bowstrung

“Aku cinta kamu,” Alec murmured back. Now that he knew what the words meant, he said them around Magnus sometimes when he didn’t want to use them in English. This way they felt like they had a little more meaning than the others. Though both he said often. “Yeah yeah, I’ll sleep. You and Izzy both get on me about working.” And maybe it was true that he was a workaholic, but he couldn’t help it. He felt like he had to keep busy. He brushed his fingers soothingly through Magnus’s hair and the motion made himself close his eyes a little. “I suppose an hour of sleep wouldn’t hurt.”

Magnus chuckled sleepily, holding Alec close. “We don’t want you to overwork yourself, Alexander.” he explained. “You need to take time to relax, you can’t just keep going and going.” He yawned again and pressed closer, relaxing further as he got closer to sleep. “Just…stay…with me….a while.” 

Alexander

“You’re not fine. And we both know that if this was me in this situation, you’d be doing the same thing.” And so would he, now that he’d thought about it. Magnus and Alec were both so stubborn, it was no wonder they were together. Alec let out a small sigh and nodded. “Fine, but only this once. And only until you go to sleep. I still have some paperwork to do.” Though he had a feeling that he would end up going to sleep with Magnus. He moved on his side of the bed and laid down with him, an arm going around him to comfort him. “Sleep.”

Magnus wanted to argue, but he knew Alec was right. “Only this once,” he mused in a tired murmur, reaching to pull Alec to him. “Aku cinta kamu.” he whispered, tucking his head into Alec’s neck as they lay in bed. “Just make sure you sleep, too. You’ve been working so much.”