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A/N: Set in season 3B between the episodes, "A Kiss from a Rose" and "To the Night Children." Diverges a little bit from the story arc in the show.

It was around five in the morning when Jace and Magnus all started trying to find Alec and Clary when they had each woken up and noticed something was off. Along the way, they ran into Izzy who asked what was going on. In return, Magnus replied, "Alec said he was with Clary. You don't think something is wrong, do you?

Izzy shook her head in response, before adding," Alec would have told us if something was wrong. Where all have you checked?"

"Everywhere, except Clary's room."

They then made their way to Clary's room and quietly opened the door. They then looked at the scene before them, Clary was under the covers and curled into Alec's side. Smiling at the sight, they quietly backed out into the hall and shut the door. Izzy was the first to speak," He used to stay with us like that whenever we had a bad night."

"Yeah, he did and still does on occasion. That explains why Clary wasn't with me," added Jace.

Magnus nodded said, "It seems he has adopted, Biscuit as a little sister."

Izzy and Jace only nodded. Before Jace added, "He pretends that he doesn't care about her, but he does. I've been noticing all of the times he's acted like an older brother towards her."

"Yeah, he's been treating her more and more like family these days. I'm glad they're getting along."

Magnus nodded and smiled before yawning and saying, "I don't know about you all, but I'm going back to bed."

"Me too," replied Jace.

"I think I'll go train for a while, said Izzy at last.

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A few hours later, Alec had woken up to Clary snuggled into his side, with her head laying on his shoulder. He gently reached over and shook her shoulder. She woke up and noticed that Alec was looking down at her, groggily, she asked what time it was. To which he replied, "It's 7:30. We should probably get up if we want breakfast." In response, Clary only snuggled further down into the bed.

Alec sighed, "Hey, it'll be okay. Besides you need to eat something, even if you don't feel like it."

Clary nodded, before moving to allow him to get up. Once he was up, he stretched and said," If you need me, I'm here. Don't be afraid to come to me- even if it's the middle of the night, all right?"

"All right."

Alec nodded," I'm going to go wake Magnus. I'll see you at breakfast."