Magnus Bane 101 (Malec AU)

Chapter 15

Magnus woke before Alec. Facing the window, he could see the sun shining but didn't want to hazard a guess at the time. He rolled his head over to the other side to see Alec, sleeping like an angel, tiny little snores echoing from him. He smiled, gazing at him for a moment, wishing he could wake up next to him every morning. He wanted to snuggle into him and get back to sleep but he didn't want to wake Alec and he also knew that now he was awake, he wouldn't be getting back to sleep.

He carefully swung his legs out of the bed and pulled his jeans and T-shirt back on before kissing Alec's forehead softly and trying to quietly open the door to go and find the bathroom.

When Magnus made his way quietly downstairs, he wasn't sure what to expect in the living room, knowing that Simon and Izzy had slept down there last night. He walked in slowly, reading to go running back out if he saw anything too mortifying.
To his surprise, he found them lying beautifully wrapped around each other asleep. He smiled, wishing he and Alec had woken up like that.

He took a look around the room, horrified at the sight of the mess they'd all left behind. The thought that Mrs Herondale could be coming home today to this mess turned his stomach. He was every parent's dream that way.

He started to gather up the trash and empty shot glasses, taking them through to the kitchen to wash and dry them, making himself a coffee at the same time. He'd never been to Jace's house before, but with his friends around him, it was strange how at home he felt.
He tidied everything up, putting the cards back in the little box, getting rid of the glass beer and whiskey bottles and cleaning off the coffee table. He even went as far as to fluff all the cushions, that he could reach anyway, back up.

He stood back to check that it looked convincing enough before grabbing the coffee he'd made and heading out the patio door to take a seat on the deck, enjoy his coffee and wait for everyone else to wake up. He checked his phone, only 12% left on the battery life.

He was in luck for company. Clary had obviously smelled the coffee pot brewing and come downstairs to grab herself a cup.
She looked a little worse for wear, maybe a little bit of a hangover. Magnus felt almost a little smug that he was fine, he wasn't so sure that Alec would be and the thought made him smile.
"Morning" she almost croaked as she sat beside Magnus, laying her head back to take in the fresh air and smell of coffee.
"Morning" Magnus smiled, resisting the urge to chuckle.
"I think Alec is awake. I could hear someone moving around up there" she said, pointing back upstairs as she sipped her coffee.
They all made their way out to the deck eventually, helping themselves to coffee on the way. Alec had his football jacket, that Magnus had left upstairs, draped over his arm.
He was pale, his hair a mess and little dark circles under his eyes and was clearly going to be nursing a pretty wicked hangover for the rest of the day. But Magnus smiled as he thought to himself that he'd never seen Alec look more real to him. He patted his lap for Alec to come and snuggle up to him, which he did, grunting out what sounded like "Good Morning" to everyone.

Jace went to grab himself and Alec a coffee, also finding a bottle of aspirin in the medicine cabinet, which he underarm tossed in Alec's direction before handing him his coffee too. Alec had laid the jacket across his and Magnus' laps like a blanket as they snuggled together.
Alec laid his head back onto Magnus' shoulder, letting him try to kiss away the pounding in his head as he downed a couple of aspirin with a big gulp of coffee, hoping it would kick in soon.
All Alec wanted to do was snuggle back up in bed with Magnus and sleep until the headache was gone. But he knew they all needed to get home. They had homework and responsibilities.
They were all grateful that they just had a short school week to look forward to as it would be closed down for maintenance and repair work at the end of the week, so they got a long weekend.

They talked amongst themselves, with the radio playing quietly in the background.
"Hey" Alec said softly to Magnus. "Thank you. For what you said last night. I know I'm asking a lot asking you to wait..."
"You're not Alexander. I'm more than happy to wait until you're ready. And I'll be right here when you are" Magnus smiled, skimming their noses together before nipping a sweet little kiss into his lips. Alec hummed with a smile as Magnus kissed him.