So, obviously, I didn't manage to write another chapter during spring break and I'm really sorry for that. On the other hand I just had two of my wisdom teeth removed, hurt like a bitch and I really don't recommend doing it at the same time, believe me. Anyway, so here is the next chapter and this one is all about a Malec date, you're welcome. Hopefully you will like it.

Enjoy!

Alec rolled his eyes but hid his smile into the cup of hot chocolate Magnus forced into his hands. The alpha was kind of overprotective since the thing with that beta woman, Iris Rouse. The wound from the demon was already healed, not that Magnus seemed to mind that. He was running all around him, bringing him things, sweets and flowers.

Yeah, flowers. His room looked like some sort of freaking florist shop. Not that Alec was bothered by that. Not at all. It was nice to have someone who gave you things. Not that he would tell someone, but he always wanted to have someone who would give him flowers. And to have someone like Magnus to give them to him. Well, it was really nice.

"I'm really okay Magnus. I told you already." the omega teased slightly, smiling at the alpha standing above him. He was wrapped in a warm blanket, the same one Magnus gave him before his heat. His back was leaning against a mountain of pillows and he was wearing the sweater Magnus gave him for Christmas.

The alpha smiled back at his omega, pressing a quick kiss against Alec's plump lips, melting at the sight of his sweet omega. His. That sounds so good. Alexander was his, only his and no one else could have him. Not even some annoying beta from the Clave. Magnus hid his face in Alec's hair, hiding his yellow eyes from the skittish omega. He will kill the fucking beta if he catches him trying to do something to his Alexander one more time.

"Magnus?" looking up and into the beautiful hazel eyes of his little one. "Yes, darling?" he asked, sitting down next to him. He took his small calloused hands into his, bringing them up to his lips. Pressing a quick kiss against them, smiling when he saw Alec's eyes brighten.

But then they saddened. "I-...Do you think...Clary's mom will be okay?" he almost whispered, his gaze locked upon their twined hands. Magnus smiled softly and leaned closer. "Don't worry little one. I'm sure she will be okay. The people in the Institute are very skilled." he tried to reassure him but when he saw that Alec was still nervous, he reached forward and petted the back of Alec's head.

"But if it would make you feel better, I can ask my friend Catarin, she's a head nurse at a hospital. Maybe she could take a look at Jocelyn. Would that make you feel better?" Alec nodded, nuzzling closer to his alpha's neck, taking in his calming scent.

Magnus felt that although better, Alec still wasn't calm. So taking a hold of his shoulders, he gently pulled him away from his neck, smiling when he heard the unhappy whine. "How about a date, hm? Will you let me take you for one?" shyly smiling, Alec nodded and buried his face back into the older man's neck.

Hunters Moon:

The pub was full of life, people everywhere – having fun, laughing, talking with their friends or partners. Alec was sat in one of the many boots around the pub, waiting until Magnus returns with their drinks. He didn't let him order what he wanted, saying that he will surprise him. His inner omega was pacing, making him feel slightly panicky, not liking that he was in an unknown place.

But he felt Magnus's presence near him and he tried to calm down. Squeezing his hands together, his fingers locked together, he nervously looked around himself. He noticed some alphas and betas looking him over, ogling him practically, and he made it his goal not to look the way where they stood, knowing that they will be looking at him.

He saw one of the alphas has started moving towards him. He straightened in his seat but before he could decide what to do Magnus finally arrived with their drinks. The alpha sat down next to him, making him move closer to the wall and they were sitting so close that their thighs were touching as well as their shoulders. Alec felt Magnus' arm wrapping around his middle and pulling him closer and looked up when he felt his chest vibrate with a growl.

The alpha warlock was glaring, his gaze locked with the alpha that was walking towards Alec. Now, he was staring at them with wide eyes, slowly walking back from where he came. Snorting into his glass, Alec moved even closer to Magnus, holding his glass in one hand, the other wrapped around one of Magnus', playing with his rings.

"What are you smiling about?" Magnus looked down at the omega nuzzling against his chest, a mischievous spark in his beautiful eyes. "Nothing" he said innocently, sipping his fruity drink. He didn't know what was in it, but it tasted really good. Magnus smirked into his own drink, his being slightly alcoholic. He didn't want his dear Alexander drinking alcohol...besides, he looks really cute sitting there with a brightly coloured fruity drink.

"Do you want to...play a game of billiards?" Alec asked hesitantly. He was looking at a couple of friends playing. The youngest guy was pretty bad at it if Alec could say so, but the other guy was helping him and they looked really cute together.

Magnus followed Alec's gaze and smirked. "Yeah, why not." he answered, putting his finished drink on the table Magnus stood up, reaching to help Alec up. Once the omega was standing next to him, their fingers entwined, Magnus walked them to another billiard table, stopping one waitress on her way to the bar, asking for another round and for the sticks and balls.

She smiled and nodded, her gaze lingering on their hands. She sent Alec a wink before continuing on her way, leaving a blushing omega and smirking alpha standing there. Alec willed his blush away and turned to bury his face into Magnus' chest, again, feeling the stares on his person. He really didn't like them looking at him. It made him uncomfortable.

Magnus kissed the top of Alexander's head, his hands wrapping around his trim waist. On one side he liked how clingy the omega was being this evening...but on the other side he didn't like how they were ogling HIS omega. So glaring at the stupid alphas and betas he smirked when they immediately looked away. That's how it should be.

He thanked the waitress when she returned with their things, winking at her when he saw her gaze on the omega wrapped in his arms. She laughed softly, his chest vibrating- making Alec bury even deeper, when she blushed and hurried away. Squeezing one more time, Magnus gently pulled Alexander away from his chest, giving him a kiss on the lips and one of the sticks into hand. "You know how to play, right?" he teased, smirking when the omega pouted.

"We will see" Alec teased back, already getting into position to start the game.

2 hours later ('Cause I don't know how to write billiards :P ):

"Alexander, darling, please stop your pouting. It makes me want to kiss you." Magnus smirked, snorting into his drink when the said omega glared at him from the other side of the table. It looked more like a puppy trying to bark. "Hmp" Alec turned his head away, deliberately not meeting the warlock's eyes.

"Now, come on darling. You aren't really mad at me, are you?" Magnus pleaded slightly, not wanting the younger man to be really upset with him. The omega looked at the alpha from the corner of his eye, inwardly smirking to himself when he saw that Magnus was starting to get flustered. Just a little more won't hurt, will it?

"Who knows...Maybe I will go ask that alpha there to play with me?" he chirped, looking at another alpha who was standing at the bar, sipping his clearly alcoholic drink and not taking his eyes off Alec for one moment. Magnus followed his gaze and glared, frowning. When he saw the alpha has started moving towards their table, he stood up, quickly marched to Alexander's side of the table, grabbed him and pulled him up.

He then sat down on his place and pulled the wide eyed omega down, right into his lap and wrapped his arms around Alec's waist, pulling him into his chest and growled. Alec couldn't help but whine softly, his inner omega curling into itself, basking in the protectiveness of it's alpha. Alec's lashes fluttered and he turned as much as he could, still wrapped in Magnus's strong arms, and buried his head into his alpha's flashy shirt.

Magnus glared at the alpha who was still looking their way, thankfully he at least stopped walking. Feeling the hold around his waist tighten, Alec squirmed and had to bite back a moan. Magnus was unknowingly letting his alpha aura out and it was making Alec's omega go crazy. He could feel his body has started trembling and he clenched his hands in Magnus' shirt.

Magnus broke his staring fight when he felt tiny pinches of pain in his shoulders. Looking down, the only thing he could see was the top of his black haired omega and his hands clenched into his shirt, where his nails were digging into his skin. He also noticed that Alexander was slightly trembling and frowned.

Looking around himself, Magnus saw that an omega from the other table was looking his way with slightly dazed eyes and the beta next to her too. Taking a deep breath, he inwardly cursed when he realized that his aura was all around them. His poor Alexander must be feeling it too much.

They may not be mated yet, but Alexander's omega, as well as his alpha, considered them mates. So, pulling his aura back, he kissed the top of Alec's head and leaned closer to his ear. "I'm sorry darling, I let myself get carried away. Will you forgive me?" he pleaded softly, holding him close to his body and feeling his alpha purring inside, trying to calm the omega down.

Taking a deep breath, thankfully his body has stopped trembling, Alec looked up at Magnus with a grumpy face. The said alpha smiled sheepishly and tightened his arms around Alexander's waist. "I'm sorry...?" he tried to smile at the omega, hoping that he won't be mad but Alec just huffed and turned his head away. Magnus pouted and nosed the side of Alec's head. "Now, come on darling. I didn't mean to do that. I just...had to show that idiot that you are mine." he whispered right into his ear, kissing it after and smiling to himself when he felt Alec shiver slightly.

Alec peeked at Magnus and couldn't help but smile when he saw how cute the alpha looked. How can someone be so handsome and ...sexy and cute at the same time? So he turned around, wrapping one his arm around the middle of Magnus's body and the other one around his neck, nuzzling against the alpha's strong chest. Smiling, Magnus buried his head into Alec's soft hair, just breathing his scent in.

Alec took one last deep breath and moved away from Magnus's lap, taking a seat next to the alpha, his back against the wall and his feet almost in the older man's lap. Magnus took a gulp of his drink, his other hand moving to settle on Alec's ankle. Leaning his head back, unknowingly exposing his neck to all the people in the room, Alec looked around himself.

The pub was really nice, the whole thing had practically no window so the room was pretty dark, making it quite intimate. Some fairy lights were wrapped around columns and timbers and some candles were strategically placed so the room wasn't too dark. There were a lot of people, almost too many for Alec's taste but he was with Magnus so he can live with that. The couple of waitresses there, some males too, were looking at them but Alec thought it was mainly because of Magnus, him being the High Warlock of Brooklyn and all and making these weird coo-like noises.

Alec also noticed that one of the waitresses was looking at them a little bit more than the others, and she alsowasn'tmaking these weird sounds which Alec didn't mind. She was kind of familiar to him, he just couldn't remember where he met her.

Magnus was smiling to himself, yeah a little bit like a creep so what, while he looked at his omega. Alexander wasn't the smallest thing around but sitting like this, in his lap and curled into himself, he looked just divine. Magnus knew that Alec was sometimes having doubts. That he wasn't enough for Magnus. But the alpha knew that Alexander was perfect for him. He was alive for a long time now and he met a lot of people. Different people, omegas, betas and some alphas, too.

But no one was in any way like his Alexander. The younger man was everything he ever looked for. He was sweet, kind but also strict when the situation called for it. Alec was also strong but still wanted to have someone who would look after him. The omega was someone, who was strong but soft at the same time. Someone, who could break any moment but still tried to be strong for these around him.

Magnus tightened his arms around Alec's waist when the omega turned slightly, and lifted his head, following the omega's gaze to the bar. "That's Maia. She is a friend of Luke's. You met her at our Christmas party." the alpha whispered into Alec's ear when he saw him looking at her. Nodding against Magnus's strong chest, Alec's gaze strayed to a couple sitting a couple of booths from them.

The woman had her arms crossed across her chest, her face tight with anger. The man sitting across from her was moving his hands around and even from this distance, Alec could see that his eyes were a little bit too bright to be normal. He was panicking. Only his Shadowhunter training prevented Alec from jumping in shock when the woman, Alec thought that she looked like a fairy, stood up and slapped the man across the face, shouting something about a cheating idiot and storming out.

The man sat there in astonishment, his face rapidly flushing, before he, too, jumped out and almost ran out of the pub, leaving a couple of laughing customers in his awake. Alec shook his head and buried it back in Magnus's chest, enjoying his scent. "Magnus?" he murmured and only knew that Magnus heard him when he felt his chest vibrate with an answer.

"Yes darling?" Alec looked up, not moving from his position, too comfortable for that and opened his mouth to ask but hesitated. Magnus seeing this smiled slightly, hands moving under Alexander's thighs and, smirking at the small squeak he heard and sorting it for later, gently shifted the smaller man's body so he was, again, sitting with his back against the wall and he curled his feet close to his body.

"I-...no it's nothing." he mumbled after a bit, curling and uncurling his fingers into his shirt, not meeting Magnus's eyes. The alpha frowned slightly. What happened? It was all going so good. They both looked up when the door opened and a man walked in, the same one from before. His cheek was still red and he looked quite angry.

Magnus quickly lost his interest and looked back at his omega only to find him still looking at the man, a sad look in his eyes. And then it hit him. Alexander was thinking about the people who are left broken after a bad break up. His eyes softened. His omega was a really sweet creature. Worrying about someone completely unknown to him. "Don't worry darling. I'm sure he totally deserved what she did to him." Alec looked at him confused but Magnus only smiled at him. "I think I saw her with one vampire maybe a week ago? They didn't look like just friends to me." he smirked when Alec giggled. "But who knows, maybe I'm wrong." he teased and wiggled his fingers against his omega's chest, laughing when the omega jumped away and gave him a hurt look.

Magnus's loft:

Alec cuddled closer to Magnus's chest, enjoying the feel of Magnus's skin against his cheek and inwardly thanking every angel that Magnus sleeps topless. He could feel his inner omega purring when Magnus pulled him even closer with his arm around his shoulders, pulling the blanket up so it was covering the omega's whole body. He didn't want his little darling to get cold, did he?

Alec was one foot in the world of Sandman when he remembered one thing. Sitting up, so he was leaning against Magnus' chest who was reading some kind of extremely old book. "Say Magnus..." he let his question open, waiting for Magnus' reaction. Gently humming, Magnus flipped another page.

"How...how many exes do you exactly have?" he whispered, not meeting the older man's eyes. He didn't know why it bothered him but something inside him, probably his omega, just had to know. Magnus almost dropped the centuries old book when he heard what his darling wanted to know. Gently putting it on the bedside table and clearing his throat, Magnus sat a bit higher, pulling Alexander's body with him.

"Ehm...a-and why would you like to know?" Alec frowned. Magnus,...didn't want to tell him? But why? "I don't know...Just forget it." he mumbled and made a move to stand up, maybe some water will make him feel better. Unfortunately for him, he didn't make it far, Magnus's strong hand on his stopping him. "No, no, wait. I'm...I will tell you it's juts...I'm not very...proud of it." the alpha said softly, rubbing his finger over Alexander's skin, calming him down.

Alec looked at him and hesitantly lowered himself back to the bed, sitting and curling his legs under himself. His hands were in his lap, playing with the big shirt he was wearing, one of Magnus' of course. "Well,...I wouldn't know." Alec said, his voice a little bit bitter. Magnus looked at him a little bit confused before he remembered that Alec has never been in a relationship.

He laughed a bit, pulling Alec's head closer and pressing a quick kiss against his forehead. "Yes you wouldn't. I sometimes forget that you are so innocent." he teased, laughing out loud when he saw the bright blush on his omega's cheeks. Alec playfully pushed him away, crossing his arms and puffing his cheeks up.

"Yes, yes. Laugh it up. But what about you? You must have a lot of exes." Alec asked again, grabbing Magnus's hands, for once free of any rings, and tangled theirs fingers together. "Why do you think so?" Magnus asked back, his eyes on their fingers, engaged in the way they seemed to just fit.

"I mean, you are...amazing. Handsome and strong,...you are the High Warlock of Brooklyn too...and you are just ...just an amazing person." Alec whispered, this time his eyes boring right into Magnus's. Smiling, Magnus looked down and tightened his hold on the younger man's fingers. "I wasn't always." he said bitterly.

"That doesn't matter. It was then and now is now." Alec said with confidence and sat closer, now almost sitting in Magnus's lap and waited for an answer. The alpha sighted, knowing that he lost and prayed that it won't end bad.

"Okay, fine. But you have to know that I've lived for a long time. For centuries really. I've been with men, women, vampires, werewolves, warlocks and some fairies too. With omegas and betas even some alphas." Alec nodded, already knowing that Magnus had been with a lot of different people. "How many?" he asked impatiently.

"How many?" Magnus repeated and Alec nodded again. "Yeah, it's not a trick question. You can even round down if you want"

Magnus nodded and looked out of the balcony, his gaze on the night city around them. "Seventeen." he finally said and Alec smiled. "Seventeen? That's not too bad." he said happily and moved away from Magnus, laying down on his side of the bed waiting for the alpha to lay down too, so he could cuddle close for warm.

Magnus smiled nervously and lay down, pulling his omega closer and closing his eyes. The omega frowned when he saw the nervous warlock, leaning his head a bit back so he could see Magnus's whole face. "Magnus? Seventeen isn't so bad...is it?" he asked and carefully watched for a reaction. He saw the moment the man's eyebrow twitched and knew that something was wrong. "Seventeen hundred?" another twitch..."Seventeen thousand?!" he shrieked, jumping up from their embrace, Magnus immediately following.

"It is all in the past Alexander." he assured, his hand up and reaching towards the upset omega. "But right now, I'm here. With you. And I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon." he said and pulled Alec into his chest, burying his head in the place Alexander's neck and shoulder met, breathing in his omega's scent.

Alec didn't know what to think. Yeah, he knew that Magnus must have been with a lot of people before him, like look at him. But seventeen thousand?! That was...a lot. Like a really, really lot. But Magnus was...was something else. Everything Alec ever wanted. So technically, it didn't matter that he already was with seventeen thousand people before Alec. The important thing was that he was with him right now and that he...loved him.

Eyes blurring with tears, Alec took a shaky breath smiling when Magnus's hands immediately moved to his cheeks and he was met with two worried eyes. "What is it darling?" Magnus whispered and brushed one little stray tear away. "I...I think I love you." was his whispered response and Magnus could tell...that he was never happier than in this moment. A smile broke out on his face and he moved forward, lips pressing against Alexander's soft ones.

"I love you too, darling. You mean so so much to me." he whispered against the omega's lips, not wanting to move. Alec broke into a teary smile, pressing back and curling his hands around Magnus's neck.

To be continued

I will...just leave this here and...yeah.

By Lenus

Beta'ed by Dawnsty