The Way of Life (A Malec Fanfiction)

Do you remember when...?

Fire burning. Sirens wailing. But Alec hears nothing. He feels nothing. His heart beats faster than ever. He doesn't hear Izzy crying for help. He runs...

Alec's eyes open.

When he feels the warmth of Magnus' body he relaxes immediately. He clinges to Magnus. He's happy that he has Magnus to hold onto.

However, he may clinges too much, because Magnus starts to murmur and move. Alec loosens his grip.

Magnus chuckles. "Hey. What's going on?"

"Nothing. Just a dream." Alec replies.

"Tell me about it."

Alec hates what he does next. He kisses Magnus. He cringes at the morning breath. Even though it's not that bad. Not anymore.

He needs to distract Magnus. Alec's not ready to talk about it yet.

"Whoa. Someone's in the mood." Magnus says as he pulls away. He brushes his fingers to Alec's forehead, removing the hair.

Then Magnus sees Alec's teary eyes. "Alexander. What's wrong? Tell me." He pulls Alec into a hug.

"I promise I will, one day. But now I can't. I'm sorry." He sobs in Magnus' chest.

"Don't apologize. It's okay. I'll be here when you want to talk." Actually Magnus wants to know what is wrong with Alec.

After some time, they get up, shower and then decide to make breakfast for the others.

Since it's a no go for Magnus to wear the same thing two days in a row, Alec has given him a sweater that is long enough to cover all of Magnus' parts the others don't have to see.

Jace and Simon are the first to enter the kitchen.

"Morning." Jace greets them.

Alec turns over. "Hey, did Clary stay here, too?"

Jace shrugs. "I don't know. We went to bed after a few minutes you did."

They sit down and Magnus makes breakfast for six people. He makes pancakes and Alec covers the table with dishes.

After some time, Izzy enters the kitchen with Clary. Isabelle looks very grumpy.

"Ugh.. why did I drink yesterday? Never again."

"Good morning to you, too." Jace jokes.

Izzy flips him off. She sits down and rubs her temple. "I couldn't sleep because of the noises from Alec's room. You can have sex guys, but please don't be so loud."

Alec tries to hide his blush. "Nobody told you you should drink that much last night. And besides, you always say that you never going to drink but then somebody is throwing a party and boom, drunk-Izzy is back." He says, avoiding the sex topic.

Magnus just watches and has to hide a smile. "So, what are we doing today?"

Everybody looks at him like he just asked the stupidest question.

Jace bites in a pancake and answers. "I don't know if you forgot, but we're not adult. We have school."

Izzy groans. "Oh nooo! I'm not going!"