Magnus Bane

independent, private and highly selective Magnus Bane sideblog

[cateyedwarlcck]

archerxalec‌:

Okay, Magnus was back. He didn’t exactly know how to explain this. Of course he knew that Magnus would be there to help the baby, that was Magnus, but bringing home a baby was not exactly what one would expect from their boyfriend. Especially not without notice. Maybe that was why he had the urge to make the tea for the both of them. With a sheepish look on his he held out a tea, but got surprised when his boyfriend basically rounded him to sit down on the other side of the baby.

It was not necessarily a bad sign even. He was interested in the baby and he was happy to see him, it was not bad. Alec placed the tea on the table in front of them. He still hadn’t decided on a course of action of how to explain this so he just decided to wing it. “I was on patrol or wanted to go.” Honestly, with all he had to do recently, he had been looking forward to just go on patrol…and then the baby happened. “Someone placed him in his basket onto the steps of the Institute.” It was something that often happened with little warlocks. Those claws could be scary for anyone who didn’t know what it meant.

“They wanted us to give him to a mundane orphanage, but honestly, he wouldn’t have a good life there so I decided to take him with me. We can find a better solution for him, right?” If it was a warlock adopting it or anything else, he just wanted the baby to have a real chance at a happy childhood. “That’s why I ditched patrol. He was more important. He’s quite cute, I think.”

Alec’s words had Magnus look from the baby to his boyfriend, the confused look changing to a mix of light shock and admiration at the same time. by now he thought he had Alec figured out, or at least most of him, but this was something new, something unexpected and something that made Magnus smile. “So your first instinct was to take the baby in and care for it, and your second one to bring the little one to a warlock knowing he would have a better life with one than with a mundane family? Alexander, you never fail to surprise me,” he smiled at him, though his attention was once again stolen by the baby.

Now, Magnus wasn’t really one to know how to handle babies, though he was willing to try, so he carefully picked the baby up and cradled the boy in his arms, noticing how immediately the small claws got out as the baby tensed and once again, like before, retracted once he relaxed. “He truly is quite a cute one, already knows how to show that he means serious with his tiny claws,” Magnus commented, looking at Alec.

“I think there is certainly a better solution to his living conditions than a mundane orphanage.” Even if the boy would be adopted, the older he would grow, the more of his warlock would come out, and the last thing he wanted was something happening to him like it did to Magnus. “I suppose he can stay here for now. Catarina knows quite a bit about kids, but maybe... do you think the two of us could do it?”

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archerxalec‌:

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They were on patrol when they found it. It was in a basket, wrapped in a blanket on the stairs of the Institute. It looked like it was taken right out of a book, that image. Obviously they took the kid inside, because nobody knew how long it was outside and how cold it would get. Initially it was out of sight, out of mind. But it turned out the baby was a little warlock. He hadn’t paid close attention to the kid, just wanting to take it inside because it had to be protected from the weather. Now, that he knew it was a baby warlock, he had to get involved. As the head of the Institute and as someone who had seen some outrageous behavior from fellow shadowhunters.

Sure enough this time it was none the easier. It was discussed that the warlock should be given to a normal group home of mundanes. Eventually Alec had enough of the discussion. He told them he would handle it and went to gather the newborn up. He wrapped the basket in his jacket and carried it off through New York towards the Brooklyn bridge where Magnus’ apartment was. Even if he hadn’t been in a relationship with him, it would have been the logical choice. As High warlock he would have a better understanding of what was good for a baby warlock. As he carried the basket he finally saw the warlock mark: claws, retractable by the looks of it. He stopped for a moment, reaching to take the babies hand to look at the claws, smiling, because that was pretty cool for a warlock mark.

Alec found the apartment momentarily empty. Since Magnus trusted him, it was more than easy for Alec to let himself in. He put the baby on the couch and removed the jacket and loosened the blanket. It was warm enough. Unable to remain stationary with something as important as a baby in the apartment and no way to properly care for it, he heated up water and prepared tea. He was just putting two cups on the table, when the warlock returned - and the baby reacted with a loud wail, apparently scared or surprised by the warlocks entrance.

There were rare instances where being the High warlock of Brooklyn allowed him to do house visits, but Magnus still welcomed them, finding them quite relaxing most of the time and a nice distraction from the endless list of responsibilities he had. Besides, it was a house call for one of his dear friends, and Magnus wasn’t exactly one to turn his friends down unless he had no other choice. The friend in question also live close to Catarina’s apartment, so he visited her and Madzie as well, spending quite some time there as well.

It was already evening when he left Catarina’s place, portalling himself to his apartment and momentarily being greeted by baby wails. Magnus looked quite puzzled, at first thinking he landed in the wrong home, until his eyes fell on the baby bundled up on his couch, Alec next to the baby with two cups in hand. While it was very pleasant to see his boyfriend, whom he gave a warm but still very confused smile, Magnus couldn’t take his eyes off the baby. The first thing he noticed was the small claws which got retracted moments later once the baby stilled down. If nothing else, his entrance made an impression on the baby warlock.

“Alexander!” he greeted him. “This is quite a nice surprise. I didn’t expect you, you said you were busy with patrol for the night. And I didn’t really expect you to bring a baby warlock with you either.” The warlock moved to sit down next to the baby, almost gingerly pulling the blanket down a bit just so he could see the baby a bit better. “Where did you find the little one?”

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archerxalec‌:

“You know the work won’t go away…” Not until he worked through it. He could delay it, but he had to do it anyway. Still Alec reached for  hisboyfriends hand and smiled at him, softly, fainter than usually, because frankly, he was exhausted. And that exhaustion showed. It always did when he was home with Magnus. How could it not? He was at home, he was as save as it could get and he was loved her, unconditionally…or almost.

“You really didn’t have to!” he repeated himself. “But thank you. You know we could have just gone somewhere, too…” He had not seen much of the world stuck in New York and sometimes in Idris so his travels with Magnus was very precious to him and he was super grateful. “And since I forgot, that we have February, I don’t have anything for you.”

“We could have, but then it would be like any other date we go to. And besides... we don’t need a special day to go out and have dinner whenever on Earth we want to,” Magnus smiled, seeing clearly just how much Alec was was tired. There would be no way he would let him get back to the Institute that evening, fully intending to keep him at his apartment so he could at least get a good nights sleep. Work wouldn’t run away during the night, that much he knew.

Not letting go of Alecs hand, Mgnus led him to the table and pulled a chair out for him. “Love goes through the stomach, so I thought that home made dinner was a way better option in this case. And don’t even worry about not having anything. It’s not about presents, Alexander. It’s about spending time with the one you love.”

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archerxalec‌:

Valentines Day? What the hell? That was so weird. “Valentines day? Valentine has a day? Why? And…do we celebrate him? I mean, obviously we don’t but…what the hell?”, he asked confused. Then he looked around. Wait…Valentines Day. It was a mundane holiday. It was…for couples. It was about love.

“That…Valentines day…but…we have February?” Alec was honestly surprised. He had not really kept track of the date. He had filled it in mechanically in his reports but that was mostly it. “It’s February…I completely…but Magnus, you didn’t have to!”

“Oh Alexander, you never fail to surprise me,” the warlock quipped with a chuckle. Alec was so oblivious of the world around him. Of course, as a shadowhunter, Magnus assumed, he wasn’t all too involved in the mundane world or the days mundanes celebrated, unlike him, which in truth, made the surprise all the more worth it.

Magnus moved to the small table where he had drinks ready for them, grabbing a bottle of red wine and pouring them both a glass. “Of course I had to!”, he protested lightly as he offered one glass to Alec. “It’s not every day that love is celebrated world wide. Besides, you’ve been buried in work for ages now, so an evening to relax is what you need.”

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archerxalec‌:

It sounded urgent. Had it not sounded urgent, things would have been a lot more difficult to get out of the Institute at such short notice. Things were, as usually recently, very busy. He could hardly pull away but he had to when Magnus called. The panic in him just added to the tension he felt all day. He had to get to Magnus and check on him.

The house his apartment was in was suspiciously silent. If something mild happened there would be utter chaos. There wasn’t. Alec walked in, trying to keep himself calm, but expecting the worst. 

That was until he opened the door.

“Magnus, what is it? What happened?”, he wanted to know. Magnus was way too calm. “You…wanted to get me out of the Institute, didn’t you?”

The warlock couldn’t help the smile that crept on his face as he let Alec in. It was almost positively adorable how Alec abandoned everything and rushed to his apartment just to make sure he was okay. Naturally, given that Magnus was the High Warlock of Brooklyn, one would assume that he was more than capable of taking care of himself, and yet Alec, he assumed, didn’t think once about it, which made it all the more sweet.

“You saw right through my plan,” he replied with a smile, closing the door and placing a hand on the small of Alecs back, leading him towards the middle of the room. “You didn’t even realize what day it is today, did you? It’s Valentine’s day, Alexander, and I prepared something small for the two of us.”

[cateyedwarlcck]

Magnus was sometimes prone to being dramatic, and that day was no different than the rest of them. He sent a text to Alec that he should come to his apartment as soon as possible, with the explanation that it was something he had no time explaining. Of course, all of it was a lie, but in many ways, that was the only instance he could get his boyfriend out of the Institute and come to him and drag him away from the always busy life of a shadowhunter that way. And while he firmly believed that it shouldn’t take Alec too long to get to his apartment, it was still enough for Magnus to add the final touches to the set table in the middle of the room, candles and a rose to top it off, as well as a nice dinner waiting in the kitchen - all prepared for Valentine’s day.

Upon hearing urgent knocks on the front door, he smiled and went to open it, looking casual as his eyes set on Alec. “Alexander! So nice you could come in such short notice.”

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[cateyedwarlcck]

ircnxstark‌:

“It’s very bad.” Tony didn’t want to hide the extent of things from this young man. He had hid the extent from Andrea in a way. But this was not a young impressionable girl, who was about to lose her brother. He was a grown man, who was…about to lose his boyfriend.

“Shattered several vertebrae, shards damaged his bone marrow and brain stem. He died 7 times I know of, probably more. Even if he wakes from a coma, Nick is most likely never going to be the Nick we knew again.” He admitted. Whoever the Nick he was now was, he would still love him. if they ever got to know him. And yet Tony still had hope, hope of fixing his son. He fixed things after all. He was the mechanic. He was currently, officially CEO of Nicks company in his stead and he would use that to help Nick somehow.

“He saved Colonoel Rhodes…”

Magnus was an actor, a dancer, sometimes doing modelling on the side while Nick was the bigger brains of the two of them, knowing things the other couldn’t even properly grasp on. From his dancing career Magnus knew that any sort of tiny spinal damage meant long recoveries and in most cases, never having footing in the dance industry again. Having several shattered vertebrae along with brain damage sounded like something there was no coming back from.

Right then and there, hearing the news, Magnus knew that there was a high chance Nick would never wake up from the coma, which in return meant that they didn’t have much time left. Not really caring anymore about whether or not Tony knew about their relationship, he gently placed a hand on Nicks and gave it a soft squeeze. “So there’s a chance we might lose him? But there must be a way. With you being Tony Stark and Nicks company in the medical industry..” He began, looking back at Tony again. “Did he take a blow for him?”

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ircnxstark‌:

In all honesty he had not expected visitors beside those that already been there for Nick. But he was pleasantly surprised by this visitor. He had heard of a man called Magnus before. Nick, at times, would not shut up about him and he didn’t even realize it. It was adorable and yet, as Tony looked up the Magnusses of this world, he had to be wary of him. None of the Magnusses out there seemed like the type to stick by his son through better or worse. Well initially it seemed like he was right. But now not so much.

“I’m Tony. This ones father.” he said, pointing to his son. “I was wondering if you would show up at all. He has spoken about you a lot.” A great lot. “Get yourself a chair, I guess. He’s…not going anywhere anytime soon.” if at all.

“I assumed as much. He spoke very highly of you, sir.” Magnus replied and moved to get one of the chairs that were moved under one of the windows, pulling it close to the bed and carefully maneuvering it to not pull on any of the cables or tubes. He settled down on the opposite side from Tony, glancing at him before focusing on Nick. From up-close, he looked even worse than he imagined. And to think that Nick assured him that going to Leipzig was only to make sure nothing too bad would happen.

“I wanted to come sooner, while Nick was still at the hospital, but my job doesn’t exactly allow me to walk to places unnoticed,” he said, not knowing how much Nick told Tony about what his profession was. When Andrea texted me that you brought him home... I came as fast as I could. How... how bad is he?”

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ircnxstark‌:

Tony felt broken. What happened in Leipzig and Siberia had shook him to the core. First Nick throwing himself in front of Rhodey - not without reason even - the boy almost dying multiple times because of it. He held onto life through mere stubbornness, of that Tony was sure. He had seen the Falcons shock when he told him of Nicks condition, had seen the shock in the others. But Steve didn’t seem to care, to consumed by keeping Barnes alive. Tony had drawn the shorter straw in this, he basically lost everything in it.

Tony now tried to be there for his comatose son, work and be there for his daughter and Peter Parker. It all wasn’t easy in the slightest. He was currently by Nicks bedside, making sure the ventilator worked properly, the nutrients pumped into the still body were good, to make sure the music he kept running was the music Nick liked. 

When the doorbell rang, he let Friday show him who it was and had her tell the person to come through to the second room to the right behind the living room. He would not leave his son’s side for a visitor.

Part of him wasn’t surprised that the door opened on its own and he was greeted by an AI, and the other part that was still wasn’t used to it, no matter how many times he had seen it and experienced it whenever going to Nicks place. He introduced himself, more out of reflex than anything else, despite nobody being there, now feeling even more nervous. Following the instructions given by the AI, Magnus moved to the second room to the right behind the living room, almost gently knocking on the door before stepping inside.

At first he said nothing, mouth slightly agap as he saw Nick and the state he was in. He was hooked up to several machines, most which were, he assumed, monitoring his vital signs, and next to his bed sat an older man, most likely Tony Stark himself. Magnus had to fight the urge to not simply rush to Nicks bedside, taking his hand in his and comforting both Nick and himself that way. Once he gathered enough courage, he cleared his throat. “I hope I’m not intruding, sir. I’m Magnus, Nicks... friend.” Being polite was the first step, right?

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There was this unpleasant gut feeling Magnus had as he walked into the building where Nicks dad lived, in the massive penthouse on top of it, private elevator and all. It were a few days since he found out, or well, was told by Nicks younger sister that he was brought home, still in coma. At first, Magnus wanted to visit Nick while he was at the hospital, but given his popularity and paparazzi at his heels at all times, it would have been too obvious and would probably expose his boyfriend to too much media attention. He didn’t want that, so he opted for a casual look, nothing like the usual flamboyant clothes he wore, a perfect disguise that hopefully ensured he wouldn’t be followed.

Once e used the elevator to get up to the penthouse, Magnus was greeted with a large front door. Well, here goes, despite how he felt. Hell, he didn’t even know if Nicks dad knew he had a boyfriend. Oh boy. He took a deep breath before ringing the bell, waiting patiently and yet at the same time tapping his feet and playing with his fingers. He needed to see Nick, needed to see how bad it really was, if he could do something.

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