Standalones

Do You Believe in Magic?

[Rated: M]

"Playing hard to get, I love a challenge"

Magnus just left. Alec didn't see him again after that brief conversation they had at the Mad Hatter's party, but Alec remembered catching a glimpse of the beautiful man discreetly watching him as he swayed his hips on the dance floor, before sliding out of the party. Alec tried going after him but some walker he was, he just disappeared into thin air after stepping out of the institute.

But like Alec said, he loved a challenge.

So for the next 2 days, Alec tried to look for Magnus in the guest lists, he wasn't there. Clary said she didn't know him well, so she had nothing on Magnus. Alec might've spent hours trying to find him on Instagram and facebook, but that was for him (and Izzy, and Jace, and Clary, and Simon, and basically everyone he had contact with) to know.

Alec couldn't find him anywhere, though.

"Come on, bud. I'm sure Magnus must've been cute, but he probably didn't want to link up with you if he just left--" Jace told him, earning a glare and slap from Izzy. "What? It's true"

Now here's the thing, no guy ever 'not' wanted to link up with Alec, it didn't happen to Alec often. Which was why Alec was more adamant on finding Magnus. Though, he didn't have to do anymore efforts because Underhill, Head of the Security at the party (besides Raj), texted him that a man had scribbled down a note for him on the entrance register. Which Raj obviously didn't tell Alec about, considering the big fat crush he had had on Alec since they were in Uni.

Underhill sent him a picture of the note;

Alec Lightwood,

I'm afraid I'll have to leave early, but I hope we can continue our conversation sometime soon.

Magnus Bane

It was written in beautiful loopy handwriting and below Magnus' name was a number. Alec smirked at it as he typed out a thank you to Underhill and dialed the number in his contacts. He might and might've not called Izzy and had disturbed her in the middle of her date with Simon just to tell her "I got it!", but he definitely didn't go over to Jace's apartment, just knock on his door and show him the finger.

Alec was never the one to be nervous, but his thumbs danced over his keyboard as he pondered over what an appropriate greeting for Magnus would be. At last, he settled with a "hey, Alec here. Remember me from the party?"

After days of flirting over of the phone - well, Alec flirting over the phone while Magnus replied back with adorably awkward texts which Alec knew Magnus wrote with a blush on his face -

To Magnus

3 : 05am I bet he's not as adorable as u tho

From Magnus

3:05am Are you comparing me to my cat, Alec Lightwood?

To Magnus

3:05am are you blushing, Magnus Bane?

From Magnus

3:08am I am going to sleep, because it's the right thing to do at his hour of the night

To Magnus

3:08am It's the morning, technically

--Alec decided to show up at Magnus', unannounced. He had found the address a few days back from Magnus' tarot reading ad.

"Alexander?" Magnus said, looking at Alec. It was the evening but he still looked like he had just woken up, wearing a plain shirt and sweatpants with his hair all messed up. Whereas Alec was there wearing a white (tight) tee shirt with black skinny ankle-length jeans, hair gelled down, and a hint of kohl in his eyes.