roseglass1701 and UamI, I give you Almondo.

Enjoy.

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Magnus steps out the portal and walks down the hall to Alec's office. Alec is in Idris. Big Clave meeting to start off the week.

Magnus smiles, their anniversary getaway was perfect. Aside from eating, they spent most of the time in bed, wrapped around each other.

When they returned to Brooklyn last night, Alec put his phone on and saw the text about this morning's meeting.

Magnus figured with Alec away, it would give him a chance to meet Almondo. Not that a sober Magnus is threatened by Alec's assistant, but Magnus is curious.

Almondo smiles as he sees Magnus walk closer. Magnus remembers Alec mentioning that his assistant was in his sixties. Almondo's hair is white and his runes are pale gray. Magnus mentally rolls his eyes at his drunk self for worrying about Alec picking Almondo over him.

Magnus smiles as he approaches Almondo's desk, "I'm Magnus.."

Almondo stands and puts out his hand, "Bane, Mr. Lightwood's husband. It's nice to meet you."

Magnus shakes his hand, "Alec has mentioned me?"

Almondo laughs, "When I finally get him to eat dinner, all we talk about are you and Mabel."

"Mabel?"

"My wife."

Magnus smiles, "You're married."

Almondo nods, "Mabel died five years ago, cancer, but she was the love of my life." He gestures to a chair, "Please sit. Mr. Lightwood is still in Idris."

Magnus sits, "I'm sorry to hear that. Were you married for a while?"

Almondo smiles, "I was twenty, she was eighteen. It was an arranged marriage. Neither of our families were powerful and our fathers foolishly thought our marriage would put them on the same level as the Herondales or the Lightwoods. But it didn't. We met for the first time a week before the wedding. Complete strangers. We didn't consummate our marriage until six weeks after the ceremony, after we fell in love."

Magnus nods, "Arranged marriages seem to be a thing for ShadowHunters."

"Yes. Honor, duty, are more important than love, especially when it comes to marriage. It's a shame."

Magnus nods, "You and Mabel got lucky."

Almondo nods, "Given different circumstances, we would have met and fell in love anyway."

"Love is important in a marriage."

Almondo nods. He shows Magnus his wrist, his wedding rune is black, "Every year on our anniversary, I pass my stele over our rune. It's the only one I keep activated."

"Love transcends even death."

Almondo nods, "Not a day goes by, when I don't think of her."

"You have children?"

"No. We tried, but it wasn't meant to be."

"Alec and I want to adopt."

"You would make great fathers. Obviously you love each other very much and have more than enough love for a child."

Magnus smiles, "Love isn't strong enough a word to describe how I feel about Alec."

Almondo smiles, "When Mabel and I heard what happened at Mr. Lightwood's wedding, we wished we had been there."

Magnus smiles, "You're talking about his wedding to Lydia."

"Oh yes, the way you marched in and stole the show," Almondo laughs, "and the groom. We would have stood and cheered."

Magnus smiles, "I didn't exactly march in. I was terrified but he deserved to be happy and I deserved to be happy with him."

"I'm glad he picked love over duty."

Magnus smiles, "Me too."

"How was your anniversary?"

"Wonderful. To have time to ourselves, without having to worry about our jobs was nice."

Almondo nods, "He was working way too hard to get everything done. I practically had to pull him away from his desk in order for him to eat dinner."

"Alec does get caught up in his work."

"That's good, but he still needs to take care of himself."

Magnus smiles, "I've been telling him that for ten years. He doesn't listen."

"At least he had the weekend to relax. The Clave and their Monday meetings, terrible."

Magnus nods, "When he saw the text about it last night, he was pissed. I figured I would drop by and give him a reason to go home early."

Almondo nods, "I'm sure they are stressing him out."

"It's what the Clave does best."

"And then some."

Magnus laughs, "I'll wait for Alec in his office."

"Okay. It was nice meeting you."

"Same here." Magnus walks into Alec's office. He looks around and smiles. He never paid the office much attention since he was always here to see Alec. But with Alec not here, he can explore. He walks over to the desk and sees a picture frame. Magnus picks it up and smiles. It's the same picture from their wedding that Magnus loves. Them forehead to forehead, eyes closed, shutting out the world.

When he hears Alec and Almondo talking, he puts the picture back on the desk and turns around. Alec walks in and gives Magnus a weak smile, "Hey."

Magnus walks over to him, "Hey." He sees that Alec is tense. He wraps his arms around Alec and kisses him, "Usual crap?"

Alec closes his eyes as he rests his forehead against Magnus, "Yep."

"They need to stop giving you stress. I can be very protective of my husband."

"Hmm, and possessive."

Magnus glances at Alec, but his eyes are closed, "I spoke to Almondo."

"Hmm, did he tell you about Mabel?"

"Yes."

"Good. So no more talk about Almondo 'wanting' me?"

"Yes."

"Good. No more talk about receipts and returns?"

Magnus sighs, "Yes."

"Good. No more burning of marriage licenses?"

Magnus holds Alec tight, "Absolutely."

"Good."

"Ready to go home?"

"By the angel, yes please."

Magnus holds Alec's face in his hands and kisses him. Alec's eyes slowly open and he smiles. Magnus smiles, "Your wish is my command."

Alec laughs, "You're a nut."

"But I'm your nut."

Alec kisses him, "Yes you are."

Magnus opens a portal and holds Alec's hand, "Good." They walk through and go home.

-the end-

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At least I think that is it. LOL

Not only do I have to get back to OaP, AaP, but I have an idea for a Max Adventure where Alec wakes up in a bizarro timeline (something I mentioned off hand at the end of Deja Vu).