Happy Pride Month, beautiful people!
Clary blinked as the world came back into focus again. Her stomach lurched slightly, but it was nowhere near as bad as it used to be when Alec teleported her, she had gotten used to it over the past year. Alec held onto her arm a moment longer, before she gave him a nod and reassured him that she was okay. He stepped away from her, and Clary let herself settle as she looked around, and her mind was instantly flooded with chaotic thoughts of those around her. She was careful not to delve too deep—out of respect of privacy for those round her but also because she didn't want to know exactly what was going on.
Despite the front of being a personal security business, she knew that wasn't just what they did, there were definitely other things tht happened here. She didn't try to take the moral high ground, because in this world, good and bad—right and wrong—were definitely not black and white. There were things that they did that maybe society and herself didn't always agree with, but Clary knew that at times they were necessary for the world to keep on spinning. Once when Jace was extremely stressed out and Clary was trying to soothe his mind, she caught a glimpse of a man, beaten and bloody, tied to a chair. She recognized the man's face, but couldn't place it. Two days later, the man was on the news for abuse of children, and it was revealed that he had shown up dead, with no leads. He was a politician, a man that would have been protected by his money if he had ever gone to trial for what he had done.
Clary, Jace's voice was soft but anxious inside her head, and Clary turned around to look for the golden haired man. She was in one of his buildings, she recognized the layout as the top floor where Jace's office was. She passed two men as she walked toward his office, both of them wearing padded vests and with guns strapped to their sides. That wasn't particularly unusual, but there was still something going on here that wasn't normal, because everyone's thoughts were working in overtime.
"Jace," Clary murmured as she paused in the doorway and looked at Jace, who was standing next to his glass desk, facing the windows that looked out over the city. He was on the phone, and he smiled over at her as she came in, the corner's of his mouth tight.
Helen, he told her as he listened to the woman on the other side of the phone. So he was on the phone with Helen Penhallow-Blackthorn was a human with no mutation, and she worked for the state's attorney office. She was square, always wanting to do what was right, but she, just like Clary, understood that things were always clear cut when it came to right and wrong. She knew—just like most other law enforcement—that Jace would be impossible to try and pin down and lay charges against, so occasionally, when their objectives were the same, she would work with him. Her wife, Aline Blackthorn-Penhallow, was also a mutant.
"Alright, well, something has just come up, so I need to go," Jace said into the phone. "But I'll get back to you if my men dig anything up."
Won't be long, Jace said in her head, and Clary nodded, sitting down on one of the plush, leather seats in front fo his large desk, making herself comfortable and waiting for Jace to finish his call. Apart from Simon, Jace was the only other one who frequently spoke to her inside her head, and who could actually keep his voice at the right volume, so it didn't sound as though he was screaming between her ears.
"Okay, yeah, sounds good," Jace said shortly, and then pulled his phone away from his ear, ending the call and tossing it onto the desk. He stared out the window for a few beats, and Clary tilted her head to the side as she looked up at him. There were people walking around outside, talking to each other in low voices, and their minds were all busy, thoughts overlapping each other. Something big was going on, and from the way that Jace was staring out the window as though he was getting ready to face the world, it was definitely affecting him as well. Clary didn't try to delve into his mind, and he had the mental walls up that Clary had taught him, so it was clear that he didn't want to talk about it. Jace took in a deep breath and rubbed his hand over his face. "Hey," he greeted her, his voice low.
"Hi," Clary said carefully, leaning forward in the seat she was in. Jace went quiet again before pushing off the desk and coming around to stand in front of her.
"Sorry, just...A lot going on," he apologized quietly.
"I can hear," Clary nodded, answering honestly. Jace nodded as well, but didn't ask her if she was listening in to the individual conversations or if she knew what was going on. He trusted her, knowing that she would be carding through any of his men's minds, or his, without his permission. Just because she could do it, didn't mean she did. Jace looked over her head, out the door, where is men were moving around and talking. It was unusual for it to be so busy on this floor, because this was the floor where Jace's office was, and it was where he did most of his paperwork and made calls, rather than held meetings and gathered his men.
"What are you doing here?" Jace asked, his finger twitching at his side, and the door swung shut, pushed by the metal handle and frame.
"Alec came and got me," Clary answered. "He text me, and said that you wanted to see me." Jace huffed out a laugh and shook his head. He wasn't annoyed or upset at seeing her, although he was surprised. "Actually, he said you needed to see, which made me think that you wanted to..." she let her eyes trail up and down Jace's body purposefully, and despite how concerned his eyes were, his lips quirked in a small smile. "But now I'm thinking that maybe there's a different reason why I'm here."
"Yeah," Jace breathed, hooking one of his fingers under Clary's chin and tipped her face up so that she was looking up at him. He was so tall compared to her, even when she was standing, and most definitely when she was sitting down. "Alec always knows what I need." His smile relaxed, and although there was still tension lines between his eyebrows, it was a more genuine smile, and he leaned down to give her a soft kiss on the mouth. Clary kissed him back, reaching up with hand to cup his cheek, tracing her thumb over his cheekbone. When he pulled back, he rested his forehead against hers before opening his eyes again.
"You want to talk about it?" Clary asked softly. Jace pursed his lips as he backed up, sitting down on the edge of his desk and folding his arms over his chest.
"Nah," he shook his head. "Maybe later. Just someone from my past is back in town, and they're not really someone that I ever wanted to see again." Clary nodded, but respected his wishes and didn't ask any further questions. "So what have you been up to this morning? Did Alec interrupt anything?"
"I was just finishing up breakfast with some friends," Clary replied with a smile. "You know my friend Maia?" Just because Jace hadn't met her friends, didn't mean that Jace didn't know about them. "She's pregnant."
"Oh, really?" Jace gave a small smile. "She's the one with Jordan, right?"
"Yup," Clary nodded. "They're both so happy, you don't need to be telepathic to be able to see how happy they are." Jace's smile faded at how wistful Clary sounded as she got up and walked over to the large windows. They were on the sixteenth floor of the building. Jace owned the whole building, along with several other ones, but he rented out the lower twelve floors to other business. Thirteen was kept empty, to put some space between the lower floors and the top ones, and then Jace's own businesses were spread out over the remaining three floors. It was near the edge of the city, away from the other tall buildings, so there wasn't anything blocking view as Clary looked out.
"Is that something you want some day?" Jace asked. Clary's eyebrow lifted, but Jace couldn't see the change in expression with the way she was facing.
"Yup," she replied. "One day." She could sense his surprise, and she smiled as she turned around and faced him. "Why, you thought I didn't want kids?"
"Uh, no, not exactly," Jace shrugged. "I could imagine you as a mum—you'd be great. I just didn't think you would say 'yes'."
"You thought I would lie?" Clary frowned. "There's no way in hell you would get away with lying to me, it wouldn't be fair if I did it right to your face."
"Well, when you put it like that..." Jace half-smiled. Clary walked over to where he was standing, his ass resting against his desk. She stood in front of them, their thighs pressed together. The ring on her thumb hummed slightly, Jace's powers seeking out the exotic metal on her hand at their close proximity. His mind was messy, and despite how much he was trying to push everything back, she could tell that he was distracted and he was also in pain. Whatever it was that had come up, it was hurting. It was a deep hurt, something that was buried deep inside, probably something from the past, which was something that Clary knew very little about.
"I can help," she said softly, lifting her hand to rest on his bicep. Jace pursed his lips together and looked as though he was going to refuse, but Clary continued. "You know that I don't need to read what's going on in your head to calm things down in there." Jace licked his lips and then after a moment, he nodded. Clary smiled and lifted her hand to rest two fingers against his temple. She didn't need to touch him for her power to work. If it was contact that triggered her mutation, that would make her life so much easier.
But she just liked the feeling of Jace's skin under the pads of her fingers, and Jace liked it as well, from the way he closed his eyes and leaned into her touch. She worked efficiently, skimming through the thoughts in his mind without dipping into them, soothing the messiness in his head. When Jace opened his eyes, they looked clearer, a lot more peaceful than they had a minute ago.
He leaned forward, their lips coming together gently.
So! My song recommendations this time are Help Me Close My Eyes by Those Dancing Days, Burn So Bright by Bella Thorne and Broken Prayers by Riley Clemmons. Ooh—and I Wanna Know by Bea Miller. Shit, I love most things by Bea, she's bloody amazing, and I've had this song on repeat, for like the past two months. Haha. Oh, and Go Dark by Cassie Steele! It took me a while to get into this one, but I adore it now. Ooh ooh! And Lie by Halsey featuring Quavo. Fucking looove it. Although let's face it, I love everything by her. Omg! And also What I Need by Hayley Kiyoko featuring Kehlani. I've only recently gotten into Kehlani, since I saw her open for Halsey, but I adore Hayley, and I'm so glad she's becoming more popular. This video has just come out and its amaaazing.
In other news...The second season of Queer Eye is almost out! Whoop whoop! I bloody love them all, and I cried in every single episode of the first season. Antoni is just bloody beautiful, and Tan and Karamo...Omfg. Gorgeous. And then Bobby is so talented and Jonathan is amazing. Haha. I recommend to all! Also, has everyone seen the new Robin Hood trailer? I love Taron Egerton, can't wait for the movie!
I've starting dabbling in oneshots again. I generally post them all at one time, when I've got chance to come back and edit them all properly, but I'm taking requests if you want to see them through. Doesn't have to specifically be this fandom, go onto my profile and check out other fandoms I'm in or send me a message. Send through songs or ideas and I can try to make them work!
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