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The warmth of the blankets and the sweatshirt Alec woke up in almost made him want to go back into a deep sleep. His entire body still ached, but he felt less insane if that was even possible. He looked at his hand which was bandaged around the palm and his arm was re-bandaged where the demons had injected their poison into him. It also felt clean and it didn't throb with pain anymore.

Alec shivered a bit and shifted in his half awake state. He was wearing a pair of plaid flannel pajama pants that were black and white checkerboard and a giant oversized hoodie that didn't belong to him. It was purple with some funky design on it so he assumed it was Magnus'. Speaking of Magnus, the warlock was currently by Alec' side stroking his hair and holding him like a teddy bear, Alec felt better already except for the fact that he was still running a high fever and felt nauseous beyond belief.

"Glad to see you're awake." Magnus said. His voice was soft and gentle as he kissed the top of Alec's head and stroked his pale cheek. "You're still running a fever but I was able to cure almost all of the demon poison out of your body thank goodness."

Unlike the other Downworlders Magnus could say the word "God" and not choke on his tongue, but he chose not to. Alec believed it was because he didn't feel pure enough to say it, what with the demon in him. Alec saw past that though and saw a gentle, kind, and caring man that was here to hold him.

Alec shifted closer to Magnus and rested his head in the crook of Magnus' neck. Magnus gratefully sighed and carded his fingers once again through Alec's silky black hair. Alec felt his body immediately relax and he felt safer than he had in the past few days.

"How did you do it?" Alec rasped out and Magnus stopped the movement of his fingers for a moment.

"Well it certainly was time consuming." Magnus replied.

HOURS EARLIER

"Lay him out on the bed!" Magnus had instructed as Isabelle and Maryse had laid Alec down on the empty bed at Magnus' house. They had wanted to take him home to the Institute but Magnus had told them there wasn't enough time. "Strip him down; his fever is too high for him to be clothed. His boxers can stay. I need a wet washcloth from my linen closet; some new bandages from my bathroom and a change of clothes from my room go!"

Everyone had rushed off and grabbed everything Magnus requested and returned to him in a timely fashion. Magnus had conjured up some of his power and had placed his hand over Alec's wound and had chanted something in Latin. A burst of blue and green light had been seen before it had died down and Magnus had gasped from exertion. Alec had looked physically calmed besides the fever and his arm hadn't looked infected anymore.

"The fever will wear off in a few days." Magnus had explained. "For now he needs rest and it will be treated as a normal flu. Now, I shall call the rest of you when he's awake and better but for now out of my house."

They had all respected his wishes thankfully; they all knew Magnus had wanted time alone with Alec.

PRESENT TIME

"So I'm ok now?" Alec coughed and gripped Magnus' shirt tight.

"Yes." Magnus softly kissed Alec's burning forehead. "You will live. It's after effects will be like that of the flu so you'll feel down and out of it for a few days after today."

"At least I'm not gonna go insane anymore…" Alec groaned and shifted a bit so he was closer to Magnus' chest. Even though he was burning up, he still was enjoying the warmth of his boyfriend under the covers.

"Well I don't know about that." Magnus joked with a smirk and kissed Alec's cheek before starting to stroke his hair again. Alec stayed silent for a few moments before speaking.

"M-Magnus…?" he whimpered practically. He felt embarrassed even bringing this up, but honestly it was his deepest fear.

"Yeah sweetie?" Magnus asked. "What is it? Do you need something?"

"No," Alec replied. "It's just…do you…ever regret going out with me?"

"Alexander Gideon Lightwood." Magnus was shocked. "Why would you ever think that I regret you? Hmm?"

"I just feel…not good enough for you." Alec bit his lip. "Like I'm some loser and you can do much better than me."

"Alexander my sweet baby," Magnus cupped Alec's cheek and pressed their foreheads together. "I could NEVER EVER think about replacing you or moving on from you, not for anything. You are the love of my life Alexander. You are so special to me. You are my beautiful, talented, graceful, angel and I wouldn't trade you for the world do you understand me? All these things you're thinking? You were poisoned by the Greater Demons of Truth and Fear. All these fears you have about not being accepted and me not loving you they're not true baby, none of them are. Because the people that truly love and care about you? They've been there since day one, you being gay or dating a Downworlder shouldn't change that at all and if it does well then they can piss off yah hear me?"

Alec found he was crying. Magnus wiped a few of his tears away with his manicured blue nails and smiled at him. Alec nuzzled Magnus' neck and shook a bit as the fear subsided inside of him and he could finally relax. He thought of all the people that still cared about him, Jace, Clary, his mother, Isabelle, Simon and then he looked up and saw Magnus his boyfriend and through this entire fiasco, he was glad that not one of his fears had or could ever come true.

Alec suddenly felt his stomach turn and he found himself emptying its contents on his lap. Magnus grimaced a bit, but rubbed his back as he helped Alec to the bathroom.

"I've got you Alec," Magnus smiled and kissed his cheek. "I always will and I promise…I'll never let you go."

Alec smiled.

The End

Well that was a cute a little story now wasn't it?

Hope you all enjoyed my first Mortal Instruments story! More stories and oneshots in this fandom will come soon I promise!