Alec's eyes snapped open - the darkness of his and Magnus' bedroom doing nothing to impede his vision - when a crash resounded through the throne room.
"Magnus, someone is here," Alec said, shaking Magnus awake as he tried to sit up in bed. Footsteps, a muttered oath, then two loud thuds easily reached him with his enhanced hearing, bringing a low growl from the back of his throat. "Magnus, wake up!" he muttered, shaking Magnus harder.
"Five more minutes?" Magnus begged groggily, trying to snuggle into Alec's cool body once more. "Whaaat? We've only been asleep for like two hours," he muttered when Alec continued to shake him.
"There's someone here and they aren't exactly being quiet," Alec said, untangling himself from Magnus and slipping out of the bed. Looking back when he heard the mattress creak slightly, he saw the golden glow of Magnus' eyes in the pitch black room. "Come on!" he said when the glow disappeared, Magnus, falling asleep again.
Flitting to his closet, Alec grabbed a couple of pairs of sweats and pulled one pair on, flinging the others in Magnus' direction when he emerged from his closet.
Magnus dutifully dragged himself out of bed, already missing the cool cushion of Alec's cold chest to keep the heat at bay. Alec, flitting from the room had him dragging the pants that Alec had thrown at him on and following, albeit at a much slower pace, trying to figure out what was going on. He couldn't hear a thing. Maybe Alec had been dreaming.
"Surely Lilith wouldn't come back here so soon after we…?" Magnus trailed off when Alec shushed him, emerging into the living room where there was a bit more light to find Alec already had a loaded crossbow in hand, his Vampire pressing a finger to his lips.
Alec gestured to the double doors with a flick of his head when he heard the handle turning, his annoyance turning to anger. Lilith making herself at home in the throne room was one thing but entering their loft without so much as a fire message to say that she was dropping by was going too far. Taking up a position in the middle of the living room, across from the front doors, he raised his crossbow and took aim.
Alec watched Magnus' magic spark to life when Magnus came up beside him, his head snapping back to the front doors when the right-hand door opened. Without a moment's hesitation, he pulled the trigger on his crossbow, aiming for whoever had the nerve to enter their home uninvited.
Magnus sent a bolt of magic as a chaser to Alec's crossbow bolt. The irritated huff Alec let out had him snapping his fingers to turn the lamps on, his confusion deepening when he heard a muffled yell. It sounded like…
"What the hell, guys? It's only me," Simon yelled, reaching up to see if he still had an ear. Magnus' spell had missed him by a quarter inch.
"What the fuck?" Alec growled, staring at his sire. There. In ? And why?"Simon, what are you doing here? We could have killed you!" he muttered furiously, imagining his sister's face if he had to ever tell her that he had killed her new boytoy because he had snuck into their house in the middle of the night.
"Hey! I've been working on my reaction times. See?" Simon asked with a grin, holding Alec's arrow up. "I caught your arrow, which was totally cool, by the way. I just snatched it out of the air like a ninja. I wish Fray was here to see it, she won't believe me…"
"It's a bolt. And what are you doing here? No, how are you here?" Alec asked, scrubbing his hands over his face, scrabbling for patience already.
"What Alexander means is… whatareyou doing here, Simon?" Magnus asked, patting his husband on the shoulder when Alec looked like he was going to beat Simon around the head. "Not that we aren't pleased to see a familiar face but it is the middle of the night. And we are in hell, sooo…?"
"Sorry, sorry. I uh… I came to bring some more grave dirt. And I also realise that maybe I should have like, knocked first. Or sent a carrier demon," Simon joked, scratching at the back of his neck, finally taking in Alec and Magnus' appearance as he closed the loft doors behind him. Before he realised that they were the loft doors. "Woah," he muttered, gawping around himself, practically rubbing his eyes. This was unexpected.
"A carrier demon?" Alec asked, his eyes flicking to Magnus for an explanation, taking a deep breath when Magnus just shook his head.
"Come in, Simon," Magnus said before turning for the kitchen, leaving Alec and Simon to follow him. He had a feeling he was going to need a vat of coffee for Simon's explanation.
"Is anyone else here with you?" Alec asked when Simon came into the living room alone, also turning for the kitchen when Simon shook his head. Accepting the long sleeve shirt that Magnus handed him, he shrugged it on, noting that Magnus' hair and makeup were done and Magnus was wearing a black silk robe and pyjama pants combo.
"No, it's just me. The others are a little tied up at the moment so I volunteered to come," Simon said, following Alec into the kitchen, his eyes almost boggling out of his head when he looked around. It was like he had stepped into an alternate universe, everything was exactly the same as Magnus' loft in Brooklyn. "Twilight zone!" he muttered.
Magnus took a couple of baggies from the crisper drawer in the fridge and flicked the coffee pot on before nuking the blood for Alec and Simon, hoping that the others hadn't gotten themselves hurt.
"What do you mean, "tied up"?" Alec asked, worry flaring up. He accepted the glass of blood Magnus handed him but was unable to sit, his agitation making him pace instead.
"Hey, you have blood! Thanks," Simon said, shrugging his backpack off and taking the glass of blood Magnus handed him, along with the bar stool next to Magnus' at the kitchen island. The blood actually tasted fresh. "This isn't bad. Your Mom was worrying that you'd go all Vlad the Impaler and start chowing down on Magnus…" he cut off when Alec turned on him.
"Just... start at the beginning, Simon," Magnus said, restraining Alec with a firm hand to Alec's shoulder when he saw the promise of violence in his husband's eyes. Pouring himself a cup of coffee when Alec calmed slightly, he waved a finger, adding milk to it, waiting for an explanation and leaving Alec to his pacing.
"Okay, we went to the Seelie court, to catch Jonathan but he escaped. Well, the others did, I wasn't allowed to go," Simon said, rolling his eyes. "Jace said they didn't have enough Shadowhunters spare to protect me and hunt for Jonathan at the same time. Not that I needed a Shadowhunter to protect me," he muttered.
"Simon!" Alec barked, an inch from flitting across the kitchen and grabbing Simon by the throat. It had taken him long enough to fall asleep, too worried about his sister and the Heavenly Fire. Magnus had checked the wards around the grave dirt message three times before he had let sleep claim him and he wasn't in the mood to wait for Simon to finish rambling about how unfairly Jace treated him.
"Sorry! Okay… so they left me behind. Jonathan got away but not before Izzy confronted him with her Heavenly Fire," Simon said, a proud grin spreading over his face as he sipped his blood.
"What happened? Is she okay? Did it flare out?" Alec asked. Worry for his sister had him almost tripping over the words to get his questions out. His eyes flicked to Magnus when his husband took hold of his hand, calming him slightly. He squeezed Magnus' hand, thanking the angel for Magnus' calming presence.
"She's okay, something unexpected happened though. It just burst out of her hands when Jonathan came at her. I mean, that was expected, because you know, part demon. He managed to get away though, took off with his big black wings," Simon said, his eyes flicking between Magnus and Alec. Not fangirling over the couple, at all.
"But?" Magnus asked, hearing the word at the end of Simon's sentence, wishing Simon would focus a little.
"But, Jace and Clary were standing right next to her when it happened and they kind of… absorbed some of the Heavenly Fire," Simon said.
"What do you mean, they absorbed it?" Magnus asked, beating Alec to the question, rubbing his thumb over the back of Alec's hand when he saw Alec's worry deepen. "Are they okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, actually, they're fine," Simon assured the couple, realising that he should probably have started with the reassurances. "Izzy thinks it has something to do with their angel blood. Underhill was with them, standing nearby and got hit with it too. He's okay now, they summoned Lorenzo to the Institute to heal him but it was touch and go for a minute."
"I'll bet Lorenzo just loved getting summoned to the Institute to help a Shadowhunter out," Magnus said, rolling his eyes at the thought. Pouring himself another coffee when he drained his cup, he raised an eyebrow when he saw a smirk flit across Alec's face.
"I forgot to tell you, Lorenzo and Andrew seem to have a thing for each other," Alec said, recalling the shared looks and the gossip that had been whispered through the Institute, that Lorenzo had handed Andrew his number.
"Yeah, Lorenzo was really worried actually. He portalled straight there and refused to leave Underhill's side," Simon said, shrugging when Alec and Magnus both stared at him. "Lorenzo worked some serious magic, refusing to let anyone near Underhill until he was fully healed from the burns he received," he said.
"Ha, all the times Lorenzo looked down his nose at the Shadowhunters and now he's gone and landed himself one," Magnus said, ignoring the fact that he had been the same before Alec had come along.
"So Underhill is okay?" Alec asked.
"Sure, last I heard, he and Lorenzo were setting up a date. Not their first, apparently," Simon grinned.
"And Jace and Clary? What about them, are they okay?" Alec asked, worrying for his and his sister's Parabatai.
"Yeah, that was the weird thing. They were absolutely fine, not even a blister. Like I said, Izzy thinks it has something to do with their pure angel blood. They returned from the mission and Izzy took some samples of Clary and Jace's blood. She was running tests, seeing how it reacted to the Heavenly Fire when I left," Simon said.
"So none of them are hurt?" Alec asked, relaxing a little when Simon nodded his confirmation that everyone was okay.
"What outcome is Isabelle looking for?" Magnus asked, intrigued by this Heavenly Fire. Not that he was any happier than Alec that his sister-in-law had been infected by the Morgenstern's miserable sword. Alec had been so worried when he had explained what had been going on in the mortal realm while he had been away.
"She wants to see how it reacts to their blood first but if her experiments go how she thinks they will, she plans to inject more Shadowhunters with a concentrated version of Clary and Jace's blood. Izzy thinks she can share her ability and maybe dilute it a bit, spread it around so she doesn't have so much," Simon said, practically mooning over his girlfriend. Izzy was hot and smart, a rare and perfect combination.
"Dilute it?" Alec asked, mentally scratching his balls. "How? What do you mean?" he asked when Magnus shrugged once more. Simon made no sense.
"After Clary and Jace absorbed the Heavenly Fire, they were able to do what Izzy did too," Simon said, recalling the training session Clary and Jace engaged in after they got back from the court. "It sucks because now Clary and Jace can't come near me either, but they can do the whole "fire bursting from their hands" thing too. So that's something, I guess?" he said with a tight smile.
"And Izzy said that her own Heavenly Fire wasn't as potent after she got rid of some of it. We even managed to kiss again. It was awesome. Until her power flared up again. But it didn't take so long this time," Simon said brightly, completely unaware of the grimace on Alec's face. He couldn't wait to see if Izzy's experiment worked, hoping for a half decent make out session, at the very least.
"So they will have something to fight Jonathan with at least," Magnus mused, refilling Alec and Simon's glasses while he sipped his own coffee. He thought through the ramifications of what the experiment would mean if it was successful, not just for the Shadowhunters but the entire Shadow World. Maybe this wasn't the best plan.
"Who are they planning on experimenting with?" Alec asked, an uneasiness sitting in the pit of his stomach. His earlier conversation with Magnus, about Valentine, sprang to mind. Valentine had been a fan of conducting experiments using blood too.
"Jace suggested that they bring Raj back from Wrangel Island but Izzy said they wouldn't get the clearance," Simon said, grinning when Alec rolled his eyes.
"Should they be messing with this? I mean, Valentine started out doing the same thing," Alec said, unable to stop himself from voicing his fears. "I know none of our friends would turn into crazy dictator assholes but…" he trailed off, leaving the obviousness of his statement hanging in the air as he slumped onto a stool.
"They aren't Valentine," Magnus said, resting a hand on Alec's shoulder, rubbing small circles into his husband's shoulder to soothe him.
"Everyone who is getting the injection has volunteered. Jace called a meeting for the whole Institute and explained Izzy's theory, they asked for volunteers. Nobody is being forced into it," Simon assured Alec.
"Who volunteered?" Alec asked, thinking of who was at the Institute when he left and which of his former Shadowhunters would volunteer for something like this.
"Most of the Institute. Luke, Underhill, Aline was sent by Jia to make Jace Head of the Institute so she threw her hat into the ring. Helen came with her. She wanted to volunteer too but Izzy said she won't let her until she's run some tests on Helen's blood. She thinks it might be too volatile with Helen's half Seelie blood. Maryse..." Simon rattled off.
"My mom?" Alec choked out, staring at Simon. "How the hell is my mom gonna take the Heavenly Fire? She's a mundane," he said, his hands once more finding their way into his hair.I haven't been here a week and the place has gone to shit already,he thought.
"Maryse had Luke send Jia a request to get her runes back until Jonathan has been dealt with," Simon said delicately.
"Jia knows about this?" Alec asked, his head snapping up to look at Simon. He didn't miss Magnus' raised eyebrows. "What does she have to say about them experimenting with the Heavenly Fire?" he asked when Simon nodded.
"She sanctioned it. Jace and Clary wanted to conduct the experiments first then go to Jia but Aline refused to let them so they sent Jia a fire message and she gave them the go ahead. I mean, they probably would have done it anyway but she said yes. She refused Maryse' request though," Simon said with a shrug.
"Any excuse to make the Shadowhunters more powerful is undoubtedly fine with Jia Penhallow," Magnus said, rolling his eyes. He understood the need for them to have an effective weapon whilst dealing with Jonathan but that didn't mean that he liked the Shadowhunters having more power than they already had. Alec hadn't changed him that much.
"What does the Downworld have to say about this plan that my brother and sister-in-law have cooked up?" Magnus asked, elaborating when Simon just looked at him, confusion written all over the Vampire's face. "Come now, they can't be happy with the idea of a handful of Shadowhunters running around with the ability to kill them with a touch?" he asked.
"We haven't told them," Simon said, once more scratching at the back of his neck.
"Simon, you're not doing yourself any favours by keeping this from them," Magnus said, unable to keep the exasperation from his voice.
"What? The Vampires already hate me, the wolves too. You know what will happen if… wait, did you just say your brother and sister-in-law?" Simon asked, Magnus' words registering, his eyes flicking from Magnus to Alec.
"We got married," Alec said, a smile playing at the corner of his lips when Simon's mouth flopped open. "Meet my husband, Magnus Lightwood-Bane," he said, jerking a thumb over his shoulder in Magnus' direction, ecstatic that he had someone to introduce Magnus as his husband to. Even if it was just Simon. The world might be going to shit but at least he and Magnus were married.
"My husband, Alexander Lightwood-Bane," Magnus said with a beaming smile, interlocking their fingers on Alec's shoulder when Alec reached up and took his hand.
"Married? Congratulations, you guys! I'm stoked for you," Simon yelled, internally screaming as he flung himself on Alec and pulled Magnus into a sandwiching hug, Alec the filling. He ignored Alec's growled protests to slap Magnus on the back.
"Back off, before I set my mark on you," Alec said, elbowing Simon off of him, his eyebrows mashed down into one thin line.
"Your mom is gonna be pissed!" Simon said with a huge grin, flopping back down into his seat when Alec pushed him off. He didn't mind. "Wait until she finds out that you got married without her!" he chuckled, watching Alec squirm for a minute.
"Well, she isn't gonna find out from you. Keep your mouth shut until I've sent her a grave dirt message," Alec threatened, thanking the angel that there was a realm between him and his mom.
"You're kidding, right? I'd rather give up my Daylighter powers than be the one to tell Maryse Lightwood that she wasn't invited to her own son's wedding," Simon snorted, his eyes flicking to Alec when Alec groaned.
"Keep it to yourself, for now. We will tell her when we've dealt with Lilith," Magnus said, wrapping his arms around Alec's shoulders, pressing a kiss to Alec's neck. He didn't relish telling his mother-in-law that she was indeed his mother-in-law, any more than Alec did. Not by grave dirt message anyway. At least she couldn't murder them while they were here in Edom. Who knew that their banishment was a blessing?
"What's happening with Lilith anyway? We got half of your message but then it cut off," Simon asked.
"Finish your story and we'll tell you ours," Magnus said, knowing that there was more to it.
"Okay, so everyone is ready for their injections when Izzy is done with her formula. They plan to corner Jonathan and take him out with it, hopefully with as many Shadowhunters as possible. Clary and I left Izzy to finish her experiments and went to Catarina to see if she knew how to use the grave dirt to contact you so we could keep you updated," Simon continued.
"What did Lorenzo have to say about it? Has he lifted the ban on any Warlocks helping me or did you sneak around behind his back?" Magnus asked, trying to keep the derision out of his tone. He still hadn't forgiven Lorenzo for the last month or so. Even if he had gotten his revenge.
"I had to point out that we would just keep going to him to help us contact you, ask for portals, bother him with family stuff. He relented, said that Catarina could help us as long as we left him alone and didn't do anything too stupid. He wants reports but pretty much left us to it," Simon grinned. Lorenzo had been too busy with Underhill's recovery to want to be bothered.
"And Catarina came up with the grave dirt message idea?" Alec asked.
"Yup. She helped Clary and I send the messages and made me a portal to bring more dirt. It runs out pretty quickly. Luckily, you were buried right next to the Institute so we have unlimited access to it. Until it runs out. But we needed a way to contact you. She said you'd be able to portal me back topside, Magnus?" Simon asked, hoping that she had been correct and that he wasn't stuck there.
"Yes, my father wasn't able to just portal in and out on his own because he was banished here. I imposed my own exile so I'm free to come and go as I like. I can't, because of the rift, but I am able," Magnus said, reassuring Simon that he wasn't doomed to Edom for an eternity.
"Cool, cool. Clary and Jace had to stay so Izzy could keep taking their blood, Luke is a Shadowhunter now, Maryse and Raphael are mundanes and Cat had to stay for Madzie, so I was the only one available to come," Simon said, hiding his relief poorly. "So, what's been happening with Lilith?" he asked.
Alec and Magnus explained what had happened since Magnus' and then Alec's arrival, about Cain and Abel, the confrontation that they'd had with her, and their discovery of Lilith's plans, between them. Magnus kept the blood and coffee coming until they were done.
"What's the plan? What are we doing about her and her zombie minions?" Simon asked, whistling lowly at the story that Alec and Magnus had to tell, folding his arms across his chest and raising an eyebrow at Alec when the former Shadowhunter started shaking his head.
"Absolutely not. You don't have your mark anymore, Simon," Alec pointed out, flat out refusing to let Simon get caught up in Lilith's plans. Izzy would find a way into Edom to murder him, closely followed by Clary. That was a headache that he didn't need right then.
"It's my fault he's here in the first place. Poor guy. He just kept puppet Abel around?" Simon asked, ignoring Alec's 'hand on his hip, gesticulating wildly' combo, feeling awful when Magnus nodded. "If it wasn't for me, he could have been left in peace. You have to let me help him," he said beseechingly.
"Simon, she might not be at full power but she is still dangerous," Magnus said, exchanging a look with Alec. "She is sneaky and vindictive, she would think nothing of simply killing you to get you out of the way," he said, pursing his lips when Simon set his shoulders.
"You guys need help. You can't do it all by yourselves, not if she has an army," Simon pointed out. "What is your plan anyway? Just turn up and ask her to step outside?" he asked.
"We haven't discussed a plan yet but it would be better if we could get Cain away from her before we go up against her," Alec said, still shaking his head. He could see the cogs turning in Simon's brain.
"See, I can help. I can go in there and talk to him, explain that we are there to help," Simon said, already going through a plan in his head. "She will be expecting the two of you, I'll have the element of surprise," he said, practically daring the two of them to try and overturn his logic.
"You don't even know where she's keeping him. Hell, we don't even know where Lilith lives. Cain could be locked away in a basement or a tower somewhere. How do you plan on rescuing him?" Alec asked, annoyance clouding his tone.
"I'll use Vamp speed and silence to get by her," Simon said stubbornly. "She is bound to have wards against the two of you. She would probably know it the minute either of you stepped into her lair. I can sneak in, reconnoitre, maybe even persuade Cain to come with me if I find him. I'll get us the information we need to go up against her," he said.
"Plus, I already know where she lives. I passed it on my way here. I'm assuming it's the huge, creepy, Dracula looking castle?" Simon asked, grinning when Alec and Magnus' eyebrows shot up. He had considered stopping there when he had passed the castle but the scarf, that Catarina had given him to track Magnus with, had led him past it.
Magnus exchanged looks with Alec, raising an eyebrow. Simon had already gotten more information on Lilith, in the few hours that he had been in the realm, than either he or his husband had.
"Come on, I'll be fine, I've got this. I won't let you down!" Simon said earnestly, looking from Magnus to Alec.
"Do you want Clary and Izzy to kill us before or after Lilith finds and tortures you?" Alec asked, looking pleadingly at his husband for some backup. He didn't like the expression he found there when he met Magnus' gaze. "No," he said to Magnus, seeing that his husband was about to cave.
"He does have a point about Lilith's wards. She probably set them up as soon as she left here. And he knows where he is going," Magnus conceded, seeing that maybe Simon could be helpful. As long as the Vampire didn't mess up.
"I'll be in and out, she won't even know I'm there. Until she finds Cain gone, anyway," Simon said, smiling brightly when Alec groaned after having what looked like a silent but furious conversation with Magnus. Alec's eyebrows were really expressive!
"Fine. Do I need to tell you not to take any unnecessary risks?" Alec asked, scrubbing his hands through his hair, wondering if Simon even knew what constituted an unnecessary risk.
"Stop worrying, I helped get to the Heavenly Fire in the first place, didn't I?" Simon pointed out.
"And look how that turned out," Alec muttered, not placated in the slightest.
"We can come up with a plan after we have all gotten some sleep then," Magnus said, the lack of sleep catching up to him.
"Okay. Oh, Izzy asked me to bring some things for you, by the way," Simon said, reaching down to grab his backpack, emptying the contents out onto the island.
Alec rifled through the contents, smiling when he saw that it was mostly weapons, some volatile looking potions for Magnus, one of Magnus' favourite scarves, a couple of photos and letters.
"I left the grave dirt in the room with the fancy chairs too," Simon said, leading the two of them out into the room he had come through to pick up the two large kegs of dirt that he had brought with him.
Alec stored the two kegs in his training room while Magnus sorted out a spare room for Simon, taking a deep breath before asking the question that he had wanted to ask since Simon had arrived.
"How is everyone really doing? Do they still think I'm coming home or have they accepted it?" Alec asked, his stomach fluttering. Half of him wanted his family to move on, to accept that he was staying in Edom now. The other half missed them. This was already the longest that he had ever been without his brother and sister.
"You want the truth?" Simon asked, gripping Alec's shoulder when he saw the slump in them. "Everyone is convinced that they will find a way to bring you and Magnus home. Your mom refuses to admit that you live here now, she is insisting that you're on an extended vacation. Jace is trying, and failing, to hide the fact that he misses you. Clary is worried about Jace and Izzy is worried about all of them. She misses you," he said with a tight smile.
"I miss her too. I'm guessing Izzy is the one holding them all together?" Alec asked. Jace might be good at putting on a front but Izzy knew Jace just as well as she knew him. She would be the glue.
Simon nodded, giving Alec's shoulder a squeeze before Magnus came to show him to his room.
Alec let one deep sigh escape him before leaving his training room and heading for his and Magnus' bedroom. Simon had brought a decent amount of grave dirt but it wasn't the same as talking to his family in person, seeing that they were okay with his own eyes. And it would run out at some point.
"I'm sorry that you can't be with your family at a time like this," Magnus said, leaning in the doorway of their bedroom, seeing Alec sitting on their bed. He crossed the room when Alec looked up, pulling his pyjamas off and climbing into bed.
"They are our family," Alec said, removing his own sweats and shirt, and sliding into the bed with Magnus. "And it's okay, they will manage without me. They are trained to handle Jonathan," he said, wrapping his arm around Magnus' shoulder.
"Sure they are. That doesn't stop you worrying about them though," Magnus said, laying his head on Alec's chest, entwining their legs under the sheets until he was fully snuggled into Alec's cool body.
"Simon was right, you know? About the portal. You can visit them whenever you like now that Cat is allowed to help us. As long as I create the portals in controlled environments where I can make sure that nothing can get through," Magnus said swirling his finger through Alec's chest hair.
"What, and leave you here on your own? Not gonna happen, I'm never leaving you again," Alec said, stilling Magnus' fingers, brushing the tip of his finger over the smooth black polish on Magnus' fingernail. "It isn't like you can just come and go whenever you feel like it. You are stuck here, Magnus. I'm staying."
"Just think about it, Alexander. They are only a portal away now. You don't have to live without them for the remainder of their years," Magnus said as gently as possible, not wanting to upset his husband but still wanting to get the words out. "You should be there with them, not stuck here."
"Hey, I'm exactly where I'm meant to be," Alec said, pulling back slightly to look down at Magnus.
"In Edom?" Magnus snorted, feeling guilty that Alec wasn't able to help his family out.
"With you. Wherever you are is where I'm meant to be," Alec said, his fingers running up and down Magnus' arm, watching goosebumps rise up on Magnus' skin.
"Alec romantic Lightwood-Bane," Magnus chuckled, pressing a kiss to Alec's chest, the hairs there tickling his nose.
"Romantic, huh?" Alec asked, letting his fingers trail down Magnus' arm, aiming for the smooth skin on Magnus' hip.
"Uh uh, Simon's here," Magnus said, catching Alec's hand when it tried to move lower. He could already feel Alec's dick twitching against his thigh where it was buried between Alec's legs.
"So?" Alec asked, his free hand finding Magnus' hip, pulling his husband closer. "Simon isn't Madzie," he whispered, his thumb sweeping over Magnus' skin, his lips finding their way down Magnus' neck.
"Do I have to remind you how we get?" Magnus asked, rolling his eyes when his words came out a little more breathlessly than he had intended them to. "Do you really want Simon hearing our noises?" he asked, stopping Alec's lips in their tracks.
Alec groaned into Magnus' neck when he heard Simon chuckle from the other side of the loft. Simon had been humming, loudly, obviously trying not to listen in.
"Dude, he's got a point,"floated through the loft to reach Alec. Only making him groan louder. Simon had only been there a couple of hours and was already cockblocking him.
Magnus couldn't help but laugh when Alec's lips sought his neck out again, exaggeratedly slow, as though Alec was trying to be as quiet as possible. It wouldn't work, neither of them was ever quiet when it came to fucking.
"I can put earplugs in if you want?"Reached Alec, stopping his lips once more. He almost strained an eyeball rolling it.
"Go to sleep, Simon," Alec grumbled, accepting the fact that they weren't getting any tonight.
"Down boy," Magnus whisper-giggled, settling into Alec's chest, relishing the cool skin pressed against his own. He couldn't hear whatever it was Alec was listening to but he could practically feel the disappointment, rolling off of Alec in waves. "I love you," he chuckled, almost as disappointed as Alec was.
"I love you too," Alec said, pretty sure he heard an,"aw",from the direction of Simon's room. He fell asleep to dreams of dropping Simon off at the nearest exit portal when Magnus' breathing turned regular and even against his chest.