Tilting his head into the touch, closing his eyes as he focused on the warmth of Alec's hand despite the cold air around him, he smiled and looked up at him with unglamoured eyes. "One day at a time," he echoed, though what he was meant to remember, he wasn't entirely sure. Perhaps it was just Alec's way of reminding him of the conversation they'd had after their first date, voicing the importance of effort in a relationship.
Magnus laughed against Alec's lips, nipping at them in appreciation for the hands wandering over him as well as the teasing protectiveness. Shivering a little as fingers pressed against the small of his back, he traced the shell of Alec's ear with a ring-clad thumb. "I've been known to conjure a pointy thing or two. I think we'd have anyone running for the hills if they tried coming between us." And that had never been his concern, not when it felt like they were more likely to have internal problems thanks to their numerous differences and Alec's sense of duty to his parents and Shadowhunters. That, at least, was becoming less of a sore spot for them both.
Breath leaving him at the embrace, he moved his arms down from Alec's neck to wrap around his torso and squeeze back. His hands gripped at the fabric of his shirt, holding tightly to remind Alec he wasn't about to let go. "I missed you, too," he said, foregoing any teasing about the length of time they'd been apart in favor of the truth. Sucking in a sharp breath, the Indonesian sounding so foreign on Alec's lips as well as in this time of Magnus' life, he pulled back and looked up at him with wide eyes. "Where did you hear that?"
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Magnus laughed against Alec's lips, nipping at them in appreciation for the hands wandering over him as well as the teasing protectiveness. Shivering a little as fingers pressed against the small of his back, he traced the shell of Alec's ear with a ring-clad thumb. "I've been known to conjure a pointy thing or two. I think we'd have anyone running for the hills if they tried coming between us." And that had never been his concern, not when it felt like they were more likely to have internal problems thanks to their numerous differences and Alec's sense of duty to his parents and Shadowhunters. That, at least, was becoming less of a sore spot for them both.
Breath leaving him at the embrace, he moved his arms down from Alec's neck to wrap around his torso and squeeze back. His hands gripped at the fabric of his shirt, holding tightly to remind Alec he wasn't about to let go. "I missed you, too," he said, foregoing any teasing about the length of time they'd been apart in favor of the truth. Sucking in a sharp breath, the Indonesian sounding so foreign on Alec's lips as well as in this time of Magnus' life, he pulled back and looked up at him with wide eyes. "Where did you hear that?"