied.
"Ugh."
Magnus laughed, and the began to walk away, when he stopped suddenly. "What is i- Nooooo! No more pictures Magnus!" Alec had turned around to see his boyfriend holding a camera.
"Plleaasee! just one!" Magnus begged.
"Fiiinnne."
One hour later in New York.
"Another text from Alec." Jace said, glancing down at his phone.
"Whats it say?" Izzy and Clary asked immediately.
The three of them were sitting at the counter in Taki's, picking up some take out for dinner. "Its a picture, and- oh no! Not again!" He groaned, slapping his hand on his forhead.
"What?" Clary peered over Izzy's shoulder as she snagged Jace's phone and skimmed the caption Alec had sent.
Hey guys, check it out! Austrian Christmas Market. Wish you were here….except...not really….
~Love from Alec and Magnus.
Whats this? She updates BEFORE midnight? OH MY EVERYONE GET YOUR CAMERAS ITS A MIRACLE! xD So ya….Sorry this ones not very fluffy, I wasn't really in the writing mood today….but funfact: The beginng of this oneshot is an exerpt from one of my original works Trusting Abby. Normally when I'm using an exerpt for something random I just write it on the spot, but in honor of it reaching 1,000 reads on wattpad, I decided to use Trusting Abby this time. Thanks for following/favoriting/reviewing! And if you haven't please do!. Also, I'm considering continuing this past christmas to make it an all winter long thing. Opinions?