MALEC Lightwood-Bane Family ( BOOK 2 )

Chapter 1

A few weeks had passed since Raphael and Eva had their Parabatai ceremony and everything had calmed down but still Max couldn't fully open up to his family. He often had nightmares and because of his behavior Magnus and Alec tried to talk to him but every time Max changed the topic or said nothing. They were very worried about their youngest son. Max tried to forget what had happened and he wished that everything would be like before. This morning Max woke up panicked again. 

His heart was so fast that he thought that it would fall out every moment and he felt how the fear inside of him grow more and more. The sweat rolled over his skin and his eyes searched panicked his surroundings. It took a while until he realized that he wasn't in front of the club again and that the hands that touched his body without permission weren't real. When he realized that he was in his room at the loft Max relaxed and his breathing calmed down. He sighed. He wished for nothing more than a peaceful night without nightmares. He hadn't told his Dads or his brother about them and he hoped that they wouldn't find out because he don't wanted them to ask endless numbers of questions.

 Max stroke with his hand through his dark hair and took a deep breath in and out again and when he looked at his clock he sighed again when he saw what the time was. It was his day off but he don't wanted to waste his day. Since the incident and since he told his family what had happened he don't went to the Institute so often like in the past. There was no special reason why but Max had the feeling that everyone knew what had happened with him and he don't wanted to see their looks even when he knew that no one knew about the incident. 

The moment Max thought about what to do the day he heard laugher from the livingroom and he knew immediately who it belonged to:"Bravo..." He stood up and grabbed his sweatpants and his plane black shirt then he snipped with his fingers and his hair was tamed and he was fresh and clean. When Max walked into the room and no one had seen him he had a light smile on his lips when he saw the pure and honest laugh from the black haired Shadowhunter who sat between Raphael and Eva. Max heart made a jump when the lovely laugh filled the wholeloft. Max was drown into the beautiful view in front of him.

 When he looked at Aaron he thought about the kiss and then he felt butterflies inside of him. When they were at the Institute and had kissed ( read the first fanfiction about Max) Max had felt complete and he don't wanted the kiss to end but on the other side he didn't knew if he was ready for something like that now and he couldn't understand his own feelings and he was afraid to get hurt again. When it came to Aaron he never understood his own feelings. Max had ended the kiss and when he looked into Aarons eyes he could see how hurt he was. 

Max told him that he couldn't do that at the moment and to Max' surprise he just saw understanding. Aaron smiled at him and told Max that he would wait for him no matter what his final answer would be. Max was happy that Aaron had said that because Max didn't knew what he wanted right now. He loved it to be near Aaron but he didn't knew if he could be loved and if he could love someone else:" MAX! Hay Max! Hallo?" Max was pulled out of his thoughts when he saw Raphael in front of his face and shook him lightly:"W...what?" Raphael laughed:" Where were you with the head of yours? I called you five times and you didn't answered." Max hoped that his brother didn't saw how he got red in the face a little bit. He cleared his throat and pushed the thoughts away:" I'm still tired, sorry." "Come on. You need to help me. Eva and Aaron do their sibling thing again and trying to defeat me." "Just because you suck at playing video games?" Eva yelled from the couch.

 Raphael rolled with his eyes and took Max' hand in his. He led him to the couch and sat him down beside Aaron. He tried not to get red when he felt Aarons gaze on him. He looked straight at the TV but he had a warm and peaceful feeling when he felt Aarons gentle eyes on his skin. They played for a while and Max was very nervous and every time Aaron touched his skin Max' heart made a huge jump. He couldn't stop to laugh and to be happy. It wasn't often that Max laughed out of his heart and it was hard for him but when he was together with Aaron it was no problem and it happened with no effort. And Aaron too seemed to be happier when he was together with Max.