"You're such an idiot," Magnus sighed as he found a cloth, and soaked it in cold water. Alec couldn't see him, since Magnus had sat him down in a chair by the kitchen table, and his back was facing the main part of the kitchen, where Magnus was. After a moment or two, Magnus reappeared by his side, and held the cloth – now less wet, more damp – against his cheek, where a cut was still bleeding.

"I'm fine," Alec said, putting his own hand on the cloth and allowing Magnus to let go and pull his hand back. "It just stings a bit."

Magnus sighed again and sat down on the opposite side of the table. He rested his hand in one hand, propped up on the table by the elbow, with the other hand tucked behind his elbow, close to his body. "I told you I didn't want you to-"

"You took the car, how else am I gonna-"

"I didn't want you driving the car, either! God, you're such an idiot. I might be overprotective right now, but you just got out of a coma, Alexander. I don't want you driving the car; I don't want you on your bike; if you're going anywhere, call me or walk." He continued looked at him for several moments without saying anything. He looked at the bruising already there, the cuts where bruising was bound to appear soon, and the blood. "You have a little blood there," he sighed, and reached over to wipe it away gently. Alec winced, but let him do it. He could already feel the bruising underneath his skin.

"I was driving just the other day, and I was fine then, too, so don't-"

"I don't care! I wasn't fine with you driving then, either, but you didn't really give me a choice!"

"I'm sorry," Alec said quietly. He looked down on the kitchen table, not pushing Magnus' hand away, but not leaning into the touch like he usually did, either. "I didn't mean to upset you." He truly hadn't, but he had figured that since he had been fine ever since he woke up, taking his bike to the park wouldn't be a problem. He knew Magnus and the doctors had told him not to, but there had been no other problems, so why would this be one? His balance had turned out to be completely off, and he had fallen onto the asphalt, scraping his skin over the ground, creating cuts and bruises on his face, his arms, and a few on his legs too, where his pants had been ripped up.

"I know," Magnus said, and he took Alec's free hand in his own. "And I know I'm overreacting, but-"

"You lost me once," Alec interrupted, "and you won't lose me again. Right?"

"Have I really said it that many times?" Magnus asked, forcing a smile onto his face, and Alec nodded without looking at him. He had said it a lot of times. And Alec knew; he really did. But nothing good ever came out of repeating yourself.

"I'm sorry," said Magnus. "I just love you. And being without you is horrible."

"I still don't really understand it," Alec said and finally looked up at Magnus. "How you can love me. After all this time, surely you've-"

"How can you still not know? Alexander, we've been together for so long. Almost half of our lives, by now. Well, almost half of your life, at least. And you still don't know."

"To be fair I was in a coma for three of those years. I've hardly ever learned anything new in those years," Alec said, with a soft smile. It quickly disappeared, though. "You're just so handsome and kind and perfect, and I'm… Well. I'm me."

"Exactly," Magnus said, grinning. "That's why I love you. You're you." Alec rolled his eyes at him, but didn't say anything to it.

"Life without you would be horrible, too, you know. Probably even worse."

"Nothing is worse than being without you." Looking up at the clock on the wall, Magnus sighed and got up. "I have to pick up Lewis. Do you want to come?"

"He wouldn't want be to be there. You go," Alec said, getting out of his own chair. "I'll… I don't know. Write a bit, maybe."

"Of course he'd want you to be there, Alexander. But it's okay if you don't want to."

"No, he really doesn't. He doesn't want to be around me. Not since I got back."

"He just needs time to adjust. You're still his father."

"It doesn't matter, Mags. Jade was coming home with him today, right? There's no need -for me to be in the car too, it'll just be awkward for them. They know you."

"What if I really want you to come with me? Will you come with me then?"

"No," Alec said. He moved towards the doorway, that lead into the living room, so he could continue into the bedroom and then the office. "I'm serious; I'll be fine, okay? I won't go anywhere. I'll be in my office when you get back."

Magnus sighed, but decided not to try and convince him any further. They said their goodbyes, and Magnus left to pick up Jade and Lewis.

"You know," Magnus said, as he entered the room. He had been gone for maybe half an hour, which meant that he had hit the time pretty accurate about picking them up. It took 25 minutes to drive there and back, so Lewis and Jace would have been out pretty quickly. "Lewis adores you. He always remembered you as this sort of superhero, you know?"

Alec straightened in his chair. He had been hunched over his desk, arms crossed on the desk. He had just been staring into the wall, hadn't even touched his computer or anything. He cleared his throat. "What do you mean?"

"I mean he thought you were perfect. I remember last year in his school, when the kids had to write about their hero, and he wrote about you. You can't really think he doesn't want to be around you."

"Then why does he act the way he does when I'm around him?"

"He's scared. Don't you get it? He worried he might see you, his hero, as someone ordinary all of a sudden, and he's afraid to lose you again."

Alec sighed. He heard the couch behind him squeak as Magnus sat down. "Magnus, he's eleven years old-"

"Exactly! And that makes it a lot harder on him. Won't you please just... Go in and have a talk with him?"

"He's with Jade-"

"No, Jade didn't come today. Katja called me when I was just about to start the car, and asked if it would be okay if they were together tomorrow instead, so Lewis could have a little time with you, which I think is a great idea-"

"So I took his best friend from him, too? Whoa, that's great, I'm sure he loves me now."

"Just go and talk to him and stop being so negative, you ass. You're going in there even if I have to drag you in there myself."

Alec rolled his eyes, even though Magnus could not see it. He already knew what he would see when he turned around – Magnus lying on the couch, feet resting on one arm rest, and his arms crossed behind his head on the other, with his head resting on his hands. And that is exactly what he saw as he got up the chair, glared at Magnus and left the room to talk to his son.

"So I heard you wrote about me," Alec said, closing the door behind him. Lewis was on his bed, with one of his textbooks laid out in front of him – he had to read something for school the next day. "In the who's-my-hero thing." Lewis didn't look up, only nodded. He didn't say anything. "Why did you choose to write about me, and not dad?" Alec still hadn't gotten used to Magnus being 'dad' now. Lewis had called Magnus papa, and Alec daddy.

Lewis shrugged, and still didn't look at him. "I don't know."

Alec nodded at sat down in the foot of the bed, where Lewis was still too short for his feet to reach. "Was it good? Did you have fun?"

"I got 18.9," Lewis said. He had given up on the textbook, but still wasn't looking at Alec or sitting up.

"That's great," Alec said, smiling a little. "I'm glad. Are your grades always that good?" He asked. Lewis' school didn't give the kids grades in the youngest classes, so he hadn't started by the time of Alec's crash. When they did start, they had gone straight to the 20-point system, where most primary schools only used a 10-point system. The 20-point system usually wasn't used before high school.

"Mostly," Lewis said. "I usually get between 15.7 and 19.2."

"So you do well in school. That's great. Do you and Jade do your home work together, or do you always do that when she's already left?"

"We do it together sometimes."

After that, neither of them said anything for a while. It was an awkward silence between them, something that had reigned when they were both in the room for the past few days since Alec got back. In an attempt to escape the awkwardness, Lewis returned to his textbook as if it was the most interesting book in the whole world, but Alec decided to talk to him then.

"Look," Alec began, then hesitated, not really sure what he was going to say. "I'm sorry all of this happened. I know it's been hard not having both your parents along, and if I could I would have-"

"I know, dad," Lewis said, quietly but loud enough to interrupt Alec. Alec looked at him.

"Right," Alec said. He worried his lip between his teeth, not really sure what to say anymore. "I know you've grown since then," he tried. "But I'd really like it if we could try being a family again, like we used to. If you want to, of course."

"Okay. We can do that."

"Yeah? Great." They sat in another awkward silence for a minute or two, before Alec got off the bed again. "I need to get some work done. I'm sorry for interrupting your homework, Lew."

"It's fine, dad."

"Right," Alec said, sighing. "Well, I'll see you a bit later."

When Alec entered the office again, Magnus was still in the same position as he had been when Alec had left. Only now, his face was turned against the ceiling, and his eyes were closed, and he looked so oddly peaceful, like nothing could touch him. Like everything was perfect, and nothing was going to ruin that.

"Magnus, I need to get some work done."

At that, Magnus opened his eyes and looked over at him with a smile, almost looking tired. "Yeah, I suppose you do. It's been ages since you kicked me out of the office because you needed to do work."

Alec smiled back at him. "I know. Now come on, I really need to get something done today. If I don't get started again soon, I never will, you know me."

"Yeah," Magnus said, as he got up and off of the couch. He looked at Alec the entire time. "I know you. And I absolutely adore you."

Alec's smile widened and he went over to Magnus, placing both his hands at Magnus' chest and looking up at him. "I love you."

"I love you more."

"No, you don't. I love you. And you love me. Now go, so I can actually get something done without being distracted by you."

"I'm going to kiss you first."

"I'd be offended if you didn't."

Magnus smirked, leaned in, and kissed Alec softly. It wasn't a hungry kiss, it wasn't chaste, and it wasn't rushed. It was a kiss that made them feel like they could keep doing this forever, because being together was everything that mattered to them. It was just them, existing together, and fitting together like two pieces of a puzzle, a perfect fit for one another, even though they didn't look the same.

And neither of them could have wanted something different.

AN: Alright, seventh chapter done.

I'm sorry it took so long, but I've had a lot on my mind. I started working out every morning before school, had some essays to do, had a friend over for the weekend, got sick. Still am sick, actually, but I hope it'll pass soon.

I hope you like the chapter. Other than that, there's not really anything to say, so I'll go to bed.

I love you guys. Review and tell me if you liked it!

Lea