Malec《》 One-Shots

Winter Birthday

Alec woke up early, mostly due to his training, but also mostly to the ray of sun that somehow surpassed the curtains in Magnus and his room.

Alec moved his head away from the light that was tormenting him, subsequently that was right next to Magnus. The ray went right over his shoulder. It made his skin look like melted gold.

Alec couldn't help but kiss his cheek. This did cause him to stir, but not wake up. He tried his luck again.

Alec placed kisses around Magnus' lips.

"Thanks for the wake-up call," Magnus murmured. His voice was still coated with sleep. It made his voice extremely deep. Alec enjoyed it.

Alec kissed Magnus softly on the lips. He felt Magnus kiss back and slightly bite his lip. Magnus moved himself on top of Alec. He never broke the kiss.

Alec forced him too. "Good morning and happy birthday," he said softly.

"I forgot that was today," Magnus said before dropping a kiss on Alec's lips. "If you have anything other than this planned today, I will have to politely decline," he quickly added.

Alec would've laughed, but Magnus being on top of him made it hard. "I promise, I like this idea. Also how do you forget your own birthday?"

"I am very old, darling. And with the events of the past year, it was the last thing in my mind."

"What was the first thing on your mind?" Alec asked, even though he knew the answer.

"You're despicable."

Magnus kissed Alec slowly. He then moved his kisses across Alec's jawline. He quickly found the all too familiar sweet spot right below his ear. Magnus felt the younger boy quiver beneath him. Magnus smiled to himself before he bit and sucked on different parts of his lover's neck.

"Why are you teasing?" Alec asked. Magnus sat up momentarily to admire his marks.

"You might have nothing planned, but I do," with that, Magnus got out of his and Alec's bed. He quickly threw on a shirt.

"You said that you wanted 'this,'" Alec sounded offended. Magnus laughed.

"Later. Let's go on a walk."

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Magnus and Alec both got ready quickly. Their cycles were interrupted periodically to kiss one another but they both got out quickly.

They walked together all around until they got to the closet park. Not surprisingly, it wasn't close at all.

But they had plenty of time to talk nonsense. Nothing neither of them were saying was important. Sometimes a good subject would come up, but mainly they would joke around.

Once at the park, Alec was glad to not see many people. There were some adults with kids but they were farther away.

Magnus pulled Alec over to a bench that was right under a tree. "Why under a tree? It's already cold enough," Alec said. Magnus just pulled him to sit.

"It's not even sunny out. And the pollution in the sky won't even make it possible to feel hot," Magnus sighed and wrapped an arm around Alec's waist.

"Your a charmer," Alec whispered before leaning against Magnus.

"As always." Magnus kissed the top of Alec's head.

Silence dropped over them. But Alec was content and happy. He was laying next to his wonderful boyfriend on his birthday. He was in a beautiful park, in the cold, but he was warm laying next to Magnus.

"Why did you bring us out here Mags?"

Magnus shook his head. "I just wanted to get out. It's nice to go to different places once in a while."

Alec was glad that he sat up, because if he didn't he wouldn't have known that Magnus was lying.

You could never know what Magnus was really thinking by his face or voice, you always had to look at his eyes. Alec always thought that Magnus' eyes showed his past and present life.

"That's not true, and you know that," Alec breathed.

Alec felt Magnus stiffen under him. Alec resisted the urge to fall back on top of his lover. A deceivingly long amount of time passed before Magnus spoke.

"While I was in Edom, I was slowly dying. I was sick because of my father, and I was scared, for one of the first times, that I was going to die. Not for my own sake but for you. I couldn't stand the thought of leaving you, and not being there to help you deal with the loss, so I never want to leave you again. And I'm going to promise you right now that I will never abandon you. And if I ever break that, I will legally allow you to dispatch me in any of your Nephilim ways."

Alec would've found that ending hilarious, but he was too busy still trying to decipher the rest. He understood everything Magnus was saying, and wasn't saying.

"Why are you saying this now? I do understand that, and we've talked about it before." Alec's voice suddenly became shaky.

"Exactly a year ago, down to the minute, you called me and told me the same exact thing. How you would never leave me, and how you would try everything to get me to date you again. And you never broke that, even when I was in Edom."

Alec couldn't say anything. Mostly because his throat felt tight and he knew that if he said anything he held the risk of crying.

That only left Alec with the choice of putting his head on Magnus' shoulder.

Magnus pulled Alec in closer to him. It made Alec have a sense of safety. Magnus whispered something to Alec, but he was too busy thinking to even notice. His mind was churning with thoughts of the past year. The exploration of Edom. The breakup. Valentine. Sebastian. Meliorn.

Magnus put a finger under Alec's chin and forced him to look at him. "What's wrong darling?" His voice sweeped over Alec. It was full of comfort and yearning.

"Nothing, it's just the past year. There has been too many obstacles. Too many times that we have been apart. Too many people against you and I."

Magnus kissed his lips slowly. He pulled away, but not before kissing Alec's hand.

Alec couldn't stop looking at their intertwined hands.

"Look at the positive factors. The year is almost over, those people are dead, and we're together. And I promise to keep it that way. Also you accomplished those obstacles with flying colors. The rest of your life will be . . . simpler."

Alec laughed softly. "I'm supposed to be comforting you. It's your birthday."

It was Magnus' turn to laugh.

"Are you not going to throw a party?" Alec asked softly. Magnus shook his head.

"I'd rather spend today with you."

"I'm glad we agree," Alec said with an inward sigh before he fell asleep next to his wonderful warlock.

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