#maghnvsbane

Magnus looks - well - just as good as he did on the day they tried on their tuxes together. The slightly off-white is stunning on him, complimenting his skin tone. The suit is just minorly detailed enough that Magnus’ other accessories can stand out without clashing. His makeup is just slightly smeared, proving that he was tearing up earlier, and Alec steps inside and closes the door behind him, cupping Magnus’ face.

“What’s wrong?” Alec asks softly, and Magnus smiles, shaking his head.

“I promise you, it’s nothing. Emotions are just running high, I guess,” Magnus waves his hand, as if physically trying to wave away his emotions, and Alec catches it, pressing a kiss to Magnus’ palm. There’s an emptiness to the ring finger on his left hand, and Alec feels giddy with the knowledge that in just a few hours, he’ll be sliding a gold band on there, and the future will belong to them.

“Talk to me,” Alec says, and Magnus’ shoulders sag. They walk over and sit on the small sofa in the changing room, and Alec instantly takes Magnus’ hands, as if not physically touching today is impossible. Today is important, and Alec wants it to be perfect for both him and Magnus.

“I just began thinking about how I never thought I’d get to have this,” Magnus says, and Alec watches him. They’ve had a few discussions before, about how this feels surreal to Magnus. Sometimes it’s said playfully, Magnus joking that he’s in the best dream possible and he never wants to wake up, but sometimes he says it with an edge to his voice, and Alec knows that there’s a part of Magnus’ past that genuinely engraved it in his mind that he doesn’t deserve marriage and eternal happiness.

Alec may slay demons for a living, but not even he can kill all the demons in Magnus’ mind. God help him though if he won’t try, every day.

“And then it spiraled into Ragnor not getting to see me get this, when he was the most positive I’d have a wife or husband one day,” Magnus says. “When Izzy asked if I was okay, probably hearing me through these thin walls, everything felt like so much and I snapped at her. Then when I apologized, I don’t think she fully believed that everything was okay, so she went to get you. I’m sorry, my love.”

“Shut up,” Alec says playfully. “You know there’s never a reason to be sorry. I’m more than happy to give you my attention. You have all of it anyway.”

Magnus laughs at this, though it is a little teary still.

“Magnus Bane,” Alec says, hooking a finger under Magnus’ chin and forcing Magnus to meet his eyes. “Like I said on the night we mutually proposed, you are the best man I have ever met. You’re honest and kind and loving, and I’m lucky to know you, let alone have the privilege to love you. This? Marrying you? I’ve thought about doing it every day since the minute we had the discussion over fatty tuna.”

“It really shouldn’t be called obese tuna,” Magnus says under his breath, and Alec laughs.

“I love you,” Alec says, and Magnus smiles, leaning his forehead on Alec’s shoulder as Alec embraces him.

“I love you too, Alexander,” Magnus says.

“And before you say it, there’s no need to apologize.” Alec says, making Magnus chuckle.

Magnus pulls away after a moment, and Alec uses his thumb to wipe the slightly smeared makeup from the corner of his eyes.

“We’re getting married,” Alec says, his tummy flipping at the words.

“We are,” Magnus says, smiling. “In a room full of people we love and who love us, and want to celebrate with us.”

Magnus’ hands move to Alec’s inner forearm, and he traces the spot over Alec’s suit jacket.

“Are you nervous?” Magnus asks softly.

Alec knows he’s referring to the immortality rune, created as a gift from Clary, that he’s going to draw on today. He was nervous, for a while, but despite that nervousness and the process of coming to a decision, he’s never been more sure that he wants to spend the rest of time with Magnus.

“A little,” Alec says. “Mostly excited.”

“I’m proud of us. For planning this wedding and for making it to where we are now.” Magnus says, and Alec smiles.

“Did you ever doubt us?” Alec asks, although he knows the answer.

“Not even once,” Magnus replies, and Alec chuckles, leaning over and kissing the corner of his mouth.

“Hey,” Magnus pouts, his hands finding the lapels of Alec’s blazer. “Your husband to be wants a proper kiss.”

“You’ll get a proper kiss when I meet you at the end of the aisle, my husband to be.”

The words should have charmed Magnus but he just felt nervousness churn in his stomach. Part of him felt ridiculous — Alec was more than capable of handling himself — but he also wanted to make sure his boyfriend was okay.

He left Isabelle with a smile and slipped away from the crowd to call Alec.

“Hello?”

“Babe, I — oh, shit fuck —” there was a clatter and a burst of static through the phone “— I’m on my way, I swear. I’ll be five minutes.”

“What’s happening?” Magnus asked.

“Ran into some Kuri demons,” Alec said, sounding breathless. “I’m fine, I — fuck —”

“Where are you?” Magnus asked, already drawing on his magic to make a portal.

“Brooklyn Bridge,” Alec said, then swore again and a demon screeched in the background.

“Stay there,” Magnus said, though he doubted Alec was thinking of going anywhere, as the portal flickered into life. “I’m coming to get you.”

Less than a second later he stepped out onto the bridge and found Alec in the middle of a battle with several demons. Magnus strode towards them with his magic sparking, then slammed his hands forward and released a wave of blue magic over the immediate area without even breaking a sweat.

The demons disintegrated in a shower of sparks and Alec pulled up short, seraph blade swinging at his side.

“Hey,” Alec said, breaking into a bright smile. He wiped his blade clean on his jacket and then his eyes went wide as he remembered he was on his way to the party. Magnus tutted fondly and snapped his fingers, cleaning the jacket.

“Is this what you call fashionably late?” Magnus teased, as Alec drew him in for a kiss, deep and heated and much more than just a hello.

Magnus pulled back after a moment, feeling smug despite being kissed breathless. He knew what effect seeing him do magic like that had on Alec and, true to form, Alec’s hazel eyes were dark as they regarded him.

“Would have been rude to show up empty handed,” Alec replied, walking over to pick up a bunch of beautiful white and red flowers that were propped up against the wall of the bridge. He returned to Magnus and caught his hand, kissing his knuckles. “For you.”

Magnus took the flowers with a smile, feeling a little weak in the knees.

“You’re ridiculous,” he said fondly. He pressed a kiss to Alec’s lips and then made another portal. “Back to the party?”

Alec looks back at Magnus, breath catching in his throat just like it did the first time he laid eyes on him and he feels like the luckiest man in the world. “I love you,” he says, leaning in closer to Magnus despite them already being pressed together at the shoulder. Magnus chuckles, a warm and joyous sound that makes Alec's heart beat just a little bit faster, before capturing his mouth in a short but soft kiss. “I love you, too.” Neither of them manages to say another word before they're interrupted by a loud noise coming from the speakers suspended around the room. “Hello?” a voice suddenly says testing the sound. “Oh, good, it works.” On the small stage in the corner of the seating area, Jace is standing by the microphone with a lopsided smile on his face. “I know what you're all thinking,” he says, looking out at the guests before letting his eyes fall on Alec, “wasn't it enough to embarrass my brother with my speech earlier this evening?”  His words cause an eruption of laughter to spread throughout the crowd, and Alec can't help but shake his head fondly at the memory of Jace's little montage of awkward stories from their childhood and youth that had entertained everyone greatly only an hour ago. “I promise I'll be nice,” he continues, the expression on his face changing into something more genuine, ”there's just one little thing we'd like to do before letting you guys have the floor for your first dance.” “The thing is,” he says, addressing the rest of the guests as he lifts the microphone stand and moves it to one side of the stage. “About a month ago or so, I found Alec sprawled over the desk in his office with dozens of crumpled pieces of paper around him, looking like he hadn't slept in days.” Alec narrows his eyes slightly, wondering where Jace is going with this as he's pretty sure this is not another embarrassing story. “I asked him what he was doing and told me with a deep sigh that he was trying to write his speech for today, that none of the words seemed to really capture all of the things he felt, and he asked me why it was so difficult before crumbling yet another piece of paper and throwing it towards the trash can.” Beside Alec, Magnus laughs and squeezes his hand. He probably remembers the day Alec finally finished the speech, snuggling close to Magnus as he grumbled something about hoping Jace never got married because he refused to write another speech ever again. “I remember the last thing you said to me before I left your office that night.” Jace’s focus is back on Alec, this part of his little speech aimed directly at the grooms. “You said ‘Loving Magnus is the easiest thing I've ever done, so maybe it's okay if writing this speech takes a little more effort.’” He paused for a moment, letting the inevitable ‘aaaaaw’ spread across the room Alec feels Magnus leaning closer, the already present warmth beside him pressing against him, and he tears his eyes away from Jace for a moment to look at his husband. He meets Magnus’ eyes and it looks like he's close to tearing up, not for the first time that day, and at the same time, he wants to tell Alec how sappy he is. In the end, Magnus just leans in to press his lips against Alec before focusing back on Jace. “Before you got to that conclusion, however, you said something about how much easier it would be if you knew how to play an instrument,” Jace goes on with his usual smirk back on his face, a sign that he's finally getting to the point of his little story. “Because even if it wouldn't be your words, there were still songs that could express exactly how you were feeling.” Magnus nudges Alec with his shoulder but when Alec glances at him this time, there's an amused look in his eyes. He nods to the opposite side of the stage from where Jace is standing. When Alec follows his line of sight he sees Simon standing with his guitar slung over his shoulder. Behind him, Izzy and Max and Clary are carrying what he's pretty sure is Jace's keyboard, and they're all grinning in his and Magnus’ direction. “Well, since you ended up sticking with the speech, we thought we'd sing you guys a song instead,” Jace finishes off before helping out the others set everything up. Alec almost can't believe what he's seeing. After his siblings and their significant others are done preparing everything, including a small row of microphones, Alec spots Luke at the side of the stage where Jace had been standing a few moments ago. He's helping Maia and Alec's mother onto the stage, and they're soon followed by Ragnor, Cat, and Raphael who are all looking at Magnus with amusement written all over their face. Only two weeks before the wedding, the three of them had spent the evening at the loft, and Alec is sure that Magnus, too, remembers how they repeatedly had insisted that they wouldn't be getting on any stage to entertain an entire party, not even for him. That clearly wasn't true, and when Alec looks at Magnus, it's obvious that he hadn't expected this turn of events either. The first notes of the song fill the air and Alec quickly shifts his focus back to their family and friends. He doesn't immediately recognise the song but as soon as Jace starts singing the first line, it hits him, and he can't stop the smile that spreads across his face. It's the song that played in the background as they danced the night away during their weekend getaway for their first anniversary. It's the song Alec has been singing to Magnus while goofing around in their kitchen every Sunday morning since he proposed, telling Magnus again and again how he couldn’t wait to spend the next many many centuries by his side. It's their song, and he can hear the lighthearted chuckle that escapes Magnus the moment he realises it as well. Jace and Simon carry them through the first part of the song, the melody and their voices mixing in a sweet, almost peaceful duet. It isn't until the chorus that the rest of their friends and family joins in, but as soon as Alec hears them, as soon as he sees the smile on his mother's face, sees the way Magnus’ found family mixes right in with the rest, he can feel the tears welling up in his eyes.

you make my heart feel like it's summer

when the rain is pouring down

you make my whole world feel so right when it's wrong

that's how I know you are the one

that's why I know you are the one

After everything that day, Alec didn't think he could possibly get any happier but when he looks at Magnus, who's looking back at him with pure joy and tears flowing as freely as Alec's, he's pretty sure the euphoric feeling coursing through his veins is only going to get more intense as the evening goes by. He lets out a quiet laugh, still not quite able to believe his luck as he rests his head on Magnus’ shoulder, and looks back up at the stage. He feels Magnus press his lips to the top of his head before resting his own against it, and he can't help but wish they could stay like this forever.

when we are together you make me feel

like my mind is free and my dreams are reachable

you know I never ever believed in love

or believed one day that you would come along and free me