Shadowhunters: Eight Days by Lemur710

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Eight Days (Alec/Magnus | R | 5,466 words | companion to Force of Nature): Alec welcomes Magnus back after Magnus has been gone for eight days. This is a lovely moment in Alec and Magnus's relationship, with communication and affection and a bit of awkwardness and finding solace in each other.

Excerpt:
Magnus shifted subtly, and Alec could almost imagine the magic moving beneath his skin like sand in a breeze. He lifted his hands to Magnus's knees, the fine fabric impossibly soft against his palms.

"Alexander," Magnus said when Alec began to slide his coat from his shoulders. Alec knew that tone well—his careful, gentle tone, the one he used so often in their early days as he navigated his way around a prickly, closed-off Shadowhunter.

"Shut up, Magnus," Alec said, stopping his reassurances before they started; he didn't need them this time. "I want to."

Magnus inspected him a moment, and Alec knew he was searching for uncertainty he wouldn't find. Alec wanted this.

"Okay," Magnus said a heartbeat later. "Then, by all means." He sat back and spread his thighs.