V1S3- That Darn Cat- Psych! It's Magnus Verse

Chapter 7: Musing Magnus

       

Summary:

We are inching closer to the case, and Magnus meets another of Alec's siblings

( he doesn't like this one as much)

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Magnus felt like he was flying. He was actively working a current case, as a detective! He'd wanted that most of his life, before he'd realized that who he was just really didn't line up with what people expected for in that field. He had assumed he would have to put that dream aside; then this happened. Then he had just fell into this amazing opportunity; he still had no idea how everything aligned so perfectly to get him this chance, but he wasn't about to pass it up. Earlier today, after the cat fiasco, he had been worried that he had went too far, that he'd lost the chance; it had absolutely shocked him when Raphael had told him that they were assigned to the case.

From the first time he saw Isabelle, he knew she'd be a wonderful ally in the department. He figured a gorgeous young woman in stylish clothes and high heels with a career in law enforcement and medicine had more than a few issues, idiotic comments, and obnoxious, sexist stereotypes to deal with. He faced many of the same opinions and assumptions. Up until that point, he'd been somewhat worried that this opportunity would, once again, be lost, simply because of those tired, outdated, ignorant attitudes. He knew he could do it, had been doing so with his anonymous types for years; but trying to get others to see that, to take him seriously, to actually accept the information, knowing the source?  That was another matter entirely.

He wasn't naive; he knew a lot of people who saw him, talked to him, simply wrote him off as a flamboyant, kind of over the top, character; fun and entertaining, absolutely, but not really with a whole lot of depth and complexities. It was nothing new; he'd actually play that up, at times, when someone really irritated him. Letting them just talk and talk, seeing exactly how stupid and ignorant the person was. When he'd see that they we're bluffing, that they were completely clueless, but determined to seem so smart; that was the most entertaining. He made a bit of a game of that; asking questions, seeming so interested, so impressed by their 'knowledge', seeing just how much of a fool they'd make of themselves; then, just before he left, casually, correcting all the errors they'd made, leaving them stunned.

When Izzy had complimented him, praised him on his work; calling him 'detective', he'd just been amazed; for the first time, it really seemed like he would be allowed to achieve something that'd been a dream for most of his life. His conversation with Alexander had been quite uplifting as well. His criticisms had been rather harsh, but Magnus was rather grateful for the honesty; while he could tell what someone thought of him, having someone be that up front about it was much more preferable. He'd been stunned when the detective had apologized, and his affirmation that he would accept whatever information Magnus came up with, that he would take it seriously, absolutely floored him; because he knew, without a doubt, that he was being completely sincere.

With the two Lightwoods, Magnus was really beginning to think this he had a shot at this. He glanced over at Alec; he really was something else. Shaking away the thought, before he got lost, yet again, Magnus decided they really should get back to the case.

"I'll text Raphael and Simon, let them know the new information; perhaps they can find where the pills came from," Alec seemed to startle a bit, like he was as lost in his own head as Magnus

"Hmm?" he asked, distractedly

"Well, as you're darling sister said; the medication is not even made in that high of a dose, but they are identical to the ones that should have been in the bottle. They we're almost certainly produced by a pharmaceutical company; Raphael knows quite a few of the doctors and many of the reps from the companies around here. I am quite confident that he'd be able to find out where they came from."