Alec shook his head, trying to pretend his body wasn’t shaking despite the many thermis he’d applied to his arms. His thin sweater did nothing against the wind, and he hugged his body in an attempt to conserve a bit of warmth.
Next to him, Magnus sighed. “I don’t understand why you insist on wearing those ghastly sweaters when they don’t even keep you warm.” In contrast to his words, he walked a bit closer to his Nephilim, wrapping an arm around him. Alec stiffened for just a moment, just long enough to make Magnus wonder if he would pull away. Two steps forward and one step back in their relationship, always an uphill battle. But Alec soon enough sighed and relaxed into him, a small smile coming across his face.
Magnus couldn’t resist the temptation to slip his hand under the worn sweater. Alec gasped and his body jerked away from his frigid fingers. “Magnus!”
Magnus gave a low chuckle in his ear but withdrew. “Yes?”
Alec rolled his eyes. “You know what. Your hands are freezing.”
"I can fix that," Magnus purred, holding his left hand out. Before Alec’s eyes, a fireball sprung into existence. It was a small thing, even given the size of Magnus’s hands (the rumors about big hands in relation to other parts of the male anatomy were one hundred percent true, at least when it came to his warlock), but Alec could feel the warmth it exuded. Magnus smiled down at him and held it a bit closer to him. His eyes were tender, a direct contrast to their earlier mischief.
"Thanks," Alec murmured, shifting to stand just a bit closer to him and to the fire. He tried to continue the sentence, to say the words he’d been trying to choke out for weeks, but they died around his Adam’s apple in a lump and he swallowed them back down instead, hoping Magnus could see it in his eyes.
"Alexander," Magnus said, and Alec could only hope the tone in the way he said his name was proof that Magnus maybe felt the same way, even if he wouldn’t say it either. "It’s my pleasure."
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