December 11th: Umbrellas
Sorry again for the lateness, no excuse this time except procrastination…..ya… xD
So this ones based off the fact that Alec is apparently afraid of umbrella's…..according to his wiki and Cassandra Clare….
All characters belong to Cassandra Clare
The music that was blasting from the speakers was practically shattering Alec's eardrums. He wasn't even sure what it was. It sounded a bit like Santa Baby, but he couldn't understand about half the words the female in the song was warbling, so he just gave up trying to name the song and began looking for Magnus. He spotted the sparkly man standing near the entrance of what he assumed was the kitchen, chatting with some faeries and what looked like a vampire. Alec gritted his teeth as the black haired fairy flipped her hair, laughing at something Magnus said. Why he had let Magnus drag him to this party in the first place he had no idea. It was a bad idea for two reasons: 1. Alec hated parties. and 2. He was a shadowhunter. A Shadowhunter in a room full of downworlders and alcohol, completely risk free. Suddenly, somebody stumbled backwards, knocking into him. Alec tumbled backwards and had to grab onto the wall to keep himself from falling over. "Sorry." The stranger muttered, standing up and turning away, then he suddenly turned back and cocked his head, smiling slyly.
"Shadowhunter?" He asked.
Alec nodded, nervously. The man was obviously a downworlder. What kind, Alec didn't know. He was wearing a very low V neck black shirt, with dark red jeans and his blond hair was swept to the side with what looked like copious amounts of product. "Hmmm, I don't remember Illiana inviting any shadowhunters." He said, moving closer.
"I...I'm...uh…" Alec stumbled over his words.
The man chuckled, leaning in. "You're cute." He whispered.
Alec blushed furiously and started backing up, trying not to look rude. Suddenly there was a very disapproving cough from behind them and both men looked up to see the High Warlock of Brooklyn looking very very unamused. "Alexander darling, I was wondering where you'd gone off to." He said, sliding an arm protectively around Alec's waist.
"My apologies Magnus." The stranger said, not looking very sorry at all. "I didn't know this one was yours." He waved at Alec.
Magnus's arm tightened around Alec's waist as he answered tersely. "Yes, he is. And its about time we got going."
With that, Magnus grabbed Alec's hand and dragged him away, making his way towards the door. "You don't have to leave on my account." Alec said after a few minutes.
Magnus sighed, "No, we really should be getting going." He handed Alec his coat. "The weather outside is frightful. And very drunk downworlders and extremely hot shadowhunters in the same room are never a good idea."
Alec blushed at his words and began putting on his coat. When they got outside, snow was falling lightly from the sky. "I thought you said the weather was bad." Alec started, looking around at the downy flakes.
"I over exaggerated. But its supposed to get worse." Magnus said, pulling an umbrella out of his pocket.
Alec jumped when he saw it. "Uhh...w..what are you doing with that?" He asked, nervously.
Magnus shot him a quizzical look. "To keep the snow off." He opened it and Alec jumped back farther.
"Alec, are you okay?" He asked.
Alec, now extremely pale and looking like he was going to vomit nodded. Magnus lowered the umbrella and looked him straight in the eye. "No you're not, what's wrong?"
"Its….n...nothing." He whispered, looking down.
Magnus moved to put his arms around him, but Alec jumped back, practically falling off the curb. "Alec what's wrong? Is-" His voice trailed off as his eyes went from the terrified Alec to the umbrella in his hand, then back to Alec.
"Alec….Are you afraid of Umbrellas?" He asked slowly.
Alec looked down, practically crimson now.
Despite himself, Magnus let a chuckle slip and Alec glared at him. "I'm sorry...but..its just….its….its an umbrella!" He said, failing to conceal his laughter.
"Don't laugh! Its not funny!" Alec protested.
"Yes...it actually is." He said, smiling.
Alec looked like he was about to cry. "Its. not. funny." He hissed.
Magnus stopped laughing immediately. "Oh Alec, are you really afraid of umbrellas?"
"Of course!" He spat.
"Alec, baby, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were really that afraid of them!"
"Yes, I am that afraid of them." He said, his voice cracking. "Everybody always makes fun of me for it, but they don't understand. Don't you start to." He turned on his heel and stalked past him.
"Alec! Alec wait!" Magnus called after him.
"Just go back to the party." Alec yelled over his shoulder.
Magnus sighed, he knew Alec well enough to know that he needed some space when he got like this. He decided to take a walk while Alec cooled off.
The house was dark except for one lamp in the living room when Magnus got home. "Alec?" He called softly.
No reply. "Alec?" He called, a little louder.
"Hmmm?" Magnus looked around and spotted the shadowhunter sitting crosslegged on the floor next to the lamp, book in hand.
Magnus exhaled and walked over to him, sitting down on the floor across from him. "Alec. Are you still mad about the umbrella thing?" He asked gently.
Alec bit his lip, as though he were thinking about it. Finally he shook his head. "No, I was, but it's not your fault. You didn't know."
Magnus sighed, relieved and moved around to sit next to him, putting his arms around him. "I really am sorry."
Alec just nodded, already back to his book. "If you don't mind me asking," Magnus said suddenly, "Why are you afraid of umbrellas?"
Alec put down his book, and was silent for a moment. When he started talking, his voice was low and careful. "When I was six, Izzy, Jace and I were playing hide and seek in the institution. I kept losing, and Jace kept teasing me and he wouldn't stop, so I went to my dad." Alec paused and covered his mouth with his hand. Magnus gripped him tighter.
"He said...he said Jace was right. And if I ever wanted to be a shadowhunter I'd have to learn to hide. Everybody was laughing at me, and kept telling me I'd never be able to be a shadowhunter. I was so upset I ran away. When it was dark, I stopped at a house. It looked abandoned from the outside, so I went in. After about an hour, I started to hear noised and got scared, so I went and hid in the closet." Alec's voice faltered, but he kept going. "There was a wall of umbrella's in the closet, I remember thinking that it was strange. Then I heard footsteps outside and then...then the door opened. Someone...something...was standing there." His voice cracked and Alec stopped talking, hiding his face in his hands.
"Oh Alec," Magnus whispered, "You don't have to keep telling me this."
Alec buried his head in Magnus's shoulder and sat there for a moment, trying to pull himself together. "It was….well...I don't know what it was, but it was big. I tried to get to the back of the closet, but it kept coming forward. I don't think it could see me, but when i moved to try and escape, it started waving its arms and making noises. One of its arms caught the umbrella shelf and the shelf fell ontop of me. I...I couldn't move. The thing kept moving around and snorting, and I just lay there, helpless. My legs hurt so badly, and even after it left, I could still hear it moving around upstairs. I wanted to leave, but I just couldn't, I lay there all night until someone found me the next morning and brought me to the hospital, my parents showed up a few hours later. They were furious. I never told anyone what happened." Alec's shoulders shook as he finished.
Magnus pulled him closer. "I am so so sorry Alec." He whispered.
Alec shook his head. "It wasn't your fault."
"If only I could have been there."
"Well you weren't." He sniffed, pulling himself together. "And anyways, it was a long time ago, way before we met."
"You're right. I wasn't there, but I'm here now." He said, kissing the top of his head.
Alec smiled and wrapped his arms around Magnus's chest, leaning into him. He had never told that story to anyone, and he never would again. But after that day, Alec was a little less afarid of umbrellas.
Okay...I was just trying to think of something tramatic and that was the result…..Im going to go sleep now. Thanks for reading! Please rate/review/follow/favorite/showerwithducks. GOOOOOODDNIGHT!