A/N: Aaand here´s my new chapter where Magnus gets all the attention for a change :D Hope you enjoy ;)

Alec paused mid-motion.

He was keeping himself busy in the kitchen while his warlock boyfriend was seeing some clients in the living room.
He was trying to be silent, so that he wouldn´t disturb Magnus, but apparently his clients - two young vampire girls - didn´t mind at all.
In fact, they hadn´t even seemed to recognize the dark haired shadowhunter doing push-ups and sit-ups behind the kitchen counter.
Alec was all right with that. It allowed him to stay near Magnus without being an intruder.

Still, something about the conversation he was listening to with only half an ear alerted him.
There was a giggle.
That sort of giggle he knew all to well. It was the sound Isabelle had always made when she was keen on someone and switched into her flirting mode.

Alec jumped up. He glanced over to estimate the situation and covered his intention by grabbing a glass of water. The vampires were looking up at Magnus with the admiration of a groupie, and one of them, the one with the brown curls, twisted a strand of hair around her finger.
Alec narrowed his eyes. He had already been annoyed by their girly manner when they had arrived, but now his dislike grew even more.

„We´ve heard a lot of rumours about warlocks, you know?" the brunette girl said.

Magnus lifted a brow. „Is that so?"

The girls nodded. „Especially about the one called Magnus Bane." said the blonde vampire. Alec gritted his teeth at how she spoke out his boyfriend´s name. It was almost a purr.

„Camille told some really... delicate stories about you."

„Camille." Alec growled under his breath. But fortunately no one had heard him.
Although he suspected the vampires were simply ignoring him.

He watched Magnus leaning back on the armchair and folding his arms behind his head. „I wouldn´t believe everything Camille said." he said. „Now if we could come back to business-"

„Oh, I have a feeling she did not lie about this." the blonde said, smirking suggestively.

Alec took a gulp from the water in order to swallow his anger.

Magnus´ lip twitched up into a small smile. „Well, unfortunately you will never know." he said firmly.

The girls seemed disappointed at that.
A feeling of spitefulness rushed through Alec.

„Are you sure? We would appreciate your services eminently." the brunette said.

Alec suddenly choked on his water and began coughing violately. For the first time Magnus looked over at him, a tang of concern in his eyes, but it quickly turned into amusement.

The vampires were working avidly on turning the attention of the warlock back to them. „Mr Bane.", one of them said. Alec couldn´t see which one of them it was as he was still recovering from his water incident. „We are here to experience at firsthand how versatile your magical powers are and we are both determined not to go until we have gotten a sample of them."

Magnus chuckled. „Alright. It seems like I have no other choice than to comply with your request, have I? So, tell me. What exactly are you envisioning?" he asked. The vampires giggled again and exchanged a look. It was the dark-haired girl who rose to speak. „I suggest we finish the conversation in the bedroom since what we have in mind can be mainly performed in a horizontal position."

The sound of shattering glass made everyone startle up.
Alec´s eyes were wide as he looked down on the fragments of the glass he had been holding. He hadn´t realized how hard he had gripped it and now there was water all over the counter and himself.
Just as he noticed something red spreading out on his right hand he felt the sharp pain flashing through him.
Yet, another venomous emotion was filling him up at the moment, distracting him from the physical pain.

„I´m sorry." he mumbled, quickly trying to clear up the mess he had made.
Afer a few seconds he stopped dead. He narrowed his eyes to slits and looked up again at the vampires. „No, I take that back. I´m not sorry." he said in a harsh voice. He came out from behind the kitchen counter and walked up to the two girls who were staring at him disgustedly. „I feel like your time is over now.", Alec looked at his non-existing wristwatch. „Yep. Magnus is expecting another client in five minutes. You have to go now. Immediately." he said insistently. The way he looked at them made clear that he didn´t allow any protests.

The vampires set their mouths into thin lines. „Pardon?" the brunette said in a challenging tone and looked him up. „Who are you to order us around in the household of the High Warlock of Brooklyn?"

At that Alec smirked. He crossed his arms over his chest and looked down on the smaller girls with a superior glint in his blue eyes. „I happen to be the boyfriend of the High Warlock of Brooklyn. And I´m telling you to fuck off." He grinned self-satisfiedly when the girls flinched at his words. They looked at each other, clearly unsure of what to do. The blonde decided to seek support from Magnus. „Mr Bane...?" she said hopefully.

But Magnus was just shrugging, apparently being busy with trying to suppress a laugh.
The shadowhunter fought the urge to stick out his tongue at them.

„Well, that´s unfortunate. I hope we can continue this another time." the blonde said as she went closer to touch Magnus or embrace him or whatever she had in mind that Alec definitely wouldn´t allow. He moved faster than the vampire, faster than she had expected, and was suddenly standing between her and his boyfriend so that the girl almost bumped into him.
„Not gonna happen. There´s the door." he said resolutely, gesturing towards the front door of the apartment.

A moment of rather awkward silence followed.

„What he said is true. There really is the door." Magnus said, as the vampires didn´t seem to be willing to go just yet, but his words made them slouch their shoulders, sulking. „We are pleased to have met you." they said to Magnus and gave Alec a nasty look.

Not as pleased as you had wished to be, Alec thought darkly as he – finally – heard the door clicking shut.

„Alec?" Magnus said and Alec could almost hear the grin in his voice. „I don´t have another client today."

Alec glanced at him sheepishly.

„And you just scared away the only chance for me of earning money for today." he said, not sounding accusing at all.
Alec snorted. „As if you were dependend on that. You have enough money and if not, you can conjur up everything you need. And if you had actually gone through with what they needed your services for, I´d have-"
„Relax, Alec!" Magnus cut in, apparently amused as hell. „I never intended to. I just love how you´re acting as my personal bodyguard, protecting me from clients who have naughty things on their mind. It makes me feel so... royal."

Alec blinked. „Don´t you already?"

Magnus seemed to ponder about that. „Maybe so." his grin turned wider.

Then it seemed as though he remembered something and Alec´s right hand caught his attention. „Alec, you´re bleeding!" He rushed over to his boyfriend and snapped his fingers, making a first-aid box appear out of nowhere. Alec looked at him warily. „You do know I am a shadowhunter. I´m used to this. It doesn´t even hurt, it´s nothing."

Now it was Magnus´ turn to snort. „Doesn´t look like nothing to me. There are still fragments in your hand!"
Alec shrugged, pulled them out with barely a wince and draw an iratze on his skin. „See? No need to worry." he said.

Magnus rolled his eyes. „Yeah, a shadowhunter knows no pain, I get it."

„I didn´t say that." Alec said, frowning. „I just thought the smell of blood would distract those vampires enough that they´d keep their damned hands off of you." he said. It was a lie he was sure Magnus would figure out instantly, but in retrospect Alec thought it would´ve been a good plan. That is, if he hadn´t been headless then, and breaking the glass hadn´t simply been an action of raw anger powered by jealousy. „But I guess those girls have been hungry for something else entirely." he remarked dryly.

Magnus laughed. „You know, I always considered jealousy to be rather unpleasant." he mused. His face had changed into a serious expression again but Alec could see his eyes shimmering a dark green-gold colour and he wasn´t sure if Magnus was just mocking him or not.
At any rate, he seemed to enjoy how Alec had made a fool of himself.
„But," Magnus continued, „You actually broke a glass with your hand because you were jealous. And strangely I don´t find it repelling at all."

Alec raised one eyebrow. Okay, definitely mocking, he thought.

„I think it´s incredibly sexy!" Magnus all but purred and stepped closer so that only a few centimetres seperated them, but he didn´t touch him. Which was somewhat frustrating, Alec thought. „´That so?" he gulped. „I´m glad that my anguish gets you so delighted."

A choked noise came from Magnus and it took him a moment to realize it was a suppressed laugh. „Why so dramatic, Alexander?" he asked.
A shiver went through Alec, as it did everytime Magnus said his name like that. His full name.
Alec always said he didn´t like it, that only his parents called him that and that it usually meant he was in trouble, but secretly he had begun to like hearing it from Magnus.
Alexander.
As if it was special. He added a certain meaning to it only by voicing the whole name with that particular accent of his.
Maybe another reason why he loved being called Alexander by Magnus was that with Magnus the trouble he was in usually was a good sort of trouble.
Just as right now.

Alec cleared his throat. „I surround myself with over-confident and overdramatic people." he said, thinking of Magnus, Izzy and Jace. „I guess it had to happen."

Alec could feel his breathing on his skin when Magnus chuckled and he shivered again. „You´re probably right." he said, and then, finally, he touched him.
He ran a hand down Alec´s arm causing him goosebumps and looked him right in the eyes. „Is your hand really okay again?" he asked, taking the hurt hand in his own and examining it.

„It´s alright. Why?"

Magnus´ expression was the exact opposite of innocence. „Just wondering. You know, someone has invited me into the bedroom this day. But someone else intervened, so... I´m kind of disappointed now."

Alec´s lip twitched up. „Hmm." he said. „What to do about that?"

Magnus shrugged. „There´s just someone with whom I prefer working in a ´horizontal position` and I hope this person isn´t too handicapped for I have some things in mind."

Alec smirked. He pushed a finger through Magnus´ belt loops pulling him closer.
„He´s not. And I hope you do." he whispered, before leaning forward and pressing his lips on Magnus´s.

And even if his hand hadn´t already healed by then, he would´ve forgotten about it soon enough.
Because there are certain things that overshadow physical pain.
Jealousy is only one of them.
Physical pleasure is another...

A/N: ... If you know what I mean ;)