A/N:

Hiya! Sorry it's taken so long to update… between working at a day camp and trying to read "Dalton" by CP Coulter in its entirety (which I recommend to any Gleeks lurking in this here fandom), I have zero time to write. Here's Alec's portion of Pride, aka humility. (And I promise that Magnus will have taken his Prozac in this chappy!)

And here's the link from last chapter :

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HUMILITY:

I was paying more attention to him than to Project Runway- which was a phenomenon. Season 4 is an addiction for me. I live and breathe that show; I could probably quote the entire season verbatim. But, anymore, there have been other things to catch my attention. Namely the very lovely Shadowhunter half-asleep next to me. With my first love acting as background noise, I watched Alec watch TV. Never in all my 800 years did I think that I'd be so smitten with someone that I could go mushy for them. But there I was.

His breathing grew slow, and his head lolled onto my shoulder. We sat like that, him asleep and leaning up against me, for at least another three episodes. The sun sank below the horizon. The blue glow from the television was the only light in the room.

I kissed the top of his head, the silky soft mop of inky hair, whispering, "Alec? It's time to wake up, Beautiful." I planted another kiss. "Let's go, baby."

Still mostly in dreamland, he mumbled, "Why da'ya call me that?"

With a little chuckle: "What, baby? Because you are a baby compared to me."

"No. Beautiful."

"Alexander, you know the answer to that one. You are beautiful."

"Not really. I'm just sort of, well… plain. You and I both know that Jace is the stunning one in the family."

I could have dropped him in that instant. "Don't you ever say that! Jace turns heads, and he knows it. His arrogance is off-putting. Weren't you paying attention when we were watching Beastly? (1) Your brother is the kind of guy who is just a pretty face. You, on the other hand, are so much more than that. You are sweet and kind and wonderful; Kendra the Witch will never get you." Alec let out a little chuckle.

I continued: "I don't love you because you are beautiful. I love you because of who you are. The thing is, who you are makes you beautiful. That little crinkle in between your eyebrows when your sister is in trouble. Those eyes that light up when someone you love walks in the room. The way your hair looks when your run your fingers through it out of frustration. When you bite your lip as you are planning the next course of action. All of those little things that make you, you. There is nothing plain about you, Alexander."

With that sleepy smile of his- the one that could convince me to Portal to the Shadowhunter homeland to fight for a boy not willing to look at me if there were other people around- he looked up at me from his seat on the couch. "Whatever you say."

(1) Has anyone else seen Beastly? I wrote this, then left it for a few days so I could let it stew and proofread it. Earlier tonight, before I did my final revisions, I saw Beastly with a bunch of my friends. I had to put the mention in there. I loved the movie, maybe because it had Alex Pettyfer in it. During the entire movie, all I could think was, "How perfect is he for Jace?"

I'm not really loving this, but I've got better ideas for the next couple of chapters. Hopefully Magnus didn't seem so OOC.

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