You were going on a mission, together with your friends. Alec, your boyfriend, wasn't allowed to come since he was the head of the institute.

Normally, you wouldn't mind as much as you did now. But everyone, even Alec, had grown silent and distant about the mission, not wanting to tell you exactly what it was.

Although he stood before you with his glimmering blue eyes, they seemed tired and almost worn off. His hand was in yours, yet he didn't dare to look in your eyes.

"What's wrong?" You asked.

He didn't answer. Of course he didn't. He wasn't allowed to tell anyone by orders of the clave, probably. And those ranked very high on his To Do list.

"Tell me. If you're sending me in blind, you could at least tell me what I'm facing," you begged.

"I really can't," He stammered.

His orbs were beat, he seemed to want to a answer, but find his tongue lying motionless in his mouth, his lips shit, his teeth gritted.

"Please, Alec. My team deserved to know what the hell is going on. If we don't know what we're getting into, we won't be prepared," you tell him, begging, pushing answers out of his locked lips.

"I know," he whispers, his voice breaking. He wanted to talk about it, but he knew if he did, the clave would punish him for endangering a mission that couldn't go wrong.

"I don't think you do," you spat back, almost angry. You couldn't believe he was choosing the clave over you, although you knew this long before you became his lover. You would never be most important to him.

You walked away, seeing your group of friends already waiting for you, while you left your lover like a kicked puppy on the street, hurt and betrayed.

"Y/N, please wait!" Alec called behind you. You weren't quite sure if you should stop and turn around, so you could watch him break, or walk and feel guilty for the rest of the day.

"What, Alec?" You whispered, exhausted.

He took your hand, his gleaming eyes surprise you. He had never been so emotional before, and you weren't sure yet if you ever wanted him to be again.

"Bring holy water, and a lot of blessed knifes," he whispered, his face now painted with concern.

He wasn't afraid anymore that people would outs him just because he had hinted his lover how not to get herself into trouble. They can all fuck off, he thought at that moment.

"Thank you," you mouthed, running to your friends before they would go, with weapons not made for the vampires they were bound to face.

"Y/N!" He yelled.

You turned around at the very mention of your name.

"I love you."

Your eyes softened. You didn't know what to say, you just knew you wanted to hug him. Those words had never been said by any of you two, but right here, right now at the worse timing possible, he said those three words to unlock you.

He laid himself out there, exposing his neck for you because that's what he did, he was always the one to take he billet first, and here he stood, drained in his own blood from the billets you've fired.

You ran towards him, and he to you. Your lips collided first, then your chest and afterwards his hands in your hips. It was something you'd never done before, loving someone with all your heart. But you knew he was the right person to do so.

Between kisses, you whispered in his ear: "I love you too."