Sometimes, you have to be direct... (for alec_lightwood)

[magna_bane]

"I don't know this writing." She murmured the words softly while pushing a few books around on the table. The narrowed and arched looks of three sets of eyes completely washing over her like they weren't even there. Instead, she pointed to a photo she'd taken of the writing from the rooftop where Lilith had tried to resurrect Sebastian. "How do I not know this writing? I've studied all the forms of the Gehenna languages..."

"Magna Bane-Lightwood, if you do not sit down, I will burn all of your books and pour the ashes in the dead sea." Catarina growled softly as she tried to pace the smaller woman with a different attempts to figure out why she couldn't change. They all knew why... but Magna wanted to be sure. Had to be sure. Jace was gone... Alec didn't need...

"Can't this wait, Catarina?" Sighing in exasperation, she turned and leaned back against the table. She felt sick. Ungodly sick. Like everything she'd eaten on her trip with Alec would magically find away to escape. The sickness left her pale and even shaking as Catarina's hand pressed against her forehead.

"No." The blue skinned healer glared at her in a way only a motherly healer could and it quelled her thoughts. If Magna dared to look over her shoulder, she knew that she'd find two sets of feline eyes glaring at her. "You need to put this nonsense away and let me check you over..."

"But... Alec needs..."

"Alec doesn't know what he needs! You know why?" The healer glared her down and didn't have to finish it as Lex scowled and finished for her, "Because you haven't told him!"

"I told him..." Magnus wilted against the table and gave in. Sitting on the edge, Catarina worked her magic grumbling the while time about how Magnus Bane didn't know the meaning of communicating. "He has more important things to worry about..." Keeping her voice soft, she felt a pain in her chest and stomach that nearly made her want to retch right then.

"You know that's not true..." Mal's soft voice permeated the air and Magnus flinched. "If you just told him clearly, you'd realize that. Even if he is a new person, you know as well as we do that he loves you. This isn't something you can dance around."

Rubbing at her face, she finally pressed her hands over it and made a soft sound. When she lifted her head, she waved them away. "Go. I'm tired. We all know this is pointless. We all know why I can't change. So just go home. I need to think." The kittens started to complain and she cut them sharp looks. "You two. Out. I love you, but you're suffocating me. I'll see you in the morning." Both of them glared only a moment before they gave in. One at a time they said goodbye, Mal with a kiss to her forehead and Lex with a hug. After one last lingering look, they were gone. "I know what those looks mean... they are chastising me for not saying it to him plainly."

"Magnus..." Feline eyes rose to Catarina's and she tried to grin only to sigh at the hard look. "Leave all of this where it lay... clean up... lay down. If he doesn't come back here tonight, you call him. The longer you put this off... the worse of a mess you'll make. Are we clear?"

One hand tangled messily in her hair as her eyes closed. Ducking her head, she made a low whimpering sound as her stomach turned. Finally... all she could do was nod.

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[magna_bane]

Shivering at the touch of his lips to her fingers, she half closed her eyes. No memories could replace this. No number of times could dull the feelings. He always left her feeling like their first time if only because she loved him so much. That mark he so diligently put on her neck only served to make her purr deep and loud as eyes fell closed and her head rolled to the side. "Alec..."

The mark would show. Hiding it never even occurred to her. She'd be more than happy to let them all see it and then they'd know she belonged to him and vice versa. It left her shaking with need as her body sank into the mattress. "I love you..." Breathing the words, she squirmed and gasped for air under him.

Goose flesh rippled over her skin when he first touched only to have the muscles quiver in delight under his hands and even when he pulled away. Molten gold stared at him as he pulled his shirt off and then she made a soft moan as he pulled the rest of his clothes off. "You're so gorgeous..."

Then those amazing hands were on her again. Opening up for him, she couldn't stop the slight squirm as her mind reminisced of all the amazing feelings to come. It left her flushed even before he started. It always did. "God help me... if you make me any happier tonight I will burst."

Grinning up at him, a loud purr followed as she shifted to settle long perfectly toned legs about him. "I want you to have fun too, Alexander..."

[alec_lightwood]

"I love you too." Every time they were together felt new but still familiar. He was meant for her, body and soul craving to be near her, the bond strengthening each moment they were together. Old memories and new made each time he touched her more vibrant as he found his place in this new lifetime.

Even with those memories, he was amazed at how Magnus always wanted him. After years of being in shadows, thinking he'd never find the one who was lost to him, he hadn't thought he'd find someone who fit him as perfectly as she did.

Flushing slightly at the compliment, he shook his head at the words. "You're the one who is gorgeous. Every part of you is beautiful. Body, heart, and soul." And she was even more beautiful when the shadows that had lingered in her eyes when they first met disappeared and she was truly happy.

Eyes bright with amusement, Alec nuzzled at her knee, lightly kissing soft skin. "That's not the reaction I'm hoping for." But it still made him smile as her purr became louder. Gently nipping at her thigh as Magnus wrapped her legs around him, he leaned forward to gently kiss first the mark on her pelvis, and then her stomach,. "I will, but I want to focus on you first."