Brooklyn Revival (completed)

Chapter 8- Moving

The next day, the 4 boys and the 2 girls helped Magnus start packing up his apartment. The moving van would be there tomorrow morning so they only had a day to pack up Magnus's stuff, deciding to take the bedroom furniture but after a little convincing from Alec, he would leave everything else. Making sure that he gave Asmodeus a bigger problem to get everything cleaned up from the place. Magnus hadn't wanted to cause more trouble than he already had but Alec's speech about 'fuck him and he deserves the hassle' eventually making Magnus laugh and agree. It didn't take the 6 of them long and soon there was all his bedroom furniture ready to go as well as 11 boxes of stuff. Magnus buying them all a Chinese for their hard work as they sat on the couch and chair and watched the wide screen TV. Magnus decided he would take it off after they had eaten before they left.

Now they sat with their food and watched some horror film about a clown in sewer abducting kids called 'IT'. Magnus hating scary films but not wanting to look like a baby as he sat there focused on his food. Izzy sat on Simons lap on the chair, Clary snuggled into Jace on his lap on one side of the sofa and Magnus crammed into Alec on the other side. He wasn't sure what was worse for his emotions. The scary film with the creepy clown or the fact that he was brushing against Alec every time one of them moved. He could see Izzy looking over and smiling every now and then at the pair and it was starting to irritate him a little, not wanting anyone else to notice that he was flushed and a little shaky.

They had just gotten to a part of the kids in some house and Magnus peeked up at the screen right at the wrong time when the clown jumped out on then making Magnus jump almost into Alec's lap as he put his face into his chest. Feeling Alec's arms wrap around him and soothe him as he rubbed his back. Magnus realised what he had done and looked up at him, blushing hard before sitting back.

"I'm sorry" Magnus whispered, aware of Izzy and Simon's eyes on them. Clary and Jace too wrapped up in the film to notice.

"Why are you sorry? It's fine. You can sit on my lap if you want" Alec smirked.

Magnus's only response was to shake his head and look down at his fingers as if they were the most fascinating things in the world as he tried to forget about the way it felt being in Alec's strong arms. The feeling of protection and safety was overwhelming and highly desired to him.

He had barely registered when the film finally ended and everyone stood up, stretching out their limbs and started to bag up the empty containers. It was a hand on his thigh that made him jump back to the here and now as he looked at the hand and knew it was Alec's.

"You alright? You haven't said or moved since?" Alec asked.

"Hmm... yeah, I'm okay... just horrors aren't my thing and I felt... I'm sorry for jumping into you" Magnus admitted.

"Magnus, it's fine, I promise. Oh really... and what is your thing then, handsome?" Alec teased, raising an eyebrow to him so Magnus would know he wasn't talking about film genres. Magnus's mind shouting 'YOU! YOU'RE MY THING! YOU ARE! YOU!' But Magnus internally frowned at himself.

"I don't know..." Magnus replied. Blushing as thought about what he actually wanted to say but too scared to admit it.

"You do... and you will get there," Alec said, offering him a reassuring smile, Magnus smiling back in response.

The rest of the night, the guys helped clean up and they all helped to remove the TV from the wall before placing it down ready for tomorrow. Magnus staying at the new apartment tonight on the couch after telling Alec that he wouldn't share his bed.

Moving morning was a little frantic as he and Alec rushed to Magnus's place to help the movers, Jace meeting them there as Simon and Izzy had prior plans that they couldn't change but they would help later and Clary had work. The three of them, plus the two moving men, managing fine to get everything into the back of the van before they all headed to the apartment. They had to wait for almost an hour for Jace and van to appear, considering Alec could weave through the traffic but eventually they were all unloading when Simon and Izzy appeared. They all stacked the boxed into the elevator before carrying the furniture upstairs. Soon Magnus and Alec had started building the furniture, the others sitting and laughing in the living room as they left the two men to do it. They were building the bed first as Magnus tried to remember how to reassemble it.