A/N: Sorry for the long time between updates. January is a VERY busy period for me at work. So much so that the stress has brought on a cold so I've been in bed writing this. Hurray for illness! Please read and review!
Friday did not come quickly. Now Max was back at Daycare he seemed to have trouble settling into it again considering he hadn't been for almost three weeks and he was tired and irritable when Alec picked him up each evening. Meaning getting him to eat dinner was a struggle and he would end up going to bed later, leaving him more tired. It really was true what they said about routine for kids. They needed it.
Luckily Clary came over a couple of nights that week to put Max to bed so Alec could have some down time and then they could catch up on how her wall for the show was looking.
Aside from the fact it was his and Magnus' first date Alec was really excited to go to Clary's show. He was immensely proud of his talented friend and he'd never been to a proper art show before. Sure he'd been to art museums and stuff but never to proper art shows where you could purchase the art.
Clary was in good spirits but as it got closer to Friday she started voicing her worries to Alec about people not liking her paintings and drawings and nobody buying anything from her wall and it being the only one not bare by the end of the show. Alec of course told her she was being ridiculous but it didn't really make a difference.
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On Thursday after his morning shift Alec went to the store to pick up items for his picnic for Magnus, getting some champagne too for the occasion. Alec wasn't really a massive fan of champagne but he thought it was called for. He got a bunch of red roses too and a new picnic blanket.
When he got home and had put all the food away he texted Magnus the details for tomorrow. He'd made him wait all week wanting to build up to the surprise. Now he was slightly worried he might have over
hyped it and Magnus wouldn't be that impressed.
I'll pick you up at 7.15 tomorrow evening. Wear a tux xx
Magnus was at work so he wasn't expecting a reply, so he got on with his afternoon doing a few chores before he had to pick Max up from Daycare. He cleaned the kitchen and downstairs living area for the picnic and also his ensuite just in case Magnus ended up staying the night again. Alec beamed at the memory of last time, waking up to Magnus in his bed. Completely naked at that. Alec had never had a proper relationship before, he'd fooled around you could say with a couple of guys at college. A few times with the same guy but that hadn't progressed into sleepovers.
Before he knew it it was time to pick Max up so he drove quickly to the Daycare centre. He pulled into the parking lot and spotted Magnus' car so parked next to it. As he parked he looked over and saw Magnus was sitting in his car on the phone looking a bit stressed.
Alec didn't know what to do. He didn't want to interfere on his conversation but he also didn't just want to walk off to get Max leaving Magnus to think he didn't care. He got out of his car and walked over to the drivers side door and tapped lightly on the window. Magnus obviously hadn't seen him as he jumped with surprise. He held his finger up as if to say 'one minute' then ended his call and put his phone in the centre console and got out of his car.
"Are you okay? That call looked a bit tense." Alec asked as he softly took one of Magnus' hands by his side and rubbed his thumb across the back of it as if to sooth him.
"Uh yea I guess. That was my boss asking where I had gone. I told him that I had to pick Finn up and take him home and get him to bed and then I would log back on from home but apparently he needs me in the office to go over some plans face to face with him. But a call will just have to do." Magnus explained and then took some deep breaths.
"Am I missing something here? You seem really stressed by this so it's obviously important and usually you'd just ask your mum to pick Finn up and look after him until you got home. Is that not an option?" Alec suggested.
"Yea, it's important. They're the plans for the museum. He's making his decision about the best three tomorrow and then presenting them to the town council in the afternoon. I thought he would just make the decision based off the plans but apparently he's spent the afternoon speaking to my colleagues about theirs and understanding their 'vision' but I rushed off before he got to my turn seemingly. And my mum's been away visiting my auntie and isn't back until tomorrow so she can't look after Finn." Magnus managed to get out through lots of huffing.
"Okay well I can look after Finn for the night and just drop him off to Daycare in the morning with Max. Only if you trust me to of course." Alec offered.
"Oh my gosh would you? That would solve all my problems and of course I trust you. I don't know why it didn't occur to me sooner!" Magnus exclaimed as he reached up to plant a kiss on Alec's lips.
"Yea absolutely. This is important, you need to give yourself the best shot at your designs for the museum being picked and besides Finn is no trouble at all." Alec assured Magnus.
"Oh my gosh thank you, thank you, thank you!" Magnus shouted then planted successive kisses again on Alec's lips before leaving his lips against Alec's on the last one and bringing his hands up to the sides of Alec's face and brushing his tongue between the crease in Alec's lips.
Alec opened up for Magnus immediately and pushed him gently against the car as their tongues met. After a few seconds Magnus broke away and started unbuttoning Alec's coat.
"Magnus we're in the Daycare parking lot" Alec breathed out as Magnus slid open Alec's coat and brought his hands round to link at the small of Alec's back to bring him even closer.
"Ssshhh" Magnus just replied and brought his mouth up to Alec's again. Alec gave in pretty easily once Magnus' tongue was back in his mouth and it was only when they heard a car door close somewhere nearby that they were both brought out of the spell. Alec leapt away from Magnus as Magnus just laughed.
"Come on Blue Eyes let's go get the boys." Magnus called over his shoulder as he walked off towards the building leaving a blushing Alec behind.
As they entered the classroom Finn and Max spotted them and ran up to them. Magnus bent down and explained to Finn that he was going to go home with Alec and Max and stay the night there and that Magnus or his Nanna would pick him up from Daycare tomorrow night. Finn seemed pretty excited by the prospect of another sleepover with Max.
Magnus told the Daycare staff that Alec would be bringing Finn in tomorrow in case they got alarmed as he wasn't one of the 'pre-informed carers' for Finn. Then they got the boys coats and bags together and made their way out. After a quick transfer of Finn's car seat to Alec's car the boys were safely belted in and Magnus was saying goodbye to Finn and telling him to be good.
"Thank you so much for doing this. You really didn't have to." Magnus thanked Alec again.
"Honestly Magnus it's really no trouble. Besides I couldn't just stand back and watch your hard work on these plans go to waste." Alec retorted.
"I know. But we've literally been… uh seeing each other… for less than two weeks and I'm already throwing my kid on you." Magnus murmured. It was rare for Magnus to be shy or embarrassed but obviously the talk of being together and sharing looking after the kids was a big topic for them.
Alec decided to snap Magnus out of that, he didn't like seeing him so unsure of himself. He needed him to be his usual confident self when going into this meeting with his boss so Alec set his prudishness aside and placed an open mouthed kiss just under Magnus' ear and whispered "It's okay you can repay me in sexual favours later" which caused Magnus to gasp.
Once he'd processed that properly and gotten over the shock of Alec's boldness he replied "certainly will gorgeous, you just wait til tomorrow night" and then pecked him on the lips and opened the car door for Alec to get in.
"Good luck in your meeting babe, text me later to tell me how it went" Alec said before hopping into the car.
"Will do Blue Eyes." Magnus replied before closing the door and watching Alec drive off. He hopped in his own car and then drove back to the office thinking about how lucky he was to have found Alec.
XxX
Max and Finn were both seemingly pretty tired since they were happy to just flop on the sofa and watch cartoons whilst Alec prepared their dinner. Usually they would be pretty noisy and babbling away to each other but they were so quiet Alec wondered if they had fallen asleep. He went to check on them as the peas were boiling in the pan and they were both still actually awake just engrossed in the tv.
They only had one booster seat for the dining table so Alec put Finn in it and had Max on his lap as he fed them both dinner. Seemingly Finn was a bit more advanced than Max as although Alec had to cut up his food he could basically feed himself after that. Max still went to use his hands and ignored the fork sitting on the table unless Alec put food on it and then passed it to him.
Alec again worried that he wasn't giving Max enough attention but calmed himself by thinking that Finn was a couple of months older and if Max really was behind then surely the Daycare centre would have said something by now. Perhaps Finn was just really advanced and Max was progressing at a normal rate. That would make sense, he knew Magnus' mum had been getting Finn to do things for himself from an early age when she looked after him.
As soon as they finished eating Max asked Alec if he could go to bed and could he read him and Finn two stories since there was two of them. Alec relented pretty quickly but told Max they had to have a bath first.
After a quick bath Alec went through the emergency clothing bag Magnus kept in his car that he'd given to Alec but couldn't find any pyjamas so he just put him in a pair of Max's. It didn't really matter if they were a bit short in the arms and legs. At least he had clothes for tomorrow for Finn that would fit him.
Once the boys were settled down in bed he gave them a choice of five books to read and then set about the storytelling, getting out his range of voices for the different characters. Halfway through the second book both boys were zonked out so Alec kissed Max on the head and after only a moment's hesitation did the same to Finn.
He wandered downstairs bringing the baby monitor with him and setting it on the kitchen side then thought about what to make for his and Izzy's dinner. She'd already told Alec she'd be home a bit late as a designer was coming in to give a talk after her classes and she didn't want to miss it. He was proud of his sister. In high school her work ethic hadn't been the greatest and although she'd come out with decent ish grades she hadn't ever really shown determination or drive towards her academics. Now though she was coming home most days telling Alec about what she'd learnt or done with enthusiasm. As Alec was cooking dinner Izzy walked through the front door.
"Hey big brother, how was your day?" Izzy asked as she put her bags down and walked over to the kitchen island.
"Yea good thanks, my shift was fine and then I got the stuff for tomorrow for the picnic. Oh by the way Finn is over for the night so don't worry if you hear two voices in the morning coming from Max's room." Alec explained.
"Okay sure, why is he here?" Izzy queried as she started eating the nacho chips that Alec had put in a bowl to have with their fajitas.
"Magnus has to work late and his mum is out of town so can't babysit. Stop eating those chips you'll ruin your appetite" Alec scolded putting on his best impression of what their mum used to be like.
"So is he coming over after to stay too? Should I wear ear plugs?" Izzy teased.
"No he's not, I didn't really think about that. Well I assume he isn't." Alec confirmed. From their conversation earlier it didn't seem like he was going to and he had told the Daycare staff that it would be Alec dropping Finn in.
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After they ate and Alec asked all the right questions seemingly, from the grin on Izzy's face, about her talk from the designer Alec walked Izzy through how he wanted things set up for the picnic tomorrow night. He was getting a bit nervous now, he knew he needn't do but he wanted it to be perfect.
He wanted the food laid out on one side of the blanket and the cushions from the sofa surrounding the other side so they could sit comfortably. Then the roses were to be placed on the side table next to the blanket along with the champagne and two glasses. Izzy assured him she knew what she was doing but he made her repeat it all back to him anyway.
Izzy got a bit fed up of Alec not trusting her to set it up right so told him she was going to bed and then slouched off up the stairs. Alec tidied up the dinner plates and kitchen quickly and then wiped down the sides again once more and crept upstairs himself and into his room.
As he was coming out of the shower he heard his phone beep in succession. Worried that something was wrong he tied the towel quickly round his waist and went to retrieve his phone from his bedside table.
Hey gorgeous, meeting went really well. Boss said he really liked my designs. I hope they get picked xx
Like really really liked my designs. He was asking loads of questions and getting into the depth of it and then when I left he clapped me on the back and told me to keep up the good work! xx
It's so exciting! Anyway how is Finn? Did he go down okay and eat for you and generally not cause trouble? xx
And how are you my sweet? xx
Alec read the multitude of messages and then got into his pyjamas quickly before he replied. None of it seemed urgent like he had suspected so he brushed his teeth quickly too so he could just get into bed and not have to get up again.
Oh well done! Sounds really positive, good for you. Finn was absolutely fine, no trouble at all like I said. I'm good too, excited for tomorrow evening xx
Glad to hear about Finn. I am excited for tomorrow night too. Super excited to see what the surprise is. I'll get my tux out of the cupboard now, intrigued to see what I need to wear it for… xx
I hope you like it, I worry I've hyped it up too much. Are you at the office still or at home? xx
I'm sure whatever it is I will I love it! I'm at home, just got in. Sorry I would've come over but I need to be up early tomorrow for a 7am meeting and I didn't want to be a nuisance and wake you up late tonight and then early xx
Okay well you get to bed if you have to be up that early. I'm about to sleep too so I'll say goodnight now xx
Thanks gorgeous. Night xx
XxX
Alec slept peacefully but was woken early by the shouting coming from Max's room. He tried to ignore it but it really was loud so after ten minutes he just got up. He took the boys downstairs holding a hand each so they wouldn't trip. Usually Max still scooted down on his bum but more recently he had been trying his hand at walking down. Mostly very slowly. At least it was progress.
He gave the boys a quick porridge breakfast and got them off to Daycare. Once he was at work, he found himself getting restless. He had a shift with one of the newbies who he hadn't really spoken to much yet and it wasn't that busy but he couldn't bring himself to start up a meaningful conversation. Really he just wanted the hours to pass so he could go home and get ready for his date with Magnus.
Towards lunchtime Alec got a text from Magnus
He picked my designs! My designs to be presented to the council for the museum! Xx
Yay well done babe! When will you know if they are the ones being used? Xx
Probably not for a while. They are being presented this afternoon but the council will probably take a few weeks to decide and then have more questions and want to change bits before they are certain xx
Okay well at least it's not months. We must celebrate tonight! Xx
Yes, let's. Right I better get back to work. See you this eve xx
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During the afternoon Zach came in briefly for a coffee and to pick up a muffin as he only lived above the shop so had his coffee needs met easily (and freely) by popping downstairs.
"Hey Alec, Chad. How are you guys?" Zach asked politely as he waited for Chad to make his coffee.
"Good thanks. It's been quiet this morning but picked up a bit this afternoon." Alec replied.
"I asked how you were, not how the shop was" Zach stated whilst he placed a hand on Alec's shoulder "any plans for this evening? I've got two tickets for this comedy show if you want to join" Zach offered.
Alec shook his head and then realised he needed to explain why "Sorry Clary's got her art show opening so I'm going to that with Magnus."
"You're still with that guy?" Zach asked sharply.
"Err yea, I mean it's only been a couple of weeks…" Alec replied trailing off with a confused look.
Zach removed his hand from Alec's shoulder, grabbed his coffee which was now on the counter and almost stormed out of the door.
"What was that about?" Chad asked seemingly also nearly as confused as Alec.
"I have no idea…" Alec replied.
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By the time Alec had picked Max up from Daycare, apparently just missing Magnus according to Max, he drove home quickly as it was already six o clock. He made Max a very quick dinner and then left him with Izzy when she got in so he could get ready.
He had the quickest shower ever and then donned his tux. He tried to fix his hair as best as he could in the mirror, taking a deep breath and trying to calm his nerves.
He said a short goodbye to Max and Izzy and then jumped into his car and drove to Magnus'. He checked his hair again and adjusted his bow tie in the car mirror and then strolled up to the front door.
Cathy opened the door and smiled at him gesturing for him to come in.
"Magnus is still upstairs but I'm sure he'll be down soon. Can I get you a drink whilst you wait?" Cathy offered.
"No I'm okay thank you Cathy. I'll just sit and wait over here" Alec said gesturing to the sofa. Cathy wandered off back into the kitchen and Finn came up to Alec and started playing with his bow tie asking what it was. So much for straightening it!
"It's called a bow tie. You know how your daddy wears ties to work but they are long down to here" Alec gestured to his belt "these are like that but short."
As Finn continued to play with his bow tie Magnus walked down the stairs. Alec glanced up and his breath caught in his throat. Magnus was wearing a pair of tight fitting black slacks with a white shirt and a plum coloured velvet jacket and a matching bow tie. He looked so beautiful with the front of his hair styled into a quiff and the rest slicked back and the purple eyeshadow he had on.
Finn went over to Magnus and asked about his bow tie as Alec just gaped mouth open, Magnus picked Finn up, gave him a kiss on the cheek, said goodbye and then put him back down again, all whilst maintaining eye contact with Alec.
He grabbed Alec's hand from where it was resting on the arm of the sofa and pulled him up to his feet.
"Ma we're going" Magnus called and then without waiting for a reply tugged Alec towards the front door, opened it quickly and pulled him through it.
Next thing Alec knew the door was slamming and Magnus had him pressed against the house and his tongue was thrusting in Alec's mouth.
Once the shock wore off Alec tried to keep up with Magnus' tongue but he was really losing the battle for control, not that he minded one bit. Magnus' hands were all over him; running up and down his arms, then to his ass, then up to his neck. Alec couldn't keep up. After a minute or two of this they needed air and Magnus broke away but hovered close to Alec's mouth and said "You look absolutely delicious. I love a man in a tux."
"Uh yea I can tell… you look great too but we can't stand here kissing all night, I have plans for us" Alec replied teasingly.
"Okay one more kiss first though." Magnus negotiated before he swooped up and resumed the kissing anyway. This one was much less hurried and more gentle and slow. Magnus pulled away after only a few seconds and then waltzed off to the car leaving Alec dazed and using the wall to support his weight as his weak knees currently couldn't.
He took a few more seconds to gather himself and then got in the car too. He drove them quickly to the town hall where the art show was being held and parked up. Magnus continued to be touchy feely as they walked into the building, holding Alec's hand and bumping against his shoulder as they walked. That was the level of PDA Alec could handle though.
"The art show. Amazing idea!" Magnus exclaimed energetically as they walked in and he saw the fancy welcome sign. They took two glasses of champagne, nobody seemed bothered about IDs, maybe it was just because Alec had a tux on that he looked older than he was. That and the fact he hadn't shaved for a few days and had stubble forming. It really did make him look older.
Magnus leant up to kiss him on the cheek after taking a sip of champagne and whispered "perfect first date" which caused Alec to grin. So far so good.
They wandered in to the main hall and Alec looked for Clary. He couldn't see her but he did recognise some of her drawings on a wall so he walked that way pulling Magnus along with him.
Alec spotted Clary as he got closer and the crowd had died down a little. She was talking to two people, but then spotted Alec and excused herself.
"Ah yay you guys are here" she squealed as she leaned in to give both men a kiss on the cheek.
"Clary your art looks amazing, you must talk us through each piece later." Magnus suggested.
"Absolutely, I would love to. Thank you so much for coming, it means a lot." Clary agreed.
"Of course, we wouldn't miss it, it really does look great. I can't believe you've achieved so much in only a couple of months" Alec complimented.
"I know it feels longer than that but I'm really happy with it how it turned out. Now I just need to see if people buy anything!" Clary said somewhat proudly.
"I'm sure they will Biscuit" Magnus tried to reassure her.
"Biscuit?" Clary asked. Magnus just shrugged and said he gave everyone a nickname.
"Fine, but why Biscuit?" Clary asked looking very confused.
"Well because, you have ginger hair and that reminds me of Ginger Snaps, the biscuit, so I am going to call you Biscuit." Magnus explained. Alec chuckled, at Clary's face. She was quite confused.
"Okayyy... now sorry I must go, that was my grandparents I just practically ignored to come say hi to you guys." Clary apologised as she scurried off.
At that Magnus tugged Alec over to the bottom of Clary's wall to look at it more closely. It really was very well put together. The drawings were dispersed between the paintings so there wasn't too much colour in one section and the biggest two paintings were displayed right at the top of the wall with the pieces getting smaller as you came down. Clary's theme seemed to be portraits as there was people in every one. It was only when Alec focused properly on each piece did he realise that on the outskirts about halfway up the wall was a drawing of himself.
"That girl" Alec grumbled under his breath. Magnus followed Alec's eyeline and gasped "Oh my, it's beautiful..."
It was a black and white pencil drawing of Alec looking straight out of the page, with a hint of mischief in his eyes. He had no idea when Clary would have drawn that or even if it was from an actual moment that happened or if she'd imagined it in her head before drawing it.
Magnus let go of Alec's hand and wandered off as Alec stared at the drawing. A few minutes later he returned standing next to Alec again.
"I bought it" Magnus informed Alec. Alec turned to Magnus with a frown on his face.
"What! Why would you buy that? Why not spend your money on something more worthy" Alec asked whilst waving his hand towards the whole of Clary's wall. Anything else on there would have been better.
"What do you mean more worthy. You're worth every cent. Besides I couldn't have someone else taking that home" Magnus justified.
Alec just scoffed and pulled Magnus over to the next artist's section, hoping that it didn't cost him too much.
All the art was incredible, he couldn't believe these were all amateurs. However he thought Clary's wall was the most impressive but he was probably biased. She did seem to be getting a lot of attention though.
Halfway through the evening there was a speech from the mayor and then Alec and Magnus spent some time chatting to Clary about her artwork. Apparently nearly half of her pieces had already been bought.
"Good for you Clary but when were you going to tell me about my face being up on that wall." Alec chastised.
"Erm never because I knew you'd react like this." Clary said bluntly causing Magnus to burst out laughing beside her.
"Argh, ugh, I- I…" Alec stammered out. Magnus just chuckled and rubbed up and down Alec's back.
"Ssshhh Blue Eyes, it's okay" Magnus whispered to Alec whilst still chuckling.
"Let's go look at the last few artists and find some more of those salmon and cream cheese vol au vents I like" Magnus said as he quickly skimmed his hand over Alec's ass. That focused Alec and he walked off toward the section of the hall they hadn't yet covered before Magnus started grabbing.
After more vol au vents and finishing off their circuit of the hall Magnus dragged Alec out a side door and into an empty hallway. "This was perfect, thank you for a wonderful evening." Magnus started but Alec interrupted telling him it wasn't over yet.
"Oh. So what's next? Dinner?" Magnus asked as he leaned in "or do you want to come back to mine?" Magnus whispered sultrily and then licked the shell of Alec's ear. That was super tempting but it was only 9.30 and Alec knew he had a whole picnic planned out at home and that if Magnus' antics so far were anything to go by that they would likely end up in bed at Alec's anyway.
"Nope, there's still a surprise to come. Are you ready to go?" Alec managed to get out after gulping deeply.
"Yep. Let me just pop to the restroom quickly." Magnus replied as he stepped away from Alec. He once again astounded Alec at how quickly he could go from being so seductive to being straight up normal again whilst Alec was left taking deep breaths and trying to calm his heart rate.
Alec texted Izzy to let her know they'd be home in about fifteen minutes so could she light the candles and put the food from the fridge out and then make herself scarce.
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Magnus was trying to guess where they were going at the start of the journey but as they drove out of the middle of town he gave up and started discussing his favourite bits of the art show.
When they turned onto Alec's street Magnus stopped talking and turned to Alec asking him what was going on. Alec refused to give in to Magnus and when they pulled into the driveway he came round to the passengers side and opened the door giving Magnus his hand.
Once they were at the front door Alec put his key in the lock and twisted but didn't push it open instead he brought Magnus gently in front of him and covered his eyes with his hands and then told Magnus to walk slowly through the door. Once they were in, Alec kissed Magnus' ear and then whispered for him to open his eyes as he removed his hands. He gasped quietly and walked forward.
"Oh Alec this is so thoughtful. I love picnics and with the candles and the champagne. You're amazing" Magnus gushed as Alec led him over to the blanket and forced him to sit down.
Alec took his jacket off and laid it over the sofa and then opened the champagne and poured two glasses as Magnus did the same and got settled against some cushions.
Alec sat down with Magnus and passed him a glass of champagne and then raised his glass to clink again Magnus' "Here's to you and your incredible museum designs being picked to be presented" Alec toasted. Magnus nodded his head to Alec and then made his own toast "and here is to us and our perfect first date". They shared a brief kiss and then Alec told Magnus to dig in to whatever food he wanted. Magnus' eyes lit up at that and he immediately reached for the chocolate covered strawberries. He had a couple himself and then held one up to Alec's mouth.
Alec went to bite it but Magnus swiped it across his cheek instead so he had a line of chocolate there and then ate the strawberry himself. At Alec's indignant look he got on his hands and knees and proceeded to lick the line of chocolate off Alec's cheek down to his mouth and then resumed the rough and passionate kissing from earlier in the evening as he pushed Alec gently back on to the cushions and crawled up him.
At this rate they wouldn't even be eating any of this food before they ended up in bed. Magnus was pretty horny seemingly if the hand creeping up the inside of Alec's thigh was anything to go by. Not that Alec wasn't, jeez just the sight of Magnus was enough half the time, but he was starving and he wanted to eat some of the food he'd made the effort of preparing. And he wanted to make it official with Magnus.
"I want to taste you again" Magnus whispered in Alec's ear and Alec moaned, maybe all that other stuff could wait. He'd never been with someone like Magnus, someone who got him so hot and bothered.
Magnus' hand had finished trailing up Alec's thigh and was now rubbing Alec to hardness. He really was horny. Alec thrust his tongue back in Magnus mouth and brought his own hands up to Magnus' ass to give it a squeeze which caused Magnus to squeeze Alec's cock in turn.
"Okay let's take this upstairs" Alec managed to get out. He'd ask Izzy to make herself scarce but who knew if she'd come down at some point.
"Oh no what about all the food, we have to eat it. I'll just continue to tease you until we're done." Magnus said in the most innocent voice and then got another chocolate covered strawberry and actually fed it to Alec this time.
This continued on for a while, the alternating between kissing and touching and feeding each other. Until it got too much for Alec and he wanted to just get the boyfriend formalities out the way and drag Magnus to bed.
So that's what he set about doing. Most of the food was gone and he was feeling quite full, both their bow ties were off and their top few buttons undone, and Alec's dick had been straining against his pants for the last forty minutes.
So he grabbed a single rose from the vase, pulled Magnus to his feet and then shyly said "Magnus Bane would you be my boyfriend?" before placing the rose in his mouth and getting down on one knee feeling rather cheesy. He heard a gasp from Magnus, so he knew his gesture had surprised him at least.
After steadying himself, he knew champagne got him tipsy far more quickly, Alec looked up at Magnus... only to see a look of horror on his face.