When duty calls

Chapter 2

Magnus couldn't stop the laughter escaping his mouth that could be practically heard in the entire building. His boyfriend was following him, head down and begging for the ground to swallow him, but he wasn't so lucky. His cheeks were bright pink, his whole body on fire as he was dying from embarrassment. He couldn't believe that that had happened to him, considering he was one of the best Shadowhunters and that he couldn't allow himself that kind of slips.

"If you don't stop blushing like that over insignificant mistakes, you're literally gonna die from embarrassment" Magnus said and turned around to look at his boyfriend who didn't dare to look at him just yet. Magnus sighed and slowly put a single finger under Alec's chin, forcing his head up to finally meet his beautiful hazel eyes.

"Magnus" Alexander whined loudly. He only did that when he was alone with his boyfriend, whom he was comfortable enough to show his truly self. He tried to avoid looking at his boyfriend's eyes, but it was an impossible task in that moment.

"You just tripped. That happens to everyone" he said softly as he slowly moved his hand to Alec's cheek, stroking it softly. Alec immediately melted into the touch, letting out a shaky breath as he closed his eyes. He was right, Magnus was always right.

"But- I'm a Shadowhunter I-I can't" he complained.

"You're part human and you're allowed to make 'mistakes', though it wasn't" he pressed his lips to Alec's when he realized the other was going to protest again.

"Why don't we go in and watch a movie?" he offered, opening the door of his loft with a snap of his fingers.

They entered the loft, walking straight to the living room and stopped when they saw two silhouettes standing in the middle of it. Alec quickly grabbed his bow and quiver as Magnus fingers were sparkling with blue traces of magic.

"Who are you? How did you get in here? Who sent you and what are yours busyness here?" Magnus asked, eyebrows raised as he stared at the boys, realizing one of them was a warlock since he had horns and blue skin but said nothing about it, as fas as he knew it could be a trick and he knew better than that..

Rafael and Max looked at each other and then at his parents in complete shock. What the hell was happening? Did their parents suddenly forgot they were their sons? Were they under some kind of weird spell? Were they glamoured people trying to get into the house?

Then, Rafael looked around and his eyes widened. He noticed that the place was different and that scared him, had they gone to a different universe? He shook his head, Max wasn't that powerful, was he? He turned to his brother, ignoring the grown-ups and whispered into his ear what his thoughts were.

"It-it can't be" Max managed to stuttered out.

"We're sorry. We c- we should go" Rafael's shaky hand quickly found his broter, trying to drag him out of the apartment.

"Not so fast" Magnus raised his wards up, the door slamming as it closed.

"My boyfriend asked you something. I suggest you to start talking" Alec spoke for the first time and the boys shivered. His dad never used that tone with them, not even when scolding them. Then Alec noticed one of them was a Shadowhunter, he had a deflected rune on his neck, just like Alec. "I'm Alec Lightwood. Head of the New York Institute. If you don't want me to inform you to The Clave, you better start cooperating" he spoke directly to the older boy who blinked in surprise. Alec didn't like the fact that he had just threatened a child but he needed answers.