[ hearing magnus speak somehow intensifies the relief, like he couldn't have been sure he was okay until he spoke. magnus' voice is another sign he's well, another sign he's alive. even if he looks just as shaken as alec feels, that's better than literally anything else he was expecting to find.
his thumb strokes magnus' cheek bone, then touches his chest again, his arm, his shoulder. he doesn't know where to put it. he'd like to touch all of magnus all at once, reassuring him, reassuring them both they're safe and sound. ]
It's just a cut, an iratze will take care of it, I just didn't — [ didn't stop, didn't take the time to activate it. it hadn't seemed important. it hadn't hurt enough to distract from the panic of being separated from his travel companions, of landing in water when he expected the familiarity of a safe place, of home.
there was so much he wanted to say and do and now they're here and — he'll think about all this later. there'll be time to celebrate this new chapter once they find clary, once they get their bearings, once they rest. things are going to be okay. they'll find their friend. ]
Didn't find her yet either, [ he says, but instead of getting up to go do that immediately, another look into magnus' face and he pulls him toward him, a hand at the back of his neck and the other around his middle. he presses his face against his husband's shoulder, holding onto him tightly, soaking in his warmth through his soaked clothes. they need to get moving, he knows, but he'd been so scared. and remembered all too clearly what it had been like a day ago, to think he'd lost magnus for good. he doesn't want to let go of him. he doesn't want to let him out of his sight as long as they're on this beach. ]
We'll go look together. Just — [ i need this for a second first. ] You're okay. [ it's a sigh of relief, and tension leaves alec's body as it escapes him. ]
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his thumb strokes magnus' cheek bone, then touches his chest again, his arm, his shoulder. he doesn't know where to put it. he'd like to touch all of magnus all at once, reassuring him, reassuring them both they're safe and sound. ]
It's just a cut, an iratze will take care of it, I just didn't — [ didn't stop, didn't take the time to activate it. it hadn't seemed important. it hadn't hurt enough to distract from the panic of being separated from his travel companions, of landing in water when he expected the familiarity of a safe place, of home.
there was so much he wanted to say and do and now they're here and — he'll think about all this later. there'll be time to celebrate this new chapter once they find clary, once they get their bearings, once they rest. things are going to be okay. they'll find their friend. ]
Didn't find her yet either, [ he says, but instead of getting up to go do that immediately, another look into magnus' face and he pulls him toward him, a hand at the back of his neck and the other around his middle. he presses his face against his husband's shoulder, holding onto him tightly, soaking in his warmth through his soaked clothes. they need to get moving, he knows, but he'd been so scared. and remembered all too clearly what it had been like a day ago, to think he'd lost magnus for good. he doesn't want to let go of him. he doesn't want to let him out of his sight as long as they're on this beach. ]
We'll go look together. Just — [ i need this for a second first. ] You're okay. [ it's a sigh of relief, and tension leaves alec's body as it escapes him. ]