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About Last Night
Part 9 Of:
Magnus Bane
Psychic Detective Series
What the Hell happened last night?
That seems to be the question on everyone's mind…
Magnus and Alec wake up in bed together…Did they just fall asleep…or was there more? Magnus will be furious if he can remember nearly every detail of everything…but can't remember his first night with Alexander; if that's the case…SOMEONE is going to pay.
(Jace. Jace is going to pay)
Izzy wakes up at the apartment with no memory of what happened the night before and a strange phone number written in sparkly purple ink on her hand.
Raphael awakens in the bathtub, fully dressed (In Simons' Clothes) with no idea how he got there or what is going on.
Simon was out of town for ONE night…Apparently he cannot leave the other three unsupervised.
And finally; what does Jace have to do with all of this
(And will the others kill him when they find out?)
Notes:
Okay, so at this point I don't even know why I bother putting in these disclaimer type things …It'd be odder for me to have a story that actually IS in my wheelhouse…Anyways…
This one is inspired by the episode when Shawn, Lassie and Woody woke up with no memories of the night before. The idea came from a suggestion on my very first story. I really loved that episode and I think it'll be really fun with our cast.
That being said…This one MIGHT be a bit odd. I'm kinda trying something a bit different, and I really don't know how it'll work…but that's worked pretty well so far.
There won't be a flashback at the beginning…rather there will be many throughout the story as they regain their memories of the night before. It might seem a bit jumpy or disconnected…but I think (If I can pull it off how I have it planned) it should be really fun.
I'm probably gonna do this story the same way I did the last…update each part of each chapter separately (Each on will have at least two, if you read a chapter and it only has one part check back in a day or so and it should be completed-though my schedule on the weekend is usually kinda odd so Saturday and Sunday's may not have updates.) this way I can stick to some kind of schedule and I can get the story up faster (Also I won't be rushing through the second half in order to post faster) Sorry if this causes any confusion, but it just works so much better for me.
Also, This is the LAST story before Magnus and Alec actually get together…meaning this is my last chance to tease and fluster them…so I'm gonna do that as much as humanly possible,
Kay?
Okay, enough of me babbling on…
Let's see how this goes…
Chapter 1-
Wake up to a Dream
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Magnus-Magnus-Magnus-Magnus-Magnus *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-Mmmm…
Magnus sighed contently, slowly drifting back to consciousness, though in no hurry to actually do so. Usually he was fairly quick to wake up, but for some reason today he just wasn't feeling it. He actually felt totally happy to stay exactly how he was for the foreseeable future. He didn't know what it was, exactly, wasn't really coherent enough to even begin thinking it out, but he just felt totally, completely content; warm, happy and relaxed, like he was exactly where he belonged.
He turned slightly, cuddling closer to the warmth next to him in bed. There was a pleased, deep, wonderfully familiar hum, and the, very impressive, arm around him tugged him in closer, hand resting lightly on Magnus's lower back, moving in slow, soothing circles.
Magnus sighed again, slipping his arms around Alexander, pulling him in closer, nuzzling happily against his neck.
Ah…he must actually still be asleep…
That was okay…
He loved this dream.
He nuzzled closer, pressing a few light kisses to Alexander's neck, drawing out a delightfully soft, warm gasp that had Magnus's heartbeat speeding up. Alec shifted, lightly kissing along Magnus's jaw, before finding his way to his lips, tugging him into a wonderfully slow, deep, completely overwhelming kiss that had Magnus breathless, dizzy and desperate in a matter of seconds. Magnus gave a slight, breathless whimper, tugging him closer, eagerly deepening the kiss. Alec made a pleased, enthusiastic sound that was almost a growl, leaving Magnus's head spinning.
God…it never felt this good, this real
Alexander reaches up, carding his fingers through Magnus's hair. The arm around Magnus tightened somewhat, his hand drifting lower, brushing lightly, almost teasingly, against the top of his pajama pants…
Huh…that was odd…why was he wearing those in his dream?
That wasn't the only odd thing…
It was far more vivid then it ever had been, so much more real. It seemed like he could really feel Alexander; the strength in the arm wrapped around him, feel his breath against his skin, the way it caught every now and then, the heat from his body, could smell his sent…though it was a bit different.
He didn't have his cologne…it was usually fairly faint, but almost always there. He smelled clean and fresh, like he'd just showered…
Why did he smell like Magnus's bath products?
….
…
..
.
Oh crap…
Magnus freezes, pulling back slightly, opening his eyes, reality coming into jarring focus. He gasps in shock. Then again when Alexander, veryreal, not a dream Alexander, begins kissing down his neck, the hand on his back urging him closer, drifting lower still.
Wow…his imagination was nothing compared to the real thing…
He moaned, sliding one hand up Alexander's back, into his hair, tugging him closer, the other grasping rather desperately at his shoulder. Alec groaned, shifting Magnus onto his back, leaning in for another deep kiss. Magnus whimpered again, pulling him down on top of him, tugging at his hair, nipping lightly at his lower lip before going in for another hungry kiss.
The reality was so much better than any dream…
Alec begins kissing down Magnus's neck and a bit lower, slowly starting down his chest. He hummed happily… Magnus opened his eyes, gazing over Alexander; Alec still had his eyes closed, a slight, dreamy smile playing on his lips in between kisses. He looked totally content…like he was caught up in a dream.
Magnus froze…
Reality crashing in for the second time this morning.
Alexander didn't know what was happening. He thought he was dreaming. Magnus needed to stop this right now, before it went any farther…while he was still level headed enough to actually be able to stop it.
He took a deep breath, catching Alec's shoulder, stilling him. Alec groaned faintly, trying to continue.
"A-Alexander...sweetheart, you need to wake up."
"Hmm…" He murmured sleepily, brow furrowing a bit, still not opening his eyes, nuzzling closer with a faint sigh, settling in, resting his head on Magnus's chest.
Magnus couldn't quite contain a soft sigh…he brought his hand up, lightly running his fingers through Alexander's hair. Alec gave a warm, soft smile, tightening his hold on Magnus.
They needed to figure out what was going on, as Magnus just realized he had no idea how they'd ended up like this (and he sure as hell would remember going to bed with Alexander).
They needed to get up and figure out what happened…no matter how wonderful it felt having Alexander wrapped around him, how much he'd rather just stay exactly like this for as long as possible.
Alexander didn't know what was going on…it wasn't right.
Alec sighed contentedly, nuzzling closer, pressing a soft, sleepy kiss to Magnus's chest, right above his heart.
Magnus fought off a groan
Damn morality…
Magnus squeezed his shoulder, shaking it lightly.
"Sweetheart..." He said softly "You need to wake up, darling"
"Hmm…" he turned questioningly, slowly opening his eyes.
He gave a wonderfully soft, dreamy smile, one hand trailing lazily up Magnus's side
"Hmmm…morning beautiful" he murmured softly
Magnus felt his heartbeat skyrocket
Wow…okay…can he just wake up to that, like, every morning? Please?
"A-Alexander…darling? D-do you remember what happened last night?" he asked softly
Alec looked slightly confused by the question, like he was still fuzzy and half asleep. Magnus remembered how long it took him to realize it was real…how long it took him to fully wake up. That truly wasn't good. He tried thinking back again, but was drawing a total blank. It was kind of worrying him.
He reached over, catching Alec's hand, stilling the movement, it was far too distracting. He took his hand, interlacing their fingers, squeezing slightly.
"Sweetheart, this is real, you are not dreaming…"
Alec looked bewildered still; Magnus squeezed his hand again, harder this time, really trying to get the reality of the situation thru to Alec. He froze, eyes widening. He pulled back, setting up quickly, disentangling himself from Magnus, scooting over slightly, glancing around the room, the truth of the situation settling in.
"I-I…w-what's…I don't…" he shook his head slightly, glancing around again, before looking back at Magnus.
Magnus sighed…
He looked worried, confused, extremely self conscious, and guilty, as he seemed to realize exactly what he'd been doing. Magnus moved closer again, almost hesitantly taking Alec's hand once more.
"Sweetheart, breathe…and please stop looking so guilty"
"But Magnus I-"
"Thought you were dreaming…I thought the same thing when I woke up…it's okay, sweetheart" he said reassuringly, squeezing his hand, subconsciously pulling him closer.
Alec leaned in, settling in nearly against him. He shook his head in confusion.
"Magnus, what happened last night? I…I don't remember" He said softly, apologetically
Magnus shook his head as well, taking a deep breath.
"Sweetheart…I don't either"
Alec startled at that
"What! Y-you…but, the whole eidetic memory thing? You remember everything…"
He shrugged self-consciously
"Yes…well…apparently it doesn't work if I black out."
"You…?"
He shrugged again, nodding faintly
"Are…are you okay? How do you feel?" Alec asked, leaning closer, brushing his hand against his cheek, tilting his head up slightly so he could look in his eyes, worriedly checking everything.
Magnus gave a soft almost laugh
"Darling…I believe you did as well, you know as little as I do about it. I think someone may have slipped us something. How do you feel?"
Alec shook his head
"I don't know…fine I guess…a little fuzzy, but other than that okay."
Magnus nodded faintly,
"Well, at least there are no lingering affects…I suppose that's something"
Alec inhaled sharply, eyes widening.
"W-wait…did we…?" he asked trailing off, blushing
Magnus shook his head
"No…I don't believe we did"
Alec shook his head somewhat frantically
"B-but you don't remember…how can you be sure?"
Magnus shrugged, blushing slightly
"Well… first off, if we did there would be some kind of evidence; there is none so that seems to prove it."
Alec blushed brightly, but nodded, relaxing slightly, tilting his head, thinking
"You said first…what else?"
Magnus sighed
"Well, we are both dressed…for the most part in any case…if we had we wouldn't be" Alec nodded again, relaxing more, before something occurs to him.
He pulls the covers back, glancing at himself in confusion, before looking back at Magnus, even more alarmed
"Umm…These aren't my pants"
Magnus glances over, blushing brighter still
Okay… that…that's…umm…
"Uh…t-those are mine"
Alec startled again
"Why am I wearing your pants?!"
"I don't know! I remember as much as you!"
"Well…what does this mean? Did we?"
"No! I told you, we didn't"
"But you don't know! Not for sure!"
"We didn't"
"But I'm-"
"I know…okay, I don't know…maybe you put them on after you showered"
"When did I shower?!"
"Okay, once AGAIN; I know as much as you right now"
"But yo-"
"You don't smell like your cologne and shampoo, you smell like my shampoo and bodywash"
Which was just unfairly distracting...
"Okay, and you are so sure we didn't because…?"
"Like I said we're both dressed"
"We could have dressed after, to go to bed!"
"No we couldn't"
"Why?"
"Because"
"Because why?"
"Because I don't sleep in anything"
"Well t-that…umm…t-tha…" he trailed off, blushing brilliantly
Despite the situation, Magnus couldn't contain a faint chuckle at his reaction,
He was so adorable when he was flustered
Magnus sighed, shaking his head, glancing over at Alec, tugging lightly at his hand, until he looked up.
"Sweetheart, I don't know what happened last night. However I cannot believe that I would have such bad luck as to remember everything about, well, everything, but not remember that, okay?"
Alec nodded faintly, leaning a bit closer
"We really need to figure this out"
Magnus nodded in agreement.
They really did…and one thing was for damn sure…If someone slipped them something and it caused him to miss his first night with Alexander, they were going to pay…
He'd make Raphael's revenge schemes pale in comparison…
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Raphael-Raphael-Raphael-Raphael-Raphael *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-Ugh…
Raphael groaned faintly, shifting a bit trying to get comfortable…it was no use though. He had a crick in his neck, he felt like he was laying at a really weird angle. He tried to move a bit more seeing if he could get a more comfortable position, but something just wasn't right.
Where was his pillow? Why was it so cold? And why was his bed so hard?
He felt really fuzzy, like he was having trouble waking up, he shifted again, trying to crack his eyes open.
His vision was kind of fuzzy, he blinked a few times, still it took a minute or two for things to adjust, when it did it made no sense whatsoever.
That wasn't his bedroom ceiling…
Well…t-that kind of made a bit more sense as to why he couldn't get comfortable. Though it did raise just a few more questions…like why the hell was he waking up in the bathtub? The empty bathtub… and fully dressed?
A lot of questions…
He glanced over to the side, looking around trying to get more clues, as well as his bearings and startled slightly, before relaxing.
Simon was standing there, next to the tub, arms crossed, one eyebrow raised, looking just as baffled as Raphael felt.
He tilted his head slightly in confusion
"Uhh…hello, amore? Aren't you supposed to be out of town till 10 on Sunday morning?" Raphael asked curiously
Simon's eyes widened slightly
"Uh…Raph…it IS Sunday, it's noon…you were going to pick me up, but you didn't show I couldn't get a hold of you. I tried Magnus and then Alec, but same thing, so I just called for an Uber."
Raphael startled slightly, setting up, then flinching a bit from the twinge in his neck.
"W-what? I…Sorry, you must have been really worried"
Simon gave a slight laugh, shaking his head
"It's okay…guess you must of had quite an interesting Saturday, huh? I know I told you not to sulk the entire time I was gone, but I didn't think you'd actually celebrate" he teased lightly
Raphael thought for a moment…but shook his head, faintly
"I-I don't remember…" he said hesitantly
Simon sobered instantly,
"What do you mean?"
"I don't remember anything from yesterday." He said shaking his head again
Simon moved closer, perching on the edge of the tub. He reached over, brushing his hair back, leaning in, looking him over, concerned.
"What's the last thing you remember?"
"I-I'm not…I'm not sure. I remember taking you to the airport, dropping you off, and a bit here and there from Friday, but after that…I-I really don't know."
"Well, how do you feel?"
He thought for a minute, then shrugged
"Not too bad…kinda fuzzy headed, and my neck is a bit sore, but I think that's from spending the night in the bathtub, which I am really confused by…when you came in did you see anything else odd?" he asked, glancing around once more.
Simon nodded, somewhat relieved, thinking over everything else
"Umm…well, I was kind of worried since I couldn't get a hold of any of you, I glanced in and saw someone in Magnus's bed, I'd assume it's him…I was going to go over to Alec's after I came here just to be sure. I came in your room to check and your bed was empty, but I noticed the bathroom door was open and glanced in here, then I found you."
He nodded faintly, tilting his head
"Anything else odd?"
"Well…the place is a bit of a mess…there's kind of a lot of stuff left out in the kitchen and a pile of blankets on the couch…and more on the loveseat and lounge… and a few over the dining room table. It kinda looks like someone tried to build a blanket fort, but gave up. There's a couple empty bottles on the coffee table and a few odds and ends…
Also? You're wearing my clothes…" he trailed off, looking him over, trying to fight off a slight giggle in spite of the situation.
"I Am?" Raphael asked, shocked looking down at himself
How the hell did he miss that?
He's wearing a bright green shirt with some Star Wars thing and 'Come to the Dork Side, We have cookies' written on it, and a pair of Simons Pajama pants that are purple and decorated with little yodas…
"Seriously? What happened last night?"
He glanced back down at himself, taking in the outfit once more, and looking around the bathroom, glancing back at Simon, shaking his head
"I don't know if I want to know…" he muttered
Simon chuckled, reaching over clasping his hand to help him up. Raphael stood up somewhat shakily, clambering out of the tub; Simon slipped his arm around him, steadying him just in case.
Well…he supposed there was an upside to this after all
Raphael looped one arm around Simon, the other one reaching up, brushing his hair back, tugging him in for a soft kiss. Simon hummed happily winding his other arm around Raphael's waist, tugging him a bit closer.
"Welcome home, amore" Raphael murmured
He smiled warmly, blushing faintly
"It's good to be home" he said, leaning forward, giving him one more quick kiss
"Now, why don't we get moving and see if we can find out what happened yesterday?" he suggested, sliding his hand down Raphael's arm, linking their fingers
Raphael nodded as they moved out into the living room.
"Yeah, because this is…" he trailed off, looking around the apartment in astonishment
"Wow…you were not kidding…I didn't think we even had this many blankets" he shook his head, looking around in confusion. He made his way around the living room, looking at the piles of blankets and linens, totally baffled.
There's no way they bought some of these, he thought, absently brushing his fingers over a dark blue comforter. Simon slipped up beside him, looking over them a bit closer, shaking his head.
"Yeah…these really don't look like something you or Magnus would pick out, they almost seem like-
Alec!?"
Well that didn't make sense…why would they have…
Raphael glanced over at him in confusion before following his line of sight over towards Magnus's bedroom.
Oh…
"Uh…h-hey Alec, Magnus...Morning…" Simon offered awkwardly
Raphael just kind of stared in confusion…that seemed to be the theme of the day
He didn't really know what to say
What's the standard etiquette when your two best friends, who have been flirting for the moment they met and for nearly a year, actually FINALLY figure it out and you just wander in on them the next morning?
Do you address it? Ignore it? Ask them what they want for breakfast?
He had a LOT of questions this morning
Magnus and Alec were standing at the door to his room, looking like deer caught in the headlights. They'd both clearly just woke up, both blurry eyed, hair a mess, no shirts, and both wearing pairs of Magnus's satin pajama pants. Magnus's were his favorite purple ones, Alec had a pair that where a deep wine red.
"Umm…So…Simon's back" he offered, vaguely gesturing towards his boyfriend. Said boyfriend just kind of gave a bit of an awkward wave, still staring somewhat wide-eyed.
Yeah…he was going with ignore…seems the most practical.
Magnus glanced over at him curiously
"I thought you did not get back until Sunday morning?"
Simon's eyes widened even more so
"Magnus…are you alright?
It Is Sunday, it's noon, my plane got in two hours ago and I couldn't get a hold of any of you"
He paused shaking his head, glancing at Magnus and Alec's surprised expressions before turning back to Raphael
"So…I take it none of you remember yesterday?" he asked glancing at the others
They all shook their heads. Raphael caught a faint worried glance between Magnus and Alec.
Oh…this…this really wasn't good
"We really need to figure this out" Simon declared glancing once more from his boyfriend back to his two best friends.
"Yeah…we really do"
They all startle at the new voice, looking over towards the dining room, near the table…
Well, more accurately, as one of the blankets draped over it was pulled aside, from under the table
"Izzy!?"
_End Of Chapter Notes_
Kay, NOW I'm done
Okay, so I started writing this yesterday, but I kept getting distracted…rereading it. I'm never too sure about writing more 'intimate' scenes…I have, like zero practice at that, and they tend to sound really cheesy to me, which I want to avoid at all cost.
I really do like how it turned out though.
Just FYI
The first 3 scenes (the two for ch.1 and the 1st one in ch.2) kind of happen simultaneously, the first is Magnus and Alec waking up, next we have Raphael, then Izzy. Hope this isn't too confusing, but it was the only way I could do it. Also, I am going to TRY to keep this one somewhat short ('short' for me being close to 30k words) because they're getting really long and I am truly worried exactly how long the next story will turn out as I have so many ideas for it, it's not even funny.
Here's the second part as well…it may be a bit short but I really want to get this going.
It's really just sit up and a few more clues to look into (Like the blankets, and why is Raphael wearing that, and did he actually go out somewhere like that?)
Anyways,
What do you guys think so far?
O23O
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