To the amazing user who requested this: Happy birthday! Hope the imagine is okay :) I hope you had/ are having and day just as wonderful and special as you are 💕
Summary: Alec confesses his feelings to you on your birthday
Warnings: Probably a swear word or two
A blaring sound woke you up from your peaceful, dreamless sleep. You extended your left arm and hit your alarm so hard, you almost broke it. As much as you wanted to stay in bed, you knew you had to get up. You pulled the gray blankets off of your body and slowly placed your feet on the cold tiles before heading to your closet to pick out one of many all black outfits to wear today (despite being part angel, you were never into bright colors and the angelic stereotypes that wore white dresses/robe thingies really bothered you). Quickly pulling on a top, some nice jeans that hugged you in the right places, and your combat boots; you headed to your bathroom and brushed your hair, eventually forming that same basic hairstyle you did almost every day. You walked over to the door and opened it, revealing far too much light for your tired eyes to handle. You decided to put your arm in front of your face and search for Alec, your best friend and your crush (nobody could be trusted with that information except for Isabelle), and ended up bumping into him, causing him to almost spill the drink in his hand. “Alec, I’m so sorry, please tell me I didn’t spill anything on you.” You said while frantically checking his shirt and the floor for any traces of your first act of clumsiness for today.
“I can’t believe you just did that,” responded a stern Alec.
‘He’s unusually angry. Something’s off.’ You thought to yourself before saying, “I know and I’m sorr-,”
“See, you were just doing it again.” Alec interrupted with a stern look on his face. Noticing your confusion, he decided to elaborate. “You’re apologizing on your birthday.” His lips formed a smile, showing his perfect white teeth. “Happy birthday, (Y/N). I brought you some coffee with extra whipped cream.” He held out the hand with the mug and you grabbed it, feeling the warmth of the white mug against your cold hands. You blew inside the mug a little bit, knowing that it was going to be hot, and took a small sip. The taste of fresh vanilla and whipped cream danced around your taste buds before you swallowed and honestly, that was the best coffee you’ve ever had (Mostly because everybody in the institute sucked at making coffee with the exception of Alec, but this was much better than usual).
“This is really delicious, thank you.” You said, giving him a small smile. You looked up at him and saw that beautiful grin of his once again, but this time the crimson red on his cheeks accompanied it. You both started to walk to the kitchen to get some breakfast before training (of course institution regulations stated that you had to wait an hour after eating to practice defending yourself for when a deadly monster decided to attack, but het, at least you didn’t puke), and decided to say, “You know, I can’t believe I forgot it’s my birthday today.” Before taking another sip of your coffee. A surprised Alec stopped in his tracks and look at you.
“Please tell me you’re kidding. Your birthday has always been the most important day to you. You and Jace even have the same motto, ‘birthdays are the one day of the year where you can do or have anything you want’.” You chuckled as you remember having a conversation with him about birthdays years ago and he accidentally admitted that he bathed in spaghetti when he was five and he swore that if you ever told anybody, he’d personally kill you. “How can YOU possibly forget about your birthday?” Alec asked, snapping you out of your thoughts.
You shrugged. “I don’t really know, I mean I guess it’s because of all the work that Lydia’s been making me do lately because ‘the institute needs paperwork to send to the clave,’ and, ‘ how could I not know that, and , ‘I should be more responsible and learn how to do some good paperwork while I’m at it.’” You stated in an irritated tone while making quotation marks with your fingers. “And today when I’m done training, I have to go meet with Lydia and talk about my reports and anything else I should add, and whatever else meeting consist of.” You wore a ‘she’s-annoying-but-Alec-is-my-crush-and-just-proposed-so-I’m-gonna-try-to-stay-calm-even-though-I-hate-her’ smile.
“Well you know what? You and I are going to ditch training and do something together and when we’re done with that, you’re going to ditch that little ‘meeting.’ Today’s your birthday and I won’t let anything ruin it.” He stated and continued walking while you caught up.
‘(Y/N), come on. You love him and you don’t want to ruin his marriage if that’s what he wants.’ You thought.“Wait, aren’t you going to marry her? You wouldn’t want to make her mad and honestly, neither do I. I think I’m on her bad side as it is, and I can’t make that worse.” ‘But is it really what he wants? Okay, (Y/N), it’s time to stop, you and him aren’t going to happen.’ Your brain ever so rudely added.
“Everybody’s on her bad side, (Y/N), and I don’t like that, but that’s who she is. Of course, anyone who has you on their bad side is on my bad side.” He stated bluntly. He paused for a moment before adding, “(Y/N) I’m going to call off the marriage. I can’t be with someone who doesn’t like you because you’re so important to me, there’s no way I could actually function without you.”
“Alec, don’t ruin your chance at love because of me.” You replied with a sad tone.
“That’s the thing, (Y/N). I don’t love her, I love you. I’m sick of pretending that I’m perfectly fine just being your friend because honestly, all I want to do is hold you and hug you and give you a million kisses and never let you go,” He replied. You looked him into his piercing blue eyes the whole time while he looked into your beautiful (E/C) ones that shone brighter because of the new lights the institute had installed. He was serious, and you could see that in the way his lips didn’t curve and the way he kept his eyes on you and only you, even after he finished talking.
“Well, that’s good because I love you too,” you said. You placed your mug down on a nearby table and he pulled you closer, letting his plump lips connect with yours, forming the kiss you’ve been yearning for since you were younger. Sparks flew all over the place and in that moment, you knew……. the institute was going to have to reinstall a couple of bulbs because they blew out. And of course, the kiss was amazing too. You broke the kiss with a smile, earning another on from him too. ‘Maybe I will be with him after all.’
