Magnus Bane 101 (Malec AU)

Chapter 14

Magnus pulled on a pair of regular black jeans, plain white T-shirt and pair of plain black sneakers. It was the most standard and ordinary thing he had ever worn, he thought as he looked himself up and down in the mirror. His look fell perfectly into place as he pulled on Alec's jacket. It still smelled like him, he smiled as he nuzzled his nose into the collar.

"Magnus! Alec is here!" his mother called from downstairs. His heart rate shot up as he grabbed his things, shoving them in his pockets and racing downstairs, stopping just a few steps from the bottom to walk the rest of the way.
His smile brightened when he was Alec in board shorts and a pale blue Hawaiian shirt with little pineapples on it, with a white T-shirt underneath. He loved the fact that he'd just gone with black sneakers against it.
"Hey handsome" he greeted Alec with a little hello kiss. He had no qualms about kissing Alec in front of his parents, even if it did make Alec blush.

He took Alec's hand and told his parents that he would probably be home late and not to wait up for him. They'd always trusted him to be responsible and they knew that his friends would look after him.

As they left, Magnus stopped Alec while they were on the stone steps, stepped back up onto the steps behind him and jumped onto his back for Alec to carry him. Alec giggled, loving having Magnus' arms and legs wrapped around him. As light as Magnus was, Alec knew he'd only be able to make it a few blocks before he'd have to put him down, so he savoured the feeling.

They met up with Jace, Clary, Izzy and Simon outside the local convenience store, just a block or so from the party.
"He's not gonna bother us if we're all together, it's a party.. we'll all just keep our distance from him" they heard Izzy saying as they approached the group.
"Who?" Alec asked, not really needing to.
"Jonathan" Jace said, his arms crossed, shoulders tense.

Alec's jaw tensed as he let Magnus down from his back and took his hand, protectively. Magnus glanced up at Alec's tense expression and tried to soothe him with a soft touch to the arm of the hand he was holding.
"Look, he's not important. We've all been looking forward to this party. Let's just have some fun" Magnus tried to convince the group. It seemed to work a little.
They started heading down the street, Izzy leading the way as she had the address.

Alec held Magnus' hand tightly as they walked into the loud and crowded house. It wasn't what any of them had expected, it was like a frat party, beer kegs everywhere, music as an ear splitting volume, and drunken couples making out and grinding all over the place.
They felt a little out of place.

"Hey Lydia" Izzy greeted the girl she recognised from her class as she approached.
"Isabelle!" the drunken girl chanted "You brought your friends. Oooh who's talk dark and handsome here?" she asked, practically draping herself over Alec. She had clearly already had more than a few already. Alec, wide-eyed and terrified, respectfully held the drunken girl up straight, giving her a sympathetic smile.
"Sorry, but, Tall dark and handsome is taken." Magnus chuckled, taking Alec's hand again.
"Ugh" she grunted, "of course, all the best ones are" as she turned and headed off towards the kitchen, obviously looking for another drink.

Alec let out a surprised laugh at the brazen girl before the group made their way out to the backyard, finding several large buckets full of beers, water bottles and sodas, each helping themselves to a drink and sitting along the brick wall at the edge of the deck.

"Your friend is uh, interesting Izzy" Jace piped up, an eyebrow raised, laughing when Izzy looked mortified.
"Yeah sorry guys. She didn't seem like the frat party type" she laughed, not knowing what else to say.
"It's cool, we're here now, let's just make the most of it," Simon said, pulling his phone from his pocket to snap a selfie of the group.
"Come on," he said, pulling Izzy to her feet to dance with him.

Magnus looked at Alec like he wanted to ask him if he wanted to dance, but didn't want to pressure him, Alec noted the way Magnus was looking at him before horror crept over his face "Oh I don't... I mean I can't.... I'm not a dancer" he stammered out, making Magnus chuckle.
"You're cute when you're nervous Alexander" Magnus whispered in his ear, stealing the beer Alec held in his hand, taking a sip and then handing it back to him. He snuggled into Alec's side when Alec wrapped his hand around Magnus' waist, gripping at his hip.