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Magnus strode to the guest bedroom, careful to place a hand over his eyes before he flung the door open. “Are you decent?”
“ Magnus !” Raphael hissed, and Magnus heard the sound of something being chucked at him just in time for him to step out of the way.
Magnus couldn’t tell if he was so angry because Magnus flung the door open on him and the fledgling Vampire or because he was accusing Raphael of something which he knew Raphael would not, or at least which he would not do this early in a relationship- unless of course the relationship had been going on for way longer than Magnus thought. At the almost sure sound of another item being tossed in Magnus’ direction he decided to wait to ask Raphael about how long his relationship has been going on.
Magnus also decided it was most likely safe to remove his hand from over his eyes, as the likelihood of seeing anything in which he wouldn’t want to see was very rare. But just as he removed his hand he was pushed out of the room by Raphael.
“Shh! Simon’s asleep. And you are not to wake him!” Raphael instructed, glaring at Magnus with a glare that, in all of Magnus’ honesty, should be trademarked to him.
Magnus held up his hands in a surrender. “I won’t wake your boyfriend- if -” Raphael glared harder, which Magnus thought really shouldn’t be physically possible. “-you answer my questions.”
Raphael crossed his arms, his lip curled into a slight snarl. “ Fine . But you ask them in your living room.”
Magnus grinned, following Raphael to his own living room. “You are really in over your head for Si-”
“Shut it or I’ll shred your favorite couch pillows.” Raphael snarled, throwing Magnus another glare from over his shoulder.
Magnus gasped over dramatically- one of his speciality moves. “You wouldn’t dare.”
Raphael bared his fangs ever so slightly, just enough for Magnus to know that he was, in fact, serious about shredding the pillows.
“Alright, I’ll let you go on this slide- at least until my pillows are safe.” Magnus said, eyeing Raphael’s fangs peeking out of his mouth.
Neither of them spoke again until they reached the living room- and Magnus magicked away the pillows- at which Raphael rolled his eyes and called him a drama queen. But Magnus wasn’t about to lose his best pillows to a bad tempered Vampire.
“So how long have you two been dating?” Magnus asked as soon as they both were sitting down.
“Cut right to the chase, don’t you.” Raphael grumbled, watching Magnus sip a cup of tea which he magicked to appear. “How long have we been here?”
Magnus glanced at the clock on the wall, setting down his cup of tea and threading his fingers together, another move to make him look more dramatic. “Well, you arrived two days ago.”
“About three days then.” Raphael said, his tone dull as if he was discussing business with Magnus, which worried Magnus slightly. He thought the Vampire should be a little more happy to be in a relationship with his fledgling. Or maybe it was just Magnus who couldn’t contain his happiness for relationships- particularly his current one with Alexander- while Raphael could keep his demeanor better than he.
“Only three? How come?” Magnus asked, giving Raphael a quizzing look.
Raphael frowned. “I didn’t think he felt the same way until three days ago.”
That Magnus could understand- until The Kiss, Magnus was unsure if he was misreading Alexander’s signs more and more. While it was clear Alec was gayer than a rainbow- at least to Magnus it was clear- he was unsure if Alexander had feelings for him or if he was too hung up on the blonde one to develop feelings for Magnus.
Magnus pushed his relationship drama out of his thoughts and took another sip of his tea, giving Raphael an expectant look, waiting for him to continue speaking.
Raphael seemed to understand Magnus’ look and began speaking again. “He approached me about the Nephilims plans, the redhead one-”
“Clary.” Magnus corrected, which was ironic, as Raphael was always correcting him on names he messed up.
Raphael rolled his eyes before continuing speaking. “-the redhead one wanted to free Camille-”
Magnus froze, wondering why on earth Clary would want to free Camille, which was an absolutely horrible idea in Magnus’ opinion.
Magnus also wondered why he hadn’t been consulted on this plan, maybe, for whatever reason, Alec was left out of this plan and it was all completely Clary being- quite frankly- out of her mind and the blonde following along blindly.
Magnus hadn’t realized Raphael had stopped speaking until he cleared his throat, staring at Magnus expectantly.
“Sorry- I just can’t understand why on earth Clary would want to do such a dangerous and stupid thing.” Magnus said, not caring if it was extremely blunt, even for him.
“Discuss that with your boyfriend later.” Raphael huffed, crossing his arms, a scowl on his lips. “Maybe convince him to return her. Unless of course the Nephilim lost her, which would be very far from surprising.”
Magnus sighed, he was in for a very overdue phone call to Alexander, and if Camille was free… things would be very tricky. “I will, once you finish your story, I do wish to know how on earth you and your oblivious fledgling finally got together.”
Raphael made a semi scoff, one that sounded to Magnus just for Raphael to keep his heartless demeanor. “He told Clary that he wouldn’t help her and then came to me and told me that the Nephilim were coming to break Camille free and I didn’t believe that he was on our side, because I thought he was in love with Clary, but he said that he didn’t feel that way for Clary anymore and liked me. We kissed. And then the Nephilim came and Clary distracted us as three other Nephilim infiltrated the basement and got a hold of Camille. And then I got impaled with a knife.”
“And you got lucky it missed your heart,” Magnus added. “If it had I don’t think I would’ve been able to stop the poison that it was laced with.”
“Speaking of saving my life,” Raphael said, narrowing his eyes at Magnus, which of course made Magnus only wonder what the hell Raphael could find wrong with saving his damn life .
“You didn’t explain to Simon what happens when Vampires share their blood with other Vampires.” Raphael finished, managing to glare harder at Magnus- he really should trademark that glare.
“It wasn’t exactly something I was thinking about, seeing as I was, y’know, saving your fucking life .” Magnus said, maybe being a little too aggressive to claim as passive-aggressive. “Besides I doubt Simone would have changed his mind even if I told him. Plus I doubt he would have let me explain it to him, when I brought up a book- for saving your life- instead of a potion like I said he looked like he was going to use the book to send me to my grave- at least until I explained to him what I had found.”
“You still should have said something to him.” Raphael said with a scoff.
“Yes, the next time you decide to come close to an actual death and not just being undead, I will prioritize that your fledgling is completely happy with the situation before saving you.” Magnus grumbled, beginning to think it may have been easier to have gone with calling Alexander first, at least he would be speaking to Alexander .
Raphael opened his mouth to retort but was silenced by a quiet ‘Raph?’ coming from behind where Magnus was sitting, Magnus turned his head slightly to find that he was correct that the noise came from Simon.
Raphael had already sped to Simon’s side before Magnus could even really blink, asking the fledgling what was wrong in a soft tone.
Magnus was- quite frankly- full out shocked by the way Raphael was acting, he had never seen Raphael so gentle and caring, the fledgling really had an effect on Raphael- one Magnus decided was much like the one Alexander had on him.
Magnus was almost completely sure he started tearing up slightly when he saw Raphael press a gentle kiss to Simon’s forehead, one full of a type of affection Magnus had never seen Raphael have before.
When Raphael glanced back at Magnus- a strange look upon his face- Magnus decided that he should really go give Alexander that call and leave the two Vampires to sort out whatever it was they needed to sort out.
Magnus awkwardly stood up, trying not to disrupt the odd sight of Raphael being affectionate to Simon. He has had many adventures in his life but leaving his own living room to let Raphael talk to his boyfriend was one that he never saw coming.