AN: I'm sorry for the late update, but I'm suffering from writers block. I know where I want this story to go and what will happen, I just need to figure out how to get there. So this chapter is mostly about Magnus and Alec getting to know each other more. If you have any suggestions or thoughts about what they'll face let me know!

-The Song is Demons by Imagine Dragons-

Disclaimer: The characters belong to Cassandra Clare and the writers of Shadowhunters. I don't own anything, sadly.


Alec's workday was better than usual, he didn't have that many obnoxious costumers and maybe it was only because Alec was too happy to care, but it was nice. For once he didn't want to scream at the end of the workday. He'd talked to Magnus on the phone the entire walk home, Magnus wanting to know he got home safe, it was a weird feeling, having someone who cared about your wellbeing, someone who wasn't Jace or Izzy. It was equally weird to feel protective of another person, of someone new, but it felt good. Alec had started to believe that maybe he wasn't entirely broken, maybe he'd be able to heal.

When he'd hung up with Magnus, because he needed to work, Alec gathered his drawing stuff and settled on the floor. Usually he'd just go to sleep when he got home after a late shift but today he wasn't tiered. He'd slept so good that night, wrapped in Magnus' embrace. So he took the time to draw, he rarely had the time and after all, he had a art exhibition to get ready for.

Alec let himself get lost in the drawing, letting the pen float over the paper, brining the shapes of him and Izzy as children playing to life. Alec remembered how they used to play in the garden as children, chasing each-other, Alec teaching Izzy how to make the best sandcastle or how to use a jackknife. Alec had always loved his little sister, always taken pride in being a older brother, always wanted to protect her. What he didn't expect was that he'd have to protect her from herself. Izzy's self-destructive behavior had broken his heart, he felt like he'd failed as a older brother. However, the painting he drew wasn't a sad one, it was from a time before life got hard, when they were kids. It was a drawing of how it looked when Izzy rode on Alec's back as they ran through the garden, something she always did until she got fast enough to keep up with him.

Alec managed to draw the entire sketch before getting sleepy, next time he'd only have to put it on a canvas and color it. He put his things together and got ready for bed.

As he laid down on the bed he noticed that the pillow Magnus had used still smelled like him. Alec buried his nose in the pillow, the scent of sandalwood and hair gel lingered on it and it smelled exactly like Magnus' hair. It made Alec's heart ache, he already missed Magnus, it felt like forever until it was Sunday and he'd get to see him again. Alec fell asleep with his face pressed into the pillow.

Alec's Saturday was slow, he started work early and had a long shift, he only wanted the day to end so that he could meet Magnus, so that it would finally be Sunday. It didn't help that there was unusually few costumers, there wasn't any work to do, which led to Alec standing behind the disk thinking about Magnus.

"Simon, can you take the counter for a moment?" He asked, he'd gotten sleepy while standing there, having nothing to do but watch the people walking past the shop.

"Yeah, sure." Simon answered and switched places with Alec who took a quick walk to the staff room. He grabbed his phone and to his disappointment he'd gotten no new messages, so Alec decided to text Magnus, telling him that he missed him and looked forward to meeting him tomorrow. Almost instantly his phone buzzed and Alec almost jumped with joy. It wasn't Magnus however, it was Jace.

Hi, Clary and I are having a party at her place tomorrow. Hope to you there. Izzy will be there too, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on her.

Alec sighed, he'd love to meet everyone but he already had plans with Magnus. He didn't want to ditch either of them, if it felt right he'd invite Magnus. His phone buzzed again, this time it was Magnus, offering him to pick him up when he got off work, it sounded very nice.

"Simon!" Alec popped his head out from the staff room as he called for him.

"What's up?" Simon turned around, leaning against the counter, the place was still dead.

"Do you mind taking my morning shift tomorrow? I can take your morning shift on Wednesday and work a double shift."

"Sure. If you come to the party tomorrow." Simon joked, probably just wanting him to go so that Izzy got to meet him. He and Simon weren't really that close, they where co-workers and besides that they only met through Izzy.

"I'll try" Alec smiled "and thank you." He added before entering the staff room again, texting Magnus, telling him he'd love to have Magnus come pick him up and that he'd managed to get tomorrow off.

The remaining three hours went by even slower, the costumers were still few and they didn't make big orders, it was a latte there and a biscuit there. It was really slow and both he and Simon got restless, walking around behind the counter or wiping the same tables a thousand times only to have something to do. When his shift finally ended, Alec wasted no time, he practically ran to the changing room, threw off the work clothes and jumped in his jeans and sweater. Screamed "bye" to Maia, Simon and Raj. Even though Simon had gotten off the same time he hadn't even taken his apron off. When Alec reached the street he didn't see Magnus, so he took a second to catch his breath and while he did so, he saw Magnus pull up in a new car. He saw that it was Magnus from quite the distance even though he now drove a black Mercedes-Benz. As soon as possible Alec opened the door and jumped into the car.

"Hi!" Alec smiled ridiculously big as he squeezed Magnus hand as a greeting. Magnus smiled back equally as big. "New car?" Alec said.

"No, it's not new, I just thought it was too cold for the convertible." Magnus smiled and started driving away. "So, where do you want to go?"

"Your place? Or mine?" Alec asked, nervously playing with his hands. "Or we could just go to some other place." He added, Alec didn't understand why Magnus had this effect on him, he usually didn't have problems with these things. Maybe it was because there wasn't any feelings involved before, maybe he'd been like this with Dave and just didn't remember.

"We can go to my place, order some food and watch a movie." Magnus smiled, and as he stopped at a red light he reached out to squeeze Alec's hand.

The rest of the drive was calm, neither said much but Alec didn't mind. He just enjoyed being in Magnus' company again. As soon as they entered Magnus' underground garage they greeted each other with a kiss before going out of the car and walking hand in hand to the elevator.

"Hello Mr. Bane." The lady operating the elevator greeted him, Alec thought her name was Miss Branwell, but he wasn't sure. "Oh, and Mr. Lightwood!" She said her smile growing bigger.

"Hello, Miss Branwell" Magnus smiled back at her and Alec nodded awkwardly. He didn't know how to behave, sure, when he was young they'd had a nanny and cleaners, but they'd grown to be more like family to Alec. He was still in contact with some of them.

"How's the new album coming together?" Miss Branwell asked Magnus and Alec listened with curiosity. Magnus hadn't mentioned that he was working on a new album and he found it interesting. He still hadn't heard any music Magnus had done, mostly due to the fact that he didn't know if that counted as googling him and he didn't want to make him upset.

"It's going alright, still in the processes of writing new songs." Magnus answered and moved a bit closer to Alec so that their arms touched.

"I'm looking forward to the new album, I'm sure it'll be great as always." Miss Branwell smiled just before the doors opened, indicating that they'd reached the floor of Magnus' loft.

"Nice to meet you again." Alec turned around and told Miss Branwell who smiled back and said "Nice to meet you too Mr. Lightwood." Before the doors closed and he was alone with Magnus again.

"You know what I realized?" Alec said, moving his arm to rest around Magnus' waist as they entered his loft.

"What?" Magnus smiled at him, turning so they stood face to face, wrapping his arms around Alec's neck, leaning in for a quick kiss.

"I've never heard any of your music." Alec buried his face in the crook of Magnus' neck, suddenly feeling embarrassed about this. Magnus had seen his drawings, had asked about them and Alec hadn't done anything like that with Magnus music.

"I can play you something if you want?" Magnus simply said, placing kisses on Alec's head. "I'm working a new song, I only have a small part done but I can play it for you."

"I'd love that." Alec whispered against Magnus' neck and placed a kiss there before moving his face to meet Magnus'.

"Someday I'll take you to one of my concerts too." Magnus smiled, moved his arms down and grabbed one of Alec's hands, leading him into a corridor. They took the second door to left and as they entered Alec saw a huge piano in the middle of the room, a microphone placed over it. Along the walls stood speakers, guitars, microphones, chairs and piles with papers.

"You can just grab a chair." Magnus said as he sat down infront of the piano, moving around some papers and fixing the microphone. Alec grabbed a chair and placed it next to Magnus, his face focused, if it wasn't for the sparkle in Magnus' eyes he'd almost look mad. Alec watched as Magnus placed his fingers on the keys and took a deep breath. Magnus played a fey keys before his voice filled the room. "I wanna hide the truth. I wanna shelter you, but with the beast inside, there's nowhere we can hide. No matter what we breed, we still are made of greed this is my kingdom come. this is my kingdom come." Magnus' voice was hauntingly beautiful, if Alec found his speaking voice soothing and beautiful, it was nothing compared to Magnus' singing. He sounded like an angel. "When you feel my heat, look into my eyes, it's where my demons hide, it's where my demons hide. Don't get too close, it's dark inside it's where my demons hide. It's where my demons hide." As the song finished and Magnus' fingers stopped dancing over the keys, he didn't look at Alec and he was too surprised to come up with something smart to say.

"You didn't like it did you? It's fine. I should've played on of my hits. I was stupid to think that this song was any good." Magnus rambled and reached for the papers he'd scribbled the song on, but before he could reach it, Alec grabbed his hands.

"Magnus. Stop. Look at me." Alec watched as Magnus turned his head toward him, his eyes resting on Alec's chest, he looked so small and upset and Alec hated it. He put two fingers under Magnus chin and lifted his head, forcing him to look Alec in the eyes. "I loved it." Alec said, holding eye contact with Magnus, his eyes softening, the sadness slowly fading away, he slightly shook his head as if he couldn't quite believe that Alec had just said that.

"Thank you. It means a lot to hear you say that." Magnus said, liking his lips and dropping his hands in his lap, still holding onto Alec's hands.

"I'm not just saying it, I mean it." Alec said, refusing to break eye contact as he spoke, he needed Magnus to see that he was serious. Magnus nodded in response and Alec wasn't sure if he truly believed him, but as Magnus stood up, a smile on his face, he decided to let it go for now. Alec rose and let go of Magnus' right hand. In silence, side by side, they walked into the living room, where Magnus gestured at the couch.

"Feel free to sit down. I'm going to the kitchen to grab a menu, so we can order something to eat, I'm starving." Magnus let go of Alec's hand and walked across the living room, toward what Alec assumed was the kitchen.

For a moment Alec just stood there awkwardly, looking around the room. The walls lined with bookshelves, propped full with books. Infront of the sofa was a huge plasma TV surrounded with speakers. Alec guessed that the TV costed more than everything he owned. Before Magnus had the chance to get back and catch him standing awkwardly where he'd left him, Alec took the few steps toward the couch and sat down. It was a huge black divan in leather, it looked hard but it was very soft, Alec sank down in the cushions, instantly finding a comfortable position. He kicked off his shoes and threw his legs up on the divan, stretching his long body out.

"How does pizza sound?" Alec heard Magnus voice from behind and as he tilted his head up to get a glance of him, he realized that he was standing behind him, smiling and waving a small yellow pamphlet around.

"Sounds great." Alec smiled back and admired Magnus' features, from the hint of glitter around his green-yellow eyes, to the cute little crinkle on his left cheek that shows when he smiles and down to his adam's apple, so clear on his throat. Snapping out of his trance, focusing on what Magnus said rather than how his lips looked while moving, so that he and Magnus could decide what pizzas to order. When Magnus had made the call, he sat down next to Alec, crossing his legs so that one knee touched Alec's thigh. They sat like that, small talking while picking a movie and waiting for the food. Eventually they agreed on the new Beauty and the Beast movie. Just as they'd decided the pizza arrived and Magnus pressed play before they started eating. They commented on the movie and laughed, and somehow Magnus' head wound up in Alec's lap, his fingers playing with his hair.

"You know, the only reason I've actually watched the cartoon version of Beauty and the Beast is because of my sister." Alec smiled at the memory. "I hated it but I've never been good at telling her no."

"Tell me something about your sister." Magnus looked up at Alec with curiosity in his eyes. "Like a story about when you were young, or something about her cooking."

Alec nodded, taking a moment to think about it. "I know just the story." He announced and Magnus closed his eyes, smiling.