Chapter 8 – 2:27 A.M Cuddles

Alec woke with a jolt. He turned and looked at the clock beside him, it blinked '2:27am' and he groaned. He hated waking in the middle of the night because it took so long to go back to sleep and he really needed his sleep, he needed all his strength to get through History without holding Magnus' hand or kissing him every two minutes, plus he did not want to fall asleep again – though that wasn't likely, not with being hyperaware of everything Magnus did.

He smiled as he thought of Magnus. Since their kiss four weeks ago he and Magnus had met up most days after school, they had frequently stolen kisses between classes when no one was around and they texted and called each other every evening, they had even been out on a few dates without anyone noticing. Alec rolled over to face his window.

He watched the trees waving in the night breeze and so saw the pebble that was thrown at his window. He frowned and continued watching, convinced it was a mistake until another pebble was thrown, and another, and another, and then another. Alec got up slowly from his bed and stretched as he shuffled through his dark room to the window.

Once he got there he looked out, he looked around as his eyes adjusted and so it took a moment before he saw the lanky figure in the middle of the brobdingnagian garden. He smiled as he recognised them and they recognised him. He opened the window.

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!" The figure yelled up.

"Rapunzel, really? I was going for Romeo and Juliet!" Alec called back.

"If you know Shakespeare then be my guest, my darling." The figure replied.

Alec's face took on a forlorn look as he leaned out of the window and he called softly into the night, "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love and I'll no longer be a Capulet… do you want me to go on?"

"Sure, let me find somewhere to climb up to you." The figure walked to the wall and began testing the ivy to climb up it.

"Be careful." Alec called and then carried on, "'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man. O, be some other name!"

"Found it!" The voice called.

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, retain that dear perfection which he owes without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, and for that name which is no part of thee take all myself." He had just finished as the figure had climbed up, their faces were inches apart.

"Very lovely." Magnus grinned.

"Thank you." Alec smiled.

"I would ask how you know Juliet's Balcony monologue off by heart, but I'm going to fall if you don't help me up." Magnus replied.

Alec immediately helped his boyfriend into his bedroom, only once Magnus was safely inside and staring right at him with his bright green eyes, did Alec feel self-conscious of his white pyjama top and his knee-length pyjama shorts. Especially when Magnus was wearing as dull an outfit as he could, dark green jean with a dark red jumper, Alec felt underdressed, confused and tired.

"Why are you here?" Alec asked, he took Magnus' hand and led him to his double bed where Magnus sat, he had his back to the headboard.

"I couldn't sleep and I felt like heroically climbing a trellis to see you." Magnus explained.

"It was indeed heroic." Alec grinned. "Would you like a drink?"

"Yes please." Magnus smiled.

"Is water okay?" Alec asked, "If not I can go to the kitchen and get something else…"

"Water is grand." Magnus replied, "Thank you."

Alec nodded and went into the bathroom, he returned with two glasses of water – Magnus did not question why they were in the bathroom. Alec handed the water to Magnus who took a sip before placing it on the bedside table, Alec then went to the dresser where he left his drink, he stood with his back against the drawers as he watched Magnus.

"So, where were we?" Alec asked.

"Talking about my heroic entrance, it went better than I expected, well, the quoting Shakespeare was a surprise." Magnus beamed. "How do you happen to know that off by heart?"

"We had a tutor who was a fan of Shakespeare, we had to memorise a play so I chose Romeo and Juliet." Alec shrugged.

"Wow… your childhood sounded… fun?" Magnus offered.

"We also had a deal with Mum, if we learnt some of Shakespeare's plays we could learn self-defence which our little kid minds translated to fight, how could we resist?"

"Ah, the violence motivated it." Magnus sighed, "Makes sense."

"It's handy too," Alec grinned wickedly, as he walked to the bed, he climbed on and stayed at the foot, "The quoting Shakespeare, I mean."

"How so?" Magnus asked, Alec's grin grew and Magnus felt a shiver ripple through him.

"Well, when a devilishly handsome young man starts throwing pebbles at my window and then proceeds to climb the trellis up to me, it gives me something to say…" Alec told him, he was now on his hands and knees above Magnus, whose back was against Alec's sheets.

"Uh-huh."

"And, apparently, it sounds hot." Alec said as he leaned down, his lips a few centimetres away from Magnus'.

"I can testify to that."

"And, it's also deemed romantic."

"That too."

"And…"

"Oh for the love of Aphrodite! Just kiss me already!" Magnus grinned.

Alec complied. He leaned down, his lips meeting Magnus and their kiss was soft and with less passion than normal due to both their tiredness. Their tongues fell into a familiar tango as they kissed, the fire between them growing. They stayed in the position for a while before Magnus noticed Alec's arms shaking with his own weight, he snaked his hands around Alec's back and pulled him down. Alec's lips disconnected from Magnus' as he let out a squeak, their bodies were pressed flush together and Alec's face heated as he nuzzled it in the crook of Magnus' neck

"What time do you have to be home?" Alec asked, tiredness creeping into his voice.

"Aunt C has work early in the morning and she won't check on me, which means I can sneak in after she's gone and Quinn will be none the wiser." Magnus replied, one hand stroking Alec's hair as the other stroked his back.

"Stay till then?" Alec mumbled, half asleep now the excitement had worn off.

"I will." Magnus yawned, his eyes felt gritty and Alec's warmth was a comfort to him.

Alec pulled the blanket up and over them both as he snuggled down into his boyfriend. It was not too long before they were both fast asleep.

Fortunately it was Isabelle who found them in the morning, she had gone to see why Alec was not up when his alarm had gone off and she found Alec cuddled on top of Magnus. Magnus' arms wrapped tightly around Alec and Alec trapping Magnus against the mattress.

She smiled to herself and took a photo before going to the end of the bed and shaking Alec's foot, except she got Magnus' and his eyes opened.

"Oops, sorry, I meant to get Alec." She smiled apologetically.

"Its fine, what time is it?" Magnus asked groggily.

"Seven." Izzy replied, checking her phone and sending the picture to Alec.

"Crap, I need to go." Magnus' eyes widened in panic. "Quinn's probably worried out of her mind."

Magnus' shifting woke Alec and he blinked groggily. He grumbled quietly: "Magnus?"

"Yes, sleeping beauty?"

"Time?"

"Seven." Izzy replied.

Alec moved off of Magnus quickly and sat up in a panic. "Crap."

"My sentiments exactly." Magnus replied.

"You could call Quinn." Izzy suggested.

Magnus nodded, "I need clothes and makeup too."

"I have makeup, Alec has some colourful clothes he's never worn."

"But there's Jace." Alec pointed out.

"Just say Magnus slept over, after coming over in the evening to help with homework, he'll never know if he was or not." Izzy sighed, she had walked to Alec's drawer and was rummaging to the bottom too find the colourful clothes she had gotten him for his last birthday.

"Can you fnd me a top, Izzy, please?"

"Of course, I have just the one in mind, that will go perfectly with this makeup I got the other day." She pulled out the plain red V-neck. "Come on, Magnus, let's go jazz this up a bit. You can use my shower."

"I'll get ready and get you some breakfast." Alec said, Magnus felt himself smile, he felt cared for with the Lightwood siblings making him feel comfortable and at home.

"Thank you." Magnus beamed.

"No problem, you're almost family so I couldn't leave you to have a fashion fiasco." Izzy replied. "Now, get a move on or we'll be late."

"Go on, you need to call Quinn." Alec smiled encouragingly.

"You two are the best." Magnus grinned, he kissed Alec on the cheek and got up, giving Izzy a hug before following her to her room to put together an outfit.

Alec smiled as his phone bleep, he picked it up and saw the message from his sister, he opened it and blushed at the picture. He and Magnus cuddled up and sleeping. He saved the image and set it as his background. He locked the phone and went into the bathroom to shower with a ridiculous grin on his face.

W/M: Another update! Some fluffy fluff to brighten the day and commemorate the weekend.I had an idea for this chapter, but I abandoned it and wrote this instead – I plan to use the other idea later on though. With the week I've had I needed some fluff from one of my otps.

Anyway, what do you think?