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The storm clouds gathered, thunder overpowered the sounds of the city below and the floodlights on the roof flickered angrily. Alec had his fists clenched listening to the maniacal laughs from Malachi who wasn’t the only one amused. His men were laughing as well.
Laughing because the invincible Warlock had taken a tumble over the ledge and fallen, Alec could still feel their bond inside him but he didn’t want to imagine the state of health Magnus was in right now after plummeting so far to the ground below. He still bled and broke like everybody else.
Hands now illuminating and crackling with lightning around them, Alec pulled his batons out his holsters and burst his energy out, running at Malachi and screaming out in his anguish, launching himself at the larger, overpowered man and catching him off guard, knocking him back before his arms were wrestling with him. Their bodies fighting and Alec’s mind was solely on Magnus and that smile he gave him before he disappeared.
He ignored Sebastian, Ragnor and even Izzy’s voices in his ear screaming at him to calm down and think but he couldn’t. His body shot off almost fatal sparks that lashed as Malachi’s skin, breaking and burning it with impact. But this wasn’t stopping the boosted man as he grabbed Alec by the face and rammed his head down onto the ground. The back part of his mask protruded out and acted as a crash helmet with the material. An addition made after the last incident and Alec growled, his hands around the large wrist attached the hand still smothering his face.
He could barely even see from the bright light of his own body.
“Help him!”
Jace turned round from where he was frozen in place, looking at Simon stood in shelter from the aftershocks of static now dancing round the roof. “You have the strength!” The accountant yelled again and Jace clenched his fists.
“I can’t- I-” He swallowed before he looked back to where Alec was thrashing around. “I-” He took a deep breath and nodded at Simon before he ran over, the remaining thugs were on the ground in pain from the lighting where as it hit Jace and seemed to do no more than scorch the top layer of his body when it hit him. The blonde jumped up and slammed his fists down on Malachi’s spine, the larger man grunting in pain as his back caved in, dropping to the ground and releasing his hold on Alec.
Alec used the opportunity to pull away, watching now as Jace was wrestling and fist fighting with a man much larger than he was. The strength behind his movements was enough to shatter the average man’s bones Alec took the moment now to pull up all the power he could muster.
Putting his hands to his sides he began to focus his energy to the two circles of his palms. He could hear the yelling and let a shock from his body snap into the earpiece and shut it down, he needed to get Malachi down. Jace was fighting with supreme strength and courage, but beating it out of the man wouldn’t be good enough.
Malachi was too dosed up and too full of anger, Alec knew the right burst would cause his body to do just as the rest of his victims had done, he was like a balloon of muscle and blood. Alec’s lightning was the pin.
Jace smacked a punch at Malachi’s face and watched him fall, panting and feeling energised more than ever by the movements, the headaches gone and he felt finally alive. But the man wouldn’t stay down, he felt a blast of electricity hit his arm, looking down as blood dripped from his forearm and turning with wide eyes to where Alec was engulfed in his own energy, the power emanating from him was like nothing Jace ever imagined. He could see what he was getting ready to do… Almost like there was some kind of bond between them and he could read into his mind…
The fight had gone on too long because they were trying to keep Malachi alive, he knew Blue Bolt, even Warlock. They never killed, but this time… He saw his place slot in just like the missing piece of a puzzle and saw Malachi recovering on the floor, about to go for him but Jace turned and started to run away from him, towards Alec where he dodged and fought through the lashings of lightning and rumbling ground the thunder was shaking.
Reaching Alec he dug his hands into the ground at Blue Bolts feet and cupped under his boots, throwing his arms up with all the power he could, screaming out as he launched Alec high into the air almost like a shot put.
Alec braced himself then kept his energy balled up as he was thrown into the air, the force threw him into the heart of his own storm before he focused on the single point while his body began to fall back down.
Releasing out with a growled scream he unleashed a bolt of lighting so powerful he felt his the skin on his fingers burn and his body go into shock, literally. The bolt flew down and struck Malachi’s body right as the larger man was going to Jace once more. The force and strength caused the concrete to shatter around him and his body to burn, Jace threw himself at Simon to get the man down to the ground and out the way just as Malachi’s body exploded from the impact.
All the chemicals he’d prepared his body with and the modified blood he’d taken in its purest form from Jace’s body caused his body to become nothing more than a red, bloodied spray across the rooftop. Alec watched as it happened and let his body drop down without trying to stop it.
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Magnus felt a caress to his cheek and fluttered his eyes as he felt like he was floating, a purple aura surrounding him and he felt warmth stroking his limbs to life.
Not yet a voice carried through his subconscious and he gasped out, his hands gripping onto rocks that were around him. There were people crowding around him and paramedics already on their way down into the small crater his body had formed when it hit the ground. He looked down at his hands, arms and then his body. It should’ve been shattered, he should at least feel pain somewhere, seeing the purple glow from moments before seep out of his skin and off into the atmosphere he felt an almost deathly chill and got up to his feet, stumbling and dodging concerned hands.
People around cheered him as he climbed out, a hand even helping him the rest of the way and patting his back. He shook his head and looked up where the clouds were black, the storm on the roof made his heart ache, knowing how much energy Alec must be using. He had to get back there. Spreading his feet on the ground he held out his hands, feeling like he knew what he was doing, when really he had no clue. A force field drew up around him and he lifted his hands, gasping as it raised him from the ground, the field carrying him up until he floated, almost flew, back up the side of the building. He didn’t even feel the wind in his globe of purple energy and as he stepped foot on the roof he could see the struggle was over.
Various unspeakable matter was on the ground, staining it red, the light was starting to shine through the clouds with the rising sun. Jace was checking over Simon and Alec was nowhere to be seen. Then he felt something pull his attention upwards, gasping and moving on autopilot, much as he did when he saw Jace about to fall, running to where Alec was falling towards the roof and throwing up a field to catch him, stumbling back at the impact but bringing him down safely. Stroking over his face he ignored the surprised voices at the side of him and smiled as Alec seemed unharmed. Unconscious and unaware, but safe and alive.
“Please... please can we get off this death roof now?” Simon’s voice made a smile break out on Magnus’ face and he turned to them tentatively avoiding the blood.
“Come on Jason” Magnus’ voice was full of emotion and teasing, but Jace didn’t question, simply smiled brightly and leant down to help lift up Alec.
“Think they have a helicopter?” Jace looked at Magnus who simply shrugged and lifted a hand to push up Simon’s slack jaw.
“Maybe one day...but for now we’ll take the stairs...I’m fed up of lifts” He cracked his back and the blonde laughed out loud, Simon still seemed to be in shock from both Magnus’ miracle appearance and the whole ordeal, but he followed the Warlock and Jace as they carried Blue Bolt.
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Alec woke abruptly as a vision shook through his body, clutching his arms around himself he spotted the thin bandages adorning them. Peeling them off to see now healed skin but slight scorch stains still burnt into fingers and hands. The room was dark, but he knew he was in his own bed. Rubbing his hands over his face he wiped off the cold sweat and took a moment to breathe in, trying to remember what happened and how he got where he was.
The last thing that came to mind was Malachi’s body exploding and falling. He placed a hand on his heart and was about to think about Magnus when the man himself crept into the room, head down in a book not seeing Alec sat up. He felt relief and gasped out as he looked not only a picture of health but as gorgeous as ever. “Magnus” He breathed out, his body suddenly needing to have him close.
Magnus dropped his book as his brown eyes widened seeing Alec awake, his lips curling into a grin before he ran at the bed, pouncing Alec and kissing all over his face. The younger man laughing and wrapping his arms around him, pulling him down and catching his lips. “You scared the crap out of me” Alec spoke between kisses.
“You’ve been out of it for a month but I scared you ?!” Magnus protested as Alec thought hard about what had happened, had it really been that long? “You used too much of your energy…” Magnus stroked his fingers through Alec’s hair, looking over his face.
“I thought you died...twice” Alec looked back at him, challenging his concern with his own and pouting his lips. “What happened on the roof” He leant up to cup Magnus’ face, sitting up and looking into his eyes.
“I don’t know I just...didn’t die” Magnus shrugged, a flash of insecurity in his eyes and Alec wished he hadn’t been the one to cause it, instead he kissed him gently and sighed resting their foreheads together.
“Well I’m glad you didn’t” He smiled and ran his thumb under Magnus’ eye before kissing him again, he felt tingles in his body as his powers were coming to life once more from within. Having Magnus close to him and kissing him so deeply was igniting his core once more. He didn’t even realise he’d moved backwards and was now lying flat on his back until Magnus sat back, straddling his waist and panting down at him.
“I’ve missed you” He rocked his hips down, clearly Magnus had felt the same spark and Alec felt a scratch to his skin from where glitter was escaping the older man’s palms as he ground down. “Alexander” He purred out and that was it for Alec, he flipped them round and pulled at Magnus’ clothes, ripping his shirt in the process.
Magnus bit back a grin as he felt Alec pressing kisses down his skin, his body shivered and he pressed a hand to Alec’s head, snorting almost with laughs at how pushy he was being, but he needed to feel Alec everywhere, as soon as possible. So when a mouth enclosed over his erection before he even registered his boxers were at his knees, Magnus groaned and let it happen, he was never going to object to this beautiful man. Nor was he going to admit that he’d spent every day by his bedside while he slept like an angel.
An Angel who dropped from the parting clouds into his arms that night on the roof. The worries for his own mind and body were pushed aside as he only had concerns for Alec. The man who had his heart.
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Later on as they sat naked together on the sofa by the fire in Alec’s room, only a blanket over them as Magnus ran his fingers through Alec’s chest hair he updated him on what he’d missed while he’d been out. They had both scratched the itch that seemed to flair when laying eyes open on each other, how they’d ended up off the bed and across the room wasn’t important.
Magnus explained how Simon had been arrested, along with the majority of the Malachi’s hierarchy. The CCTV had mysteriously been wiped without recovery, except for the footage showing Malachi’s transformation and ultimate ending, one the authorities would never release to the public.
Jace was back in work at the station, the exploding maniacs remaining were cured and back to their families, but no one knew how, of course that was thanks to Sebastian and Ragnor running the clean up operation with Jace and his altered blood as the antidote.
“You’ve been busy” Alec frowned and looked at the crackling fire, he felt content as he could feel Magnus’ heart beating with his own where they were pressed together. “Almost like I wasn’t missed” He chuckled and gasped, shying away as Magnus bit one of his nipples hard enough to cause a little discomfort, along with the fire in Alec’s groin of course.
Looking down now he blushed watching the older man lapping lightly now where he’d bitten, puppy dog eyes out in full force. He sighed and pulled Magnus closer kissing the top of his head. “I miss you even when I close my eyes” He felt whispered onto his skin and shivered at the intimacy and emotion behind it. “It’s only when I can feel you I can find peace of mind” Magnus sounded vulnerable, the full effect of being unconscious for that length of time showing just what it did to Magnus. “Is that weird?” He chuckled, trying to make it sound lighter of a situation than it was.
“It’s not weird at all” Alec shifted and sat up straight, taking Magnus with him and cupped his cheek with a smile. “When you fell off the edge...I-” Alec’s voice broke and he shook his head, resting his cheek on Magnus’ shoulder. “It all became a blur” He chuckled as Magnus sighed softly and wrapped his arms around him, simply holding him close enough for their bodies to be fully pressed together. “I don’t ever want to let you out of my sight again” He looked up and held Magnus’ face, opening his mouth to ask the question he’d asked a hundred times before.
“Don’t. Ask. Again” Magnus’ face turned pained and he pulled away, the two of them already sharing a sigh of both frustration and longing. Magnus gripped Alec’s hands and brought them to his lips, kissing them with featherlight kisses.
Alec wanted Magnus so badly he ached, his soul was incomplete without him. The vision that woke him was one of dread, one of losing his lover to darkness. It was one he had regularly and disrupted his sleep before he’d even met Magnus and realised who he was. The other part of his vision had been no doubtedly of Jace. The man surrounded in red and black, full of courage but also full of anger.
“So is Simon still behind bars?” Alec decided to change the subject from their own self inflicted angst. Magnus nodded and sighed softly.
“They’re going to pardon him, but the paperwork takes time...Jace is working on it” Magnus smiled and kissed Alec’s knuckles again. “Come on...lets get some food in you”
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Alec was sat in his office, looking through plans that a construction company wanted to have pushed through and funded by his company. Ragnor had already given if the go ahead, but shown Alec regardless of whether his opinion would change anything, not unless he came up with a very good reason as to why they couldn’t rebuild the damage done to Malachi’s building and let his employees that were innocent in all this go back to work and earn a living.
Dropping the ipad to the desk he groaned and Sebastian shook his head from where he was reclining on the chair with his feet on the coffee table at the corner of the office.
“You’re thinking about him again” He chuckled. “It’s sickening” Sebastian joked.
Alec smiled, he couldn’t help it. His friend was right, he was always thinking about Magnus so the accusation was always going to be unfair and tipped against him. “I just want to fall asleep and wake up next to him...is that too much to ask?” Alec groaned as Sebastian scolded him for messing with his knuckles nervously.
“Apparently it is”
Alec sighed and looked out the window at the building across the town where they’d fought Malachi. It as difficult and emotional, but a wake up call that they couldn’t just expect to go into a fight and win with their gifts alone. “How long until Izzy is done?”
“She’s just doing final touches on the gloves, then he’ll be out there with you in no time” Sebastian sighed and acted disinterested as the topic turned to Jace. His dislike of the blonde still deep, but not as much as it was after he’d helped Alec.
“Good...he’s a great addition”
“Has he got a name yet?”
Alec shook his head. “Not yet...but I’m sure his boyfriend can help him think of something”
“You know I actually like Simon” Sebastian smirked as Alec seemed visibilly thrown off guard by the comment. “He’s actually hilarious...so...let’s not insult him with lies on who he’s in a relationship with...I’m pretty sure your sister has been asking questions...does she have a thing for nervous nerds?”
Alec’s face turned red and he growled out lowly. “Better fucking not” They looked at each other before both began to laugh and turn back to what they were previously down. Enjoying a calm while they could.
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“I’m home!” Magnus called out as he hooked his coat on the rack, smiling when his mother came out in her flour covered apron, pulling him in for a kiss to the cheek.
“Hello my beautiful boy” She smiled and patted his cheek, pulling his beanie hat from his head and putting it on the rack as well. “Dinner is almost ready” She peered over his shoulder as he shut the door behind him. “No Alec tonight?” She pouted. “I haven’t seen him for a long time…”
“He was sick remember? You made me soup to take round everyday” Magnus chuckled and took off his shoes, following the smaller woman through the apartment, he was about to ask what she’d cooked when she stopped still in front of him. He had to throw a hand up to the frame and stop himself from walking into the back of her, trying not to draw attention to the glitter that stuck to the woodwork where he had.
“We have a few minutes before it’s ready” She turned and took his hand. “Come and sit with me. We need to talk” She lead him to the living room where they sat side by side, her hand still clasping his. “You know I think it’s time you spread your wings” She whispered.
Magnus swallowed and frowned, looking round to where she was staring at him, her face showing no sign of teasing or humour. “What do you mean?” His heart was racing not wanting to think what she was getting at.
“I didn’t raise a fool Magnus Bane” She rubbed the bridge of her nose. “You have yourself a wonderful partner who loves you and you don’t even live together yet…” Magnus felt bile rise in his throat and immediately felt something anger him inside.
“Did he speak to you?”
“No” She answered sternly. “He doesn’t need to…” She cupped his cheek, turning him to look in her eyes. “You love each other. It’s what people do...I’ve been selfish if I’ve made you think I need you here to look after me”
Magnus was speechless, inside he felt the butterflies in his stomach, he wanted to move in with Alec more than anything, but he’d always hesitated, the thought of leaving his mum when it had been just the two of them since the beginning had held him back. “You have my blessing to take the step before you’re as old as I am and still living in this run down old apartment”.
“Run down?” Magnus opened his mouth to ask but was interrupted.
“No I won’t move with you” She chuckled. “It’s run down but it’s mine” She smiled and stroked her thumb under his eye where tears had gathered. “I’m so proud of you...now let’s enjoy this dinner tonight...then tomorrow you can tell him you’re going to accept his proposal and move in by the weekend. Understand?”
Magnus could see the tears behind his mum’s eyes to match his own, she was just as upset and hesitant as he was, but this was what they both wanted and it was what he needed. He ached for his Alexander.