"Excuse me, mind if I sit here?" Alec looked up from his phone to find a guy, coffee in his hand and a laptop bag tucked under his arm, pointing at the empty chair in front of Alec.
He looked around the coffee shop, all the seats were full, "Sure, go ahead"
The guy gave him a gracious smile before he pulled the chair out, his glossy pink lips turning up.
"Thanks," the guy said, sitting down before he took a sip of his coffee, "mmm, that's good. I thought I was going to get the wrong order," he leaned over as if to share a secret and pointing his thumb in the direction of the barista behind him, "Sherlock over there seems a bit too hyped up to be working in a coffee shop"
Alec looked over at Simon, who was getting shoved away from the coffee machine by his blonde boyfriend, "Yeah, Simon can be a little... energetic sometimes, that's why we have Jace,"
The guy smiled again, honey brown eyes slightly crinkling this time. Alec could see light makeup and the eyeliner that he was wearing.
Cute , Alec's brain unwantedly supplied.
"Alec," brown eyes read out Alec's name tag, which was pinned to his "Rainbowlight's Coffee" apron, "Short for 'Alexander', I presume? Hi, I'm Magnus"
Alec's breath definitely did not get caught at the way his name, his full name, sounded from the guy's - no, Magnus' - mouth. "Hey, nice to meet you," he said. "I've- I don't think I've seen you here before."
"That's because I'm new in the neighborhood," Magnus replied, finally taking his laptop out and setting the bag onto the floor. Alec licked his bottom lip when Magnus gave him a coquettish little smirk, "Just moved in 2 weeks ago. Thought today should be the day when I finally check his place out"
"Oh," Alec said, "Well, welcome to the neighborhood. And the coffee shop"
"-Though if I had known that I'll find such good coffee, I would've come earlier," said Magnus graciously.
Alec flushed, "I'm glad you enjoy it." Magnus gave the guy a smile.
He then opened up his laptop, and decided to check his mailbox.
5 unread Emails from Caterina1234@Catpublications. com
Magnus had stuff to write, and his writer's block wasn't helping at all. He ignored the emails, directly going to Google Documents. He could deal with Caterina reminding him about deadlines later.
"Alec, could you please take over? Izzy and I are going to Maryse's shop to get a pride flag. Just noticed that someone stole ours, again." came a female voice a few seconds later making Magnus look up again. A redhead was standing besides Alec.
"Clary, what are you talking about? It was just there in the morn-" Alec turned to look outside the window, only to see that the flag staff, placed on the wall besides the main door, was empty.
"Fuck," the word sounded positively sinful coming out of his mouth but Magnus frowned at the way Alec looked disappointed. Seemed like this happened often.
"Yeah," said Clary, "Maryse said she's just opening her shop for a few minutes for us, so we're gonna get a new one."
"Alright but," Alec said, "If you're going to mom's, could you make a stop at the bookstore and check if they have the black cover edition of Edom ."
Edom.
"Edom? By Magnanimous?" Clary frowned, "Alec, you already have it. You've read it like 10 times already. Hell, you're always reading it."
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Fiksi PenggemarAlec stared at the beauty before him, his breathing became shallow and his heart suddenly felt heavy in his chest. His and his husband's bodies nearly touching one another's, their faces close to each other. He could see a twinkle in Magnus' eyes. A...
