The Weird and The Wonderful | Malec

Chapter 28

Magnus's POV:

We spent all night on the rooftop, talking on and on even if the conversation never progressed. I brought up some blankets and we sat on the floor facing each other and for the first time in months, it felt as though I was talking to Alexander. Not just the Alec that he introduced himself as, but the Alexander Lightwood that I grew to know for several years. I ignored the immense view above me and focused on the one opposite me, with the wind latching onto his hair and the moon reflecting light off his figure, illuminating the face that I was convinced was carved by the Greek gods.

He asked questions such as: 'when did you know you loved me?' And I explained to him that it wasn't just a sudden thing.
"See, it was more of a gradual thing. I feel as though every day I got to see you, I would slowly fall a step deeper into the void of love. I think it was the little things, you know?" Alec's lips started to curl and form into a smile, was he blushing?
"Things like what?" He asked after finally looking back up at me.
"You know, things like showing me you were there with me even when I felt like I was in my loneliest hours. And the way you opened up when no one else was around and it was just us. And the way your face lit up the second you saw me or heard my voice."

Yep, he was definitely blushing.

"What about you, Alexander?" He looked up at me and smiled an embarrassed smile. "When did you realise you loved me?"
"The first time or the second time?" He grinned and I playfully hit his arm.
"No, come on. I want to know... when did my blue eyed boy realise he loved me?" He glanced down at his fidgeting fingers again, it all felt too repetitive. "What?" I asked growing more curious.
"It's just, it's that nickname... it just does something to me." We made eye contact and laughed at the words that had just flowed out of his mouth.
"I know, it sounds weird. But really, that nickname just makes me feel like the most important person ever."
"That's because you are, Alec. Or at least you are to me. And my goal, till the day I die, will be to show to you your importance. It will be to make you know really how important you are." I held his hands in mine and admired his face as it turned into a darker crimson than it already was. We sat in silence for several moments.

"So?" Breaking the silence, I tried to manoeuvre back to my previous question that still lingered on my mind.
"So...?" Alec was actually confused.
"Answer the question, Alec." Letting out a sigh, he finally stopped stalling and scrutinised my eyes intensely.
"I realised... that I loved you... the moment I uttered those words earlier tonight." Looking at him with a surprised expression, I didn't respond but instead waited for him to continue. Alec grinned and extended his explanation. "Yeah... I just realised I loved you... for the second time."
"Wow..." It was a very raw moment, a moment of vulnerability, a moment of certitude. "Really?" I asked.
"Yes, really. Magnus, I know I've said that I loved you time and time again before, I said that because I knew I would. I knew that you would be the one to loiter in my thoughts the longest." Alec stretched his hand out to me, cupped my face and used his thumb to caress the curve of my cheek. "Moments ago I was figuring out that I loved you, and know I've never been more certain on one thing before in my life. Magnus, I want to spend my every last breath with the phenomenon that is you... I love you."

Bewildered at the sudden depiction of sincerity, I replied, "And I love you." We kissed. And that was it, nothing more was done and nothing more was even needed. I loved him and he loved me.

That was for certain.