December 5th: Christmas Trees!

The sun burned Alec's retna's like a flaming pineapple burns pixies….except...you know….not. He had gotten home last night from hunting at about 3am and had fallen straight to sleep, planning to stay that way until at least 10. But judging by the light coming from the window, which someone had flung open, it was about 6 or 7am. Just then, Alec realized he was alone in bed; the person who ordinarily slept to his left was gone. Suddenly there was a noise behind him, and someone tackled him yelling "GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE!"

Alec groaned, trying to sit up. "Magnus, It's 6am!"

"6:25am." He corrected.

"Same thing." Alec said, finally managing to untangle himself from his boyfriend and the sheets and stand up. "You better have a good reason for this."

Magnus gasped with a look of mock offense on his face. "Darling, I always have a good reason for things. And besides, all the best christmas trees are gone by noon!"

About an hour later, Alec found himself standing out in the middle of a snowy field, surrounded by pine trees and freezing his ass off. "Magnus, can you please explain to me why we couldn't just buy a christmas tree from somewhere that wasn't the middle of nowhere?"

"Because dear," Magnus replied, now examining a fir tree, "Its all part of christmas! Buying christmas trees, decorating the flat, making out by the fire."

"What?"

Magnus sighed. "Its from a poem Alec." (A/n: True story, we're reading it in speech.)

"Well, why can't you just pick a tree, snap it home, then we can leave and I can defrost my fingers and toes."

Magnus reached out and wrapped his arms around Alec, pulling him close. "Alexander, didn't anyone ever teach you the art of picking out a christmas tree?"
"We never got a real christmas tree at the institution. Mum was allergic and said they made too much of a mess to be bothered with." He said, pressing his face against Magnus's coat (Which was quite warm).

This earned a disapproving tut from the warlock. "You deprived child. Well, first you have to make sure its big enough to look like a christmas tree." He said, letting go of Alec and moving on down the row of christmas trees. "But they can't be too big, otherwise you can't fit the star on top."

Alec nodded, following. "And it has to be the right kind. Some types of trees shed a lot and get needles all over the floor, which your cat then eats and throws up all over your new clothes." Magnus continued.

The two went on like this for another hour and a half, Magnus moving from tree to tree, dismissing it for some reason or another, and Alec following shivering in his wake. Suddenly Magnus let out a gasp and stopped, causing Alec to run right into him. "What? What's wrong? What happened?"

"Its...perfect!" Magnus breathed, gazing at the tree in a state of amazement.

Alec peered over his shoulder, regarding the tree. It wasn't a very noticeable tree. It was average height and had a few dead spots along the trunk. "Its not that great." He stated flatly.

"Not that great? Alexander Gideon Lightwood this tree is like...like...all the snow turned to glitter and the president changed the flag to a sparkly rainbow!" and with that he snapped his finger and the tree vanished.

"Right…" Alec said after a moment. "We got the perfect tree, now can we go home? I'm frozen from the waist down."

Magnus rolled his eyes and took his hand as they walked back towards the car. (One which Magnus insists he did pay for.) "I told you to wear something warmer love."

"Well, I'm sorry but I wasn't thinking straight after only 3 hours of sleep!"

After christmas tree hunting, the pair went to visit Jace and Clary and their new baby for the rest of the day. When they got home, the christmas tree was positioned perfectly in the flat, along with about 10 boxes of decorations. "Now for the best part!" Magnus said, throwing his coat down and bounding over to the boxes, dragging Alec. "Decorating!"

Alec groaned again, he was tired out from having to entertain the baby all day, and had barely slept at all. "Come on Magnus, can't we just go to bed? I'm tired."

"You really are whinney today aren't you." Magnus observed.

"Well you would be to if someone woke you up after only 3 hours of sleep! At the crack of dawn!"

Magnus laughed evilly. "I thought you liked getting up early love." He teased, wrapping his arms around the shadowhunter and kissing his neck.

"Not when I get home at 3." Alec mumbled, leaning back into his boyfriend.

"Tomorrow, I promise we can sleep in as late as you want." Magnus replied with a chuckle. (A/:n: Chuckle? Is that the right word to use? idk...laugh? Chuckle makes me think of jello….like...chucking jello...Magnus replied by chucking jello at Alec.)

"But right now, we have to decorate the christmas tree!"

"Nooo...sleep." alec moaned, hiding his face in Magnus's neck and wrapping his arms around him.

"No...Alexander darling let go….Alec….? Alec?"

Alec mumbled something incoherent. "Come on darling, we have to decorate." Magnus said gently, pulling away from Alec and slipped his hand under his chin, bringing the shadow hunter's face up to his.

Alec blinked at him sleepily. "Finne." He huffed, pulling away.

"Yay! You start getting ornaments, I'll get the lights! What color do you think they should be this year...red? pink? blue? Oh! Rainbow ones that blink or oh!..." Magnus's launched into a long description of all the possible colors of christmas lights they could have as Alec stumbled over to the boxes and began opening them.

After about two hours, it was completely dark outside and the christmas tree was finished. "Ready?" Magnus asked, as though lighting it was a big production he had been waiting for all month.

Alec nodded, wanting to sleep. Magnus snapped his fingers and immediately the flat was light with dazzling light. Red, green, yellow, blue, orange and purple christmas lights twinkled on the tree, illuminating the many ornaments hung there which Magnus had collected over the 800 some years. Magnus clapped his hands, looking like it was already christmas. "Isn't it fabulous?!"

Alec yawned and nodded. He had to agree, the tree did look nice. Magnus had been right, it was perfect. "I'm going to go get the camera!" He said, excitedly as he raced towards the bedroom.

Alec yawned again and rubbed his eyes, moving over to sit on the couch. It was late, almost 11. Alec sighed and leaned back against the cushions, smiling. It had been almost year since he and Magnus had moved in together, and this was going to be their first christmas together. This year they would both be there on christmas morning. Alec smiled again at that. Christmas morning. no more waiting until after lunch to try and sneak over to Magnus's, no more disapproving looks from his parents, and most importantly, no more of Izzy's cooking. As he sat there, Alec's thoughts began to get less and less coherent as he began to fall asleep.

"Got it-" Magnus broke off as he entered the living room and spotted Alec asleep on the couch. He smiled and walked over, snapping a picture. Alec looked adorable when he slept, not that Magnus often watched him sleep….this wasn't twilight. Carefully, so as not to disturb him, Magnus slipped his arms under Alec and lifted him up, carrying him to the bedroom. Still being careful, he placed the camera down gently, undressed and got into bed on his side. As he flicked off the light and laid down, Magnus felt Alec's arms around him as the boy rolled over and mumbled something. Magnus smiled and kissed his forehead. "Good night love."

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Awwwz malec fluff! Ohkay so I actually got this done before schools over….wow wasn't expecting that. I'll probably post it after school though cause I have to leav soon….thanks to everyone who follows/favorites/reviews/votes/comments on this, you guys are awesome! Kbai!