Shadowhunters Imagines & Preferences

Alec ~ Commander Lightwood

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"Again" Alec demands, helping you up from the floor

You sighed, reluctantly standing and resetting your position. Alec had been working you to the bone when it came to training sessions - morning, afternoon, evening, night, midnight, it was endless!

The two of you barely had any time - actually no, the two of you had had no time together in the last couple of weeks. All of the training sessions, missions and field work had left you both estranged and it was beginning to get on your nerves.

After all, Alec's supposed to be your boyfriend not your General.

Without warning, Alec dashes towards you, easily blocking your weak punch before arm locking you, restricting your movements.

You used all the strength you had to sweep your leg underneath his in an effort to trip him up but instead, only managed to make him stumble.

It was enough though and you wriggled out of his grasp before plucking a sword from the rack and spinning yourself around before pretending to stab towards him

"Good" Alec praises, the tiniest of smiles on his face, "You're getting better?"

"Better?" you puff, "That was my best sequence yet!"

"Exactly, yet" Alec points out, "When Valentine inevitably comes down upon us, yet isn't going to cut it, you need to get up to speed now"

"Damn it, Alec!" you shout, throwing the sword to the floor with a loud clatter, "I'm so sick of this!"

"Sick of what?"

"Fucking Commander Lightwood! I'm so sick of you acting like my war General" you snarl, "All we do lately is train and we never have time for anything else. Like, anything. No dates, no talking about anything but training and by the Angel, I can't remember the last time you kissed me!"

"I kissed you earlier, when you left for that meeting" Alec frowns, confused

"I mean, really kiss me" you roll your eyes, "Not a 'honey i'm home' peck on the lips, a proper kiss. By the Angel, you don't even allow us to have any fun at all, ever! It's all seriousness with you!"

"Well, that's beca-"

"Yes, because Valentine's coming, the threat is near. I get it, it's been drilled into me enough times" you snark sarcastically, "And, of course, that's a serious threat and I'm not dismissing it but just a little bit of fun couldn't hurt but, no, by the Angel, there's certainly no time for that!"

The two of you stand there in silence, you with your arms crossed over your chest, glaring silently at the wall behind Alec whilst he just stood there, not angry, not happy, just...there, unresponsive

"God, are you going to say anything?" you snap

"Again" he repeats, picking the sword from the floor and giving it to you

"You've gotta be fucking-ugh!" you groan but wield the sword anyway, twisting it in your hand before pulling it behind your head in your fighting stance

Your anger fuelling you, you hurtle the sword towards them and he doges it narrowly, you twist to the side, going for another angle but when nothing works, you flip off your feet and over his head, landing behind his back before kicking the back of his knee, knocking him into a kneeling position.