Daily Malec Fix (Wattys 2017)

6. Safe?

Take a deep breath and we'll get through this together, okay?

"Magnus, please tell me you have an idea." Jace grabbed his shoulder so Magnus would look at him. He had been staring out the window while holding a book for the over an hour. Simon and Clary had taken that time to calm Izzy down.

"She's asleep." Simon said in a quiet voice. "Clary's going to stay with her and Madzie is sleeping on the couch in the room. If she wakes up Clary will take care of her. Any news?"

"He hasn't moved or said a thing." Jace peeled his eyes off Magnus to look at Simon. He loomed exhausted. It had been over 12 hours since Alec died and none of them had rested.

"Why don't you go lay down?" Simon squeezed Jace's shoulder. "I can stay with him."

Jace covered his friend's hand with his own. "You, go ahead. I wouldn't be able to sleep right now."

"Does it still hurt?" Simon gave him a sympathetic frown.

"Half of me is dead Simon; I don't think it'll ever stop hurting." Jace felt a frog in his throat and he had to bite his tongue to keep from crying again. He had never even considered that Alec would die before him and yet here he was.

"I'm so sorry." Simon whispered. "I can stay with you."

"No, go get some rest. I'll wake you up if anything changes." Jace responded.

"I will, but promise you'll get me if you need anything."

"I promise. Even if I need to pee." Jace smiled weakly.

"Well, not anything but anything to do with this." Simon chuckled dryly, not because it was funny; because he didn't know what else to do.

"Okay." Jace nodded and Simon walked badj down the hall to the guest room.

"Magnus, please talk to me." Jace pleaded.

"Kiss." Magnus blurted out.

"What?" Jace's eyebrows shot up.

"Alec told you to give me a kiss for him." Magnus turned around, slamming the book shut.

"I'm not kissing you." Jace held his hands out.

"Alec would never tell you to unless there was a reason." Magnus got up from where he was sitting and walked towards Jace.

"Magnus, it's just something people say. He didn't mean for me to literally kiss you."

"I think he did."

"I think you're upset which is understandable, but you're reading too much into this." Jace took a step back.

"Jace, please. It was his dying request." Magnus gave Jace a desperate look.

"Man, no. It's not happening. Simon can kiss you if that's what you want."

"He told you to."

"By the angel, Magnus! This is crazy!" Jace whisper shouted.

"We're friends aren't we?"

"We're not kissing friends."

"Jace, what if it was a clue? Please, do it, if nothing happens then we know but what if it helps bring him back?"

"How could me kissing you possibly help bring him back?"

"Listen to me, Alec had plenty of time to prepare. Do this one thing and I can promise you that the next 10 times you call because a duck is near you I'll come help you."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Jace lifted his nose in the air.

"Fine for your entire life."