Hiding

Thirty

"It was awful, Magnus. I swear he even looked proud when I said I had threatened you with violence. The man is sick to his core." Alec is lying in his bed, with his phone put on speaker as he talks to Magnus. They have been talking for almost an hour and Alec still feel physically ill after the conversation with his father. He practically didn't get any work done the rest of the day and the first thing he did when he got home was call Magnus wile crawling under his covers. Looking for some kind of comfort.

"it sounds awful, Alec. I am so sorry you have to deal with this." Alec can hear Magnus shuffling around in the bed, and it kind of gives him comfort to know that Magnus has also climbed under the covers like Alec. They can almost pretend to be lying next to each other. "I wish I could hold you."

"I wish that too. I miss you so much, Magnus. Everything feels so empty without you."

"Hopefully, it won't be for long. Once my 2 weeks are up, I'm off your father's radar, and we can go back to seeing each other in secret."

"I hope you are right. But you'll never know with my father. He might still have another curveball he can throw at us."

"Everything is going to be fine, Alec. I promise." Theres a few moments of silence between them where they are only listening to each other breathing. "So," Magnus suddenly says, "what are you wearing?"

"Oh god, Magnus. That is so damn cheesy." Alec laughs and Magnus does too.

"Maybe." He says between laughs, "but I still kind of want to know."

Alec shakes his head at his very weird boyfriend. "I'm wearing the exact same thing as I did at work, you silly man."

"Really? You haven't taken anything off?"

"No, why would I?"

"Because I have."

Alec suddenly gets a very dry mouth. "You... you have?" The sexual tension grows thick as Alec's constant longing and aching for Magnus starts to fog his brain. "What did you take off?"

Once again there's a silence, where they only can hear each other's breathing and Alec notices how his own breathing has changed significantly. And if he can hear it so can Magnus. Which means that magnus knows he has Alec's all wired up already.

"Everything." Magnus whispers and Alec almost chokes on the air he breathes.

"Everything?" He sits up and puts the phone to his ear, like he is trying to be closer to Magnus through the phone. "Like... everything?"

"Yes..."

"So..." Alec swallows thickly as he can feel his dick hardening, "you are naked."

"Yes." Magnus moans.

"Magnus... are you touching yourself?" He asks as his heart skips a beat.

"Do you want me to?" Magnus' voice is so sinful and filled with lust that Alec can hardly breathe.

"Yes."

"Will you do it with me?"

"Fuck yes."

*****

"Alec," Magnus gently cracks the door open to Alec's office, peeking inside.

"Magnus!" Shocked by seeing Magnus at his door, Alec grabs the edge of his desk hard, a flush slowly spreading over his face and neck. "What are you doing here?" Alec tries to calm his voice, since there is no need to let Magnus know that Alec was completely lost in his mind, reliving last night's event while - not so office appropriately - rubbing his hard-on through his pants.

Magnus tilts his head as he looks Alec over with a little too knowingly smirk on his face. "Your father wants to see you." He then steps back, puling the door almost to a close before opening it and sticking his head inside again, "but if I were you, I would probably wait 5 or 10 minutes." He then winks and leaves.

Alec feels mortified. Almost as embarrassed and strangely turned on as he was the first time Magnus accidently saw him naked in the bathroom at the hotel. He chuckles a bit for himself, as he comes to realize how much he actually likes this distance flirting and pretending to hate each other thing they have going on. If you'd take the insanity of his father's death threats out of the equation, it is kind of exhilarating.

Shaking his head, Alec considers himself unredeemable damaged. Something is clearly very wrong with him. how can he even be thinking about something as trivial as flirting and sexual tension, when he is on a mission to get his murderous father in jail?

For about ten minutes, Alex sits in his chair, trying to think about kittens and rainbows and literally anything that is so innocent and pure that he absolutely cannot stay hard. And after a while he feels confident that he has regained control over his own body and walks towards his father's office while doing everything in his power to not look at Magnus because that will falter his control.

"Sir?" Alec Walks into his father's office, "you asked to see me."

Robert looks up from is computer, his eyes looking Alec over for a second, then looks back down at his computer. "Yes, I did. Almost 20 minutes ago."

"I am sorry, sir. I got held up by a call." Alec states as confidently as he can.

"Is that so?" His father doesn't even look up, and Alec can feel the perpetual fear taking root in his mind and soul. What if his father somehow knows? How would he ever explain that? "so, it had nothing to do with my assistant at all?" Robert finally looks up and Alec knows instantly, that Robert is not to be fucked with today. He most certainly knows something.

"Well... yes." Alec's voice shakes even as he tries to steady it. "I needed time... to regain control. I'm sorry, father, I know this must be devastating for you. But I promise I am doing my best to... to..."

"I believe you." His father says and gets up. "You are trying. And you are failing. You've always been good at that."

"Yes sir." Alec hates to admit it, but even now those words sting.

"You have never been a mentally strong man. You are weak. Therefore, you need help. And I'm going to give it to you."

"I... what?" Alec is genuinely shocked. He had not seen this coming at all. And he has no idea what to expect, or even worse – how to get the fuck out of this situation.

"You don't have the strength to overcome this... illness on you own. Just like an addict, you need to get away from the drug that is causing the problem."

"That's why I made him resign." Alec interrupts, fearing what his father has in mind.

"Yes, but I see your struggles. It won't be enough. So, I have an idea. The new company we have acquired, need someone capable during this transition. Someone to teach them our way of running a business. And who would be more suited than the future CEO?"

"I..."

"That was rhetorical, Alec. The actual CEO would be the right answer, but I have too much to do here, so you will have to do. Just don't fuck up!"

"I'm sorry, you want me to...?"

"Yes. You will help the company during the transition for the next three months. And when you come back you will have gained some appropriate skills and gotten rid of that addiction of yours."

"So, just to be completely sure I understand you correctly... you want me to move?"

"Yes. By the end of the week, you will no longer be living in this city."