Hello,

Before we begin let me say something first. It came to me that I might have offended someone but let me say that it wasn't my intention. I know that Raphael, in the TV serial, is asexual but I just wanted, needed, him to be bisexual or homosexual, you can decide that, for my story as I want to show how different a relationship between an omega and alpha can be. I, for sure, wasn't meaning something like 'I hate asexuals' or ' I don't care' not at all. Hope it's alright with you guys and if you have something that offends you or something please tell me. I'm sure we can work with it. Thank you!

And now, let's see what I've got for you this time :D

Magnus's loft:

"Alexander, darling. Are you alright?" dazed, Alec looked up, from his position where he was leaning against Magnus's side, at Magnus, not really hearing what he asked. "Hmm?" Magnus sat up straighter, lifting one of his tanned hands to gently feel the omega's forehead. He frowned when he found that it was getting warmer than it should be. Was he coming down with something?

"Alexander, are you perhaps sick? Or not feeling okay? You are a bit warmer than I would like you to be." Magnus said worriedly, looking closer at the omega. He saw that Alec's eyes were hazy and he was slightly shivering. He also seemed really sleepy going by the half lidded eyes.

Alec slowly sat up. He was slightly cold now that he thought about it. Also his hands were shaking and he has this really uncomfortable dumb feeling down there. Magnus was right he was going down with something, but not some illness like Magnus thought. Something he didn't had to feel for the last four months. He was going into heat.

Alec hated his heats. He always felt so lonely and unprotected. And empty but that ...was understandable. Standing up, Alec played with the end of his sweater, shuffling his legs against Magnus's fluffy carpet. Magnus seeing that the omega was nervous also stood up and gently touched his hand.

"Tell me?" he quietly pleaded, not wanting Alec to get scared. Alec looked at him through his lashes, his cheeks coloring slightly. "I-...M-my heat is due." he shyly whispered, playing with Magnus's rings. Magnus's eyes widened slightly. "Your heat?" he repeated louder and Alec only nodded, embarrassed.

"I, Ah, thought that you are on blockers?" Magnus asked carefully. Nodding, Alec finally looked up and into Magnus's eyes. "Yeah, normally I am but I have to stop taking them after some time before continuing. So my body won't collapse."

"I see. Do you need something then? Should I create a portal for you? Or perhaps something else?" eyes widening, Alec looked at Magnus. Seeing this, Magnus wrapped arm around the omega's waist, pulling him closer. "What is it darling? Are you unwell?" shaking his head Alec buried his head into Magnus's chest.

He was afraid that Magnus would be angry at him or something like that. "A-aren't you angry that I don-don't want to spend my heat with you?" he asked unsure. The alpha's eyes softened. "Of course not, I don't mind. After all, I don't want you to be uncomfortable. If you aren't ready for us to spend your heat together, I can wait. It doesn't matter. I'll wait for you." pressing a quick kiss against the blushing omega's forehead, Magnus told him to wait and walked to his bedroom.

Alec couldn't believe that. How could he be so lucky. He was so sure that Magnus would be disappointed that he won't spend his heat with him and he ... he was okay. It wasn't like Alec didn't want Magnus in that way, it was just ... he wasn't ready just yet.

Maybe the next time he will be off the blockers. Looking up, Alec was confused. Magnus was back and he was holding something behind his back. Smiling, Magnus showed Alec the shirt and blanket he picked up – the shirt was Magnus's and the blanket was Alec's favorite, it has their scents.

"I just thought that maybe you would like this – for your nest? So you will also have my scent with you even though I won't be there." he said gently and pushed the bundle into the shocked omega's hands. Alec blinked, blushed and shyly looked down. Gathering his courage, he stepped forward and pressed short kiss against Magnus's lips. "Thank you."

The Institute:

Isabelle looked up when she heard the door opening, smiling when she saw her brother. She then smirked when she saw that he was carrying a bundle, of what she assumed were some of Magnus's things. Again, she was proven right that Magnus was right for her brother.

Instead of trying to convince Alec to let him spend his heat with him, Magnus was okay with it, even letting him take something of his to have with him. There wasn't anyone more suited to be her brother's alpha than the warlock.

Alec's room, The Institute:

Picking up the same shirt, which he picked at least ten times in the last half an hour, Alec put it in the other corner of his nest. Some omegas make big circle like nests while others do some kind of square. Alec's always looks like a big, ...well a bird nest really. He just likes the high edges. He put many layers over each other and makes a fluffy place in the middle.

Finally happy with the position of the shirt, it was Jace's by the way, he picked the shirt Magnus gave him. Bringing it up to his nose, he took a deep breath, his inner omega purring at the raw smell of it's alpha. Carefully, he put it right next to where he plans to place his head before he stood up and looked around himself.

It looked nice and comfortable, just what he would need. Alec knows that some omega's heats are bad that they hurt so bad that they even faint. And the only thing that helps them is being filled by an alpha. Thankfully, Alec's heats weren't this bad. He was hot and wet all over. Just uncomfortable.

Oh, and he has this, if you ask him, annoying urge to be near an alpha. Most of the time it's Izzy and when she can't be with him it's Jace. When they, he and Izzy, talked about it, the only thing they could think about was that his omega wants to be protected, to have a safe atmosphere around itself.

Alec didn't really mind that much when he thought about what other omegas had to do so they wouldn't hurt. Better be clingy than have an unachievable feeling of want to be filled. Yeah, a lot better. Looking at the clock, he assumed that he has about an hour, maybe an hour and half if he is lucky, until his heat hit him head on.

Stripping and hopping into the shower, Alec took a thorough shower knowing that he won't be able to in the next four days. At least. Hopefully it won't be more. He hated his longer heats. After them he always feels drained and kind of depressed.

Stepping outside, he put on his most comfortable clothes. Soft sweats and a really fluffy shirt that Izzy bought for him. It has long sleeves and a deep V-neck. It was airy too. Perfect for his heats. He wears it almost every time. Almost. He doesn't want to destroy or tear it. It means a lot to him.

Carefully, so he doesn't damage his nest, he steps inside and picks up the blanket Magnus gave him. When they watch a movie or a serial they are covered by it so it's soaked up in their combined scents. Sitting down and leaning against the edge, Alec covered himself with the blanket, burrowing his nose into the soft fabric.

In the corner of his eye he saw that it was just a little over the hour he gave himself and got ready for the warm yet cold feeling that will drown him soon. Ignoring the knocking and Izzy entering, she only knocks for the sake of other people if they were to see her.

Turning his head a little, he saw her smiling at him from her position on his bed, book in her hands. She smirked once she saw how tightly he was wrapped in Magnus's blanket and he resisted sticking his tongue out at her. They both looked up when someone knocked.

Suddenly nervous, Alec turned to Izzy who smiled at him encouragingly and opened the door, but just a little so no one would see inside. When she turned back, she was smiling widely. "Alec? Are you okay with Magnus seeing your nest?" she asked him gently. Not understanding why she was asking, he nodded, a confused look on his face.

Izzy nodded to whoever was outside and stepped aside, letting them in. When the door opened wider, Alec smiled when he saw Magnus. But then he blushed and looked away. What if Magnus won't like his nest. Eyes widening, he started looking around himself, hoping to fix whatever was askew before the alpha saw it.

Meanwhile, Isabelle was facing Magnus with strict face. "I hope you will hold yourself back. I don't need my brother to be traumatized." Magnus lifter his hands up, "Don't worry, I just remembered something and I want to give it to him. I won't do anything he doesn't want. I love him too much for that. And like I said to him, it doesn't matter that he isn't ready for us to spend his heat together.

I waited 400 years, I can wait a little bit longer." he smiled and looked at the omega, chuckling when he saw him messing with his nest. Isabelle, too looked at her brother and smiled. Touching Magnus's shoulder, she left them alone. "I will be back in a few."

Magnus absently nodded, gaze locked on Alec. The emerald colored shirt he was wearing was a gift from the gods. He had the feeling that it was thanks to Isabelle, he has to thank her later. Slowly stepping closer, Magnus didn't want to startle the omega, he knelt down, right next to Alexander's nest. It was really pretty.

The prettiest he ever saw and he saw many. "Alexander, darling?" he tried, hoping that he wasn't too far gone and still able to speak. Because some omegas he saw just before their heats weren't able to. Smiling when Alec looked at him with his beautiful eyes, Magnus slowly, knowing that it wasn't a good idea to move fast, reached inside his coat.

Using his magic, he reached inside his apartment and pulled his hand back. Alec's eyes brightened when he saw the tiny cat Magnus was holding. Making grabby hands, the omega cooed when he held the tiny cat in his hands, nuzzling against it's head.

Magnus growled deep inside his chest. The omega was even cuter than normal. "I hope you don't mind keeping him company. I have to leave and he would have been home alone." Magnus said, smiling when Alec shyly smiled at him and nodded. "Of course." the omega said and reached forward to Magnus.

Moving slightly forward, Magnus was surprised when he was pulled into hug, Alec's face buried into his chest. Eyes widening when he heard gentle purring and somehow, he just knew that it wasn't Chairman. Eyes yellowing, Magnus wrapped his arms around the slender form of HIS omega and nuzzled against Alexander's head, scenting him.

Alexander's scent was more intense, because of his heat, and Magnus accidentally let out his too. Mixing their scents together, Magnus moved lower, closer to where Alec's shoulder meets his neck. Resisting the urge to bite, Magnus pulled away, only now registering that Alec's was breathing faster.

Pressing a kiss against the omega's forehead, Magnus stood up, ignoring the sad whine, and turned to leave. "I will be back in four days. Take care of yourself darling." taking one last look at his omega, smiling when he saw him curling in his nest under their blanket and cuddling the cat close to him, he opened the door, smiled at Isabelle, who was waiting there, and left.

Isabelle waited until she couldn't see the edge of Magnus's coat before she walked inside and closed the door after herself. Sitting back in her previous seat, picking her book back up, she smiled at the cute picture her brother made. Sleeping in his nest, covered in the blanket and cuddling the tiniest cat she ever saw.

Four days later, The Institute:

Walking with a fast tempo, Magnus almost knocked down another Shadowhunter as he almost ran to Alexander's room. Finally, Isabelle texted him that Alec's heat ended and that Alec was asking for him. So stopping whatever he was doing, Magnus created a portal and here he was. He thought that he saw Jace and Clary but that was the last thing on his mind right now.

His priority was to get to his omega. His inner alpha was restless, maybe because of Alec's heat? Who knows. Finally, seeing the door, Magnus knocked and when he heard Isabelle's soft steps, he straightened. Nodding along to whatever she was saying, Magnus was trying to see around her but as she stood right in the door he was unable to.

Finally, she stepped outside, letting the door wide open for Magnus. Quickly walking inside, Magnus closed the door after himself and looked around. He didn't see his omega anywhere, meaning that he must be in the bathroom. Sitting down on Alec's bed, Magnus waited. Now that he was in the same rooms as the omega his alpha was resting.

Looking up when the bathroom door opened, Magnus smiled at Alexander, standing up and walking closer. Pulling the startled omega into a hug, Magnus pulled from behind his back a big bouquet of roses he got for the omega, chuckling when he blushed and shyly took the flowers.

"Magnus, you didn't have to?" laughing, Magnus kissed Alec on the lips. "But I wanted to."

The streets of NY :

A police car stopped at a filthy corner of a street, the window rolling down and the officer looking at a tall afro american man. "We've got a 10-45, but I don't see a dead body." the police officer looked around. The afro american sighted, "Yeah, nothing to see. It's a false alarm. Just some dumbass kids pulling a prank."

The officer looked at his partner and then back at the man outside, "Yeah, have a good night, huh?"

"You too." the man looked as the police cruiser drove away. Turning around, he walked right to where the body should have been, passing through some kind of barrier. Once inside, the empty place was replaced by a dead body, which chest was ripped open, the heart missing. A black haired woman was kneeling besides it, looking it all over.

"Well, this is one nasty demon. Punched a hole right through his chest." Isabelle said, shaking her head. "Well, with that kind of strength, I doubt it's done." said Luke, looking at Alec who just joined them. "Nothing in the immediate area."

"We are taking the body back to the Institute." said Isabelle, standing up. "I'll run some tests to see what kind demon we're dealing with." Alec nodded, "Clary and I will widen the perimeter. Hey Fray! Let's go." bidding the two good night, he turned and started walking away, not bothering to wait for Clary.

Jace wasn't with them tonight, he had something to do in the Institute. Walking with a fast pace, Alec started lecturing, "Most important thing, don't slow me down. You slow me down, you get us both killed." Clary nodded, almost running after the taller male. Alec sighted and slowed down, grabbing her hand and pulling his stele.

"What's this for?" she asked as Alec drew a rune on the back of her hand. "Let's you see the demon's heat signature." Clary looked around her and saw that the world was blinking from normal to some kind of yellow color. "The trick is that you have to concentrate, filter everything you don't need away."

"I'm trying, but I'm just not seeing anything." Alec rolled his eyes, "Just focus." They continued walking, Clary complaining that it wasn't working and Alec trying to ignore her, while looking for the demon. Finally, when they crossed another street, Clary stopped, "Alec? Do you see that?" she pointed to the corner of the building which was the colored with all the other colors except for yellow.

Alec nodded, slowly advancing forward. The heat trail continued steadily, until they arrived at one corner. It led to a side street. Showing Clary to wait a bit, he slowly approached, careful to not make any noise.

Pulling his blade, Alec was ready to fight but the only thing he saw was a confused girl. Putting his blade away, he walked closer and when she looked up at him he saw that she was scared. "What's happening? Who are you?"

"It's okay, we are here to help" Clary calmed her down. "It's a classic possession hangover. Once the demon leaves the body, they have no memory of what they did." Alec whispered to Clary, looking at the trembling girl from the corner of his eye.

"What's this? Is this blood?" they turned back to the girl, who was now looking at her bloody hands. "Just try to calm down." Alec tried to calm her down, using his omega voice, hoping that it will help. Omegas were able to calm others down, playing at their own protective traits. He didn't know what the girl was, she was too scared for him to tell, so he decided to risk it.

The girl's breathing was starting to get labored. Just his luck, she must be an omega. Looking at Clary, he motioned for her to do something. Her eyes widened but when she saw how stressed the girl was, she knelt besides her. "Hey don't look at your hands,okay? Just look at me." the girl did as she was told, looking at Clary with wide scared eyes. "I don't understand. What's going on?"

Clary smiled at her slightly, "I know nothing makes sense right now. But I'm going to help you. I promise. Okay?" Clary said, and the girl finally nodded.

The Institute:

Isabelle, rolled the stretcher inside the Institute, ready to get the body down in her lab to run some tests. But she was stopped by non other than Raj. "Wow, that guy's heart is obliterated. And I though that I was having a rough weekend." Isabelle sighed before she turned to look at him. "Show some respect for the dead."

"I'm just saying, I've been in his shoes before. Except my demon was called Kathy." he chuckled at his own joke while Isabelle just stood there impassive. "You know, you might want to cut back on that smartass sass after getting manhandled by a warlock." she smirked at his red face, remembering when Magnus threw him against wall when he tried to get him away from Alec.

"You keep shooting your mouth off, you might end like that corpse." she pointed at the dead body with a hole in it's chest and walked away, the stretcher rolling after her. What she didn't noticed was a black mass of something detaching from the corpse and disappearing into the air condition.

Magnus's loft:

Looking up from his potions Magnus waved his hand, letting his magic open the door to whoever was knocking. He knew that it wasn't a client as everyone knows that he worked only from ten to four. He heard two pairs of footsteps before he saw Raphael and Simon. Smiling he stood up to welcome them.

"What a surprise. Welcome. How can I help you?" he mentioned for them to sit down. "Drink?"

"No thank you, Maguns." said Raphael and pulled something from his chest pocket. Magnus walked closer, picked it up and looked at it. "A toy? Do you need me to open it?" shaking his head, Raphael looked at Simon who nodded. "It's Camille's box. With her grave dirt." eyes widening, Magnus put it on the coffee table.

"Camille's?" nodding, the two vampires waited for him to say something more. "Where did you find it?"

"Well, when she disappeared we started throwing her things away and we found this. We thought that you would like to have it. You can do what you want with it." nodding along, Magnus was in deep thoughts. It may be the truth that he and Camille had something between them but it was a long time ago and, what was more important, he has Alexander now.

He didn't need her. So why don't leave her in the hands of the Clave.

The Institute:

Meanwhile the Institute was in panic, red lights were everywhere. Running after Clary, Alec wanted everything to end already. When they arrived at one of the training halls, they saw another body with it's chest ripped open and another Shadowhunter sitting against a wall, not remembering anything. Clary looked at Alec and Isabelle, "Classic possession hangover."

"A hole punched straight through the chest. Just like our mundane in the morgue." said Isabelle, ignoring Aldertree who finally arrived. Alec knelt besides his dead colleague, "The demon is in the Institute. We have to find it"

Aldertree walked closer to them. "Activate the emergency surveillance. The Clave is unreachable." he said and pointed to the arsenal of weapons. "I don't get it." started Clary while she was strapping weapons onto her person, "How did the demon get past the wards."

Isabelle attached her whip to her arm, "The same way it got in without setting this off." she touched her necklace. "It must have some kind of cloating ability."

Aldertree stopped near them, "We should split up, look for it. Alec, go look in the living quarters, you two go look in the utility tunnels." he motioned for Isabelle and Clary before leaving and taking Raj with him.

Magnus's loft:

Magnus took a deep breath, took some if the dirt into his fist and threw it into the air. The air cracked and suddenly, Camille stood in the place where the dirt landed. "What the hell." she lifted and eyebrow and Magnus rolled his eyes. "Relax, it's just me." he had to fight the urge to not turn his back to her but he had to. "Magnus." she purred

His back still turned, Magnus took another kind of dust into his hand, this one of his making, "I'm so sorry." and threw it right at Camille. A big cage materialized around Camille and she glared, "Magnus, let me out of here." smiling, Magnus put everything away.

"I'm afraid that I can't do that." he looked over his shoulder, smirking when Raphael and Simon walked from where they were hidden. Her eyes widened when she saw them, but then she glared and smirked, "Well, look at that. If it isn't Raphael and his new pet." Raphael snarled, the only thing holding him back from attacking her was Simon's hand on his shoulder.

The Institute:

"Simon, where are you? Please call me." pocketing her phone, Clary turned around a corner and her steps froze. "Alec?!" he was sitting against a wall, his hands bloody and sporting a confused expression. "Wh-What happened? I-i don't understand?" he stuttered, looking at his hands. Clary looked around them, her eyes widening when she realized that they were in the same hall her mom has her bedroom.

Standing up,she ran a little further, her heart stopping when she saw her mom's door opened. Knees shaking, she walked inside, hands shaking when she saw her mom laying in a puddle of blood. Running forward, she fell to her knees next to her mom's body, gently turning her around.

Her eyes fell on the hole on her chest, tears swirling in Clary's eyes. Then, her eyes traveled higher, and her heart jumped into her throat. Her mom was looking at her, slowly blinking and, seeing it only now, breathing shallowly.

"Mom! Help! Somebody help me!" she shouted, not knowing what to do with her hands, gently running her fingers through her mom's locks. She heard someone running and then Isabelle's voice breaking "Alec!"

Magnus's loft:

Camille, smirked and turned back to Magnus, "Don't tell me you are doing the Clave's bidding because of your silly infatuation with that Shadowhunter boy." glaring, Magnus slammed his hands against the cage, making Camille step back. "Leave Alec out of this."

"I hope you will enjoy Idris." Magnus said mockingly and waved his hands, teleporting Camille, with her cage, to Idris. They should be waiting for her. Turning back to the two other vampires in his home he smiled but his attention was grabbed by his phone which was ringing. Picking it up, Magnus smiled when he saw it was Alec calling him.

"Alexander? What a surprise. How can I help you?"

"Magnus, it's Isabelle." Magnus's eyes narrowed.

"Isabelle, something happened? Is Alec okay?" he heard her sigh.

"The Institute is under attack from some kind of demon. I need you to come. Alec was targeted. Don't worry he is alive." nodding even though she can't see him, Magnus created a portal.

"I'll be there in a second." he said before ending the call and stepping through the portal, Raphael and Simon following. He didn't even wait, the moment he stood on hard ground, he was running.

The Institute, with Isabelle:

After she ended her call with Magnus, she gently picked Alec up, letting Jace handle the other side, and started slowly walking to the Infirmary. Alec's whole body was shaking and Isabelle had a feeling that not everything is like it seems. They were just entering the main training hall when hurried footsteps were heard around the corner.

Knowing who it was, she stopped, and waited for Magnus to arrive. Once he rounded the corner, she saw his eyes widen when he saw Alec. Stepping aside, she let him take her place, she instead ran forward to get help.

"Alexander, darling." Magnus whispered against the omega's hair, only just resisting stripping him so he could look for injuries. Alec, hearing Magnus's voice, turned his head and buried it in Magnus's chest. Taking him from Jace, Magnus picked him up, ready to carry him. Hearing the clicking of heels, he looked at Isabelle, who has returned.

Opening his mouth to say something, he had to dodge claws that has suddenly appeared on Isabelle's hands. Now that he looked at her, her eyes were pitch black and she was smirking. "The demon is inside her." he heard Jace say before he ran at her, trying to pacify her without hurting her. It was still Isabelle after all.

Moving aside with Alec so he wasn't in the way, Magnus watched as Jace hesitated, not knowing where to hit her. The demon jumped up and forward, landing right on Jace and bringing a dagger to his neck. "Always the favorite child. I'm done living in your shadow." the demon said with Isabelle's voice and Jace's eyes widened.

Magnus was about to help when Clary came running from nowhere and stabbed the demon in the back of it's shoulder, jumping on it's back. She pulled the dagger back, and the demon screamed, escaping from Isabelle's body through the hole in her shoulder.

Isabelle fell down, not moving but breathing, and the demon finally showed it's truth from. It looked like he didn't have a body, just the dust of something flying. "Go back to where you belong." Clary growled and jumped at the demon, stabbing it right in the chest. The demon screamed again but this time it exploded and disappeared.

"I-Izzy" Magnus looked down at the omega he was holding, Alec was reaching for his sister, who started moving. Walking closer to where she was sitting with the help of Jace, Magnus placed Alec next to her, smiling slightly when he pulled her in his embrace with Jace following.

"Thank god you are alright."

To be continued

So, this chapter is a little longer than usual, you're welcome ;), and the first half is a present for you, hope you liked it, and the second half is my Au of episode 4.

I really hope you liked it, and I'm looking forward to your comments, I really love them all Thank you, and also for your kudos.

By Lenuš

Beta'ed by Dawnsty