Summary: While Jace and you are dating in secret, Izzy tries to set you up on a blind date for Valentine’s Day, much to the dislike of Jace. Follows ‘Fake Dating & Stealing Cookies’, but could be understood without reading that one.
A/N: So imagine… I don’t suck and this was actually posted on or before the 14th? Or just imagine it’s the 14th.
Prompts: “Hmm, check and mate.” – “Is there a reason you’re naked in my bed?” – “I should’ve handcuffed you when I had the chance.”
Masterlist
During the couple of weeks you had been seeing each other in secret, you couldn’t believe how close Jace and you had become. From 2 people who disliked each other so much, to people who actually really liked each other and possibly more.
Currently, you were both seated on your bed, trying to decide which movie to watch.
“I’m feeling like watching ‘The Notebook’ tonight.” You smiled at him, knowing he wouldn’t want to watch it.
“I am not watching ‘The Notebook’ again.” He sternly said.
5 minutes later you were gazing at Ryan Gosling’s beautiful face.
When the movie ended, you turned towards Jace. “That wasn’t so bad, now was it?” Jace didn’t respond, so you nudged him. “Hmm, what?” He shot awake.
“At least you tried.” You murmured, and went in to give him a kiss, when you heard a knock on your door.
Out of panic, you pushed Jace out of your bed, making him fall on the ground with a loud noise.
“Come in!” You yelled at whoever was at your door in panic, rapidly throwing a pillow and a blanket towards Jace, who got the hint to lay as still as possible besides your bed.
When your door opened, Izzy revealed herself to be the one knocking on your door.
“Y/N? Are you all right?” She asked concerned.
“Why wouldn’t I be?” You sounded nervous.
“Well, I heard a loud noise, like you fell out of your bed or something.”
With wide eyes, you suddenly gave her a reassuring smile. “Oh that. That was — it was the cat.” you nodded to confirm what you were saying.
“But I just saw Church in the kitchen.” She pointed behind her.
“Pff, what is it? Question time?” She was still looking at you, expecting some answers.
“All right, fine. I let a stray cat in and he ran off, I followed it and knocked some stuff over. Then it just escaped through the bathroom window.” You were hoping she wouldn’t go near your bathroom, as that window was everything but open.
She just gave you a look, while you grimaced, hoping she would buy your lie. “You let a stray cat in?” She started, not seeming to believe it, until she added her next words. “Again?”
She shook her head. “Anyway, I was here to ask you something. You aren’t seeing anyone, are you?”
You tried to not let anything show on your face. “No. Nope. Free as a bird. Single. And. Ready. To. Mingle?” You visibly cringed when you said that last part, as it rather sounded as a question than as a certainty, but you couldn’t stop yourself from saying them due to the nerves.
“Great, I knew it,” she said, and didn’t see the way you looked at her when she sounded so certain you would be single, creasing your forehead and furrowing your eyebrows, “so you don’t have any plan’s on the 14th?”
“What, tomorrow, on Valentine’s day?”
Now it was Izzy’s time to cringe. “He whose name shall not be used does not deserve to be called after a day of love.” She murmured.
You eyed the lump next to your bed while Izzy wasn’t exactly paying that much attention on you. “Fine, I guess I’m free.” You let out a sigh. “What are we doing, ladies night?”
Izzy let out a giggle. “No, silly, you’re going on a date.”
“A what now?” You had not seen that one coming.
“A date. You seemed off ever since your last mission with Jace,” you couldn’t help but glare at the Jace-shaped lump beside you out of your peripheral vision, “and I thought, what better way to make you forget about that Wilson guy?” She smiled, and you didn’t have the heart to say no to her.
➳
The next day, after having lunch outdoors, you and Izzy walked back towards your room.
“Izzy, you don’t have to do this. I’m more than capable on my own to find something nice to wear.”
She gave you a look. “And let all this knowledge,” she pointed her finger at her head and waved it around in a circular motion, “about fashion go to waste? Didn’t think so.”
You stood before your door, and when you’d it unlocked, you let Izzy go in first. “After you.”
When she walked in, she suddenly let out an ear deafening scream.
You walked into the room yourself to see what was going on, only to see Jace, laying in your bed. He looked at the two of you with a deer caught in the headlights kind of stare, and by the looks of it, almost desperately clutching one of your blankets up to a certain height, he was naked.
You pursed your lips in a fine line, as you tried not to laugh. “Is there a reason you’re naked in my bed?”
“Uhm, this isn’t my bed.” Was all he could muster.
“Really? What gave it away? My personal wall decorations? Or the pastel pink sheets on my bed?” You smirked, finding this situation very amusing.
He took the blanket he had been holding up to cover himself and draped it around him, trying to find a way to get past Izzy, who was still looking very shocked.
“I have to go.” He muttered, and it took everything in you to not burst out in laughter.
After a couple of seconds, when Izzy finally got over the first initial shock, she muttered something. “I’m sorry, Y/N,” she said, making you look confused when she turned to look you in the eyes, “but we’ll have to burn your whole bed.”
➳
“So you’re really going on a date with a guy you don’t even know?” He asked while you were looking into the mirror, carefully putting on your make up.
“Uhm, yeah.” You carefully blinked while putting on your mascara. “That’s the whole point of a blind date.”
His eyes widened. “Are you serious right now?”
You gave him a pointed look through the mirror. “Do I have to remind you we both agreed to keep our relationship quiet for a little while longer? It’s pretty nice, just the two of us.” You gave him a smile.
“That doesn’t mean you can just go on a date with some random guy!”
“Then what was I supposed to tell Izzy? I’m sorry, I can’t go on this date because Jace doesn’t want me to go? That wouldn’t sound weird at all, since everyone still thinks we don’t like each other at all.” You had just applied some lipstick. “Besides, who said it was a guy?” You said, turning around and winking at him.
He just blinked, processing the last thing you said, before shaking his head. You could only imagine the things his lively fantasy could come up with.
“Why are you even putting lipstick on? You’re not going to kiss, are you?”
You let out an exaggerated sigh. “So I don’t look good?”
His face immediately changed in mild horror. “What, uhm, of course you look amazing, I didn’t say otherwise.”
You smiled. “Great. I hope my date thinks so too.” You moved quickly passed him, only stopping to give him a quick peck on the lips, carefull not to smudge your lipstick.
He just stood there, still a bit in shock, before he turned around. “You, I — Agh!” he let out in frustration. “I should’ve handcuffed you when I had the chance.” He muttered, probably not thinking you could hear him.
“Yeah, you should’ve. Could’ve been fun.” You turned back around, smirking, and winked at him.
He just narrowed his eyes at you in frustration.
You made your way towards the main hall of the Institute, and ran into Izzy there.
“Y/N, you look amazing. He won’t know what hit him.” She smiled widely at you. “If he only looks half as good as you, it will be an amazing date.”
You smiled back at her. “Thanks Izzy. But I really have to go now if I want to be on time.”
“Have fun.” She came closer to you to whisper something. “And stay safe.” She winked at you, slipping something you didn’t see, but could guess what it was, in your handbag.
“Izzy!” you hissed, as you could feel yourself start to blush, and she just laughed.
You turned around to walk towards the door of the Institute, but after only five steps, you stopped when you heard your name.
“Y/N!” he yelled, when he ran towards you, making Izzy, and a lot of other people who were still at the Institute look up at the two of you. And even Alec and Magnus thought it would be the perfect time to come out of Alec’s room and get started with their date, right in time to witness whatever Jace was planning to do.
Izzy raised an eyebrow at Jace while he passed her, but he was too busy to notice, keeping his gaze focused on you.
When he stood right in front of you, he dropped on one knee, making some people around you gasp.
Your eyes widened. “Jace, get up!” you hissed at him, and your eyes grew even wider when he reached in his back pocket.
“Y/N,” he started, while you were lightly shaking your head, “will you be my Valentine?” he asked when he revealed the candy heart with ‘be mine’ written on it. “The good kind, of course.”
You gave him a big smile. “Sure.”
He stood up and placed his hands to support your head when he kissed you. “I love you.” He whispered when the two of you pulled apart.
“I love you too.”
You had almost forgotten about the small crowd that had formed around you, until Izzy started clapping, making others follow as well.
“So you won’t go on that date now, right? Hmm, check and mate.” He looked smug, having found a way you didn’t have to go on that date.
Or so he thought.
“Oh no, I’m still going.” You said.
“What?” he asked, shocked at your words.
“Out of courtesy. Next time, tell a girl you love her a bit sooner, will you?” You turned around, ready to leave for your date, when you decided to turn around again and taunt him some more. “But I will accept this as an invitation for next year. That is, if my date ends up being horrible of course.”
Summary: Jace and you never got along well. When there’s a new mission, they need the two of you to pretend to be dating, and move into an apartment together. Now you only need to try not to kill each other. Followed by ‘The Date & The Confession’.
A/N: I saw Dom’s scene in Modern Family, which was amazing, and I just had to write something for Jace. Also, this is probably a long shot, but I’m going to Amsterdam next weekend. I’ve only been there once, just for one day, and I didn’t really do anything besides shopping to be honest, so if anyone knows something to do, feel free to let me know. From sightseeing to shops, to places to eat/drink something, anything is welcome. Thank you, and I hope you’ll like this :)
Prompts: “Is that supposed to cheer me up?” – “I would rather be violently stabbed to death.” – “Can you stop distracting me?”
Masterlist
“I’m sorry, you want us to do what?” You asked Alec, raising your eyebrows. Looking sideways towards Jace, you could tell he wasn’t a big fan of the plan either.
“Well, I’m sorry, but you are the only two available for this mission.” he explained why you two were the lucky chosen ones.
“Why can’t you and Izzy do it?” Jace asked him.
“Izzy is my sister.” Jace just raised one of his eyebrows at him, not getting why that was a problem.
“I’m not pretending to date my sister, Jace.” he argued. “Where you even listening when I told you what you were supposed to do?”
“I was listening to some parts of it.”
Alec let out a sigh.
“He wants us to pretend to be a couple in order to keep tabs on some dodgy Downworlders who will be our neighbors.” you said in a bored tone.
“What she said.” Alec looked at Jace, nodding towards you.
➳
“Come on, Y/N, it can’t be that bad.” Izzy said when she saw the expression on your face. She had come to your room as soon as she had heard you would be leaving the next day for a mission, figuring you didn’t like it at all.
“You don’t have to spend who knows how long with the guy in a tiny apartment, pretending to be dating. I’m pretty sure he hates me, Iz.” You pouted a bit as you let out a sigh. You and Jace were known for not getting along that well.
“He doesn’t hate you.” she reassured you. “He just isn’t used to being beaten in close combat training.” She smiled.
You raised your eyebrows in doubt. “Still, this is not going to be a fun mission.”
“Well, if it makes you feel any better, I made you some cookies.” She smiled as she offered you a box filled with her home made cookies.
You eyed the box. “Is that supposed to cheer me up?”
Izzy’s mouth opened in protest, slightly offended no one thought she could cook. “My cooking is not that bad!”
“No, you’re right.” you said as you opened the box of cookies, sniffing the smell of slightly burned cookies, and something else that definitely wasn’t supposed to be in there. “If I really do get tired of Jace, I could always poison him with your cookies.” You smiled smugly.
She narrowed her eyes at you, but managed to still smile, grabbing a pillow from your comforter next to her. “Shut up.” She threw the pillow at you, making you actually laugh.
➳
“That is not my color.” Jace was looking down at his neck, where you were covering up one of his more noticeable runes with your liquid foundation.
“Shut up. It’s the only one I have.” You turned towards your other side, where you had displayed some of your make up, taking a brush and some translucent powder to make sure the foundation would stay on for the rest of the day.
“What about those little ones?” He was looking at some more make up you had brought.
You looked at your left to see what he was talking about. “That’s eye shadow, so unless you want to look like an alien, I would suggest you keep still so I can use this one.”
When you had applied the powder, you stepped away to see if you had missed a spot somewhere.
“Seeing something you like?”
“Not in the slightest.”
➳
You took one of the boxes out of the car as you were standing in front of the building you would be calling your home for an indefinite time.
“Here we go.” You let out a sigh, as you started walking up the stars towards your apartment, number 5a, right next to the couple of supposedly rogue werewolves at 5b.
You had just placed the first box next to the door as you took the keys to your new home out of your back pocket. You had some problems opening your door, when you heard the door of the apartment next to yours open, revealing a quite handsome twenty something man. He eyed you struggling with your own door, when he made his way towards you.
“It helps when you push it,” he aided, pushing right above the keyhole, “right about here.” He added, just as the lock clicked open.
“Thank you.” You smiled warmly at your new neighbor. You turned around to look at your new apartment, “I, uhm, I would love to invite you in,” you pointed at your new home, “but I’m afraid there’s not much in there yet.”
“That’s all right, I needed to be somewhere else anyway.” He smiled politely back at you. “I’m Wilson by the way.” You could hear footsteps on the stairs, knowing it was Jace.
“Y/N. Nice meeting you.”
“Honey,” you saw Jace looking weirdly at you, until he noticed you weren’t alone, “meet our neighbor, Wilson. Wilson, this is Jace.” You introduced the two to each other.
“Nice to meet you man.” Jace put down his own box and smiled at your new neighbor.
“Likewise.” He smiled back. “Listen, I’m really sorry, but I do have to go, I’ll see you two around?”
“Sure.”
“Welcome to the building.” He smiled at you, before turning around and making his way towards the stairways.
“Quick,” you whispered to Jace, “lift me up and carry me over the threshold.”
His eyebrows knitted together. “What?”
“Do it or you’ll regret it.” You grumbled.
You let out a shriek when he actually did pick you up, making Wilson turning his head, looking at the two of you just has he carried you over the threshold. You leaned your head back and let out a giggle. You really deserved an Oscar for this performance.
“Ow!” you let out when Jace dropped you only seconds later.
“Whoops.” He mumbled unapologetically. You narrowed your eyes at him and quickly jumped back up, making your way to get the rest of your stuff.
“Care to explain why we had to put up that little show?” he asked before you could disappear through the door.
You turned back around to answer his question. “Humans want what they can’t have.” You said smugly.
“Oh, so you must really want me then.” He retorted with a smirk.
“Ha.” You snorted. “You’re forgetting I’m a Shadowhunter.”
He tilted his head a bit to the side. “That’s still half human.”
“You really overestimate my human side, honey.” You winked before closing the door behind you.
Later that day, you bumped into Wilson again, inviting Jace and you over for drinks. You found out his supposedly other half was actually his half-sister, who moved in with him after she had broken up with her boyfriend about a month before.
➳
A week later, Izzy came over to your place to talk and go over the things you had found out.
“Iz, you should see this guy.” You bit your under lip, smiling.
Izzy rolled her eyes. “If you tell me one more time about his dreamy eyes, I’m out of here.” She threatened, but you knew she didn’t mean it.
“Too bad he might be the bad guy.” You let out a sigh.
“Well, from the things you told me, and from what me and Alec have found out, I actually think he might be innocent.”
➳
“Can you stop distracting me?” You glared at Jace, who was training across the room.
He turned his head to look at you and smirked. “Oh, so you think I’m distracting, huh?”
You rolled your eyes. “No, I’m saying the sounds you’re making are distracting.”
His smile grew even wider. “So my moans and grunts are distracting?”
You let out a sigh. “Ugh, you’re terrible. Just, put on a shirt.” Luckily for you, he actually did manage to listen to you for once. Putting his shirt over his head, he made his way over to you. You had just placed the lady finger biscuits for your tiramisu on the kitchen counter, when he tried to snatch some. You quickly smacked his hand away from the cookies.
“Don’t touch that, that’s not for you.” You narrowed your eyes at him.
“Oh, what happened to ‘whatever is mine is yours’, honey?”
You rolled your eyes. “Oh, shut up. If my plan actually works, we both get to go home and you get to annoy some other poor soul.” You forced a smile on your face.
He just smiled. “You mean distract other people with my awesomeness.” He raised his eyebrows. He quickly took some cookies, successfully this time, and pushed them all inside his mouth, which made for a funny view.
“I said not to touch that!” You said angrily, but couldn’t help but smile when he grinned widely, with his mouth still full with the cookies.
“Idiot.” You silently said while smiling, shaking your head.
➳
You knocked on the door, having timed exactly 45 minutes since Wilson had come home, and 15 minutes since Rachel had left.
“Hi.” Wilson smiled when he greeted you at his door.
“Hi.” You smiled back. You held out the glasses of tiramisu you had made earlier in one hand, and a bottle of alcohol in the other. “I brought you something to thank you for the hospitality. Is Rachel home?” You glanced past him in their apartment, already knowing she wasn’t there.
“No, you just missed her. You want to come in though?”
“Gladly. Thank you.”
➳
An hour later, the two of you had downed the bottle you had brought with you as a gift by yourself. You were cautious not to drink too much, as the plan depended on getting Wilson drunk, and not you. When Wilson went to open another bottle, you quickly poured your glass in a nearby plant pot.
“So, what’s the deal between you and Jace?” He asked when he was out of view.
“Well, you know that annoying but attractive guy from 2b?” You said when he came back in view, making him nod in response. “That was Jace where I lived before.”
“Really?” he sounded surprised. “But you seem like such a great couple. I mean, not to sound like a stalker, but the walls are pretty thin, and sometimes we,” he coughed, “we can hear the two of you.” You knew it was just the alcohol in him talking, because he was being pretty straight forward, but that only meant your plan was working.
At first, you furrowed your brows, because you had no idea what he could be talking about, until you remembered you practiced your combat skills, and as Jace was the only one available to practice with, you both trained together, which resulted in some grunts, and, admittedly, some moans as well.
“Oh, uhm, well, yeah, but the physical aspect isn’t everything in a relationship, right? I mean, it’s great, but sometimes you want someone who matches you in every aspect.” He was silent for a moment, while he was staring in your eyes, lost in thought.
“So I was wondering,” he spoke after some time had passed, “if you categorize every one like the guy from 2a, how would you categorize me?”
“Easy.” You answered quickly. “The cute, handsome and helpful guy next door. What about me?” You honestly wanted to know.
He seemed to think about it. “The adorable, sexy girl next door whom I really like.” You stared at him. Did he really think that way about you?
You inched closer towards him, wanting him to make a move, but he seemed frozen on the couch. When he realized what you were doing, he started moving closer as well.
Your plan had succeeded, and you got to kiss a handsome man.
➳
“Hello Rachel.” You said from your dark spot in the alleyway when she walked past you.
She looked at you and narrowed her eyes at you when she noticed your runes. “Shadowhunter.” She spat out.
“Shadowhunters, actually.” Jace appeared from the other side of the alley way.
“Now, want to tell us what you're planning with Valentine?” You tilted your head slightly to the side, keeping your gaze on her. “And I do mean the person, not the holiday.”
“I’m not going to tell anything to a Shadowhunter.” She said the last word like it was the most disgusting thing there was. “I would rather be violently stabbed to death.”
“Oh Rachel, honey,” you drawled, slowly walking closer towards her, “don’t say that unless you actually mean it.” You pulled a dagger from somewhere, still inching closer towards her. “You know, your brother has told me a lot already.” You said, smirking.
She narrowed her eyes at you. “What did you do to him?”
“Who knew what amazing sex could achieve, huh?” You taunted with a smile. “Twice.” You emphasized by holding up two fingers.
You didn’t notice the way Jace looked at you when you told her that.
“You leave my brother out of this and I’ll tell you everything.”
➳
You both walked towards the Institute to tell the others what you had found out about what the werewolves were planning. You hadn’t said anything during the way over, until Jace broke the silence when the two of you rounded the last corner. “You didn’t actually had sex with that guy, right?” he asked quietly.
You turned your head to look at him. “No!” You let out, pausing for a moment and thinking about why he would want to know that. “He passed out from the alcohol when we were at third base.” You said smirking, winking at Jace.
“You can’t be serious!” he almost yelled and stopped walking. You stopped walking as well, and turned back to look at him.
“What?” you asked, raising your eyebrow. “He was hot.” You waggled your eyebrows a bit.
He frowned while his mouth opened just a little bit. “Why do you even care?” You tilted your head a bit sideways, not getting why he was reacting like that.
He started walking again. “I don’t.”
You just stood there for a couple of seconds, trying to figure out what his problem was, before you followed him back to the Institute.
➳
A couple of days had passed since you had moved back into the Institute. Strangely enough, you had missed the cozy feeling of having your own home and independency, even if you did have to share it with Jace. You made your way towards the training room, where you heard some grunts.
“Want to train together?” you asked Jace, hoping you could beat his ass again, and also missing the times you had been training together during the mission.
After five minutes in, you had both been giving some good hits, but neither one of you was ready to give up.
“Hey, be honest with me.” You suddenly asked.
“Yeah, that’s not really your color.” He smirked.
You rolled your eyes before trying to get him to fall down. “You think it would be weird if I asked Wilson on a date?”
“What?” he lowered his defense, just for a couple of seconds, giving you time to knock him down to the floor.
You smiled while you pinned him down. “Got you.”
He seemed to have found some sudden strength to want to beat you anyway, because before you knew it, you let out a shriek, making you be the one pinned down to the floor, and him on top of you.
“So you like to be on top, huh?” you said smugly, raising an eyebrow. He just let out a sigh, making him loosen his defense once again. You quickly shot up, your lips touching his, and for a brief second, he didn’t react. Until he did, with a passion.
You quickly turned back around, making him be the one pinned down to the floor again.
“Ha, I win.” You smiled.
He narrowed his eyes at you again. “Damn it, Y/N, you can’t just do that.” He quickly stood back up, making room between the two of you.
You just raised an eyebrow and crossed your arms over each other.
“You can’t say such things, and then do something like that, when I —.”
“When you what?”
“When I like you!” he burst out. It stayed silent for a moment like that, until Jace interrupted the moment by closing his eyes and sighing. “I really don’t know why, but I miss the time we spend together. It was one of the best times I ever had.” He added the last part silently.
You lightly bit your lower lip, trying not to grin. “I miss it too.”
“And now you have feelings for — wait, you do?”
You couldn’t help but actually grin when you saw the surprised look on his face. “Of course I do. As annoying as you can be, you’re also actually fun to hang around with.”
His smile even got wider when he realized the meaning of your words. “So you like me too.”
You shrugged. “I did like kissing you.” You retorted, smirking.
He smiled and moved slowly towards you. “I think we can arrange something.” He said right before his lips touched yours softly.
“I think I will like this arrangement.” You silently said against his lips.
