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Alec's hands ran up and down Magnus' back greedily as his thigh slid between the shorter man's legs.
The Lightwood boy had no idea what he was doing but couldn't help but follow his body's instincts.
He pressed Magnus harder against the desk in his office, practically making the older one sit on the surface and settled between his legs, while his hungry lips kissed his beloved's neck.
Magnus' head was spinning, as if spellbound by Alec's nearness. This thing he had wanted for so long was finally happening.
The one man he had always loved by some miracle of the Angel, was reciprocating and was willing to fight so they could be together.
Even if the laws of the Shadowhunters doomed them.
Alec grazed his teeth over the angelic rune on Magnus's left shoulder, taking advantage of the skin he had at his disposal by the tank top the other Shadowhunter was wearing, the kind he loved to wear during training and that drove Alec absolutely crazy.
Maybe Magnus wasn't even aware of it, but that little garment let his beefy back, his absolutely perfect, shapely, strong arms...his well-defined chest and several of his runes show through. The dark runes on Magnus' golden skin only added to the sex appeal of his beauty, Alec wanted to run over every single mark on Magnus' body, marks he knew perfectly but thought he could never run over the way he wanted to.
They had barely finished a training session when the elder Lightwood could contain himself no longer and dragged his friend into the privacy of the office, devouring his lips as soon as they were alone, sealing the door with one rune and silencing it at the same time with another.
It had only been two days since they had confessed their love to each other and already they were finding it absolutely hopeless to try to stay sane around others whitout letting everyone know what was going on between them.
They were absolutely in love, crazy about each other, but they couldn't forget that this was a secret relationship.
No one could know what was really going with them at least not for now.
They had to find a solution, some way that they could be accepted, that they could enjoy their love freely, without hiding, without feeling like they were cheating the people who had always supported them by keeping this private.
But this was the best way, at least for now.
Magnus moved his hands to the younger man's waist and gasped as he felt it pressed more firmly against his front.
Raziel, Alec was hard, and Magnus could feel the firmness of his erection against his own, his mouth watering at the thought of him provoking this in his Alexander.
His own cock twitched in his pants, beginning to feel the heat inside him.
Alec was incredibly sexy, determined, inexperienced just as he was, but absolutely sure of what he wanted. That was one of the things the older man admired most about him.
Magnus was very sure of himself, but since he had come to the Institute he had always preferred to keep to himself. Only his closest friends knew his true personality, he was bright, loyal, funny and very generous, but extremely shy when it came to expressing his feelings, which was why he had believed that he could never declare his love to Alec.
The situation was beginning to escalate, so far they had only shared a few furtive kisses, little stolen caresses in moments when they had no one around them.
This was different, it felt so intimate, so real.
So far nothing they had experienced felt like this. It all seemed like a big dream for both of them.
Magnus ran his hands down Alec's neck, his shoulders, his back, until he slipped them into his shirt, feeling the archer's warmth, his skin, the scars of old runes, several of which Magnus himself had drawn, in the countless times they had gone out on patrol alongside each other. Covering each other's backs, looking out for each other in so many encounters with different threats, always side by side.
This seemed like too much and at the same time, both Magnus and Alec couldn't help but want more. They began rubbing against each other, their erections firmly pressed together, their kisses desperate....
"Alexander... "gasped Magnus, trying to control his breathing, once Alec refocused on the rune on his shoulder, which he sucked and licked eagerly.
"I know-I'm sorry," Alec said between kisses.
"We can't do this here, we could be discovered at any moment" commented the older man, as he moved his head to the side to give Alec access to his neck, the archer concentrated on the Shadowhunter's Adam's apple, making Magnus moan helplessly.
"I have to stop, right?" asked Alec innocently as he trailed a trail of kisses from Magnus' throat to his shoulder and back again to claim his lips.
They kissed passionately again, Magnus' hands fixed on the archer's hips. Pressing into each other desperately, until they heard a knock at the door.
"Alec?" called Maryse, knocking once more after a minute in which the young mens froze "Alec, are you there? Are you busy?"
"Shit, shit!" whispered Magnus, covering his mouth with both hands.
"I'll be out in a moment" replied Alec, kissing Magnus' cheek, who was red as a tomato now.
"I'll wait for you in my office" Maryse said after a moment and they both sighed in relief.
"Fuck, that was close" laughed Alec trying to control his breathing and adjusting his clothing. Magnus shot him an irritated look and punched him in the side. "Ouch! Mags!!!" complained the archer.
"Have you lost your mind, there's nothing funny about this" Magnus told him shocked by his boyfriend's attitude. "Do you know what could happen if we get caught?" he warned him running his hands through his hair in a desperate gesture.
"Hey baby!" called Alec, coming closer to hug him tightly "everything will be fine, we'll find a way, I won't let them separate us, i won´t let them hurt you" promised the taller one.
"I'm afraid Alexander, but not for myself, I'm afraid something might happen to you." Confessed Magnus.
"Everything will be all right, you'll see" tried to comfort him the eldest Lightwood.
"Are you sure I'm worth taking the risk for me?" he asked with barely a whisper of a voice.
"Magnus" Alec began to speak, taking his beloved's face between his hands to force him to look him in the eyes, "you are all that matters to me, love, I love you, always have and always will! Of course you are worth fighting for. I'm willing to do it, I just need to know if you are too, so , are you sure you love me?" asked Alec suddenly unsure.
"More than my own life" Magnus answered immediately.
"Then there's nothing more to say, I'm not going to lose you, I won't let them separate us" assured the younger one and Magnus felt himself falling in love with him again in that instant, so he just nodded and gave the taller man one more kiss, before adjusting his clothes a bit and running his fingers through Alec's hair trying to fix it somehow.
"Well, go see what's going on with Maryse before she comes back" Magnus suggested to him and Alec nodded immediately.
"What are you going to do?" asked Alec before opening the door.
"Probably take a cold shower" Magnus told him with a wink, Alec smiled complacently and walked out towards his mother's office.
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"What's going on?" asked Alec as soon as he sat down across from his mother. The look of concern on the Shadowhunter's face made the young man immediately tense up.
"Alec, sweetheart, you are aware that your father's appointment as the new Inquisitor is very near right?" asked Maryse, trying not to read too much into the matter.
"I thought that wouldn't happen until the next election at the Clave" said Alec with a frown, what was that question coming to now?.
"Well, you know that the current Inquisitor Blackthorn, will be leaving office early?"
"I really wasn't aware of it, he is excellent at his job."
"It's not about that...his eldest daughter, Helen? You remember her?"
"Yes of course, she's amazing! The only Nephilim with Seelie blood!"
"Exactly, she was given to her father and raised as a Shadowhunter, they were very lenient with Andrew when word got out about the child" Maryse commented as if in passing.
Alec frowned, what else did they expect? That he would abandon his daughter, even though her mother had died giving birth to her? She was the result of an affair, frowned upon as an affair with a Seelie, but forgiven as a young widower, who simply had an act of weakness.
The Clave had allowed him to keep the little girl and Helen had turned out to be an excellent Shadowhunter, recognized throughout the Shadow World. Thanks to that and despite all that had been said at first Andrew Blackthorn managed to reach one of the most prestigious positions among the Nephilim.
"Indulgent? What else were they supposed to do? The girl was alone and she is his daughter, besides half Nefilim too, she is one of us" the archer answered immediately.
Maryse smiled at her son's response. She adored the fact that Alec thought of equality, she had always been proud of her son's pure heart, of his respect for every one of his peers, including mundanes and Downworlders, she was sure that Alexander would form the new generation of Shadowhunters that would change things for the better.
That was why she so disliked the news she had to give him. Putting on a serious gesture she returned to the matter that plagued them at the moment.
"Alec, the appointment will be moved up because Andrew agreed to step down in exchange for his daughter's life being spared" Maryse recounted.
"What? But-what happened? Helen is one of our best soldiers, Izzy's role to follow! What could have happened that is so serious?" asked the young man.
"Helen declared her love for Aline Penhallow..." said Maryse simply, studying the expression on her son's face as it contorted, first surprise, then sadness and finally sorrow.
"Aline?" he whispered then, fearing for one of his childhood friends.
"She, will be fine, her mother is the current Consul, she got a reprieve for her, Helen accepted the punishment, she will be exiled to Wrangel Island" Maryse informed him.
The blood in Alec's body seemed to freeze. Was this the best scenario he and Magnus could hope for?
They would be condemned for just loving each other?
"This is so absurd, so stupid!" he said suddenly furious. He got up and started pacing the office furious, frightened, hopeless...until he sat back down with his head down, his eyes filled with angry tears.
"Alec-I" Maryse started to say, but when her gaze met her son's, she wasn't able to continue, she swallowed saliva with difficulty because of the lump that had formed in her throat, she fought against her own thoughts, trying to express in the best possible way what she wanted to say.
*Would it do any good?* Maryse thought, when she looked back at her son in front of her she finally made the decision to say exactly what she was thinking.
"Helen and Aline's worst mistake, was to act without backup, without something firm, without even thinking about the laws of the Clave...the law is hard but it is the law" she told him in a very enigmatic tone that did not go unnoticed by the young man.
*Are you giving me some kind of idea? Hell, I think I'm just freaking out at this point* thought Alec with a frown on his face.
Maryse then reached out and took her son's hand, giving it a firm squeeze and a nod, then she continued to simply talk about what she wanted to inform Alec, "Son, as soon as the appointment comes through, Max and I will be moving to Idris with your father."
Alec stopped immediately, his gaze locking with his mother.
"How? But you can't just leave!" the young man protested.
"You will be in charge, Alexander" she told him with a firm voice, "you are more than capable, besides you have the support of Jace and Isabelle" added his mother and as soon as Alec sat down in front of her again, with a defeated gesture she added, "Magnus will help you, he will be your second in command, at least until he assumes his own position."
"You mean until he is sent back to Indonesia...away from us" Alec said almost in a whisper.
"Until he marries and departs back home" replied Maryse.
Alec's eyes filled with tears, he knew it, but hearing it like that, so directly, made his heart squeeze in his chest. It felt like someone was ripping it out of his chest.
"It-" Alec tried to speak but had to clear his throat before he could continue "you know who-"
"No, they haven't decided yet, there are a few more months left..." interrupted Maryse as she saw the suffering on her son's face.
Alec simply nodded and got up once again to head for the exit.
"Alec" Maryse called out to him, she wanted to say something, to give him some hope, to comfort him somehow, but there was nothing she could say, so she simply nodded towards her son and let him go.
The archer felt absolutely devastated.
The news had struck deep into his soul. It wasn't the first time he had heard of something like what Aline and Helen were facing and certainly they had fared rather better than others, but what were the odds for him and Magnus.
How could he bear to expose him to so much danger? The Lightwood family certainly had its influences, being one of the oldest families in Alicante, but would that do any good if they had to come out in the open?
Was there not even the slightest chance for him and Magnus?
When he reached the wing of the rooms he found Magnus in the hallway.
The Nephilim was freshly bathed, his wet hair falling over his forehead and his torso bare, towel around his neck and pants hanging low on his hips as he made his way towards Alec.
The archer felt his breath hitch. Raziel, he loved this man like no one else.
How was he supposed to accept what was about to happen? Resigning himself to a life without Magnus was something Alec was not willing to do. He would fight, he would find the best way, he would do the impossible.
"Alexander? Are you alright?" asked Magnus once he stopped in front of him.
"I will be! We will be!" the young man then said.
Magnus studied his face and stretched, planting a small kiss on the lips of the taller one.
"Of course we will" he assured his boyfriend and squeezed his hand affectionately. "Tell me, what did Maryse say to you?" he asked with genuine curiosity.
"I'll take a bath and tell you all about it later, okay?"
"Sure, honey, see you in a bit" Magnus told him with a smile and continued on his way to his room.
Alec sighed watching Magnus walk away down the hallway. He needed to clear his head, and definitely come up with a plan.
For now he would do the only thing he could at the moment, take a bath and then tell the love of his life everything.