Hello everyone! I wanted to thank all of you for the great reviews, especially the ones who followed me from the beginning (Sele, raluca83, PplAreBeahh, ZaidKayson etc.). All your comments are mostly welcomed and it helps me keeping this story on the right track. As most of you figured out, this story is following the book's storyline so sometimes, I have to stick to the books dialogue and events. I try as much as possible to sneak in some Malec moments without burying you with words you read already. And of course, I don't want to be a simple copy-cat of Cassandra Clare's awesome work. So here's the next chapter, still in Alec's Pov and it's the beginning of City of Ashes where there's actually some dialogue you read but from Jace's pov. So let's straddle in and take off in a bumpy ride! Hope all of you enjoy this ! :D
Disclaimer: Magnus and Alec belongs to Cassandra Clare, and this story follow the books (here there's dialogue you can find in City of Ashes, book 2).
Chapter 5 : Short-Term Bliss
As soon as Alec crossed the threshold of the flat, Magnus was kissing him as if their lives depended on it. He didn't mind; the hungry mouth and wandering hands were taking away the longing he'd felt all day, even after he'd talk to Magnus earlier. He entangled his fingers in Magnus's silky hair, tugging at them as his lover's tongue battling with his built up the passion in the pit of his stomach. He was panting and Magnus's moans in his ears sounded like Heaven.
Magnus broke apart, gasping for air, and it's only at this moment that Alec realized he was already shirtless and boots off, Magnus or him had them removed at some point. In the same glimpse, he took in his partner's appearance, suprised as, for once, he was all very... unglittery. The warlock probably understood Alec's questionning glance as he shrugged, smiling ruefully.
- "I've been waiting for you all day" he said, sounding embarrassed. "It was a very long day and I couldn't find it in me to do anything but stare at the clock..." At this point, he was almost blushing, a bit ashamed for acting in such a foolish manner.
Alec felt the blush descend on his cheeks and couldn't help but have a giddy smile take over his lips. He barely contained a giggle...
- "Don't worry, it was a horrible day for me too. The hours dragged awfully and I just wanted to be here." he said, hoping to comfort Magnus.
He was rewarded by the goofy grin that overcame Magnus's features. He silently took Alec's face in his hands and whispered seductively, inches from his mouth :
- "So, where were we?" he said, still grinning devilishly.
Magnus was almost brushing his lips with his own when Alec swallowed with difficulty and stuttered :
- "On... o-ur... wa-ay to... th-e... be-ed-d-room" his breath hitching on the way out.
Magnus almost purred at these words, his eyes heavy lidded with desire. He grabbed Alec by the loops of his jeans and dragged him to his bedroom.
Alec was steaming, his heart raced wildly and his pants were definitely strained on his erection, it hurt and almost begged him to be released.
Magnus turned around when they arrived at the bottom of the bed, smiling playfully before he pushed him down on the yellow comforter. He topped him right away and attacked his waistband, unbuttoning and unzipping as quickly as possible. When is mouth came up to brush the side of his neck, he whispered huskily, making Alec shiver from head to toe.
- "This stutter is something new, let's see if I can get you to do it again..."
And at these words, he shoved his pants and boxers down altogether, leaving him moaning and wimpering in anticipation...
Alec was gathering his clothes as soundlessly as possible. It was the middle of the night, about three o'clock and it was time for him to go back to the institute. He didn't want to have another heart attack at the brink of the day and get Magnus on edges again. It had been a wonderful evening and he didn't want to spoil it. Thanks to the angel, his stamina had built up and he wasn't as exhausted as he had been the first time, though Magnus had done everything for it to happen.
He could barely contain an idiotic smile to pop on his face every few seconds while he dressed up in the living room, recalling the past night. Magnus was a very attentive lover and even after Alec had became sore, they still had found way to pleasure themselves and enjoy each other company. Even before entering him at first, Magnus had made him come with his mouth, gently playing inside him with his fingers, barely brushing his prostate and driving Alec to madness in a matter of minutes. When he had filled him, he had kept an insanely slow beat, caressing the bundle of nerves inside of him everytime, until he had heard Alec stutter again, begging for release, just like he had wished him to do. When they had finally reached their climaxes, it had been so violent that Alec felt he had blacked out for a few seconds. Then there had been the shower, where Alec had himself pleasured Magnus with his mouth, for the second time in his life and, of course, Magnus had made him climax again using his hands to torture him some more while his tongue had explored his inside, gentle enough to not add to his soreness. At this point, he had been a wimpering mess, unable to control anything anymore, not even able to remember his own name, overwhelmed by the sensations Magnus had awakened in him. The rest of the night had been lost to him in a dizzying whirl of caress, embraces, fondling each other bodies while they had talked, murmuring softly about their lives and tastes.
Tying his boots, Alec felt a slight uneasiness enter him... he did remember doing most of the talking and even though he tried, he couldn't recall Magnus saying much about himself, always asking the questions, eager to know all of him. If he had been flattered at the moment, now away from Magnus's distracting presence, he felt a bit irritated about not knowing more of his lover. Shrugging the thought away and promising himself to rectify the situation next time, Alec stood up and walked to the door, opening it delicately and crossing the entrance as quietly as possible. While he stepped out, he didn't see Chairman Meow paddling softly after him and the indignant wimper he let out when the door closed on his nose. The following angry meow was lost to Alec, already downstairs, but it awakened its owner, still groggy and feeling strangely cold...
Alec was showering after he had gotten a two hours nap when he heard knocking on his door. Cursing under his breath, he tossed the curtain aside and yelled out :
- "Hold on! I'm in the shower!" he heard knocking again, more violently. "What the hell!" he screamed out, getting pissed.
Cleansing the shampoo in his hair, he stepped out of the shower, grabbing a towel on the way to tie it up around his waist, stomping angrily to his bedroom door. He opened it brutally and stared down at his parabatai's excited grin. The anger washed out of him to be replaced by utter embarrassment, his face burning up. Of course, Jace didn't notice any of his brother's awkwardness around him, not even caring of his half-nakedness. Alec felt like he could die on the spot.
- " Comon!" he said, unnerving in his eagerness. "You said we would go hunt this draconidae today, hurry up! Can't wait to get it down!" At these words, he ran away to the kitchen, leaving Alec to shout after him uselessly.
- "JACE! JACE! I never said we would hunt it today! I told you to wait! JACE! DAMNIT!"
Alec huffed in his frustration, unbelieving at the stubborness of his brother. He knew for sure that, at this point, there would be no way to delay this stupid wandering in the metro's tunnels. Jace would be unwavering and all he could do now was follow through and try to protect his siblings, as he always did.
Lost in his irritation, while he dressed up in gears, Alec didn't realize that his previous awkardness around Jace hadn't been tinted with the usual longing he once felt. In his mind, Jace still held what he wanted most of all, even if he enjoyed Magnus's company more and more every time. Untroubled in his beliefs, Alec couldn't embrace yet the fact that his heart was gently moving his belongings to somewhere else entirely...
Alec was walking soundlessly through the filthy tunnels, thanks to the soundless rune. He could hear all the disgusting noises that accompanied such an awful place : the dripping of water, the sloshing of too many trash and most of all, the scuffling sound of rats... and he was not even thinking about the amount of spiderwebs they passed by, he really didn't wanted to.
As usual, he was holding the tail position, bow and arrow ready in hand, scanning the underground abandoned tunnel. They had gotten in by some unused service exit that Jace knew of. How he did so, Alec didn't even bother to ask him why. Jace had too often displayed weird knowledges for him to still wonder how it was possible.
Izzy was in front of him holding her whip ready and Jace was up ahead, looking for this non-existent draconidae. What a waste of time, he thought to himself, it was the middle of the afternoon and they had been wandering for too many useless hours. He was about to call it over and bring his siblings back home when he heard a strange hissing sound followed by a woosh of air that blew past them, reeking of demon smell. Alec looked far ahead and saw some glinting red light up near to the ceiling height...
He heard Jace excited shout and the snap of Izzy's whip before the creature even moved a muscle. Seemed like draconidae weren't extinct after all.
He couldn't help but have a bad feeling about this...
Nonetheless, he stretched the bow cord all the way to him, resting it lightly to his cheek before letting the arrow free to reach his goal.
Alec was pissed. Like really pissed. They were in the institute's elevator and he was trying to ignore Jace's eyes on him. He was covered in mud, he stank, he had a cut across his face that burnt, his leg hurt like hell, he had lost his bow in the fight and it was already 7 at night. He hadn't called Magnus of the whole day and had left this morning life a thief, without saying goodbye. What had seemed like a good idea this morning wasn't so right now. The difference being that he had planned to call Magnus later to say he was sorry for leaving in the middle of the night and make sure to let him know how he had enjoyed the evening and impatiently waited for another one.
But that didn't happen... and Magnus would be rightfully angry... like Hell.
- "Are you still mad?" he heard Jace say.
He glared at him venomously across the elevator and replied haughtily:
- "I'm not mad."
He saw the unbelieving glance Jace shot him before he scoffed.
- "Oh, yes you are." he said.
Jace gestured to him as to accuse him of lying but yelped when the pain caught up with him. Alec felt all of his anger wash out of him. Jace was hurt too and not only physically. He had been really down lately and they all had went hunting to fancy Jace's buoyant restlesness. So what if they had more action than they had expected? At least, they all had came back in one piece... well, almost.
Although, he knew he wasn't mad anymore, he never could stay mad at Jace for very long, he still went along with the battering, just for the fun of it.
- "I am not", he said through gritted teeth. "Just because you said dragon demons were extinct..."
- "I said mostly extinct" Jace cut out.
That actually brought back some of his irritation, Jace could be so maddening, and he jabbed a finger in front of him, pointing at his sibling.
- "Mostly extinct is NOT EXTINCT ENOUGH." He said, rage and mostly fear that he could have lost his family seethed through his lips.
As Jace never had enough of his own ego and couldn't be caught at saying he was wrong, he added on the mocking.
- "I see" he said. "I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy?"
Before he couldn't contain himself anymore and just go and punch Jace in the face, Isabelle intervened.
- "Boys, boys" she said in a soothing voice, looking at her way-too-clean face in the elevator's mirror. "Don't fight" she turned to face them, all smily and warm. "All right, so it was a little more action than we were expecting, but I thought it was fun."
As Alec had came to the same conclusion minutes before, he didn't bother adding on the outraged act. He instead stared at his sister, yet again amazed at her cleanliness.
- "How do you manage never to get mud on you?"
She shrugged like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
- "I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt." she said, really smug.
Jace, of course, snorted and wiggled his dirty fingers at their sister, adding to her scowl.
- "Filthy inside and out" Jace said, sure to get a snappy retort from Izzy.
Although, the elevator came to an halt with the ear-splitting screech sound of the brakes. Seemed like Izzy was thinking the same as him as she said :
- "Time to get this thing fixed" when she opened the metal door, no waiting for her brothers to do it for her. Izzy was nothing if not weak, ever.
They went inside the institute and Alec quickly claimed the wooden bench for himself, his leg was getting worst and he was limping a bit. He got to the task of removing his filtly boots and decided to kick them off. There was no way he would put his hands near these who had sloshed around unspeakable things. Sure, his fingers weren't in a better state but it wasn't the point. It was a question of principle.
He started humming quietly thinking he had just enough time to clean himself up, grab a bite and take off to see Magnus, hoping he wouldn't be too angry but sure he would do just about anything to lighten his lover's mood. After all, it was said that there was nothing better than make-up sex!
Izzy had unpinned his hair to shake them off the non-existent dust when she said, still on the same track as his brother:
- "Now I'm hungry" she frowned, "I wish Mom were here to cook us something."
- "Better that she isn't" Jace snorted, removing his weapons belt. "She'd already be shrieking about the rugs." he added, smirking.
Alec startled guiltily when he heard the voice, his mind still on Magnus and the upcoming evening.
- "You're right about that" their mother said, her tone cold and emotionless.
He lifted up his head, looked up at his beloved mother but when he got up to walk to her, following Izzy, her stony expression made him uneasy and his heart sank...
As soon as Alec left Max room, where Izzy and him had comforted the poor lad and distracted him of his feeling of rejection their mother's harsh words had set him in, he escaped quickly, leaving his sister to attend to their younger brother.
He walked as silently as possible to the library, hovering outside the closed door and straining his ears to listen to the conversation occuring inside. He could barely make out anything but the nagging feeling that something was very wrong couldn't leave him.
He didn't hear any shouts which made him feel even more worried. Their mother's anger was like fire coals, slow and determined, which was why they were most often scared of her than their father. Alec barely had the time to move out of the way when the doors opened brutally, almost hitting him when Jace stormed out, not seeing him as he was hidden by the door's shadow.
He ran to Jace's bedroom but it was too late. When he peeked into the room, he wasn't there anymore and it's when he heard the screeching sound of the elevator's doors that he knew his brother had took off. Alec felt his guts twisting in an unpleasant way, worry starting to build up in panic.
As he walked back to his sister's room where she would certainly be by now, he dug out his phone of his pocket, barely taking the time to write a short text, cold and unconcerned. 'I can't come tonight'.
Alec hoped that Magnus would understand but somehow, he knew he would pay for this. His lover wasn't the most patient person and after he blew him off this morning and didn't give any news, it was bound to be a stormy reunion.
Although, right now, he didn't care that much, worried sick about his golden brother...
Next chapter we'll be back with Magnus's pov... how will he react to Alec's desertion? Hum? Maybe some of you already have a little idea ;) Will get back to you soon, a new chapter coming within the week :D