That really sucks what happened with your blog, and with tumblr staff being so unhelpful. It's good to see you online again, though! Sending lots of love and hugs your way! ♥
Thank you, sweetheart! Honestly, just having everyone around me again is the most comforting feeling.
fandom-madnessess replied to your post: have you ever written a fic where one part of the...
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE!!! BUT YOU HAVE 5 (FIVE) ?!!! 5?!!! (even if some of them are a little ambiguous). Also, domestic serial killer au! buying supplies together, cleaning the scene of evidence while bickering. Person A: You know what would be funny? If we positioned their hand so they’d flip off anyone who came through the door! Person B: *looks thoroughly unimpressed* *is secretly amused*
oh my god. I need to write that now. I’m keeping this in the fic prompts tag for future reference!!
Merry christmas! I hope you enjoy this little winter themed Human AU, including snowball fights, cuddling and hot drinks. Apologies in advance for any grammatical errors, English is not my first language. I hope you’ll have a wonderful Christmas!
*****
Snowed in
“There we are”
Alec smiled as their car stopped in front of the rural looking cottage that was so typical for Southern Germany with its wooden front and the huge balcony. They had driven up the mountain on a small one-track road, so naturally there wasn’t much else around the cottage now. Just trees, the small road and snow, so much snow. The roof of the building was completely white and the ground was completely covered in snow too. They were pretty high up and had a beautiful view on the other mountains around them. It was such a beautiful and peaceful atmosphere and Alec couldn’t wait to spend Christmas here with his best friend Magnus, his sister Isabelle and her girlfriend Clary.
“It’s beautiful.” Magnus said, from the passenger seat as Alec parked the car in front of the cottage.
They got out of the car, took their luggage out of the trunk and made their way through the snow to the building. Alec was walking ahead a bit as he had got the keys they had gotten from a nice old man a bit further down in the village. He was searching for those in his jacket when he suddenly felt something hitting his back. He turned around to see a devilish grin on his best friend’s face.
“Ooh, just you wait.” Alec threatened, letting his luggage fall to the ground. He bent down to form a snowball himself and soon after targeted Magnus with it. But as soon as the ball met the other’s chest Alec felt another one hitting his own shoulder.
They continued throwing hands full of snow at each other, laughing when they struck the other, cursing when they felt another snowball landing on their backs, ice cold water running down their necks.
Somehow they ended up wrestling on the ground, rolling in the snow, until Alec finally prevailed and pinned Magnus to the ground, breathing heavily.
“Should I put another handful of snow in your face or do you finally give up?”, he threatened, half-jokingly, but with a challenging look upon his face.
“You’d like that, wouldn’t you? Me totally at your mercy?”
Magnus was only joking but Alec suddenly got aware of the position they were in. He was lying on top of the other man, their bodies touching nearly everywhere and their heads not far away from each other. Heat was spreading all through Alec’s body while he was staring at the beautiful face just inches in front of him. Magnus’s eyeliner was a bit smeared from all the snow he had gotten into his face, his cheeks red from the cold and his breathing flat out of exertion. He could just bend down and kiss those rosy lips now. Oh god, what was he thinking. He could not, Magnus would laugh at him, for ever thinking he could be interested in him like that and he would destroy everything. Alec had to get away now, and fast. He got up, leaving Magnus to get up on his own as he quickly made his way to the cottage now.
“I’m freezing, the snow has gotten all through my clothes. I need to take a shower immediately.”
Alec stammered, picked up his luggage, opened the door and made his way to the bathroom immediately. As soon as he had locked the door he put his head into his head and sighed heavily. Why didn’t he have himself under control at all around Magnus? It was worse enough he had a huge crush on his best friend but did he have to show that so obviously around him? Why couldn’t he just ignore these feelings and then they would fade after a while so they could go back to being normal best friends again? Instead it only got worse over the time and now every little smile or compliment from the other gave him butterflies.
Alec cursed himself for having fallen in love with his best friend. Magnus was so sparkly and confident, he didn’t care what others thought of him and was open about his bisexuality. He was the opposite of what Alec was, shy, insecure, boring and deep in the closet. Alec couldn’t even come up with one reason why Magnus could be interested in him, he could be glad the other liked him enough to stay his friend. Even the reason why Magnus had decided to befriend him in first place stayed a mystery to him.
***
Alec had always been a very shy kid. He had always sat alone at school, as he had been convinced no one wanted to do something with him, had felt like everyone hated him because he was different, felt different. At home he had had his brother Jace fortunately, but at school they were in different classes and so Alec had always been a loner.
But then one day a new student had come in, Magnus, and he had fascinated Alec from the first look he took at him. This boy had seemed so confident, wearing makeup, not caring what anyone else thought of that, or him. He was just unapologetically himself. And that had impressed the whole class, everyone had gasped. Alec himself hadn’t been able to take his eyes off him either and to his full surprise Magnus had locked eyes with him then. He had smiled when he had seen the empty seat next to Alec and slowly had strolled towards him. And Alec couldn’t believe it, but the gorgeous boy had sat down next to him and introduced himself.
From then on, they had become friends - inseparable friends. Magnus slowly made Alec realise that he wasn’t strange, that no one hated him, that this had just been in his head and he had convinced himself of it. Magnus slowly made Alec lose his self-doubt, he showed his crazy, funny side more and more around him and he became more and more confident. Alec felt good, felt comfortable around Magnus, more comfortable than he had ever felt around a person - and then, over the time, it had slowly turned into more. Alec had started to feel lightheaded every time Magnus touched him, didn’t want to sleep in one bed anymore during sleepovers, fearing he could say something he didn’t want his best friend to hear during sleep. He despised every new crush Magnus swooned over and told him everything about. It hurt too much, Alec wanted to be happy for Magnus, he really tried, but all he could see was how that person wasn’t good enough for Magnus, how they didn’t deserve him. And although he felt bad about it, Alec had to admit he always felt relieved when one of Magnus’s crushes had dumped him, or a relationship of his had broken up. Of course, he never said something indicating any of these thoughts, he was there for his best friend, let him cry on his shoulder as much as he needed to after a break up, but still there was a part of him that was relieved, happy, and he always felt bad about it.
Then after school, they had started college together and after a few semesters they had gone on a semester abroad together - in Germany.
And that’s where they were now.
They had planned to stay at a cottage in the Alps over Christmas break, with Izzy, his sister and Clary her girlfriend, who would come visit from America to celebrate Christmas with them.
Alec and Magnus would get there first in the morning as they didn’t have such a long way to travel. In the afternoon Clary and Izzy would land in Munich and then take the train from there, to the village they were staying in and Magnus and Alec would get them from the train station.
***
So now they had arrived at the cottage and Alec was already taking way too long in the bathroom. He quickly took a shower and slipped into new clothes. When he got out of the bathroom Magnus was already waiting for him, already changed, his make up fixed. Together they planned on what to do next.
They ended up going into the next village to shop for some groceries. When they had found everything, they needed they went looking for the train station, so they wouldn’t have to search it later. After that they were just strolling a bit through the village, exploring the area.
When they were on the way back to the car it started to snow. At first it was just some light snowfall, but soon it turned into big snowflakes falling rapidly from the sky. Alec’s phone pinged then and he pulled it out to see he had gotten a new message:
“Hey brother!
We’ve landed safely.
Now we just have to check out
and then we’ll make our way to
Munich’s central station!
I’ll call you when we get there!
Love,
Izzy”
Alec smiled and informed Magnus about the message’s content. By then they had already reached the car. They made their way back to the cottage but on the way the snow got heavier and heavier and in the end they could hardly see the street anymore. Alec sighed out, relieved when they got back to their housing safely.
When they got inside they decided to light the fireplace, as it was their only source of warmth in the old building and it was still really cold inside. It wasn’t as easy as thought though, none of them had ever actually lit a fire and therefore the outcome was rather unsatisfactory: the whole room was full of smoke. In consequence they had to open the windows then, which of course made the cottage even colder for now. At least they managed to light the fire in the end, so it would hopefully get warmer soon.
For now, Alec was freezing though and when he saw Magnus taking his fluffy, warm blanket out of his luggage, he thought that was an excellent idea.
Before he could even start to look for his own blanket though, Magnus interrupted his thoughts.
“Do you want a part of my blanket? You know, I think it’s enough for two…” he suggested, a questioning look on his face, “also I think we could profit from each other’s body warmth.” He added with a wink and Alec could feel the familiar warmth spreading through his body again.
It wasn’t an unusual suggestion, they had shared a bed countless of times before, still it made Alec feel uncomfortable, especially after what had happened in the morning. He just couldn’t stand to be this close to Magnus, so close to what he wanted, and at the same time so far away from it.
“No… I think I’ll get my own… You know, I’m so tall, I’d just take the whole blanket from you… But thanks…”, Alec stammered and quickly got his own blanket, which wasn’t nearly as fluffy as Magnus’s, but he could deal with that.
“Well okay…” Magnus answered. Did he see a flicker of disappointment in the other’s face? No, he must have imagined that. “At least join me on the couch then, let’s see what’s on TV.”
Alec did as told and sat down on the couch next to Magnus, although he was careful not to create any body contact. Meanwhile his friend had turned on the TV, it showed a news program reporting that there was currently a huge snow storm over Germany, which would last the whole night and was already creating that much chaos, that all public transport wouldn’t be working until at least tomorrow morning.
“Izzy!”, Alec thought and grabbed his phone, dialling her number.
After a few seconds he heard her pick up.
“Hey Alec, I just wanted to call you!”
Alec sighed in relief.
“Thank god you’re fine, I was worried you took the last train and were stuck in the middle of nowhere.”
“No, no. We’re fine. We actually made it from the airport to the central station, but now we’re stuck. There’s no train leaving the station anymore, especially not those that drive into the Alps. And the people at the train station said that won’t change until tomorrow morning when the storm ends. So they told us to find a hotel in Munich to stay the night. I’m sorry, I guess we won’t get there today.”
“That’s okay Izzy, really. I’m just glad you are fine. Also it’s not even Christmas yet, so it doesn’t really matter if you arrive today or tomorrow!”
He heard Izzy sigh in relief, “Okay, good. Then we’ll search for a place to stay now, I hope we’ll still find something now…”
“Good Luck with that! And greet Clary from me!”
“Thanks, I will. You greet Magnus from me, enjoy the night alone.”
He still heard her laughing when she hung up. What was that supposed to mean?
Alec was pulled out of his thoughts by Magnus then.
“I guess they won’t arrive today anymore?” he asked.
“No, they won’t,” Alec answered, “the whole public transportation is put on ice for now. Looks like we need to spend the night on our own.”
Before Magnus could answer that, the TV made a strange noise and then everything went black.
“What the???” Alec exclaimed before it came into his mind that this was probably a blackout.
“Let’s check the light switch, if it isn’t working, it’s probably a blackout.” Magnus suggested then.
And so they did. It didn’t work, of course.
“And now?” Alec wondered, more to himself.
“Let’s make the best out of it” Magnus answered nevertheless, “fortunately we have the fire instead of an electric heating, so we won’t freeze. We could also look if there are any candles hidden somewhere in this building….”
They actually did find some used, half burned down candles in an old cupboard between some old German books. They were still working though, so they put them up all around the living room, which actually created a beautiful, cosy atmosphere.
“Should I make us some tea?”, Magnus suggested then.
“Sure!” Alec responded with a smile and Magnus disappeared into the kitchen.
A few seconds later he heard him cursing though, so Alec followed into the other room to check what happened.
“What’s wrong?” he asks, relieved as soon as he noticed nothing severe had happened.
“Argh, I just forgot the electric kettle needs electricity too.”
Alec chuckled in response, until he had an idea.
“Wait… Let me check something… Yes!”
“What?” Magnus regarded him with a questioning look.
“I was right! They still have a gas stove here instead of a new electric one, so we can heat the water over the stove and make some tea after all.”
Like that they made themselves some Christmas tea, which they had bought at the grocery store earlier. When they were finished, they took their mugs and seated themselves on the couch again.
“Now what?”, Alec asked, more to himself.
It was just 6pm, although one wouldn’t believe it from the darkness outside. No time at all to go to sleep.
What were they gonna do now without a tv and both of their phone batteries nearly dead?
“Let’s play a game!”, Magnus suddenly exclaimed.
Alec was a bit sceptical at first, but Magnus seemed so enthusiastic and they really didn’t have anything else to do.
“Okay… And what game?”
“Let’s ask each other some questions and the other has to answer truthfully!”
Now Alec really grew uncomfortable, there were things he couldn’t tell Magnus ever, without risking their friendship. But Magnus was looking at him with such gleaming eyes and such an enthusiastic look on his face now, that he just couldn’t say no. In the end he could still opt for not telling the whole truth to some questions, hide some facts like he had done for years.
“Okay… but don’t make me regret this!”, Alec gave in.
“I won’t, promise… Okay, let me begin. Ice cream or cake?
Alec laughed, relieved, maybe he had just panicked for nothing, had overreacted.
With a grin he said "Ice cream”
Which prompted a gasp from Magnus: “Are you sure? What about that chocolate cake I made you for your last birthday, you told me that was the best thing you’ve ever eaten!”
Alec laughed back.
"Well yes, that one in particular was pretty good, but you didn’t ask “awesome chocolate cake from Magnus or ice cream”, just general cake or ice cream. And then my answer is ice cream.”
“Tss” Magnus pouted. “Your turn!”
“Okay,” Alec laughed and without much thinking responded: “Eyeliner or eyeshadow?”
“Now you’re just mean” Magnus groaned.
Like that it continued for a while. Them asking each other harmless questions, mocking each other, digging up some inside jokes.
Until suddenly Magnus blurted out:
“Boys or girls?”
Suddenly the whole atmosphere shifted. Alec felt adrenaline rushing through his whole body, until he felt like he was burning on the inside. He could feel his heart beating abnormally fast and he just asked himself why it was so hard. So hard to tell Magnus he liked boys. After all, the other was openly bisexual and would never judge him. Still it had always felt impossible to Alec to tell him the truth, he didn’t know how. It never felt right.
He had accepted this fact about himself a long time ago, still he couldn’t even imagine using the word “gay” when talking about himself, it was connected to too many stereotypes. He felt once he said it out loud the world would never look at him the same way as it had before. That suddenly all people would see when they looked at him was “he’s gay”. Alec didn’t want that, he didn’t want other people to look at him differently, or judge him because of this little aspect of himself.
And when it came to Magnus specifically Alec feared that once his friend knew this one fact about him, he’d immediately realise everything else too. That it would be obvious to him then, that Alec was in love with him, if it wasn’t already. And he couldn’t imagine anything worse than losing the best friend he had ever had because of this. Then he’d rather go through the hell that was pretending the other was also just a good friend to him. Although it destroyed him on the inside, it was still better than not having Magnus in his life anymore at all.
Alec didn’t dare to look up, he couldn’t. And he knew he would have to make a decision soon, otherwise his silence would be answer enough.
His throat tightened with fear, he felt sick in his stomach. But on the other hand, he knew that this was a chance, this was a moment that would probably not come anytime soon again. He could just tell him now, he knew he wouldn’t judge. Still it brought so many risks with it.
In the end Alec didn’t know what gave him the courage to do so, but with a quiet, croaked out voice he answered.
“Boys”.
He still didn’t dare to look up, he was too afraid of what he would see in Magnus face. So he kinda just fixed his gaze on the mug in his left hand. There was a stupid reindeer face on it, a way to huge, red nose in the middle of its face. What a dumb concept, as if reindeers could get red noses, not speaking of the fact they definitely didn’t have round shaped ones.
He was that lost in his thoughts about the false anatomy of the mug reindeer, Alec nearly didn’t notice the hand gripping his own, right one. But when he did he looked up in surprise and regretted it again the moment his eyes met Magnus’s. Alec didn’t have his mimic under control at all right now and he was scared of what Magnus would be able to read in his eyes.
He tried to look down again, but suddenly he felt Magnus’s other hand keeping his chin in place.
“Don’t”, the other whispered, “it’s okay Alec. More than okay. You should know that I would never judge you for that!”
Alec felt tears swelling up in his eyes. A part of him was happy that Magnus accepted him but the rest just wanted to scream. Because he had gotten it all wrong, had thought that Alec’s reaction was because of him thinking he would judge him. Because right now Magnus was touching his hand and chin and it felt so good that he just wanted to lean in and kiss him.
It was all too much.
“I… I… have to…” he stammered and tried to get up, to the bathroom, the kitchen, it didn’t matter where, just away from here. Alec had to gather himself again before he did do something unbelievably stupid.
But before he could even get up he felt Magnus’s fingers closing around his wrist, pulling him back on the couch.
“No… don’t go now… stay.”
There was a desperate look in his eyes now and Alec couldn’t hold back anymore.
He put the mug down on the couch table, put Magnus’ head between his hands, closed his eyes and pushed their lips together.
It was messy, a desperate kiss and after a few seconds during which Magnus didn’t respond Alec pulled away. He opened his eyes in horror. God what had he done?
“Sor…” he began to stammer. But before he could even finish his apology, Alec was cut off by Magnus who had put a hand into his neck to pull him closer. And now Alec was the one who was getting kissed desperately. He remained completely still in shock for a few seconds, but then his brain finally registered what was happening and screamed at him to respond in some way if he didn’t want this to end soon. So he kissed back, trying to put all of his feelings in the kiss, not being able to believe this was really happening.
They parted as they both had to gasp for air, putting their foreheads together, breathing in shallow breaths.
Alec didn’t dare to speak, fearing to break the moment, that it would all come crashing down then.
He felt a hand slowly gliding to his cheeks while Magnus was moving away a few centimetres.
“Hey!”
Alec opened his eyes and what he saw took his breath away.
Magnus was blushing heavily, his hair was messy, but most importantly he smiled all over his face and his eyes were glimmering with joy.
“Hey!” Alec said back, grinning happily now too.
“You don’t know for how long I’ve wanted this…. I wasn’t sure…” Magnus whispered.
“Me neither…” Alec answered.
Magnus let out a huffing, disbelieving but really happy laugh.
“Will you join me under my fluffy blanket now? Yours looks so uncomfortable and I have to say I’m still not fully warmed up yet and could use a warm body to snuggle against.”
He said that with confidence but Alec could hear the underlying question, the insecurity of what to do next.
And instead of answering he just got closer to Magnus, grabbed the edge of the blanket and put it around himself and laid his head on the other’s chest.
And like that they were staying for the rest of the evening until they nearly fell asleep and moved over to the bedroom, snuggling up under the thick blankets now and falling asleep arm in arm.
…
The next day when Izzy and Clary arrived the first thing the two girls noticed were the big smiles on the boys faces and their intertwined hands.
“Finally,” they thought.
fandom-madnessess replied to your post “i’m gonna start crying i just realized i forgot to TITLE my fic so now...”
Song lyrics make great fic titles! (Just a quick reminder, because you know I know this pain)
It’s definitely a (very effective) way to go, but I usually try to go for a line in the fic or something and luckily I found one. I’m famous for changing the names of fics within the first two days (this one went from Not Exactly An Indoor Pet to There Are No Wolves In California, and I’ve probably changed the titles of at least five other fics LOL), so oh well. Thank you though, it is a serious pain.
Soulmate AU; in which a timer tattoo everyone is born with counts down to when you talk to your soulmate but vibrates and glows when you get closer proximity wise to them. Putting the tattoos together also causes sparks to fly, literally.
Jace/Simon and Izzy/Maia
There were very few things that everyone had in common in the world. The majority, mundanes, were just that- boring and run of the mill. They all had the same problems; cheating, dropping out, addiction. Of course Nephilim and Downworlders also had their problems but they were slightly more serious problems, like they could die so easily.
At least that’s what Jace was thinking as he sat sipping black coffee and watching a mundane couple breakup at the local cafe; Java Jane’s. “Typical mundanes, taking their timers as suggestions and still trying to date everyone,” he thought to himself as Izzy arrived and sat down. “Has your timer started buzzing too?” He asked simply as he handed her her iced mocha, gesturing to both of their wrists which were now pulsing slowly and glowing slightly.
“Well it’s counting down but we need to get the drinks for everyone else, we can talk about it later; let’s go.” Izzy informed her brother as she headed to one of the baristas; a tall raven-haired boy who was clearly a vampire whilst Jace spoke to a small werewolf named Maia who had her afro in two little bunches. The shadowhunter was distracted from checking out the other woman when her wrist started pulsating more frequently now and the light got brighter. The timer had run down to zero and a quick glance at the blond next to her told her so had his. Now they just needed to figure out who's soulmate was whose.
“I’m sorry but my soulmate is CLEARLY Maia, from what I've heard about Simon from Clary, were completely incompatible. Nerdy unathletic boys in comparison to me, well there is no comparison and the angels wouldn’t put me with that. Now humoring losers? That’s your forte.” Jace laughed as he and Izzy walked back to the institute now, dodging out of the way of her kick with a smirk. “So predicta-oof.” the man teased, groaning in pain as he didn’t see the punch to his gut that time.
“Personally I think that it’s me that’s soulmates with Maia but I think we should have a date night with the pair and see what happens. I’ll ask Clary to invite them over for movies or something.” Izzy mused simply, heading over to speak to the red-head, handing her her latte and pulling her into her room to discuss.
“Izzy, what’s so important?” Clary asked with laughter, jaw dropping when she saw that the timer had run out. “Jace’s ran out too; we think it’s Simon and Maia but we were both talking to them at the same time so we have no idea who’s who.” The woman explained to her friend, who nodded and called Simon immediately.
“Working in a coffee shop will great, you got to meet so many interesting people. Not that we don’t already meet interesting people, I mean we are downworlders. Not that all downworlders are interesting but I’m used to interacting with mundanes. Not that that’s a-” The rambling Simon was cut off by Maia covering his mouth with a raised eyebrow.
“That nervous huh? Don’t worry, I’ll make sure you don’t bite anyone. Plus lots of shadowhunters hand gout there so really bad idea to break the accords; see? There’s… Jace and Isobel I think. Shut up and try not to get us fired on the first day.” the werewolf warned, putting her apron on and sliding behind the counter, double checking that the area was clean as Izzy and Jace made their way over to the till, raising an eyebrow when her wrist started pulsing, hiding it behind her back as Jace ordered, her wrist glowing brightly now. As soon as the pair had been served, the young vampire started his usual curious tirade: “Did your wrist glow two? Not that mine did but if it did does that mean that Isobel’s my soulmate? Not saying that she is of course, but I’m not attracted to Jace. I mean he is attractive but the brooding… overly masculine with a feminine face look is out. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Plus, Isobel’s closer to Clary so it just-”
“Oh my god do you ever shut up?! Call Clary and we’ll go to the cinema or something to figure out who’s who. Though you're both always on the same wavelength so i bet she's calling you now.” Maia teased with a laugh, laughing louder when Clary started calling the dark haired boy.
“Oh hey fray, we were just talking about you. Not in a bad way! Just that-” The man began only to be cut off.
“You two want to come over and figure out who your soulmate is, I get it. I’ve already told both of them to go to the boat bunker for 3 so… try and make it hospitable and tell me details tomorrow.” Clary laughed, rolling her eyes.
“Thanks Fray; you're the best.” Simon laughed, hanging up. “Looks like we find our soulmates tonight.” He informed the waiting woman with a happy smile.
“That nervous huh?” Alec asked as he and Clary watched Jace and Izzy get ready, laughing when Izzy messed up her lipstick and Jace cut himself shaving before going to help the pair.
“Shut up Alec, you’ve already met your soulmate and there was no confusion around it.” Jace grumbled as Alec rolled his eyes and sorted his parabatai’s hair.
“You think I wasn't nervous when I kissed Magnus at my ill advised wedding? According to Clary and Simon, I was ‘so far in the closet I was best friends with Mr Tumnus; whoever that is.” Alec countered, slapping Jace’s cheek playfully.before stepping away from him with a proud smirk. “Off you guys go! Only Clary left now!” He teased, flinching when Clary hit him in the stomach at that comment.
“Welcome guys! Mi casa es su casa. Though this is technically not mi casa. Maybe mi boathouse es su boathouse is better. I don’t know why we’ve never met, we all consider Clary a friend. Though I am her best friend. You can ha-”
“Oh my God who stuck him in fast- forward?!” Jace sighed dramatically, rolling his eyes.
“Oh, sorry I don’t have the natural urge to brood and insult people man; do you wanna go?!” Simon shot back, stepping closer to the man.
“I don't like you.” The shadowhunter snapped, pointing at the vampire and doing his best to ignore the pulsing in his wrist.
“When you DRAMA QUEENS are done, we’ve already figured out who’s whose soulmate.” Maia laughed, pulling the men apart now and showing them as Izzy and her touched timers, the glows grew until small sparks flew. “Now, as soon as they form a little heart in the air, we’re in business.”
Izzy piped up now; “Which means…” Only to be cut off by Simon.
“No nononono. My soulmate is NOT a giant gymrat who hates my guts; there's clearly a mistake.” The man stammered, starting to pace now. Sighing theatrically, Jace grabbed the man to stop him. “Listen Einstein, We’re clearly soulmates so just… try and woo me or some shit. Don’t ramble or I’ll break your nose.” he warned simply, letting go of the vampire after he had calmed down.
“Well.. I don't know what you know about music but apparently you're not too bad so we can play some music together?” Simon suggested, heading over to his guitar; Jace rolling his eyes but nodding and following, messing around with the beatbox machine absentmindedly now and easily making a catchy beat.
“That help you when you’re chasing down downworlders huh?” the vampire teased, strumming the guitar and looking up at the blond with a cheeky, infectious smile, Jace smiling back unwillingly and chuckling.
“Let’s hear what you can do then.” He mused, glancing over at Maia and Izzy who had gone straight to kissing, as he sat down. On Simon's bed. Standing up with a start, he just stood listening to the man play and sing, eventually sitting back on Simon’s bed next to the vampire with a smile. “Does that count as a serenade?” He teased softly, glancing down at his lips subtly.
“No. Well I mean technically yes it does because it was written as a serenade but it wasn't specifically written for you. I mean if it worked for you that’s great too but the original purpose was-” Simon rambled, tapping gently on his guitar as he explained and gasping softly when Jace leaned forward to kiss him softly before pulling back with a smile.
“Maybe that’ll shut you up.” He smirked, raising an eyebrow.
“I-I- Well yeah it would but you taste like coffee and I just want you to know that.” The man stammered, The shadowhunter rolling his eyes and tangling his hand in the boy’s raven hair and kissing him again.
“So.. how did you know that the spark thing was gonna work?” Izzy asked Maia as the pair sat on the sofa, Just talking as the boys disappeared.
“The truth?” She asked, laughing when the runed girl nodded vigorously before continuing, “I didn’t have a fucking clue until like an hour ago and even then I was playing on a hunch.” She laughed, shrugging.
“What hunch was that?” she asked softly, moving closer to Maia as she bit her lip teasingly as she waited for a response. The werewolf leaned closer till their faces were inches apart before telling the woman. “I noticed you checking me out whilst I was checking you out.” she whispered, leaning in for a kiss.
When it came down to it, they were all the same no matter your race; Slightly coffee addicted individuals who had no idea what they were doing till they met their soulmates. Now they all had a double the reason to love Java Jane’s; not just for the drinks but those addictive coffee flavoured kisses.
@fandom-madnessess said: I relate so much!!! And the worst thing is, is that the guilt and pressure keep you from writing, even though writing is the one thing that will fix it :/ *hugs you 10000x*
I have no idea how to reply to anything on here anymore (*shakes fist at tumblr staff*) so I am just going to tag you both and send you lots of hugs. You’re both amazing and I’m sorry you feel this way too. It sucks. Big time. Sometimes I feel like setting up a chat room for sterek fic writers who struggle with stuff like this. It would definitely be nice having people to talk to going through the same thing. That, and cheering each other on!
