// continued from here | @hcredis
there’s that always fleeting sense of stability that he has to leave behind. every time the door closes or the portal disappears, he’s left with nothing to hold onto. the presence of the warlock started to feel as a necessity even if it never seemed to be mutual. therefore he never voices it, he never speaks his thoughts aloud. he ENJOYS it when it lasts and then walks away from the arrangement that never got to be named. as if there’s no continuation once they part;——— as if the flame burns bright only when they are together.
and once he’s almost out the door yet again, words catch up to him —— like an anchor wrapped around his ankles. any movement halts, he doesn’t even lift a finger. and in that moment he can feel something SOLID forming in his chest. something that lodges itself comfortably right next to his heart with a promise to stay. as if that need for continuation finally materializes — caused by those few words that seem to be just enough. they ring in his ears and send shivers down his spine, and for the first time in weeks he feels as if he’s not leaving. no. because there’s always something to come back to.
that time the door don’t close when he’s out in the hall. that time he remains in the apartment, kicking the door closed as he spins around on his heel and rushes back to the one who managed to warm his heart as if his words were rays of sunshine.
fingers dig into magnus’ shoulders and whatever distance there is is soon closed completely as his lips crash onto the other’s in a kiss that speaks of HOME.
magnus bane loved alexander lightwood from the moment he first saw him. well, that might be an exaggeration (or maybe not?), but it had been a slow decent for him from the moment that alexander had saved his life. he was a downworlder and a shadowhunter had saved his life. it had practically shaken him to his very core, and if ragnor was still around he’d definitely be smirking in some corner and never let magnus hear the end of it. those three words, the admittance of his feelings are constantly on the tip of his tongue, but magnus was terrified. he’d never loved like this before (not even with Camille), it felt as though his heart was moments from bursting every single time he even thought of alexander. he was in deep, but he just couldn’t bring himself to say the words. what if alec didn’t feel the same?
this time, magnus can’t watch alexander’s retreating form again, not without finally admitting what he was feeling. he couldn’t keep going about his life, when at any moment either of them could perish, without alexander knowing just how much he meant to him. that didn’t mean that he had exact control of his mouth, though. “i love you, damn it!” wasn’t exactly how he wanted to phrase it, and a pink tint came to his cheeks after he’d realized what he’d said. it was so uncouth, so finesses-less, however, it was the truth at least. magnus watched alec’s form freeze, his hand still wrapped around the doorknob, as his heart beat in his chest. then, he nearly jumped as the door was kicked shut and alec started walking towards him, moving as only a shadowhunter with one purpose in mind could.
pulled into a bruising kiss, magnus was stuck in shock for but a moment before he kissed back, fingertips shifting to grip alec’s lapels, to hold him close. gods, there wasn’t anywhere else he’d rather be; he’d finally found a place where he belonged, he’d finally found home in the form of the man he loved. panting as they separated, eyes glowing a sharp and beautiful gold, magnus’ laughed with glee, “i love you, alexander lightwood. i love you.”