A/N: So I've had this idea bouncing around in my head for awhile now and I've decided to go ahead and post it. Very Magnus centric lol. Will incorporate things from the show as well as the book. Hope you like it.

Disclaimer: As always I do not own the characters.

Chapter 2: Broken Bonds

Magnus flinched when he woke up to runed arms wrapped tightly around him only to relax when he realized it was Alec and suddenly felt guilty at having flinched in the first place. He knew Alec would never hurt him. Not intentionally. Alec wasn't that type of person.

He felt better as he laid settled against Alec. Rested and, as he inspected some of the more obvious cuts and bruises littering his skin, strong enough for his body's healing to kick in.

It didn't hurt so much to breathe and on closer inspection, his ribs had mended themselves.

Alec stirred as Magnus began to sit up and blinked a couple times. He took in their surroundings, took in Magnus's appearance, and his eyes glazed over with anger.

"I should go back and kick their asses," he stated. He brushed his finger over the small healed scar just under Magnus's right eye. "They had no right to hurt you."

"They were well within their rights," Magnus sighed. "They inflicted just enough that it would look like I had struggled when they came to arrest me."

Alec swallowed. "They trashed your home. I thought...I thought, I thought you been attacked and I...I couldn't...I couldn't find you...Jace and I...We couldn't locate you."

"You, and...Jace? You tried to track me?" Magnus asked. He was surprised and touched at the gesture. Alec cared enough to use his and Jace's parabatai strength to look for him.

"Of course," Alec looked more surprised at the fact Magnus was surprised. He sat up until Magnus had to sit astride him or risk falling onto the floor. "I know that I'm not the best boyfriend...I'm terrible at a lot of things, I made you keep this secret for so long because of my own insecurity and pushed you away more times then I'd like to admit...But, but I love you and I swear to you. I will always look for you and I will never let anything happen to you."

"Alec," Magnus spoke his name softly. "I...don't deserve you."

"You deserve so much more Magnus," Alec said as he cupped his face.

Alec wiped away tears Magnus hadn't realized were running down his cheeks with his thumbs and kissed him. Not a shy, tentative kiss that brought back memories of the first few times they'd kissed. Curled up in Magnus's sofa, Alec blushing and clumsy trying to work out the mechanics.

It was a deep, toe curling kiss. One that had warmth pulling in his belly, full of so much unspoken emotion he was drowning. Alec slipped his fingers under the hem of Magnus's shirt and stroked his skin softly. He ran his hands higher until Magnus pulled away.

"I should shower," Magnus said.

Alec nodded and gave him one last kiss before letting him go. "Don't take too long. I'll come in after you."

Magnus smiled a bit. "Don't worry. I won't."

He got up and walked down the hall to the bedroom. He shut the door behind him and as an afterthought locked it, before going into the adjoining bathroom and locking that door behind him. He took a deep breath and vomited into the sink.

It hurt, his ribs were still sore and he hadn't eaten anything since they'd arrested him, most of it was bile and that just made his stomach feel worse. He slid to floor when he finished and hugged his knees to his chest and closed his eyes to calm himself down.

There was no use in doing anything drastic. He was too drained to do anything even remotely consisting of magic. He wanted to sleep again. He wanted this entire thing to be a nightmare. He wanted to go home.

Magnus pulled himself to his feet and showered. He stayed until the water ran from hot, to cold, to freezing, to where he knew he would catch hypothermia unless he got out. He dried off and unlocked the bathroom door to step into the bedroom.

He rooted around in the drawers for something to wear and retreated back into the bathroom, locking the door once more. He carded his fingers through the knots in his hair and picked up the scissors on the edge of the sink.

The first snip was hard. The second less so. And he kept cutting until the floor was littered with black curls. He washed his hair again and towel dried it. He'd trimmed the sides, left some on the top. He dressed and unlocked the bathroom door. The bedroom door followed after he was sure he wasn't going to vomit again and he walked to the kitchen.

Alec was staring at his parabatai rune. Like he knew it was only a matter of time.

"Don't," Magnus said. "I know what you're thinking. Don't do it."

"You don't know what I'm thinking," Alec replied.

"You're thinking about breaking the bond," Magnus answered. "Swear to me you won't do it."

"What do you propose we do then?" Alec asked.

"I was all for letting them think I was guilty," Magnus answered.

"Well I sure as hell wasn't," Alec told him. He frowned. "What did you do to your hair?"

"I needed a trim," Magnus answered. "And don't try to change the subject. You are not breaking your bond and that's final. Swear it."

Alec crossed his arms over his chest. "Fine…I swear on the angels I will not break my parabatai bond with Jace."

Magnus nodded. "I'll call Ragnor."

"Are you sure that's wise?" Alec asked.

"We can trust Ragnor," Magnus answered. "He may know a way to block the parabatai rune. And he won't turn us in."

Alec looked reluctant but nodded. "Alright."

Magnus gave a reassuring smile. He hoped Ragnor wouldn't turn him in.

"I must say, this is quite a lot of shit you've gotten yourself into," Ragnor said. "And we've literally been in shit."

"It was a bird poop Ragnor. And I got us out of there," Magnus pointed out.

The green skinned warlock's expression changed from pensive to sympathetic and he placed a hand on Magnus's arm.

"How are you?" He asked.

"As well as I can be," Magnus answered. He ran a hand through his hair and dropped his hands to his sides. "I'm more worried about Alec to be honest. He wants to break his parabatai bond. I can't let him do that."

Ragnor nodded and removed his hand as Alec walked back inside the house.

"Alexander. Never thought I'd ever see a Lightwood step into my home," Ragnor said.

"Magnus trusts you," Alec replied.

"Yet you don't," Ragnor pointed out.

"If Magnus trusts you, then that's good enough for me," Alec told him.

"So I see we're on the same page. Excellent," Ragnor nodded. "You can use the guest room for the time being. It'll take me a couple days to get everything for the blocking spell, and they won't come looking for you here. Not yet."

"I owe you one," Magnus said relieved.

"This one's on me," Ragnor gave Magnus a soft smile. "Honestly. You're my friend Magnus. I would do this for you regardless. Now go lay down. You look exhausted. I will keep the little nephilim company."

Magnus looked over at Alec.

"He's right,"Alec said. "I'll bring you some tea later."

Alec looked at Ragnor once Magnus had gone upstairs. Ranger merely beckoned him with a crook of his finger and they walked out of the back door.

"That was very prince charming of you," Ragnor said. "Breaking Magnus out of the Accords."

"Yeah well, I don't believe Magnus capable of something like that," Alec replied. "He would never kill someone."

"How do you know?" Ragnor asked. "You hardly know Magnus."

"I know enough," Alec answered. "Do you think he's capable of killing someone?"

"I've known Magnus nearly all his life," Ragnor answered. "And I don't think I'll ever know everything about him."

Alec swallowed and nodded.

"Does your parabatai know what you did?" Ragnor asked. He looked at the rune.

"No. I didn't tell him anything," Alec answered. "I didn't want him involved."

"You realize ff you do this, you won't be able to feel each other so long as it's in place," Ragnor told him.

"If I don't do this, I can't help Magnus," Alec replied. "They will make Jace track me and if he says no they will force him. I don't want that on him."

"Who's to say they won't force him even if he can't feel you?" Ragnor asked. "You shadowhunters are relentless in your pursuits for what you deem 'proper justice'."

"You think I don't know that?" Alec ground out. "My parents were followers of Valentine and after everything Magnus has done for them, they still think he's guilty. It makes me sick. And if I hadn't sworn to Magnus I wouldn't break my bond I would cut off my own arm if it would mean they couldn't find Magnus."

Ragnor placed his hand on Alec's arm. "Relax Alexander. Take a deep breath...good. And another. Good. Now listen closely because I will only say this to you once."

Alec nodded.

"If anything happens to Magnus, you call me. Do you understand?" Ragnor told him. "I don't care where you are. I don't care if he tells you not to. You. Call. Me."

"Call you. Understood," Alec told him.

Ragnor nodded and let him go. "I'll need some of your blood for the spell."

Alec felt around in his pockets and pulled out one of Jace's knives he'd grabbed before he left and sliced his palm before holding his hand over the jar that had appeared in Ragnor's hand. He used a piece of cloth to wrap the cut and led Alec back inside.

"I'm going to need some of Jace's blood as well," Ragnor told him. "It's the only way the spell will work."

"I can't...If I go back-"

"No one said you would be," Ragnor interrupted. "I'll go."

"Jace isn't going to just hand over some of his blood," Alec pointed out.

"He will if I tell the Council it will help locate you," Ragnor answered.

"...Will it?" Alec asked.

"Yes, but they don't know that," Ragnor answered. "And I don't intend to tell them how it works."

Alec nodded a little.

"I have no intention of leading them to the two of you," Ragnor told him. "You can relax Alexander."

"I'm trying," Alec replied.

"I'm going to assume you two haven't eaten in a few days. Help yourself, I should be back tonight," Ragnor told him as he pulled on his coat. "And do not have sex on my desk. You can at least do me that courtesy."

Alec blushed. "We weren't planning on it."

Ragnor shut the door behind him as he stepped outside and Alec looked around. He went to the kitchen and found a tea pot on the stove and filled it with water before setting it to boil.

The sun had just finished setting when Alec went upstairs to check on Magnus. He was twisting a ring around his finger and staring at a fixed point on the bed.

"...We could go back," Magnus said without looking up. "We'll say that I tricked you with my magic, and you came to your senses, subdued me, and dragged me back...," Magnus told him.

"Magnus, no," Alec replied. "We are not doing that. You are innocent and we are going to prove it."

"And how do you plan to do that?" Magnus asked. "We can't get near that house. They can force Jace to track you, they're going to figure out that we came to see Ragnor and the second they do they will come looking for us and they will drag us back kicking and screaming."

Alec jumped as a vase nearby shattered, and a mirror hanging on the wall cracked at the sudden outlash of magic. Magnus stilled his hands and drew his knees to his chest.

Alec walked over and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Ragnor went to get blood from Jace. He's going to throw them off with a blood tracking and then he'll do the spell to block my parabatai rune," Alec told him. "We're going to figure this out."

"How?" Magnus asked. "We can't rely on the Shadowhunters. We can't rely on Jace or Isabelle or Clary because your parents will find out and and there aren't too many people I know that that won't turn us in without hesitation."

Alec knew he was right. "What about Luke?"

"What about him?" Magnus asked.

"You said yourself, we can't get near the house. But Luke could," Alec answered. "We could ask him."

"Alec…" Magnus looked reluctant. "I don't think he'd risk his pack to help us."

"Maybe not us...But I bet he'd risk it for you," Alec answered. "I can think of a few people who would risk everything to help you."

"What makes you so sure they won't stab us in the back?" Magnus asked.

"You helped Luke, even after everything he did with Valentine. You helped Raphael and Simon after they both became vampires," Alec answered. "I really doubt they're just going to turn you into the Clave over a little murder and treason charge."

Magnus smiled a bit. "A little? It's murder and treason."

"Would you prefer big?" Alec asked. "Alright. I doubt they would turn you into the Clave for a big murder and treason charge...Doesn't have as a nice a ring to it as little."

Magnus laughed and Alec smiled.

"Laughter is always a good sign," Ragnor said from the doorway. "You know he's right Magnus. You'd be surprised at how many people would give an arm for you."

"I'd prefer everyone keep their limbs," Magnus wrinkled his nose. "Blood stains like a bitch."

Alec rolled his eyes. "It was one time and I said I was sorry."

"Don't say sorry to me. Say it to my 15th century Persian rug," Magnus replied.

Alec rolled his eyes. "Who keeps a 15th century Persian rug in their bathroom?"

"As amusing as it is listening to the two of you, I do have a spell to perform," Ragnor reminded. "I'll need to see your parabatai rune."

Alec stood up and removed his shirt, handing it to Magnus. Ragnor poured the blood that had been in the jar in his hand and dipped his finger into it.

"You don't have to do this Alec," Magnus told him. "Not for me."

Alec took a deep breath and exhaled slowly standing up straighter. "Do it."