A/N: Apologies for the delayed updating - December is super busy for me at work then Christmeans means family time so I'm only just getting time to sit down and write. Hope you enjoy!
The next morning Alec left Max with Jace. He was going to take Max to the park and try and teach him some soccer, or at least to kick a ball to start with. He apparently wanted Max to be good at sports and he didn't trust Alec or Izzy to foster that attitude in him. It was great having Jace home, he would really miss him when he had to go back to college.
Alec was in such a good mood when he got to work for his shift. He walked into the staff room humming away to himself, and went to collect an apron off the peg.
"So you're in a good mood. Why might that be?" Clary asked, her voice raising into a sing-song voice at the end and a smirk appearing. Alec just shushed her.
"So are you guys like a thing now? Or what?" she continued, staring at Alec waiting for him to talk.
"Erm... Maybe? We agreed it wasn't a one off and that we'd go on a proper date soon." Alec explained unsurely. It really depended on what Clary considered 'a thing'.
"Ah, cool, so what you gonna do for your date?" Clary asked.
"I have no idea." Alec huffed as a he sat down on a stool. "I thought about dinner and a movie, classic first date territory, but we've sort of already done that as friends and it's a bit cliche. I want to do something different and memorable."
"Yea I get that. You guys have taken wayyy too long to get to this point, so you deserve an epic first date." Clary snickered.
"I'll keep thinking. Come on, let's get out there." Alec sighed as he pushed the door open.
XxX
They had a fun shift, it was really quiet, probably because it had now started snowing. Alec hoped that if Jace did take Max out that he made sure he was wrapped up properly. It was so quiet at one point the coffee shop was empty and it was just those two on shift, so they just sat around chatting and drinking coffees.
"Remember that my show is opening next Friday until the following week, but next Friday they are having champagne and nibbles and a meet the artists thing so you should come to that if you can." Clary reminded Alec.
"Clary! You're a genius! That is the perfect first date! Sophisticated, like it's fancy enough that we can dress up nice for it. Magnus would love it." Alec exclaimed.
Clary just bowed as best she could sitting at a table. Alec felt much better now that he had an idea for his and Magnus' first date.
Just as Alec was getting to the end of his shift Zach walked in to take over. "Hey Guys. Quiet today huh? It's settling properly out there now so I doubt we'll get much business." He said as he saw Clary and Alec sitting around.
"Yea, it's been dead. Less than ten people all morning, do you still want me to stay til closing?" Clary asked looking hopeful. Alec knew she still had a piece to finish for her show so she was probably keen to get on with that.
"Nah, get outta here. And if it's still snowing tomorrow then don't bother coming in, Alec and I can man the fort." Zach instructed.
Clary threw a quick thanks Zach's way and then they both got their stuff and went out the back door to the staff car park.
"See you tomorrow or later in the week then probably. You have a shift basically every day this week right?" Clary asked as she opened the door to her car which was parked next to Alec's.
"Arghh, yes. Just Sunday off." Alec confirmed as he held her door open for her as she got in.
"Cool, see you at some point then unless this snow doesn't stop." Clary said drawing the car door closed. "Yea, drive safe." Alec bid Clary as he waved slightly just before the door shut.
XxX
After a very slow drive home, Alec walked in the door and was met by a very excited Max.
"Alec, snow!" Max shouted as he jumped up and down in front of Alec.
"Yea buddy. Snow! Has Jace taken you out in it?" Alec asked mimicking Max's excitement.
"Yea, we kicked a ball and threw snow." Max continued shouting, but was now getting out of breath. Alec just chuckled at his little brother. Everything was so new and amazing to a three year old but to Alec the snow was more of a nuisance.
Alec hung his coat and scarf up and bent down to pick Max up, stroking his hair and blowing a raspberry on his cheek. Max burst out laughing and tried to do the same to Alec but just sort of ended up licking his cheek. Thankfully it wasn't his bruised cheek.
Alec set Max down on the floor again and walked over to Jace who was rummaging around in the fridge. He needed something for lunch himself, he didn't get a lunch break when he only did a four hour shift so it was now nearly 1pm and he was starving. Just as Alec and Jace set about making lunch side by side Jace piped up "You've done such a good job with him bro. He seems so much livelier but like settled at the same time. Even more so than before when your parents were around."
"Ah yea thanks Jace. It's so good to see right, he's just like a happy little boy now. It's actually pretty rewarding, parenting that is." Alec replied beaming.
"Oh yea, practice for when you and Magnus have kids huh" Jace turned to Alec laughing as he stuffed half a sandwich in his face. Alec blushed, shook his head and walked off with his own sandwich leaving Jace standing there singing "Alec and Magnus sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g.."
XxX
Alec, Max and Jace had such an enjoyable afternoon together. Max had begged and begged until Jace and Alec agreed to take him out again to play in the snow. The big boys got into a snowball fight and then chased after Max with snow in their hands pretending they were going to drop it on his head. They were out for at least an hour and then Max made snow angels and Alec took him home after that and got him straight into his pyjamas and out of the wet clothes.
Jace was doing the bedtime routine and Alec had the tv on in the background but he was daydreaming about his first date with Magnus. The art show was on from 7.30, so maybe they'd do that first, then go out for dinner or something. He decided to text Magnus to let him know he had an idea.
I think I have a good idea for our first date. Are you free next Friday? X
I can be free for you any day of the week Blue Eyes. What you got planned? X
That's a surprise. For me to know and for you to find out x
Oooh a surprise, I am intrigued. Are you working tomorrow? I miss you, let's have lunch x
I am indeed. All day. Lunch about 12.30 as usual? X
Perfect. See you then. Right I better get Finn in bed, text you later x
Alec focused on the tv more easily after that and when Jace came down they found some car programme they both liked watching and settled into that.
XxX
The next day the snow had mostly stopped falling but it was now a few inches high so Alec doubted they'd be a lot of footfall in the coffee shop again. When he got to work Clary was nowhere to be seen so he assumed Zach had told her not to come in. Then again, he couldn't see Zach either. He got his apron on, put his stuff in his locker and set about warming the coffee machine up.
"Oh, morning Alec. Thanks for making the trip in." Zach greeted.
"No worries I just walked, seemed safer than driving." Alec commented.
"Yea, we wouldn't want a pretty thing like you getting hurt now would we?" Zach said, threw a grin Alec's way and walked over to start restocking the sandwich cabinet. Zach's flirting still hadn't let up. Luckily, most of the time Alec was on shift with Clary or someone else, or it was too busy with customers to have any time to talk to each other, so he just had to tolerate it when those circumstances weren't in his favour.
A little before 12.30 Magnus walked in with a red nose, it really was cold out there. The shop had two customers at one of the tables but aside from that it was empty so Alec had just been doing a bit of a stock take most of the day in the back which was mind numbing work. He'd realised the time and come back through to the front soon after Magnus walked in.
"Hey, what can I get you?" Zach asked automatically. Magnus looked at Zach and then Alec who had just walked through the curtain.
"Erm, him?" Magnus said pointing at Alec. Zach chuckled and replied "I'm afraid this one's not for sale but I can do you a coffee."
Alec walked round the counter and gave Magnus a quick peck on the lips. "Hey babe, I was thinking since it's so cold and kinda like an ice rink outside now, do you want to just stop for something here?" Alec grinned. Babe? He'd never been one for pet names but it just felt completely natural then. He liked being able to call Magnus babe.
"Yea, that's a good idea." Magnus agreed, pulling Alec by his hand to the sandwich fridge. They picked out a sandwich each and Alec made them a couple of cappuccinos as Magnus chose a table in the corner.
The pair chatted quietly in the corner whilst having their lunch. Magnus tried to get Alec to tell him about his plans for their date but he refused saying he really wanted it to be a surprise and he would only tell Magnus the dress code and time he would pick him up. The coffee shop was ridiculously quiet, it was now only Alec and Magnus there as the previous couple had left. Alec was debating asking Zach if he could go home early since he'd basically done everything he could and the customer numbers didn't look to be increasing. It seemed pointless to pay him for standing around.
"Who is that guy? Your coworker?" Magnus whispered to Alec across the table, nodding his head discreetly towards Zach who was leaning against the counter.
"Oh no. He's my boss. He owns the place but does a shift now and then to keep an eye on us." Alec chuckled.
"So it's not weird for him to be watching us?" Magnus asked.
"Maybe he's just looking at you" Alec complimented. Magnus did sometimes attract attention, although not usually when he was in his work wear, it was usually only when he jazzed himself up on the weekends.
"Aww you're sweet but I don't think it's that." Magnus continued. Alec reached across the table to lay his hand on Magnus'. He didn't want to tell him about Zach's flirting. They hadn't even had their first date yet he didn't want something to get in the way already.
"Just ignore him. Anyway is the boys swim class on again on Sunday?" Alec asked. Magnus looked back at Alec properly.
"Yea, back after the Christmas break. Are you going to bring Max again?" Magnus replied.
"Yea, I will. Do you want to have lunch or something after, perhaps let the boys have a bit of a play in the afternoon? Max won't be at Daycare all week cos Jace is home, so they'll probably be pining for each other by Sunday." Alec chuckled, he really found Max and Finn's friendship so adorable.
Just as Magnus opened his mouth to respond Zach walked over to their table. Alec assumed it was to clear their now used coffee mugs but he just stood there until Alec and Magnus looked up at him.
"You going to introduce me to your boyfriend Alec?" Zach urged, as he eyed their joined hands on the table.
"Uhm, yea... This is Magnus. Magnus this is Zach." Alec introduced them awkwardly looking for Magnus' reaction at the fact he didn't correct Zach on the usage of the term boyfriend. Magnus stuck his hand out politely waiting for Zach to shake it but instead Zach just looked to Alec and said "Less than five minutes of your break left then back to work alright" and then walked off to the back room.
"Well, that was rude." Magnus commented. Alec nodded his head to agree, he didn't know why Zach was being so strict with him, he wasn't usually and today was not a day where he exactly needed to be back behind the counter to serve customers.
"Anyway, I would love to have lunch on Sunday. Great idea. Finn already seemed fed up that Max wasn't at Daycare yesterday." Magnus said bringing the conversation back to more fun topics.
They talked about plans for the rest of the week, it was already Wednesday as Monday was new year's day so a holiday. Alec had to work every day and Magnus had a lunchtime meeting on Thursday and a deadline for Friday so he didn't think he'd make it out of the office until late. Saturday was the last day Jace would be at home so Alec wanted to spend time with him, so it seemed they wouldn't get to see each other again until Sunday.
"Right, I had better get back to work. I know it's dead but I can find something to occupy me." Alec said as he let go of Magnus' hand and pushed himself up from his chair.
"Okay, I've probably had nearly an hour anyway. So see you Sunday?" Magnus asked, just to confirm that was definitely the earliest they could see each other again.
"Yea, sorry, seems that way. I've got my art class tomorrow, you're at work all day Friday and I should really spend the day with Jace on Saturday at least when I'm not working." Alec said sadly.
"No worries gorgeous, we'll just have to make up for it on Sunday." Magnus said playfully before he wiggled his eyebrows and brought his hand behind Alec's neck to bring him in for a kiss. Alec melted into Magnus' touch enjoying the moment. There was no-one around, they weren't going to offend anyone, a bit of PDA wouldn't hurt. Not that you could call it that as there was no-one to see their 'public display'.
Magnus tugged Alec closer by his shirt as their tongues brushed against each other. Magnus' hands were moving down Alec's sides and round to his back and lower when someone cleared their throat behind them. Alec broke away quickly, really not being one for actual PDA. He looked at Magnus who was just wiping the back of his hand across his mouth and had a smirk developing, and then round behind him to see Zach holding a packet of napkins.
Magnus just smiled, gave him a quick peck and left to go back to work. Alec turned reluctantly back around to Zach who was now restocking napkins into the holders even though Alec had already done that earlier in the day and they hadn't been used since. If he overstuffed them the customers wouldn't be able to pull any napkins out anyway.
"Do you uhm, want me to do that?" Alec asked. Zach just sighed heavily and slowly turned round to Alec.
"When were you going to tell me you had a boyfriend?" Zach pried.
"Well, uh, he's not technically my boyfriend. Not yet. We kind of only got together over the weekend. Why do you ask?" Alec said feeling quite confused. Why was this important to Zach?
Just then some customers actually walked in so Zach just said it wasn't important and Alec had customers to serve. Alec spent the rest of his shift watching Zach, his body language had changed. He seemed kind of annoyed with Alec, giving one or two word commands or answers.
Alec wracked his brain for something he might have done, the only thing he could think was that he had sorta kissed Magnus a bit too racily whilst he was at work. Perhaps that was unprofessional, but there wasn't anyone around, at least no customers so it wasnt that big of a deal in his eyes. Zach told Alec to go home a couple of hours early which he gladly did. He'd much rather be at home with Max and Jace than there feeling awkward.
XxX
The days moved pretty slowly for Alec, the snow was on and off so there were very few customers in the coffee shop. Luckily he didn't have any more shifts with Zach.
It was Sunday morning and Alec was excited to see Magnus. Nearly as excited as Max was to see Finn. Apparently being around adults all week was not the most fun for a three year old. Alec knew Jace would have tried to entertain Max as best he could but it was never going to be as stimulating as being surrounded by twenty or so other kids and nearly every variety of toy you could ask for at Daycare.
Jace was leaving that morning to make the drive back up to Syracuse, so they had a family breakfast, with a very tired Izzy who had seemingly been out on the town the night before and a very loud Max, which didn't go together very well. Alec was glad to get Max out of there since Izzy seemed to be taking her hangover out on him. Poor kid, it wasn't his fault, he didn't understand why Izzy was angry.
They got to the pool and Magnus and Finn were already there. Max let go of Alec's hand and ran up to Finn as soon as he saw him. Alec was tempted to do the same to Magnus but restrained himself.
"Hey little man Max. Hey Blue Eyes" Magnus called as Max sprinted up to them. Alec reached him and went in for a kiss until Max looked up at them so he resorted to a quiet hi to Magnus. Magnus just smiled at Alec and they walked through to the changing rooms. Magnus made a joke to Alec about repaying the favour for Monday and helping him undress, but then their respective boys dragged them into different changing rooms before Alec could even entertain the idea of that happening.
Once they hit the showers Alec and Magnus could barely keep their eyes off each other. Drool may actually have dripped down the side of Alec's mouth.
The swim lesson went well again, Finn was definitely making the right motions, even if it was doggy paddle and Max again got his legs and arms going in a sort of rhythm, just not quite in the right directions. What could you really expect from three year olds. At the end of the class the teacher let the kids sit on the side and 'jump', which was more of a face dive, into their awaiting parents hands. The boys loved it and Finn even asked if they could switch so Alec could catch him.
Once they were back at Magnus' the boys had a very quick lunch of some simple pasta and then were put down for a nap, all that swimming and jumping had worn them out. As soon as they were out for the count Alec pulled Magnus away from his route towards the stairs and instead into his bedroom across the hall.
Alec closed the door quietly and turned round with a predatory stare towards Magnus. He strode over to him and pulled him by the front of his shirt towards him and then towards the bed. Alec stepped slowly backwards until he felt the edge of the bed behind his knees and then fell onto the bed, dragging Magnus with him.
As soon as he was down and Magnus was steady he brought his hands up to Magnus' hips, pushing his thumbs into the top of his waistband and pulled Magnus against him. Their lips found each other quickly and their groans and moans could be heard throughout the room. Alec could feel himself hardening, it really didn't take much from Magnus.
Magnus dropped one arm down onto his elbow to support himself and brought the other one to the hem of Alec's t-shirt and slipped his hand underneath grazing the side of Alec's abs. Their kiss got more frenzied as Alec skimmed one hand up Magnus' back and pushed his hips up to meet Magnus' as his other hand brought Magnus' hips down.
Magnus withdrew his hand and sat up quickly, leaving Alec chasing down his mouth and then tugged Alec's t-shirt up his body. Alec cottoned on quick enough and raised his arms above his head making it easy for Magnus to rid him of his shirt. As soon as it was off Alec set about tackling Magnus' shirt. Magnus wasn't usually just a t-shirt sort of guy, his clothing had zips or buttons or other more complicated fastenings that Alec had to deal with.
Once it was open, Alec pulled it quickly out of the waistband of Magnus' jeans and trailed his hands up Magnus' sides, pulled him back down and resumed the kissing. Magnus started grinding his hips down into Alec's and Alec quickly matched the rhythm.
Within seconds they were both rock solid and their kisses were getting sloppy. Magnus pulled away to draw a line of kisses down from Alec's shoulder to his chest.
"You are so unbelievably sexy" Magnus murmured as he continued to kiss any bare skin he could and went for Alec's jeans. Alec scoffed and dragged Magnus back up his body and whispered in Magnus' ear "I thought we weren't allowed in each other's pants until our first date" whilst Magnus latched onto his neck. The sensation of Magnus sucking on his neck was such a turn on he unconsciously started up the grinding again.
"I told you I make the rules and I can break them" Magnus cockily remarked and then resumed his sucking. Magnus was surely going to leave a mark on his neck but Alec really couldn't find it in him to care.
Magnus brought one of his hands up to brush against Alec's nipple and their grinding rhythm increased. Alec let out a rather loud moan at the sensation of his nipple being tweaked and Magnus drew away from Alec's neck to his mouth to silence him. Thrusting his tongue into Alec's mouth as soon as he was there. He couldn't get enough of Alec, he'd waited for this for months and now he had him. He'd promised himself he'd try to go slowly but Alec was irresistible.
The friction of still having jeans and boxers on as well as the faster rhythm they had now set was obviously doing something as all of a sudden Alec felt that familiar feeling in his stomach. Magnus was still playing with his nipple and after an unexpected rather sharp pinch, Alec found himself shooting off. He stopped kissing Magnus properly instead just letting their breath mingle and he held Magnus' hips down as he continued to thrust gently into him as his groin pulsed.
When he was done he could still feel that Magnus was hard so Alec rolled him off his body, undid his belt quickly along with his zipper and thrust his hand into his jeans, feeling Magnus through his boxers. Magnus grunted at feeling Alec's hand on him.
Alec stood up off the bed abruptly and pulled Magnus' jeans off from his ankles, leaving him in just white boxers. There was spots of pre-cum on them and Alec launched down onto Magnus kissing his stomach and down his happy trail.
Once he reached his boxers he tugged these off quickly too and continued kissing Magnus' pelvis. He teased Magnus slightly, licking small areas and then blowing on them until he engulfed his penis in his mouth. He could taste the saltiness of the pre-cum and then Alec was pushing Magnus further into his mouth. He got Magnus as far as he could and then hollowed his cheeks, causing Magnus to cry out his name. He wanted to repay Magnus for their previous night together.
It didn't take much before Magnus was warning Alec that he was about to come and to pull off. Alec looked up as best he could to see Magnus' face and saw his eyes tightly closed. He decided he wanted to see Magnus come and he was practically tugging his hair trying to get him off anyway, so he pulled off with a pop and got up to see Magnus' face, but left his hand pumping Magnus vigorously. Within another few seconds Alec's hand was covered in jizz and Magnus was calling Alec's name loudly. He stroked him through his orgasm and once it was over leant down to kiss him gently then fell back on to the bed.
"Ahhh..soooo good" Magnus drawled as he felt around for Alec's clean hand beside him. Alec chuckled and hummed out his agreement. They laid there together, hands twined, catching their breath until suddenly Magnus looked over to Alec and asked "Did you come in your pants?" Alec turned bright red.
"Err yea...what can I say you turn me on too much." Alec muttered out embarrassed. Magnus leant up onto his elbow and then kissed Alec lightly.
"Don't be embarrassed Blue Eyes. Besides we can work on your stamina." Magnus started seriously and then ended with a snicker. Alec just playfully pushed Magnus onto his back again and got up.
"Do you mind if I take a shower….and erm maybe borrow some boxers?" Alec asked whilst rubbing the back of his neck shyly. Magnus jumped up, gestured to his own messy body and guided Alec towards the bathroom across his room.
They took turns washing each other and kissed lazily under the spray, tongues twisted together and hands exploring. Afterwards, once they were dried off, Magnus retrieved a pair of boxers for Alec.
"What are these?" Alec asked staring at the fabric in his hand. Magnus just looked at him like he was stupid.
"Boxers? What do you think they are?" Magnus asked laughing at Alec. With a huff Alec put the bright pink boxer briefs on.
XxX
After they were dressed again and downstairs, they ate some pasta for themselves and talked about their weeks, since they hadn't seen much of each other.
Once they had finished eating they went back upstairs to Magnus' office where he showed Alec the plans he was working on at the minute. He was apparently designing plans for a new museum, and aside from giving the area the building had to fit in, his firm had to come up with three options to present to the town council. His boss had asked all ten architects to come up with ideas and he would choose the best ones.
Magnus' design was quite modern and curvy, with lots of green space and water out the front, which drew the eye line into the entrance, which was double storey and rather imposing. Magnus was only a junior architect but apparently his boss had said his design 'showed promise'. It was clear that Magnus was passionate about his job and Alec felt a pang of jealousy that Magnus had obviously found his calling and was also succeeding in it.
Just as Magnus was bringing the interior designs up on his laptop the door opened and Finn walked in sleepily calling Daddy.
"Hey pumpkin, what's up?" Magnus said as he swivelled round on the chair, forgetting the designs for a minute. Alec took a step back from the desk and sat on the sofa. He smiled softly at Finn, who then diverted from his path towards Magnus over to Alec and leant against his knee. Alec glanced quickly at Magnus and made a face as if to say 'huh, why's he come to me?' All was made clear with Finn's next sentence "Max is wriggly and I can't sleep anymore"
Alec apologised to Finn and picked him up and put him on his knee without any whining from the child. "Are you still tired?" Alec asked. Finn nodded and slumped against Alec's torso. Alec rubbed his back as he would Max and hummed softly to him. Within minutes Finn was sound asleep.
Alec looked up at Magnus who had shiny eyes. "Are you okay?" Alec asked worried that he'd done something wrong. Magnus just nodded and came over to sit beside the two.
"He's never taken to someone this quickly. It's only ever been me and my mum, and now here he is trusting you like this, enough to fall asleep on you." Magnus whispered. Alec just smiled at Magnus and grasped his hand with the arm that wasn't supporting Finn.
"I'm sorry about Max, he can toss and turn a bit, maybe we need to reconsider the top and tail thing. Or just make sure they get naps in their own bed." Alec suggested. Magnus just shrugged and then got his phone out to take a picture of them both.
"This is the first time it's disrupted Finn so let's just see how it goes. They still need naps during the day and it kind of limits our time together if we can only do either morning or afternoon." Magnus pointed out. Alec nodded and then told Magnus to get his laptop so they could finish looking at the designs.
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Later that evening once Max was in bed Alec thought back to what Magnus had said about Finn. Finn was a really good kid and he was so glad that Max had made friends with him and not just for his own personal reasons. If anything he didn't just see Finn as the bonus that came with Magnus, so Max could have a playmate. It was more that Magnus was the bonus that came with Finn. The four of them just worked well together. It really made Alec feel warm and fuzzy inside.
Alec got up to get himself a beer and then sat down with a book he'd been meaning to start. It was a biography for some comedian, his birthday present from Clary. He needed a bit of light hearted escapism from time to time.
Just as he'd finished the first chapter and was nearly wetting himself with laughter Izzy came down the stairs.
"What's got you so tickled?" she asked struggling to keep a straight face at her older brother who was usually quite serious. Alec showed her the front cover of the book and then closed it, still giggling to himself. It was then he remembered he wanted to ask Izzy a favour.
"Iz, do you reckon you could do me a massive favour and look after Max on Friday night?" Alec asked whilst wiping his eyes of tears.
"Yea probably, I was gonna see Sophie for dinner but I'm sure she can move it to Saturday lunch or dinner or something. Why? What you got planned?" Izzy inquired. Alec blushed a tiny bit before explaining it was his first proper date with Magnus. "Oooh so what you gonna do?" Izzy continued.
"Well I was going to take him to Clary's art show thing, cos that's quite different and it's black tie for the opening night so we can dress up which Magnus will like." Izzy nodded and gestured for Alec to continue "and then I was thinking about dinner or a walk along the river or something after, I want to do something romantic but we still need to eat."
"Well I guess it's sort of a shame it's winter as then you could do a picnic. Although to be honest maybe it might just be fun to do it here. If you want I can help you set it up" Izzy suggested. Alec's face split into a grin.
"That's a great idea! It kind of makes it even more romantic if we just set it up on the floor here." Alec agreed.
"Yea and I can light some candles and stuff if you just give me a warning when you're on your way home" Izzy nodded her head along, adding to the plan.
Alec made a list of things he needed to get with Izzy suggesting more ideas as he wrote things down. He was pretty sure they had a picnic blanket somewhere. It was probably in his parents room. Maybe he'd just buy a new one, he hadn't been in there for a while and he kind of wanted to keep it that way.
He also made up his mind that he wanted to ask Magnus to officially be his boyfriend. They'd done 'stuff' already and they met for lunch every few days and they were going on a date but he didn't just want to assume that they were together now or whatever. He'd have a think about how to make that special too, he knew Magnus would love it if he did it with a bit of flare.
Once he'd exhausted his brain with thinking up ideas, he deposited his now empty beer bottle in the bin and trudged upstairs to bed, taking his book with him. He fell asleep willing Friday to come quickly.
A/N: I'd love some more reviews please! Hope you all had a great Christmas! xx