Freeze

Chapter 7

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Sorry it took a while for this one. I had a lot of unpacking to do, then I needed to find my computer, then I needed to make sure this chapter was as good as I can get it. It's a little shorter than the others but I couldn't really think of anything else to add.

Hope you like it :)


Alec didn't know where he was, and wasn't quite sure where he was going, but it night had fallen and it was getting very cold. His mother would have told him off for not wearing something warmer and probably would have given him a lecture about it, but he couldn't care to think about that now. He had to keep running.

As he swung around the corner of the road he pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialled the number he had been staring hopelessly at for so many nights.

No answer.

He tried twice more.

No answer.

It can't be Magnus. It couldn't be him. His mind was overcrowded with thoughts, and running seemed to be making them come at him at a faster pace. Alec felt nauseous. There must be other warlocks in Brooklyn. There has to be. Are there many warlocks in Brooklyn? He could only think of one.

It suddenly registered in Alec's mind that the body was found late the night before. The night Magnus was at the Institute. Around the time Izzy had said Magnus just left. A swarm of a million more questions surfaced. As much as he tried to push them out, he couldn't. He had to know for himself.


He was shaking hard when he reached the house – whether it was from the cold or not, he couldn't tell. His surroundings seemed to be spinning as Alec rang the doorbell. He waited for what seemed like forever, and then started hammering on the door.

He has to be here, he has to be here. If he's not...

The door opened. Alec looked up to see the shadow of a tall, bright figure before everything faded to black.


This time, when Alec woke up, his surroundings were completely unfamiliar.

When his vision began to clear up, Alec found himself wrapped in a dark blue blanket lying on a comfortable bed. He could tell without having to look that he wasn't at the Institute. The room had a something about it that the Institute didn't have, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

The curtains were shut but there was a light coming from a small lamp on the table. It was a nice room, Alec thought. It looked lived in, unlike most rooms in the Institute where everything was organised and almost too tidy.

Then he saw him sitting at the foot of the bed. His heart leaped. "Magnus?"

Magnus moved closer and sighed. "You have to stop doing this Alec. Are you insane? Stop trying to get yourself killed. I can't be there to help you every time. And you're still meant to be recovering. You could have died out there!"

Alec's face broke into a large smile as he hugged Magnus and breathed him in. He had to make sure he was really there.

"You're alive. Thank god you're alive," Alec mumbled into a surprised Magnus' shirt. "I thought you were dead. I mean, I heard and I didn't want to believe it was you but I didn't have anything to say that it wasn't you either so I was still so worried and I needed to know it wasn't you who they found yesterday so I ran here. I just ran because the thought of you being gone..." He was trembling now.

He looked up at Magnus to see him staring down at him trying to comprehend what he had said.

"I'm just glad you're alive."

Their gazes locked. It was the first time Alec noticed the shimmering gold in Magnus' eyes. How he hadn't noticed it before he did not know, but it made him look oddly beautiful.

They were so close now that Alec could feel Magnus' soft, steady breathing on his skin, their eyes never parting. But Magnus didn't lean forward. He remained just millimetres away from Alec's lips, not daring to come any closer. So Alec did instead. As their lips touched, everything around them faded away. It felt more than right. As long as they had each other like this, Alec realised, nothing else seemed to matter. Magnus raised his hand to Alec's cheek to deepen the kiss as Alec wrapped his arms around his neck. Maybe Alec would never be accepted by his parents, but as long as he had Magnus, he would always feel like he belonged.


As they parted Alec went a light pink colour, but didn't move away. Magnus just smiled.

"What changed?"

"Nothing," Alec shook his head gently, his arms still around Magnus. "I just realised that, well, being without you... I just couldn't be without you. And when I thought I'd lost you forever..." He shied away a little, which gave him a chance to take in more of his surroundings.

Although he had never seen the room before, there was something familiar about it. Alec recognised the scent the room came with. The room smelt strongly of sandalwood. Alec's suspicions were confirmed and his uneasiness rose when he spotted the pot of glitter on the bedside table and realised he was in Magnus' room. But Magnus interrupted his thoughts.

"Hey," Alec looked at him again. "You won't ever lose me, Alec."

Alec loosened his grip on Magnus, only just realising how tightly he was holding him. But Magnus hadn't seemed to mind. "I don't want to be afraid anymore."

"You don't have to be," Magnus said, almost a whisper.

"Good." And with that, Alec kissed him again. He wished he could freeze this moment to keep it with him forever.

Because this was perfect.


Hope you liked this one :3