Magnus Bane 101 (Malec AU)

Chapter 8

Alec let Magnus lead the way inside, finding his parents sitting on the couch.
"Hi" he greeted them, nervously, knowing that his mothers tone was about to reach a pitch that only dogs could hear.
"Hi honey" she said casually as she turned her head. A look of horror crept over her face as she took in her sons bruises.
"OH MY GOD MY BABY!! WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED! WHO IS THIS?" she screamed, running around to cup Magnus' face in her hands, gesturing at Alec, who stood back, raising his hands, his eyes wide with fear at the small screeching woman.

"Mum!! Calm down. It's not that bad. This is Alec, he helped me. He let me stay at his place last night, Mum I'm fine, really, calm down. I'm okay... I'm okay" Magnus' attempt to calm his mother seemed to stop the screaming, but definitely not the panic. His father came walking over to try and calm his mother, putting a hand on her shoulder "Son what happened? Who did this?!" he asked, just as concerned, but not screaming. An angry look in his eyes that kept darting to Alec, which had Magnus worried.
"It's okay, just... let's just sit" he said, gesturing to the couches in the living room.

"Hi" Alec greeted Magnus' parents "I'm Alec Lightwood" he added, extending his hand for a handshake with a charming smile.
"Magnus has been having some trouble with some of the guys at school. They were shoving him and it got really out of hand . He'll be fine, I swear, I'll look after him, you don't need to worry" he said, much to Magnus' surprise as he looked up at Alec, so grateful to him for explaining and defusing the situation so quickly and easily.

His mother looked between the two of them, unsure "Honey are you sure you're okay?" she muttered, still shaken.
"I'm fine, really. It's not that bad, honestly, it doesn't even hurt that much" he tried to reassure her, hoping his optimistic tone was doing the job. It was a complete lie of course, his face was in agony.

She sighed, accepting it eventually as she finally calmed down. His dad didn't say much, just listened.
"My friends and I all go to school with Magnus. You have my word, we'll look after him" Alec reiterated.
"Such a sweet boy" Magnus' mother said, making Alec smile, he was every mother's dream.
"Why don't you ever bring home a nice boy like that?" she probed Magnus, gently slapping him on the shoulder. He rolled his eyes, laughing and looking at Alec with a mixture of amusement and irony. Alec smiled a bright smile back at Magnus and his mother.

His mother spotted the T-shirt he was clutching in his hand and took it from him, examining the splatters of blood around the collar "Let me see if I can get this out for you sweet pea" she said, taking the shirt to the laundry room to soak.
"Thanks, Mum" he smiled.

"I better get home" Alec said, not really wanting to leave, but knowing he still had an assignment to complete before his next algebra class on Tuesday.
"I'll walk you out," Magnus said, rising to his feet and following Alec towards the door. He followed him out to the porch, pulling the door almost shut behind him. "Thank you Alexander" he said, softly looking him in the eye. He meant every letter.
"Anytime" Alec winked, before striding back to his dads truck. Magnus tucked his hands into his pockets, shyly blushing and smiling before heading back inside.

Magnus headed straight up to his bedroom and fell back onto his bed, swinging his feet and daydreaming.
His relief that Alec was never mad at him at all was so comforting that the ordeal he had experienced the night before seemed to just melt away. Although that didn't mean he was looking forward to going to class on Monday morning, other than to see Alec of course.

He thought about Alecs bright smile, the way if could light him up from the inside out in just a second. About his soft and delicate hazel eyes, sweet and understanding. But the thing he really couldn't get out of his head was the soft pressure of Alecs lips against his cheek. He rolled his head to one side in a romantic haze, just daydreaming about Alec doing that all over again, only next time being on his lips.
He was sadly brought back to reality when he caught sight of his book bad hanging from the back of his desk chair, remembering that he too had a homework assignment to finish.