Ever since the witch hunt debacle Magnus had thrown himself back in trying to find some sense of purpose and normalcy here in this town, for his sanity’s sake if nothing else. Waking up chained to the floor in a prison cell awaiting death twice in such a short amount of time was not healthy. Neither was keeping his grief about Raphael’s death back home to himself or inwardly mourning Alec's memories either, but here they were. With Raphael here before him very much alive (well, alive in vampire terms that is) he could almost pretend that Sebastian had never happened to them.
He also had his current distraction to help with that as well. Valentine’s Day. It seemed a ridiculous thing to be preoccupied with given the scope of things but again, sanity. He and Alec a deserved a night of indulgence after what they’d just endured before Magnus got back to work setting a space to help Downworlders and working on figuring out how this crazy place worked. But yes. Valentine’s Day.
Magnus rolled his eyes. “No, that’s the cat that’s buzzing. I was saying I need to get Alec a gift. Dinner is great but it doesn’t feel like enough. I can’t get him anything too expensive though or he’ll say it’s too much but it still needs to be romantic,” he explained, gesturing emphatically with his half empty glass of wine from where he stood behind the opposite couch.
He was well aware that Raphael was possibly the worst person he could go to for advice on the matter, but if one waded through the sarcasm sometimes his mercilessly blunt opinions were actually useful. Also he was being unintentionally adorable with the cat right now so Magnus couldn't possibly kick him out. “Well that would explain why she was drawn to him in the first place. Also General Tso is an excellent name. It would compliment the Chairman perfectly if he were here,” Magnus responded, giving a wistful sigh.
“No, she’s about to self destruct, watch out,” he said. Right after he’d not so discreetly snapped a picture of the General Tso curled up contentedly on Raphael’s lap and texted it to Alec of course.