Despite everything that happened the night before Clary woke up with a smile on her face when she felt the familiar hard chest she was using as a pillow. She nuzzled her nose in the crook of his neck and felt him stir awake, one of his hands slid down her arm and his fingers linked with hers. His other hand was tangled in her hair while hers with wrapped around his waist.
He groaned quietly before tilting his head forward and placing a sweet kiss to the top of her head, "morning", his voice was deep and thick with sleep which only made Clary realize how much she'd missed him these past weeks. She squeezed him tight before lifting her head to place her chin on his chest. He sucked in a quick breath noticing her still slightly swollen cheek, a new wave of guilt hitting him and gently brushed his fingers over the remainder of the bruise that stained her porcelain complexion.
"I-I'm so sorry Clary, I should have been there ..none of that should have happened, it's all my fault"
he felt tears threaten but blinked them away, Clary on the other hand let hers spill freely, her lip quivered making Jaces heart break all over again.
"It's not your fault Jace, I shouldn't have left my apartment, not without calling you first...it's just that...that"
Jaces lips were on hers to stop her from continuing when he pulled away she was looking at him confused.
"Don't you dare...don't you dare blame yourself for this Clary. What that...that monster did to you is not your fault" his voice shook with anger he would not let her think this was her fault. No one could ever think it was their fault having something like that happen to them. She lifted both her hands up and placed them gently on either side of his face before kissing him on the cheek, her hands traveled back down his chest to intertwine her fingers with his again. She gave his hand a reassuring squeeze before settling her head back down and closing her eyes.
Looking down at her she looked tiny, and frail something Jace wasn't used to seeing Clary as, she always looked so strong and confident. His thoughts were interrupted when the infirmary doors were pushed open and Magnus came strutting in his dark haired boyfriend following close behind.
"Alright love birds separate so I can have a look at Clary"
Magnus ordered stopping at the foot of the bed, "make me" Jace countered pulling Clary closer to him and burying his face in her neck.
"Don't tempt me boy" Magnus threatened. Jace groaned but slid off the bed not letting go of Clary's hand and staying close to her bed side. Magnus ran his hands over her remaining bruises, the ones one her arms and legs cleared up but the one on her face only lightened. "Alright Clary let's go for a walk and see how that leg is doing", Magnus suggested getting up from where he'd been seated at the foot of the bed. Jace had forgotten all about her leg and winced when he saw the stitches running up her calf. She slung her legs over the edge of the bed and placed her feet to the cold floor, she wrapped her arms around his neck and let him lift her off of the bed. They took a couple of tentative steps before she let go of Jaces neck and made her way across the room. Putting pressure on it didn't seem to bother her much so Magnus deemed her fit to walk around.
Isabelle came in moments later with some extra clothes for her to wear and sent the boys out of the room while she got changed. Grudgingly Jace complied but refused to go any farther than the door, so Isabelle gave him a good shove forcing him out of the room.
"How you doing?" Izzy asked from the other side of the changing screen, while Clary got dressed "I'm fine"
she called out pulling the screen aside now wearing a nice floral top and plain blue jeans. She smiled at Isabelle, readjusting her top and flattening her hair. The older girl grabbed Clary's arm and pulled her towards her in a very rare hug. Clary stiffened but hugged her back before stepping away and looking at her "what was that for?" she asked raising an eyebrow. "You've been through a lot and I wanted to comfort you; don't expect much more of that" Isabelle scowled leading the way out of the room to where the boys were waiting in the hall, with Clary trying to suppress a smile following behind Isabelle.
When Clary stepped out Jace had his eyes closed and was beating his head mercilessly against the stone wall while Alec was leaning next to Magnus on the opposite wall shaking his head.
Clary walked up to him and put her hand between Jaces head and the wall making Alec laugh. Jace opened his eyes after hitting her hand instead and looked over at her as she shook her hand from having it smashed against the stone, "by the angel Clary why would you do that" he scowled before gently taking her hand and massaging it, "me? Why the hell are you hitting your head on the wall?"
she countered snatching her hand back.
They were caught in a staring contest neither willing to give up first until Alec stepped in and pulled Jace backwards by the collar making him yelp and turn quickly throwing him against the wall. Alec kicked off the wall landing in front of his parabatai and smirked "oh Jace you're losing your touch",
"Why you no good little-" Jace fumed lifting his fist when Magnus intervened and pulled his boyfriend against his chest. "Okay sweetie let's head out you promised me a day at the museum" The warlock rushed him and Magnus down the hall and towards the front door away from any potential conflict.
"I should kill that little-" Clary pressed her lips to his interrupting his little tirade and making Izzy gasp. "Oh gross get a room you two" she stomped down the hall in the opposite direction, heading towards the training room. Clary pulled away but stayed on her tip toes so his mouth was hovering over hers, and sifted her fingers through his hair, "why do you always have to be so violent?" she teased reaching up and kissing him softly. She felt Jace smile against her lips before his hands slid to her waist.
"You never complain when I'm rough with you" he whispered to her low and seductively. She raised her eyebrows at him and then bit her lip in that cute little way she did when she was about to challenge him in some way. "You call that rough?" she whispered mischievously leaning in close to his ear, before nipping his earlobe playfully. Jace turned his head, tilting it downwards to kiss her neck beside her jaw. "Don't test me Clarissa" he growled backing her up into the wall. "Wouldn't dream of it" she replied innocently. Not wanting to disappoint, Jace lifted Clary and carried her the 6 doors down the hall to his room, he kicked open the door before pressing Clary up against it.
His lips were on hers while his hands roamed her thighs, her ass, her hips. Little warning bells were going off in the back of his head that he should stop, and doing something like this so soon after what had happened to Clary wasn't a good idea.
He was about to pull away and voice this opinion when Clary slid her tongue down his throat and her hands found a comfortable place down the front of his pants. All rational thought left his head as her hand took up a rhythm and she began to generously massage his member. He pressed her hard against the door and could feel her heart speed up, it started beating even harder when his hands reached up under her shirt. He could tell she was starting to get nervous but damnit she went and distracted him making it hard to stop, he did however manage to slowed down and let his hands glide down her sides.
She turned her head to the side and her breath was coming in short gasps. Jace mentally slapped himself for going on ahead when he knew he should have stopped himself. Her hands were now grasping his shoulders and her eyes were squeezed shut while she tried to calm down. Gently taking her hands from his shoulders he led her to the bed and had her sit down before he ran to grab her a glass of water, when he came back she was leaning against the head board wiping away a few lingering tears. He came very close to throwing the glass of water at the wall, because seeing her upset because he was too stupid to think about her first was more than he could take. He clenched his fist and tried to just focus on making sure she was okay, him getting worked up every time he saw her wasn't going to do either of them any good.
Sitting on the edge of the bed,Jace led the cup to her mouth and had her take a couple sips while he gently tucked her hair behind her ear, when she was finished he took the cup and placed it on his night side table and then he looked at her. They sat there in silence their eyes locked until a loud knock sounded at his door.
"Alright guys we've got lunch on the table and if you've been doing what I think you have then you'll be hungry." Isabelle called through the door,
"does no one in this establishment have any decency" Jace started until he looked over and saw Clary trying to stifle a giggle, "oh you think that's funny do you?" Jace questioned his look of shock turning into a smirk. "Well if that's so funny then you won't mind me telling them all about our little shower together, I mean if them knowing this much about our personal life was funny then telling them this will be hilarious" Jace said making his way towards the door. Clary ran at him but he was too quick and was out the door and running down the halls to the kitchen.
Clary ran after him close behind and proceeded to run right into him when he stopped after having reached the kitchen.
"Children, children, please no running in the house" Magnus chided. "Oh now look what you've done you two, Clary's stitches ripped."
Clary looked down at her leg and there was a small trickle of blood painting her white skin. Magnus sighed but knelt next to her and ran his hand along the stitches until the blood had disappeared and he deemed the stitches walkable. "No more of this you two, Clary missy you take it easy until that leg of yours is healed." Alec smiled at Magnus as he took his seat next to the younger boy and began reading the paper.
Clary walked around the large island that sat in the middle of the kitchen and hoisted herself up onto the marble counter top while Jace grabbed a couple plates to eat. "Oh Clary I have your bag for you, it's been buzzing all morning" Isabelle said handing her, her messenger bag. Clary's phone was smashed yesterday so why it was buzzing was beyond her, until she remembered her mom had stuck her old cell phone in her bag in case of "emergencies".
Looking down at the old phone she scrolled through the menu until she found the voice mail box, there were 35 missed calls and 13 voice mails. Jace stared at her intensely while she took a deep breath and selected the first message. She heard her mothers shrill voice screeching into the receiver, telling her to call if she didn't plan on being home and asking why her other phone was "disconnected", and then saying that she better not be with Jace. Isabelle looked up from her spot at the table and laughed "Someone's in trouble when they get home." Jace tilted her chin to look at him and gave her a reassuring smile, no matter what he wasn't letting Clary out of his sight this time.
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