Alec looked at Magnus, frozen in disbelief at his question, "You... I mean, do you really want me to move in with you, or are you only asking so I can help you with Nexus?"

"I do miss that kind of help only you can offer," His cat-eyes sparkled mischievously, "But I mean it from the bottom of my inhuman heart."

Blushing, Alec took a step closer to Magnus, feeling more as if he were floating than walking, "Haven't you helped yourself while I was gone?"

Magnus shrugged, his sequined robe glittering magenta in the waning light, "You know how much I love it when you work those little shadowhunting muscles of yours... Besides, do you really expect a meek warlock like myself to open the pickle jar? It should be a crime that they seal the lid so tight..."

"Magnus," Alec groaned out the other man's name defenselessly, "Please."

Cocking his head lazily to the side, a jet of electric blue shot from the warlock's hand, sending both Nexus and Chairman Meow sailing through the air into his room, the door shutting itself with a loud clicking sound, "Better? Now we don't have to worry about tainting the baby's eyes, and you don't have any need to get stage fright."

It was hardly better at all, becuase Alec should have been back at the Institute by now. Well, arguing with himself that he was going to get in trouble anyways, he might as well indulge. Allowing himself to be pulled forward against his boyfriend's nearly exposed body, he found himself ripping off his own sweater. Sweater soundly discarded on the floor, Magnus took the opportunity to look at Alec's body. It was milky white from a lack of sun exposure, and his rippling abs were inked with runes, bruises, and a scar or two. Tracing his hand along the panes of his stomach, he lingered on a faded rune scar that crossed underneath a star-shaped battle scar. Blood pooled under his ribcage, a bright purple bruise blooming like a night blossom. Hovering carefully over the darkest part, Magnus pressed his index finger in the skin, causing Alec to shiver as he increased the pressure. Secretly enjoying the pain, Alec grabbed Magnus, sliding the silky material off his shoulder. Bending up, he savagely bit into the warlock's collar bone. Normally, things were gentler between the two, but it had been such a long time...

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(Not Today Fangirls)

Legs crossed over the older male's, Alec was almost asleep, arm curled inwards over his chest. Magnus was already out of it, his hand reaching out on the floor. As if to punish the Shadowhunter, there was a frantic knocking on the front door, and Magnus suddenly sprung up, swatting Alec in the face as he propped himself on his elbow. Untangling himself from Alec, Magnus walked over to the door and opened it unceremoniously, only mildly surprised to see Clary and her boyfriend. Whatever Magnus had felt, the Shadowhunters had felt it ten times worse - Clary's beet-red face proving it beyond the shadow of a doubt.

Slapping a protective hand over her eyes, Jace hissed at the warlock, "By the Angel, put some pants on!"

Casually looking down, Magnus realized that he hadn't covered himself before answering the door, "I believe we have company."

Because of how they were greeted, neither Clary nor Jace immediately noticed Alec, but as he struggled to pull his leg through his pants, they looked sideways at him, wondering when he got back. Magnus, now covered in a loose-fitting aqua-blue silk kimono, looked at his uninvited guests coldly, upset that his nap had been ruined. Alec was glad that he was not on the receiving end of that glare, becuase he really thought that it could kill.

Looking for the baby in the middle of the swell of discarded clothes, Clary panicked that they had drowned it in silk and Shadowhunter gear, "Where's the baby?"

Magnus pointed a long finger at his bedroom door, "As if Alec would let me be so careless... Not that I didn't try."

If Magnus' kimono was the white of blues, Alec's face was the black of reds, "What are you guys doing here? How do you know about Nexus?"

"Nexus?" Jace snorted at the warlock as he let Clary into his room to check on the baby, "Isn't that a little vain, even for you? And here I thought that you had class... Well, actually, I never thought that you had class."

Even Alec laughed at that, "Magnus didn't name the baby."

Clary came back out from his room, baby in her arms, resting on her narrow hip, a frown on her pale face, "Then who?"

Scowling, Magnus crossed his arms over his chest and shook his head, "As if I need to tell you my personal business."

Alec wondered if that was his being upset at the intrusion or if that was him protecting Devon, either way, he had to stop the argument before it got ugly, "So why are you guys here again?"

Jace watched Clary making faces at the baby, "Clary wanted to make sure the kid was alright... And, she - " Jace corrected himself at the look on Clary's face, "We, wanted to know why Magnus has a baby in the first place."

"Nexus was the daughter of an old friend," Magnus couldn't have made it clearer that he refused to say more than if had screamed so in their faces.

Clary didn't take her eyes off of Magnus, but Jace glanced at Alec to see what he thought about all of this, "Was? What happened?"

It was Alec who answered, much to his friends surprise, "Nexus' mom was really sick... We thought that she had gotten better the last time that we saw her, but..."

So Alec did know about this, that made them happy to know, "Oh, Magnus, I'm so sorry!"

It was a habit that she still had to break from her sixteen years as a mundane, but they had all grown accustomed to the phrase and its meaning, "Nexus is the really unfortunate one... Her mother was a great woman."

Alec cleared his throat uncomfortably, "I guess that its time for us to go."

"Go? I thought that you accepted my offer? Or were you just using me for sex?" Magnus was keeping his tone light, but Alec could tell how much the warlock was hurting, "My cruel little Shadowhunter."

Alec shook his head, "No, I was thinking that you should come with us. Its much roomier at the Institute, and my mom can help with Nexus."

Clary and Jace looked at each other, "What are you guys talking about?"

Magnus smiled, cat-eyes shining, "Before you two so rudely interrupted us, we were celebrating the next stage of our relationship."

"Oh. My. God. You did not just ask my brother to move in with you in this dump!" Isabelle stomped into the room, eavesdropping on the conversation a moment before.

Alec looked back at his younger sister, "Actually Iz, I asked him to come live with us."

A/N:

Well, so far the polls say Simon and Isabelle, which I was kinda hoping for anyways, so congrats Simon, you are now dating Isabelle!