Call You Home

Chapter 6

Summary(From Original Author):

Alec makes up with Maryse.

Notes(From Original Author):

So this was supposed to be a Maryse centric chapter but Magnus kind of stole the show there for a bit... Not that I regret anything.

Also sorry for not warning you guys that last week there wouldn't be a chapter, it was my midterm exams' week and I hardly had time for breathing, let alone write.

And with that being said, I leave you with the chapter, I hope you enjoy it!

Note(From Me)

I cannot stress this enough please send love to the original author Airuna on Archive ur own, she has clearly worked so hard to produce these chapters that and I cannot even imagine how long it took to write these magnificent pieces of art. And this my favourite FanFiction/AU of this ship. I Love You Airuna
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It took a couple of weeks for Alec to actually go have coffee with his mother. Both their jobs were demanding and Alec didn't want to neglect Madzie who already wasn't pleased with the hours he had to spend working.

Both Izzy and Jace had called the him to explain they had similar conversations with Maryse. Jace was euphoric though he had never really cut ties with her, always too grateful for being taken in and allowed into the family to get mad for long at their parents. But he had been hurt, really hurt, when they had turned their backs on him during the Valentine debacle and Alec could never be thankful enough that both Maryse and Robert had reached out to him to half apologize when everyone still thought Jace was a Morgenstern. The blonde wasn't one for holding grudges but Alec knew he remembered exactly who had stayed by his side and who had only favored him when he had become a Herondale. Having Maryse actually ask for forgiveness and stop using him as the middle man between her anger and her two other children was a relief for him. Izzy, on the other hand, wasn't so sure about what to feel. She was still angry, furious even, more in the behalf of her brothers than on her own. And she was afraid. Isabelle Lightwood was one of the most confident people Alec knew but their mother had a knack for making her feel ashamed, inadequate. Not that Iz would ever show it, of course. And it had taken all of her not at all insignificant will to break away from her for good. So now she was uncertain, reluctant to give her back even a part of that ill-used power, and Alec couldn't blame her. In the end, she had asked Alec to go first, to see if Maryse would fall back into her old ways and Alec had agreed.

When Alec finally met her, it was, ironically, on the same coffee shop he had found Madzie in. They sat in silence for a couple of minutes while a waiter, thankfully not Simon, brought them their drinks.

"So, tell me about your boyfriend," Maryse urged, she didn't wince at the b-word though it sounded a bit artificial, like she had been practicing that opening in her head over and over.

"His name's Magnus," Alec told her unable to contain the awe in his voice. "Magnus Bane."

"The CEO of the Downworld group?" she asked, sounding a tiny bit impressed. Alec preened at that, always ready to sing his boyfriend's praises, and nodded proudly. "I heard he arrived here with nothing and built the company from the ground." That made Alec tense, aware of his mother's opinion on 'new money' but Maryse proceeded, "he must be extremely smart and driven."

"He is," Alec agreed easily. "He's probably the most intelligent man I've ever met. Most stubborn, too."

"Then he's a good match for you," Maryse commented and Alec had to repress a smile. "How did you two meet?"