Disclaimer: I do not own nor claim the Mortal Instruments series. All rights belong to Cassandra Clare.

Chapter Eight: The Way the Story Should End

Simon woke up first. He kept his eyes closed, avoiding the morning light. He listened to the quiet, even breathing of Max. He was happy, Max's warm body snuggled up to him. He layed there, enjoying their closeness. After another hour, Max started to wake up. Simon knew because he sighed and cuddled closer, obviously not ready to wake up.

"Morning."

Max grumbled something that could've been "morning," but Simon couldn't be sure. He poked the Shadowhunter's side, causing him jump.

"Wakey, wakey Max."

"Simon, you're cruel!" He mumbled while cuddling up to him.

"You're determined aren't you?"

Max nodded against his chest. Simon chuckled and hugged him.

"Are you ever gonna decide that you want to get up?"

"No."

Simon sighed. "Well, I don't know about you, but I'm starved."

Max giggled. "Yeah, I'm kinda hungry."

Simon untangled himself from Max and stood. He found pajama pants and pulled them on. "I'm gonna go make some breakfast, 'k?"

Max nodded, and burrowed into the covers. Simon left the bedroom, shaking his head. He walked into the small kitchen and began rummaging around for pancake mix. Once he had all the ingredients together, he felt thin arms wrap around his waist. He smiled and continued to mix the batter. After he had it ready, he set the bowl on the counter, and turned to face Max.

He still looked sleepy, with messed up hair and an extremely oversized shirt. He looked adorable. Simon kissed the top of his head. He then picked the small teen up and sat him on the counter. He set to making the pancakes, Max sitting by happy to just be near Simon.

When the pancakes were done, and topped with fruit, whipped cream, and powdered sugar, they took them to the dining table and ate.

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When Simon took Max home, they knew that what they had was strong. They were unafraid of their future, and embraced anything that the world threw at them.

END

IDK how else to do that, so its open to interpretation on what happened. ^.^ Thanks to anyone and everyone who read this story and decided to give the pairing a chance. I have a ton of other super weird pairings that I have stories planned for, so yeah. I hope you enjoyed this sequel/not sequel. Thanks you guys!