Max Lightwood.

Care to join me? (Troy | spccnedeyc)

“Do you know if the baby is going to be a boy or a girl yet? I hear Max is a good name. For a boy or a girl.”

The young shadowhunter couldn’t help but give an awkward smile, not really knowing how you were supposed to act with your brother’s warlock boyfriend, wishing that he’d have been trained with how to deal with your siblings significant others. “I can’t believe he lets you call him Alexander.” Max can’t help but say in amusement, giving a shake of his head, “He hates it when anyone else calls him that.” Chuckling slightly at how often he had heard his brother correcting other’s with his name, “I think he...uh...really likes you.” He said with a shrug, never seeing his brother so happy and comfortable with another being before, “Just uh. Don’t hurt him. He’s not always as tough as he appears.” Max knew that he didn’t have to have this talk with Magnus, knowing that the other knew his brother quite well at this point, probably better than he did. Still he loved Alec and wanted nothing but the best for him. “But also like...thanks for...making him so happy and stuff. I mean yeah...Okay. I’m gonna stop talking now. I’m making things weird.” But this was the first time he’d ever really been alone with Magnus before, “Actually I’m seen as an adult in this country now too. I think I’m eighteen...”

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Three little words!

‘Three little words!’

Max can’t help but inwardly curse, knowing that he should have cast a glamour first before healing himself and now a mundane had seen it ALL. Izzy would be disappointed and at this point he should know better. “If I tell you...you can’t tell anyone, alright? I’m not supposed to do this kind of stuff in front of mundanes and you could get me into big trouble.” He warned before letting out a sigh, “I’m able to do this because I’m a shadowhunter. And I’ll answer your other questions as soon as you promise that you’ll keep this a secret between us.”

“We’re shadowhunters. We’re technically never ‘safe’ as long as demons are around. It’s our job to the dangerous things mundanes can’t do.” He attempts to reason, letting out a sigh when she places a hand on his shoulder, “They’re both gone? Valentine and Jonathan? I uh...sort of was ease dropping back at the Institute. I have to find some way to stay in the loop.” Max said with a simple shrug of his shoulders, “So add her to our ongoing list of people we can’t trust? Got it.”

“Yeah, that’d be cool, thanks. I could uh...help you if you’d like?” Max offered, still not quite certain where his brother and Magnus stood. It was pretty hard for him to keep up with everyone and their drama so he wasn’t really sure who was with who. Still he knew how important the warlock was to his brother and maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to spend some quality time with the person his brother loved. “Jonathan just seems to be capable of the impossible which is why I brought it up. Oh god, I hope not. I kind of like being older. Do you think this means my family will respect me more? Stop treating me like a kid?”

It was weird when the person you admired most, your older brother, your hero, looked at you as if you were a stranger, pleading at him with his blue hues just wanting his brother to recognize him. After a moment he can’t help but grin, “I think I may be better looking than you.” He teased with a smirk, always having to hear how good looking his siblings were, Think I’ll ever be as tall as you?” The youngest Lightwood can’t help but ask hopefully, raising his brows. One could only hope. He couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief when Alec hugged him back, clutching onto the other tightly and feeling a little less afraid. Max knew that as long as he had his siblings around, no real harm would ever come to him. “Now that I’m older does that mean you’ll stop treating me like a kid? Do I get to go on missions with you guys?”