I'M SO SORRY- I FORGOT TO POST THIS ON CHRISTMAS!

Christmas Is The Time To Say I Hate You:

"I hate you," Magnus snarled.

"I hate you too!" Alec shouted, fighting to keep his tears in. "I can't believe you would do this to me!"

"God, I wish I'd never met you!"

There was silence. Then-

"Alec, I didn't mean that," Magnus said softly. "I'm so sorry. What were we even fighting about?"

Alec sighed, a few tears slipping down. "I don't know," he said. "But Christmas- christmas isn't the time to say I hate you."

"No," Magnus agreed, drawing the boy closer. "Christmas is the time to say I love you," he sang.

Alec smiled. "I love you," he said, leaning down to kiss Magnus.

Food Fight:

Magnus laughed as he threw a glob of mashed potatoes at Alec, who dogged and toss some stuffing in his general direction.

Isabelle was throwing cranberry sauce at Simon, who let it hit him just to see Isabelle's grin and then dumped gravy on her. She let out a shriek.

Jace was just randomly throwing popcorn. He had insisted they make some. Everyone had rolled their eyes- who wants popcorn on Christmas? He had made it anyway. Clary was giggling and throwing pieces of turkey at him.

Maryse, Robert, Luke, and Jocelyn stood in the doorway, observing. Maryse looked a bit shocked, Robert startled, and Luke and Jocelyn were grinning full-on. Suddenly Jocelyn reached down to scoop up some mashed potatoes and smeared them right on Luke's face.

He faked an outraged gasp and took some off of him to dump it on Jocelyn, who started to laugh and run backwards.

Maryse was looking at her like she was crazy until some stuffing was sprinkled onto her. She wrenched herself away from Robert, scowling. "Robert!" she all but shouted. "This is designer-"

She spluttered and spit out the food. She glared at her husband. "Oh, you little-" she lunged at him.

The food fight didn't end for another hour, and by that time all the couples were giggling and leaning against each other, even Maryse and Robert.

"That was fun," Alec mumbled, glancing around sleepily. "I'm so tired." He closed his eyes. ,Magnus began running his hands though Alec's hair. "Shh, go to sleep then, baby," he whispered.

Everyone else smiled. They were so cute.

"Me too," Clary yawned. She snuggled up against Jace, who locked his arms protectively around her. Pretty soon the whole group was asleep, laying in someone else's arm and smiling.

Chairman:

Chairman Meow watched as Magnus and Alec, his favorite, leaned forward and pressed themselves together. They always did this. Then they would walk into the room where Chairman liked to snuggle on the bed and shut the door. They wouldn't let him in no matter how hard he scratched and mewed.

Sure enough, Alec was wrapped around Magnus, being carried away to the room as Magnus tripped over some boxes of Christmas decor. Chairman would have sighed if he could.

Not again...

Santa:

Alec sat and remembered all the memories he had of Christmas. No matter how hard he tried, they all revolved around Max.

He remembered helping Max decorate his room for Christmas.

He remembered buying him presents.

And most of all, he remembered taking him to see Santa when no one else cared enough to.

He was the one who had made sure Max had a happy Christmas and believed in Santa.

He suddenly realized he was crying. The memories were so bittersweet. He hung his head, fighting himself to breathe. But then a pair of arms wrapped themselves around him, and Magnus was there, rubbing his back and whispering, "Breathe, Alec, breathe, just breathe, darling."

"He- he didn't deserve to die," Alec said in a choked voice. "It's Christmas. He isn't here. I miss him so- so much."

"I know, sweetie." Magnus's voice broke. He wanted to help Alec so much. "I'm here, okay, just breathe."

He closed his eyes, wishing he could just wish Alec's pain away. Alec closed his eyes and curled up into Magnus, taking deep breathes, ignoring the world around him.