Clary sniffled, her head placed in Alec's lap as he softly braided a lock of her hair, "I don't get why he'd say something like that. He was angry, yes, but he didn't have to say it.
"He's Simon, Clary." Alec said, "He doesn't think. You know that, you know him better than anyone"
Clary wiped the corner of her eye, looking up at the ceiling as Alec ran his fingers through her hair. She had had a fight with Simon a few hours back, and Simon had pushed her buttons by pointing out things that she had only told him (besides Izzy and Alec), about her and Jace's recent... arguments.
It's been a stressful time at the institute since the past few days and they all felt pressured to get everything right. Clary was out on a mission, she was leading the team with Simon, who, being the Vampire deputy, was responsible for the 50% of the mission
They worked well together, being best friends and usually patrol partners. But somehow this time, the mission went top side and things got heated, resulting in a fight between the two.
No one could really point out what happened, they were bickering the whole time they were there (as Underhill told Alec and Izzy), but they came back to the institute all sulky.
"I brought more ice cream," Izzy said, coming into the office with 3 spoons and a tub of chocolate fudge.
While Simon went straight to his room, Clary went to Alec to submit the mission reports, which was when Alec noticed how she was barely holding herself up. Izzy was there too at the moment. So they sat Clary down and talked. Clary had broken down in tears as soon as they asked her what had gone wrong.
It was weird how till a year ago, Alec would've laughed at the idea of him having Clary in his lap while he consulted her. And now, he wouldn't have it any other way. Alec had grown to care about Clary. She was like his other little sister that he never asked for, although he'll never say that out loud.
Clary sat up straight as Izzy placed the ice cream in front of her on the table as she opened the lid, pointing the spoon in Clary's direction.
Clary sighed, taking it and scooping up the ice cream, "You went to talk to Si, didn't you? How is he?"
"Sulky," Izzy replied, sitting beside Clary as Alec glared at her. She wasn't supposed to go to Simon, they were supposed to be on Clary's side at the moment. "He's with Jace."
Clary stabbed the ice cream this time, taking out a big spoonful.
"Let's forget about Simon," Alec interrupted, "let's... talk about something else."
Izzy nodded, he picked up a spoon herself. "Let's... talk about Magnus." she said, knowing that it'll be better to turn the whole conversation around. She and Clary hadn't talked to Magnus in a long while anyways, "How's your husband? We haven't had a shopping weekend with him in ages"
"Yeah," Clary let out, "how's Magnus?"
"He's good," Alec replied. "He misses you guys too, he just has a lot of appointments at the-" his eyes widen for a moment, "-shit."
"Hm?" Izzy hummed in question through the spoon of ice cream in her own mouth.
Alec sighed, taking out his phone, "We had a date night"
3 missed calls from Magnus
5 texts from Magnus
From Magnus
Where are you?
From Magnus
Alexander, are you coming?
From Magnus
Work? Are you going to be late again?
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Standalones
FanfictionAlec 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...
