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“So…” Raphael begins,
Jace slumps down onto the bench, head resting back against the wall, “So.”
Silence.
He fiddles with his hands, “Who should we call?”
Jace tilts his head, seemingly considering their options, “Well, there’s Maia but she has an exam tomorrow, Clary and Izzy are on some cutesy couple’s get-away activity, Lydia never picks up her phone, Magnus and Alec are probably on their “movie” night date which leaves…” He trails off just as Raphael catches on.
“Simon.”
Jace hums, “I’d call Simon but I feel safer in jail.”
Raphael nods.
Simon was the human equivalent of sunshine but if Raphael was being honest, their boyfriend could terrify the living daylights out of them with nothing more than a glare. He’d take facing an actual lion over facing Simon Lewis’ famous death stare.
He’d been on the receiving end of that stare a total of 3 times. None of them were great.
The first one when he’d been pig headed and gone on to play in his basketball match despite having the flu and a bad case of strep throat. He’d been stupid, it hadn’t even been a huge match, just the first match of the season against a team they always wiped the floor with.
Simon had marched into the locker room right after the match with an half-amused half-terrified Jace trailing after him, scaring half the players out of the room as he got ready to rip his boyfriend a new one.
And rip him a new one he did. Raphael had been put on bed rest until he got better and then on the couch for a week after he did.
The second had been when Raphael and Jace had been on outs with each other, both their training time never matched up in the first year of their relationship and Simon had been endlessly patient with the two of them until Raphael and Jace blew up at each other for “never making the time”. It ended with Jace staying over at Maia’s and Raphael at Magnus’. That is until Simon yelled at him to get his head out of his ass and then headed over to Maia’s to presumably tell Jace the same.
Needless to say, they got their shit together.
The third had been after he’d ended up in the hospital after he broke his arm jumping off a roof at a party. Simon, who'd opted to stay home to catch up on some homework, had come in to pick him up from the hospital at 4 in the morning.
He’d ended up sleeping on the couch for the next 2 weeks after that.
He looks at Jace who seems to be pulling at the same string of thought.
“So, Magnus and Alec it is.”
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Alec’s grinning face is the first thing Raphael sees when the officer leads him and Jace out. Magnus’ downright murderous glance is the second thing he sees but since it’s not Simon, he doesn’t let it faze him.
“Thanks for bailing us out man,” Jace claps Alec on the shoulder before turning to Magnus with an apologetic look, “And sorry for interrupting “movie” night,”
Magnus’ scowl deepens, “Yeah you better be, you’re depriving me of fun Herondale and I don’t take well to people who deprive me of fun. Consider this a warning.”
Jace scoffs as he grabs Raphael’s hand in his, “Can we please just go home now?” he pleads.
They climb into the back of Alec’s jeep as the man turns the ignition.
Magnus turns around to face the pair, “So what exactly did you do to get arrested in college campus?”
Raphael sighs, “We tried sneaking into the teacher’s lounge. It’s our first offence so they let us go with just a warning.”
Alec smirks, “Either way, Simon’s gonna be so pissed,”
Jace shoots upright from where he’s lying on Raphael.
Raphael looks at Alec who looks way too gleeful for someone whose brother is about to die very soon, “You told him?”
It’s Magnus’ turn to scoff, “Raphael, his boyfriends were arrested in the middle of the night and you want us to keep it a secret from him? No thanks, I choose life.”
Jace groans, turning his face into Raphael’s shoulder, “He’s gonna kill us.”
Alec laughs, “Yeah, you guys are so dead.”
Raphael glares at him through the rearview mirror.
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Their apartment is quiet when they get back and for 2 hopeful seconds, Raphael thinks Simon may have gone to sleep but then Deadpool’s voice is floating in from the living room and all thoughts of getting off relatively scot-free flies out the window.
Jace shoots him a nervous look before he heads into the living room, Raphael following close behind.
Simon’s sitting cross legged on the sofa, staring at the movie playing on TV but not really watching it.
“Tell me why,” Simon’s voice is quiet and even, and had it been anyone else, they would've mistaken Simon’s calmness for something else, but Raphael notices the way Simon’s usual fidgety fingers are now still and clutching the blanket pooling around his legs.
Yeah, Raphael and Jace are definitely in the doghouse.
Simon pauses, collecting himself before he speaks again, “Can either of you tell me why I got a call from Magnus at 2 in the morning about how my boyfriends had been arrested ??”
Raphael clears his throat, “We… uh we…” He trails off, not really knowing how to explain to his already angry boyfriend about how the two of them got bored and decided to sneak into the teacher’s lounge to steal their coffee.
Simon huffs, “Yeah, that’s what I thought. Do either of you,” He gestures to the pair, “know how worried I was!?!??!? I was freaking out!!! I thought you’d gotten into some fight!!!! Or drove a car into a building!!!! Or gotten you or someone else hurt!!!!"
None of them own a car, but Raphael decides to not add fuel to the fire by saying so.
Simon opens his mouth to say more but then stops himself and looks up to level Jace and Raphael with “The Stare” and if Raphael slowly takes a step back, it’s nobody’s business but his. His boyfriend can be terrifying when he wants to be, sue him.
He hears Jace gulp next to him, “I’m- We’re really sorry babe, we, we weren’t thinking and we didn’t mean to worry you so much.”
Simon snorts and heads for the kitchen, probably to make himself tea, Raphael’s noticed that his boyfriend tends to make tea only when he needs to calm down.
The two of them follow Simon, watching as the man sets about the kitchen, shoulders hunched over and tensed.
They take their seats at the table, sitting in silence as Simon waits for the milk to heat up.
“Simon?”
Jace’s voice breaks the silence a few minutes later and Raphael tears his gaze away from where he's staring a hole into Simon's head to look at the blond.
“Hm?”
“We really are sorry.”
Raphael watches as the tension slowly seeps out of Simon’s hunched over frame. “ He really was freaking out…” His mind supplies and fuck if that doesn’t make him feel guiltier.
He gets up, ignoring Jace’s confused look and goes to hug Simon, he’s horrible with words but he’s a damn good hugger and right now, nothing’s gonna stop him from giving Simon a well-deserved hug.
To his relief, Simon doesn’t push him away, which in Simon language means he’s forgiven but still not out of rough seas yet. He buries his face into the nape of Simon’s neck and just stays there, he hears Jace move to join their little hug fest, switching off the stove so that the milk doesn’t boil over before moving in front of Simon, pulling the man close.
Simon melts into the embrace, tucking his head into Jace’s neck as he tangles his fingers into Raphael’s.
“We’re really sorry for making you freak out like that.” He whispers, pressing a kiss to the back of Simon’s neck, the strands of brown hair tickling his nose.
He hears Simon’s muffled huff of “You’re forgiven,” and shares a victorious smile with Jace.
But they’re soon brought back down as Simon pulls away, “But you two are still sleeping on the sofas for the rest of the week.” He goes back to heating the milk, “ Separately, ” he adds.
“No, you deserve this much at the very least,” he holds a hand up as Jace begins to protest.
“Now go,” he herds them out of the kitchen, “I want to drink my tea in peace.”
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Jace and Raphael spoil Simon for the rest of the week in hopes of making up for worrying him and getting arrested and Simon as predicted, glows under the attention. Of course they also have to handle their friends' teasing about them being "whipped" for Simon but by Friday night, Simon had finally forgiven them and they fell onto their bed, sighing in relief.
Jace hums contentedly, turning onto his back and propping himself up against the headboard, "I fucking love this bed. I'm telling you Rapha, I'm never leaving it again."
"Ok,ok I get it you missed the bed," Simon exits the bathroom, looking adorable with one of Jace’s larger hoodies hanging off him, the sleeves slipping past his hands and boxers.
Raphael chuckles and leans back while Simon flops down on Jace and the blond pulls him closer till he's fully lying down on him, head resting on Jace’s shoulder.
"Well if our boyfriend bans us from our bed, I think we're allowed to miss it a little." Raphael quips
Simon scowls, "Well if my boyfriends didn't get arrested in the middle of the night for stealing coffee then maybe I wouldn't have to ban you from our bed." he retorts.
Jace laughs, pressing a kiss to the top of Simon's head, "Touché"
"But I swear to God, if you guys ever get arrested again, I'm never letting you back on this bed."
Raphael scoots closer, "Deal."