Chapter 2: Perfect Family

"Come on Magnus, you need to get home and rest," Izzy insisted, helping the warlock up from the sofa. She knew that Jace had gone to find this Clary girl, and Alec had phoned up Catarina, asking how Grace was and letting her know that they would be home shortly.

"I am absolutely fine Isabelle, as I said, just shaken. But I'm fine now," Magnus groaned, he loved his sister-in-law, but damn was she persistent.

"Stubborn warlock."

"I know right? What can you do?" Magnus laughed, looking through the crowds for Alexander. He spotted him pushing through the Downworlders to get to them. Pandemonium was exceedingly busy for a Monday night.

"Grace is fine, Catarina is fine, and I asked her to check you over when we get home," Alec informed them, already knowing his husband would complain about it.

"Alexander," Magnus sighed. He hated troubling Catarina more than what they already did. "She's a very busy woman."

"I know, but she insisted once she found out you got pushed. She's your best friend Magnus," he explained, taking his husband's hand. "Now, we're going home." They bid goodbye to Isabelle, and she told them she would tell Jace that they had left safely. She watched Magnus open a portal, and they both walked through it, no doubt landing in their loft.

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The husbands had walked through the portal and landed in their apartment gracefully, only Alec staggering slightly on landing. Catarina was waiting for them when they arrived, and immediately grabbed Magnus and seated him on the couch.

"You been getting yourself in trouble, Maggie?" Cat sighed, she muttered some incantations and Alec could see his husband relax into the leather. "She must have pushed you hard huh?"

"She used magic I had never seen or felt before," Magnus told her, glancing at his husband meekly.

"She used magic? I thought you said she was Nephilim?" Alec questioned, the concern instantly back on his features.

"She is. She just did something that I had never seen before. I know I didn't tell you Alexander, but I know you. You would have gone and killed her had I told you," Magnus said, eyeing the Shadowhunter.

"I wouldn't have killed her," Alec argued. "Possibly maimed, or you know, broken some bones at least," he smiled. He heard Magnus' light chuckle and saw his husband positively glow. "Is everything okay?" he asked Cat.

"Everything is okay, Lightwood. He just needs rest, he's got a baby to look after as well. Magnus, I recommend; a lot of rest, a lot of ice cream and some sappy rom-coms," Cat chuckled, hugging her best friend.

"Not rom-coms," Alec complained, glaring at Catarina. "How is my beautiful girl?" he asked the babysitter.

"She was brilliant all night, as usual. I believe she went straight to sleep, but no doubt she heard you arrive in the portal," she told them both. With that, Alec went to find his little girl in her bedroom.

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Alec entered his daughter's room and he cracked a contented smile. He could see her dark hair flowing down her back, and the soft laboured breathing of a sound sleep. She wasn't actually facing the door, but Alec pictured what she would look like; a little smile on her face, her bright blue eyes closed, and little nose wrinkled as she dreamed. This child was perfection, and everyone who met her knew it.

Alec was about to close the door, when he heard a little sigh and a small "Papa?" He turned to see his daughter's bright eyes looking at her and a wide smile on her lips. She clambered out of bed and wrapped herself around her father, silently asking to be picked up. Alec did as she wanted and placed her on his hip, kissing her forehead and rocking her back and forth.

"Hey Gracie," he greeted, smiling down at his little four year old. Her pale skin, her sapphire eyes and dark hair made her the double of Alec. However she shared the same personality as his husband, loud, unafraid of anything, and charming. Everybody who met her fell in love with her instantly, and she loved it. She acted as if she had the world wrapped around her little finger, and wasn't afraid to say so.

"Is Daddy okay? Catty said that he had a fall?" she asked, placing her head on her Papa's chest.

"Yeah, Daddy's fine. Wanna go get him?" he smiled, placing her gently on the floor and watching her race off to find Magnus.

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"Daddy!" Magnus heard, as Catarina finished his check-up. He saw his daughter racing towards him, a tired look in her eyes but a smile on her face anyway.

"Hey princess," Magnus chuckled, hugging his daughter and placing her on his lap. "I thought you were asleep?" he asked, amused.

"I was. But then I heard the portal," Grace admitted, cuddling herself into the warlock's side. "Are you okay Daddy? Catty said you got hurt?"

"I'm perfectly fine sweetheart, don't you worry," he told the girl, finding Alec leaning on the door frame and smiling.

"I'd best be off, early shift tomorrow," Cat said, looking at the clock on the wall. It was only eleven but it was late enough. She bid them all farewell and took off through another portal.

"That means somebody," Alec said, looking at his daughter, "should be in bed."

"Please Papa, five more minutes?" she asked, pulling the puppy eyes out that she had learned from Jace. Magnus was the first to concede.

"Okay sweet-pea, five more minutes," he whispered into Grace's ear. He just heard a small laugh from his husband, who had made his way into the bedroom to get changed.

"How is the baby, Daddy?" Grace asked, poking at Magnus' stomach.

"The baby is just fine darling, he or she is just quite content with living in Daddy's stomach for a few months," he told her, smiling at her curiousness.

"I can't wait to be a big sister," Grace said, placing her head on Magnus' shoulder, her eyes drooping as the tiredness was overwhelming her. Magnus just leaned back on the sofa and cuddled her to his chest, letting his eyes close and succumbing to sleep.

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Alec came back to find both of his beauties fast asleep on the sofa. He carefully removed Grace from Magnus' grasp and put her back to bed, his husband not even moving an inch.

And afterwards he came to his husband and picked him up bridal-style as if he weighed nothing. He carried him through the loft and slowly placed him on his side of the bed. Alec quickly put him in something comfy and tucked him into the golden sheets. Alec slid in on his side of the bed and turned out the lamp, and soon enough he was acting the big spoon and was holding his husband close.

This was Alec's idea of the perfect night.

He wrapped his hands over Magnus' slightly protruding stomach, just so he had his lover and his unborn baby close. His eldest baby was now sound asleep in her own bed, and he could hear her tiny snores through the wall, a signal that she was in a state of dreaming; and he hoped she was dreaming of the kingdom she always told her dad's she wanted to rule someday, and Alec would do everything in his power to give her just that...

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