Magnus was not the type who got easily jealous. Usually he didn´t bother competitors whatsoever, he was confident enough to know he was a good catch, being not only handsome and powerful, but also an excellent companion.

Right now, however, the ugly feeling rose up inside Magnus, filling every vein of his body with venomous jealousy.

Clearly, he hadn´t pictured this day to turn out like this. Isabelle had suggested to go out clubbing and had invited all her closest friends. Which meant Jace, Clary, Simon, Alec and Magnus had accompanied her to Pandemonium where they were right now. Magnus had thought it would be fun.

He hadn´t expected some nasty dyed blonde girl with a body shaped like a model to flirt with his boyfriend as if there were no tomorrow.

„Seriously, your eyes are gorgeous. I could stare into them all night long. But doubtlessly you´ve heard that before." she said, curling her hair around a finger. Magnus felt the urge to set her locks on fire.

Alec laughed wryly. „Uhm... I guess."

„Do you come here often? I´ve never seen you before and I definitely would´ve recognized you, handsome." she went on.

„No, not really. That´s not the kind of thing I usually do." Alec answered politely and Magnus narrowed his eyes. Maybe he should wait a bit before he handed over the drink he had bought for Alec, to see if his shadowhunter boyfriend flirted back. „So, what do you usually do?"

Alec laughed a little nervously. Of course he couldn´t reveal to this stranger that he fought demons for a living.

„Uh... I like doing sports." he uttered and Magnus could see that Alec´s reservation was very appealing to the blonde girl, as he came across like the mysterious kind of guy, which a lot of girls liked. „Uh-huh. So you´re an athlete. That´s sexy." she said.
If Alec hadn´t realized that the strange girl was flirting with him, he should´ve by now. And yet, to Magnus´ great annoyance, he didn´t do anything to reject her.

„I´m Jessica, by the way." the girl said, ogling at the shadowhunter. „You – Alec, right? – Did anyone tell you that you look like an angel? Because you do!"

And then Alec did that incredibly enchanting thing Magnus so adored at him – he threw his head back, so that the soft skin on his neck lay bare, and laughed, his eyes half-closed and lit up in amusement. It was that sort of laugh that made the sun shine brighter and the world more colourful (maybe Magnus was biaised in this matter, but it was a beautiful laughter!).

It was that exact moment when Magnus decided it was time to intervene.

He approached his shadowhunter and in one quick movement he put his arm around Alec possessively, kissed him on the cheek and handed over his drink. Every single step clearly indicated that Alec belonged to him.

„Do not worry, blondie, I tell him every day." he said, darting a challenging glance at the girl.

The smile on the girl´s face vanished instantly. She muttered something that sounded vaguely like damn it!, shot Alec one last smile and left, defeated.

Alec opened his mouth to say something, but Magnus would never learn what it was, because Alec´s siblings turned up beside them. „Hey, Alec. I didn´t know you had it in you. That blonde beauty you picked up – my respect!" Jace said, clapping his parabatai on the shoulder. Magnus remembered why he hadn´t liked Jace in the beginning.

„I didn´t pick her up." Alec rectified, but Jace ignored him.

„Simon and Clary are talking non-stop about some trivial mundane things. I don´t understand a bit. It´s like they´re talking in a foreign language. So. Annoying!" Isabelle informed them. „I couldn´t stand it anymore. Whatever, what´s up with you guys?" Alec gave her his typical big-brother-glance. „You couldn´t stand it that you weren´t the one in the center of attention." Isabelle poked her tongue out at him in response. „Well, I came here to dance. If Simon doesn´t want to dance with me, I´m good with one of you guys. Any volunteers?" she looked at the boys expectantly.

„I don´t dance!" Alec declared promptly.

„I´m an excellant dancer, but unfortunately my highly coveted skills solely belong to Clary." Jace affirmed solemnly, seeming more than pleased with himself.

„Come on, Isabelle. As those two are impossible cowards, we´re gonna have fun alone." Magnus said, ignoring Alec completly. Izzy smiled contentedly as they headed to the dancefloor.

About an hour and three drinks later Magnus was sitting with Alec and the others at the round table in a corner of the club. After dancing with Izzy for a while, she had returned to Simon, and Magnus had chatted with Clary for a bit.

When Jace and Clary made a move to the dancefloor, Alec and Magnus were alone again.

The dark-haired shadowhunter slid closer to Magnus and turned to kiss him on the cheek, but he didn´t let him. Alec looked startled. „Something wrong?" he asked worridly.

Magnus snorted. „You were flirting with her! Don´t deny it, I saw everything. You were trying to impress her." Alec looked at him as though he wouldn´t recognize him, his blue eyes filled up with confusion.

"Is that what all this was about?" he said „I was just being polite."

„Oh? But you clearly realized she was flirting with you. Nevertheless, you didn´t send her away!" Magnus realized with mild horror that he, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, was sounding very childish, very vulnerable and worst of all – very jealous. Never in his immortal life had he felt like this before. Oh, how he hated being jealous!

Alec, his untrustworthy boyfriend, stared at him, and slowly a wide grin spread out on his face. „Magnus Bane! Can it be you are jealous?" he asked, obviously amused as hell. Magnus glared at him. „Nooo!", he said in his best dignified voice – or it was intended to sound dignified. Actually, he didn´t feel like much dignity was left in him.

„I am just friendly reminding you that you already have a boyfriend – a pretty gorgeous one, I might add."

Alec looked as though he was trying hard to suppress a laughter. „Magnus, do I need to remind you, that I am gay? I´m not interested in any girl who hits on me. Besides, I don´t want anyone else than you, you should know that by now." Alec, his beloved boyfriend, assured him.

Magnus´ mood cheered up a bit and he smiled. „I know." he said. „I guess I just don´t like seeing you with anyone other than me."

„That´s good because you won´t." Alec said, his tone light, but Magnus could sense the deep honesty in his words. There was a declaration of love hidden within them, an unspoken I love you and I won´t ever stop loving you. Words that made Magnus feel exceedingly happy hearing them from Alec.

Of course Magnus knew that Alec loved him. He didn´t need to be reassured about that. He trusted him whole-heartedly, after all.

Yet, even the warlock himself wasn´t immune to jealousy, especially when it came to his beloved Alexander.

Oh, well, Magnus thought, he could live with that. As long as he had exclusive rights at his blue-eyed shadowhunter, he could deal with a little bit of jealousy.

„That girl – Jessica - she was right, though." he said after a moment. Alec eyed him quizzically. „You look like an angel, indeed." Magnus winked. And this time Alec´s stunning laughter was directed solely at him.