30-day OTP Challenge

Day 2: Cuddling Somewhere

Magnus rolled onto his side, curling into Alec's sighed, his breath stirring his hair, tickling his neck. The Nephilim shifted closer, his hipbone pressing against the warlock's pelvis. He turned his head, almost getting his nose impaled on Magnus's gelled spikes. Raising his leg, he draped it over the older man's own, starring up at the bright blue sky. A few clouds drifted languidly across his vision, changing shape and casting shadows as they went. Alec tracked their movement through his eyelashes. With the sun shining down on them, it hurt to look directly, the light making the back of his eyes ache.

"When do you have to go back?" Magnus asked suddenly, his voice breaking Alec out of his partially-sleeping state. He blinked and turned his head up, toward the sky and thought.

"Not for a while," he said, though he couldn't be sure. The warlock sighed, his breath cool against his neck.

"I don't want you to go," he whined, nuzzling his cheek against Alec's shoulder.

"It's only for a few days," he said, trying to reassure him for must have been the tenth time in the past hour. They'd been over the subject countless times, and he was kind of getting tired of it. But he did understand what he meant. It wasn't like he wanted to leave and visit relatives. He was happy about returning to Idris, there really was no place like it, but it was for something he didn't really care for. His sister was being insufferable these days, and Jace… Well, Jace was always insufferable.

"Exactly. That's a 'few days' without my pillow," Magnus complained, raising his head enough to rest it on his chest. Alec shifted his arm, left with no choice but to wrap it around Magnus.

"You'll live," Alec replied simply, leaving no room for argument. Magnus, of course, argued the point regardless.

"No, I won't. I'll waste away on the couch, constantly uncomfortable because I have no Shadowhunter to sleep on."

"You might learn something from the experience."

"Like what? How much one can miss their boyfriend?"

Alec had no reply for that and sighed in exasperation. Finally, he said, "I'm sure you'll manage to fill your time with something. Read a book or something."

Magnus made a noncommittal sound and waved off the suggestion. "Boring. That's what you do on summer days when it's too hot to move and you just lay in from of the air-conditioner hoping you won't get sick but not wanting to leave your spot."

"Wow, that was… specific."

"Experience, darling."

"So, go somewhere then."

"There's nowhere I can go that I haven't seen before, and no place I want to go without you to travel with me."

Alec blushed and pressed his lips together as Magnus shifted his body closer, all but gluing them together. He sighed for what felt like the hundredth time since they arrived in the secluded grove in Central Park. For a while he stayed silent, just listening to the seemingly muted shouts and laughter of other people around them, the sounds almost like they were leaking from another world, one unconnected to theirs, like they had strayed into a fold in the dimension.

"Then why don't we go somewhere?" He asked, finally speaking. Magnus pushed up onto his elbow, an eyebrow raised as he stared down at him. Alec squinted up, the bright sky behind him hard on his blue eyes.*

"What do you mean?" Magnus asked. He shrugged.

"Well," he said slowly, "when I get back, why don't we go somewhere. Last time, our time got cut short because they needed you for something. So, why don't we pick up where we left off?"

Magnus hummed, looking thoughtful. Then he purred and leaned down, kissing Alec on the lips. "I think I like that idea, love."

Alec returned the kiss, deepening it. They remained like that for a while, only breaking apart for gasps of air before continuing. After what could have been minutes or an hour, they settled back against each other, even closer than before, where they stayed until the sun on his pale skin drove them to find shade before he could get burned.

*it is a fact that people with lighter colored eyes are more sensitive to light, and while Alec's are described as a dark blue, the blue still makes too much light hurt.

Review please! 28 days to go.