A/N: Hi everyone! School's almost out, so hopefully I'll be writing more afterward! I apologize for the month of disappearing off the face of the earth, but here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy it. :)

This chapter is mostly just Magnus' concert—I don't know how many of you really wanted to read this, but it's not just cliche fluff! You heard me right: I COMBINED FLUFF AND PLOT. And no, I'm not sure how I did it. *giggles awkwardly*

Disclaimers: The usual I-don't-own-Cassandra-Clare's-stuff-but-I-do-own-Alec's-book-characters-and-Magnus'-songs warning you're probably getting tired of reading

The next week and a half passed rather quickly, and nobody found out anything else about any kind of coverup. Simon wanted to forget about it for the night, and Alec was happy to oblige, but Izzy and Camille had their scheming faces on, making him worry about what they might do as soon as they got their hands on a clue.

Tonight was Magnus' concert, and they were crowded together in front of the stage, waiting for him to appear and sing.

Alec watched, apprehensively, as Magnus just stood there in front of the mic. The lights reflected off all the glitter on his body, but Alec couldn't help but feel as though it was reflecting off the singer as well. Whether that was due to him shining or him shutting everything out, he couldn't say. The only thing he knew for sure was that Magnus was nervous.

"I suppose this is the part where I make an impressive speech," he said slowly. "Where I thank you all for coming here tonight, where I flirt with each and every one of you at the same time. Where I put on a show, an act, that says I don't need anyone and that I am perfect." He smirked at that, causing the audience to laugh, but Magnus' eyes were not laughing. "I owe everyone an apology," he continued. "You've always said my songs were so full of emotion. I always thought they were, too. But I fell in love." He smiled then, a true smile, a smile that outshone the blinding lights above. "And that showed me that what I thought I'd been feeling was nothing compared to what I could feel. I fell in love, and I wondered how I've been alive so long without noticing that I hadn't been living at all."

He took a deep breath. "I fell in love, and I will never be able to fake any feelings ever again. So I am sorry, because everything is real now. All the emotions in my songs. When I take a picture of me that says I'm the luckiest man alive… it's because I am. But not because of my career or my fashion sense or anything I could ever own. And being in love is the best thing that could possibly happen to me."

The stage blurred. Everything blurred. Alec wondered if the lights were getting to his head, but then a tear slid off his chin, more flooded down his face, and he smiled up at Magnus, crying his eyes—and all of his worries—out.

"I wrote this song for my wonderful boyfriend," Magnus said. "It's called Need Someone. This one's for you, my love." And then Magnus began to sing.

"Oxygen and boxed-in problems

Can't get enough of one

And I'm overflowing with the other

Wish I could put my feelings in a box as well

And turn it around so the label's facing in

Nobody wins

Trying to cut the losses, too many unlabeled boxes

Of too many unsolvable problems

I'm overwhelmed

I think this attic is haunted, don't wanna be up here alone

Don't let me be alone

I know I'll lose my mind, so I'm afraid to let it roam

Don't let me be alone"

Alec looked around at everybody dancing. Magnus' voice was enchanting, magnetic, just like him. He wouldn't be surprised if, by the end of the night, everyone had fallen in love with Magnus Bane the way they did every time he breathed. It had certainly been like that with Alec, but he wouldn't have it any other way.

"You knocked on my door

Blue scarf and cheeky smile

Dear god, I love your smile

You offered your help and I didn't know how to take it

My arms were already so full

And I'm scared I'm gonna break it

You walked up to the attic and I was scared I wouldn't make it

Almost collapsed on the way up

But then your arms wrapped around me

You said 'it's okay to need me'

It's okay to need me

And now you're making coffee

You like it black, you're smiling simply

Like I'm not a problem you can put in a box and put away

At the end of the day, I think I love you

May I please love you?

Help me, help me

All I need is someone to love me."

Alec, buried under the weight of references to him, found himself suddenly unable to breathe. He realized Magnus had taken Jace's advice and written a song about needing someone to love him. Alec didn't realize how much he'd impacted Magnus until that moment. He had never truly grasped how broken the two of them were, but now, looking at them together, it was insane that they were broken in just the right places to fit so seamlessly together.

"Electricity and city lights left on too late

Both can burn or blind me

Both can be turned off

Wish I could stick a lightswitch to my feelings as well

And turn them off, and leave them in the dark

Vulnerable hearts

Are the easiest to shatter, wish I could believe I matter

No matter how many times you tell me

I think this world is haunted, don't wanna be here alone

Don't let me be alone

I know I'll be kicked out, so I'm afraid to go home

Don't let me be alone."

"You knocked on my door

Blue scarf and cheeky smile

Dear god, I love your smile

You offered your heart and I didn't know how to take it

My arms are already so full

And I'm scared I'm gonna break it

You walked into the music and I was scared I wouldn't make it

I collapsed on the downbeat

But then your arms wrapped around me

You said 'it's okay to need me'

It's okay to need me

And now you're singing softly

Don't know the words, you're smiling simply

Like I'm the opposite of a problem you should want to shove away

You should want to shove me away

So why don't you?

I think I love you

May I please love you?

Help me, help me

All I need is someone to love me

But then your arms wrapped around me

You said it's okay to need me

It's okay to need me

And now we're dancing slowly

Laughing and smiling simply

You're the best thing that ever happened to me

How did I get so lucky

You wrapped your blue scarf around my neck

And then you kissed me

And then you said you need me

You said I make you feel like you are flying

I think that's where I broke down crying."

Alec began to laugh. He remembered that happening with perfect clarity, using the scarf Magnus had given him to pull his boyfriend into a kiss. Magnus had burst into tears that day, too. Alec tightened the scarf around his neck, smiling. He noticed some people looking at him, the tears and smile on his face, the blue scarf. He saw them seeing him, and he found he didn't mind. Nobody whispered, but he felt the questions, and they didn't crush him anymore. They uplifted him. He turned his attention back to Magnus.

"It hurts to say these words more than anything I've done

It hurts to have feelings where there used to be none

I'm so vulnerable without the walls you knocked down

But I'm glad you knocked them down

Because if it hadn't been for you I would still be

Stuck up in my attic, trying to find me

In the boxes of lies that say all I need is glitter

I need you to love me

Can you please tell me you love me?

And can you tell me again, and again, and again

Until I fall asleep

Hold me, hold me

I think I've finally found someone who loves me

I've finally found someone who loves me

All I need is someone to love me."

And the audience exploded into shrieks and cheers, and Magnus was crying as his eyes searched the crowd for Alec, who was standing as tall as he possibly could, his hands cupped around his mouth, screaming across the sea of people to Magnus, telling him he loved him. I've finally found someone who loves me, he thought again, smiling as his eyes met Magnus' across the vast expanse of silhouettes. They held each other's gazes, and it suddenly felt to Alec that there was no distance between them at all.

A/N: Yay! Done with that chapter! I probably won't post the next one until after school ends. I've written the last chapter, but not the chapters between this one and that one. UGH. I need to think ahead. Until then, I'll be doing homework, reading, writing when I can, and listening to way too much Fall Out Boy. Hope everyone's having a good day!