The Wonders of Malec

Chapter 20

So this is the last chapter guys. Thanks for reading and leaving all of those comments and votes. This Malec journey has come to an end.

One Month Later

Alec POV

"Alec! Come on!" Magnus rushes me.

I huff, "This would go along a lot faster if you actually helped me." I say, pulling all of the stuff up the stairs with me.

"I offered my help darling, you declined."

I put some bags down at the top of the stairs, "You offered your magic, not your help."

He shrugs, "Same thing." I shake my head at him and put the last of the bags at the top of the stairs by the apartment door.

"You know what, just do it Mags."

He grins down at me, kissing my cheek, "Done." I look around and sure enough all of the bags are gone.

We walk into the apartment and sit down on the couch, "Good, now give her to me and go put her stuff away."

He gives me a sad look, "Mags, you've been hogging her all day. She's my daughter too you know." I say, motioning to the sleeping Alyssa in his arms.

He places her gently in my arms, "Fine." He gets up and starts walking into her room, grumbling the entire way. I laugh and look down at Alyssa.

"Daddy's cranky." She opens her eyes upon hearing my voice, smiling up at me.

"Hey there baby girl." She grabs hold of my finger, wrapping her entire hand around it.

Magnus comes back, "Done. Her room has been magnificently decorated, in my opinion. All clothes are away, crib is all set up, everything is done."

I shake my head, "You used magic didn't you." It wasn't even a question, of course he did.

Magnus shrugs, "Yes, kill me. She's going to need to learn eventually."

He reaches for Alyssa and I reluctantly give her to him, "She'll also need to learn fighting and all there is to know about being a shadowhunter."

Magnus shakes his head, "My baby will not be fighting demons."

I laugh, "This one already does."

Magnus kissed her forehead, "Your daddy's trying to be cute sweetheart. That's not a good thing."

I laugh again, "She looks tired don't you think?" Magnus says, wiggling his eyebrows. I get up, shaking my head.

"No Magnus Bane. No." He gives me those puppy dog eyes, "Come on, we've been trying to get custody of Alyssa for a month, and it's happened. Let's celebrate." He knows I'm going to cave. I know I'm going to cave. He looks at me and he already knows it's about to happen.

"I'll be right back." He goes to put Alyssa to sleep, coming back out five minutes later. He grabs my hand, "Now, let's celebrate."
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I wake up, Magnus' arm wrapped around my waist. The covers are over us, covering our naked lower half. I grab his arm and put it on the bed,

"Alec?" He mumbles, half asleep.

I kiss his forehead, "I'm just checking on Alyssa." He mumbles again before going back to sleep. I find my boxers and pull them on, walking out of the room. I walk into Alyssa's room, but instead of seeing my daughter sleeping I see a tall figure standing over her. I slowly walk in, silently, grabbing a seraph blade from the top of the dresser.

I point the blade at the figures neck, "Who are you?" It laughs and I immediately know who it is.

I turn on the light and look back at Justin, "How long have you been here?"

He shrugs, "Not sure."

I sit down in the rocking chair, "Want to hold her?" He looks over at me, nods smiling, then turns back to pick her up.

"She's gotten so big." he says happily.

I laugh, "Yeah, she has." We stay in silence, Justin admiring his little sister.

"Why don't you stay." I suggest, seeing how much he clearly loves her.

He shakes his head, "I can't. I won't put her in danger like that." I don't want to offend him, but we need to talk about this.

"You're putting her in danger every time you come here. But if you stay here, you can protect her from it. We can teach her Justin, she'll be safe."

He shakes his head again, "Alec, it's not just that. I don't deserve to be here. I don't even deserve to be holding her right now. I've killed and tortured so many people. I've ruined so many lives, I can't ruin hers too. I can't have her look at me one day like I'm a monster, even if I am one."
He puts Alyssa back in her crib.

"I don't know the next time I'll see her. But don't tell her about me. Please. I don't want her to know about what I've done." I don't agree with him, but if he wants this, I can't deny him of it.

I nod reluctantly, "Okay, I won't tell her about Vladimir. But I will tell her about Justin."

He looks at me confused, "They're both the same person."

I shake my head, disagreeing with him, "Who you are now and who you were then are two different people. So I'll tell her about you, Justin, her older brother that loved her and would die for her."

He smiled at me, "I'll come back, someday. That I promise." He goes to her window about to jump out before I stop him.

"Wait! I never got to say thank you."

He looks back at me, "For what?"

I stand up, "For giving me a family. I know Magnus wanted a kid, even if he never told me. I just didn't know that I wanted one too. So thank you."

He nods, "No problem." Then he's out the window again.

The Clave is still looking for him, my father included. My dad eventually told The Clave about Alyssa and now they're also looking for her. Magnus and Catrina put a cloaking spell on her, so even if they were staring right at her they wouldn't know who she really was. Robert left, he went back to Alicante.

I'm actually glad he did, he isn't good for Alyssa. Even if he doesn't know who she really is, I can't risk him finding out. We convinced him and The Clave that Justin took Alyssa and disappeared after that.

I walk over to her crib and gently pick her up. I walk back in our room, Magnus was sitting up. He looks tired.

"What are you doing up?" I whisperer to him. He smiles when he sees the little bundle in my arms.

"I was waiting for you to come back." I smile and slowly get into the bed, careful not to wake Alyssa. I lay down next to Magnus, putting Alyssa in between us. Magnus kisses her head, smiling down at her.

This is my daughter and the love of my life. They're the reason I wake up every morning. I love them more than anything.

I lift Magnus' chin and pull him toward me, "I love you Magnus Bane."

He smiles, "I love you Alexander Gideon Lightwood." Then I kissed him.

And it's over. Thanks again for reading.