Sorry it took so long to update. I came back from holiday, then had a bunch of he, then on the day I was going to update, I was sick, so yeah, it's been a fun week! Oh well, here it goes. =3

Magnus sat next to Alec's bed, watching him sleep. He sat there and watched the steady rise and fall of Alec's chest, the strand of hair the he kept blowing around, listened to the constant melody of his breathing. It had been four days since Magnus had found Alec on the beach, and in that time, Alec had healed and was nearly as good as new. Sadly, they had yet to come up with a plan on what to do with him, where he was going to stay. He clearly was not going to return to that dreadful ship, the mere thought made Magnus shudder. Although Magnus, Catarina and eventually Raphael had excepted sharing a room with a foreigner, after what Alec's fellow Englishman had done to their town, the townspeople were probably going to be less open to change. That and Magnus' growing feelings for Alexander, and everything was going splendidly. Alec had insisted on helping with some manual labour, though he was restricted to inside the house chores only. Alec had even sat down and discussed medical what not with Cat. Other then his friend, there were no other doctors in the village. There were the elders, but even they lacked knowledge of medicines and the likening. Alec and Cat would sit for hours talking about different kinds of teachings he had learned in the west, the different herbs they could use etc.

Though Alec had slipped up a few days ago about which gender he was swayed towards, he had said nothing on the topic and this logically led Magnus to believe that what he felt was entirely one sided.

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Alec slowly lifted his head, groaning as his nearly but not quite healed wounds ached. Magnus reached forward to help, then thought that may be too intrusive and pulled back. In response Alec gripped his hands, causing his breath to catch in his throat. Alec pulled Magnus' long slender fingers so they covered his cheeks and Magnus gasped. Alexander was burning up.

"Alec-xander." Alec focused his soft blue eyes on him and Magnus noticed a flush spreading down him neck. "Alexander, I'm going to go and find Cat, you have a fever." Alec yet again caught his retreating hands and brought them to his face, then spoke, his hot breath tickling Magnus' palms. "Don't go. I feel better when your here."

"I have to get Cat, you have a fever! I- I don't... I don't know what to do." Slowly Magnus pulled his hands away from Alec's embrace, do wanting to leave him. "I need to get Cat. She needs to help you." He stood up and left the hut on a desperate search for his friend.

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"Cat! Cat... I need your help." Magnus lowered his voice so only he and Catarina could hear. "It's Alec. He has a fever. I couldn't... I didn't..." He took a deep breath.

"Shush. Magnus, shush. It's okay. He's in you home?" Magnus nodded in response, still out of breath from running to find her. Together they walked back to the hut, trying not to draw attention to themselves. As soon at they reached the door Catarina pushed inside and rushed to Alec's side closely followed by Magnus. They both dropped down in either side of him. The man slowly cracked open his blue eyes, a confused look on his face.

"You came back, Magnus, I missed you." At this the beautiful man gave a delirious smile, clearly the fever was affecting him.

"It's okay, I'm right here, it's okay Alexander." Magnus gave an encouraging smile and then turned to Cat, a worried look on his face. "Is it bad? How bad is it?"

"He's not that bad, just a light fever. Perhaps he shouldn't have exerted himself so much after his ordeal, that probably didn't help. He'll need to stay in bed for a day, and then maybe he shouldn't do anything for a few more after that. But don't worry Magnus he'll be fine." Magnus gave a sigh of relief, releasing a breath he didn't realised he had been holding.

"Okay. Thank you, sorry. I was just worried."

"It's alright Magnus, it was no problem. You had all the right to worried." She then left after comforting Magnus for a while longer. Sighing again, Magnus returned to his place beside the sleeping man. He remained there for a few hours waiting for Alexander to wake up again. His fever was slowly retreating and when he regained conscious it was nearly gone.

"Hey. How are you feeling?" Magnus asked a bleary Alec, concerned.

"Ugg. Bleh. Fine, I guess. Not fully recovered quite yet, I'd say."

"That's good to hear."

"Did you...did you stay here the whole time? How long have I been asleep?"

"Around three hours, and... yes. I have been here the whole time. I can... I can go if you want me to..." He shifted as if to get up, but Alec grabbed his wrist yet again.

"No, stay here. Thank you so much for staying. I greatly appreciate it. You... you didn't need to though."

"I wanted to. I mean... I wanted to make sure you were alright when you woke up." At this Alec gave his a meaningful look, one that held thanks and... something else. "The doctor, meaning Cat, said that you have to stay in bed for the rest of the day, and that you aren't allowed to except your self for the next few days." At this Alec groaned. Evidently he didn't agree with the diagnosis.

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Two days later Alec had snuck out of the hut, making sure nobody saw him. It was night time and the cool air whistled near his ears in a shrill screech. He slowly walked out onto the beach to walk along the sand. He did this nearly every night, and surprisingly, he hadn't been caught yet. He made sure to stick to the line of the forest and be as inconspicuous as possible, hiding in the long shadows cast by the swaying trees. Today, though, was not his lucky day. As he was walking he caught a glimpse of a figure coming in his direction. He visibly tensed when he thought it was going to be someone from the village. Then he relaxed, breathing a huge sigh of relief.

"Alec! What are you doing, someone could see you."

"Don't worry Magnus, I do this nearly every night." At this Magnus' eyes widened, causing Alec to feel rather bad about lying to him. Then he smirked, and Alec's worries abandoned him.

"May I join you?" Alec nodded and together they walked along the beach, chatting for hours like they had known each other their whole lives. Like they were meant for each other.

Sorry for the horrible ending. Please review if you have time, I like knowing what you think about it. Again, sorry for the long wait.