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Oneshot / Rating: M / 4k
Summary: The hour before Alec&Magnus’ engagement party Simon comes to yell at Jace for breaking up with Clary, only to end up in an entirely different toe-to-toe.
“Doesn’t mean you can’t hate me and kiss me.”
They both know it’s a lie, but Simon doesn’t argue.
There’s a few things that Jace has grown accustomed to as a Shadowhunter, the simplest things that hit his senses with familiarity. The faint taste of blood on Simon’s lips reminds him of every fight, every fall, every scrape that Jace has experienced. The feel of lean muscle under his grip reminds him of every training match. The ever so slight risk that comes with kissing a vampire makes his adrenaline as high as his last ten fights with a demon. So even though they both know exactly what they’re doing by ignoring the press for time and how Simon shouldn’t have come here to fight about Jace breaking up with Clary in the first place, they still continue to take it further…