Endless Appetite

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"I would have killed you"

"I would have let you"

Ever since he had bitten Jace, there was this feeling inside of him he couldn't really understand. It was that feeling of... addiction but in a completely different way than usual. There wasn't just lust for blood, there was much more about it. But whatever it was... Jace did not get it.

After Valentine's and Jonathan's deaths Jace had started avoiding Simon until the vampire did the same. They had never been best friends and Simon didn't think they ever would be, but he had at least hoped for a bit more than this. He hadn't even been able to show any gratitude or thank Jace for what he had done, which, for Simon, made it much worse. He was a daylighter now... and it could only have been Jace's fault. 'Fault'... like it was something bad, though there just couldn't be anything bad about this. Simon was finally able to live a somewhat normal life. He was able to go to college, have a job, go out with friends and, ignoring the fact that he drank blood and was immortal, he was back to being an ordinary guy.

And all of that thanks to Jace whom he hadn't thanked yet. But writing to Jace... he couldn't do this. The Shadowhunter would probably ignore him anyway. So he'd have to contact Clary. She would understand. And she could ask Jace to meet her somewhere for a date or whatever, but instead he'd show up, or maybe both of them together.

Well, at least it sounded like a plan. He'd see how it turned out.

"Hey Simon, is everything alright?" Clary said when he called.

"Hey, yeah. I'm alright. Look, er... Could I ask you for a favor? It's about Jace..."

"Jace?" There was a moment of silence. "Sure, what's up?"

"Jace is avoiding me since... I don't even know" He felt bad lying to her but it was for the best. "He's just avoiding me and I don't get why. This can't be just about you. I mean he's so jealous all the time and whatever, but still. I'd like to talk to him and thank him in person, you know. For saving my life."

"Simon, you know he always avoided you. He was-"

"I know. It's different though. He's weird. Could you ask him to meet up with you at the Hunter's Moon tomorrow?"

Clary sighed. She didn't think that it'd turn out to be a success but still she agreed on it. Simon would have his reasons for it. Right after they hung up she contacted Jace. He was out because he had a thing to do with Alec. Whatever that was. So she didn't expect an answer right away. Still he was quite fast with it and messaged Simon afterwards.

'He'll be there at 3'

'Awesome. Thank you' Simon smiled a little when typing the answer. He just hoped Jace wouldn't leave as soon as he saw Simon. But in the end, he was a vampire and so he could easily hold him back or follow him.

"Stay calm" Simon said to himself before entering the pub. On a seat in a corner he saw Jace's blond hair. At the same time the rich smell of him reached his nose and he tried not to breathe. Slowly he walked towards the Shadowhunter who saw him and rolled his eyes.

"Hey..." Simon said nervously and sat down.

"I'm waiting for Clary. Leave."

"You're not. You're waiting for me. I asked Clary to make you come here"

"What..." Jace frowned and got up but Simon reached for his wrist, grabbed him around his jacket and held him back.

"Sit down, Jace. We need to talk"

Jace tried to get rid of Simon's firm grip but failed. Fucking vampire strength. Resignedly he sat down again.

"So? What do you wanna talk about?" He asked when Simon finally let go of him.

"I'm sure you already know. First of all... I won't tell anyone about what happened. And second... I didn't properly thank you yet. You saved my life. And not just that. You made it more livable."

Simon could hear Jace's blood rushing through his veins, could hear his heartbeat and smell him among all the other people here. He could hear how his heartbeat got faster when saying these words and how the blood... Slightly he shook his head, biting down on his own lips.

"Awesome. That's it, Lewis? I gotta go then. Something came up"

Again Simon reached out to grab his wrist, to hold Jace in place, but this time he didn't give in. He jerked his arm away and got up, his eyes narrowed and his body tense. No, at this point the vampire couldn't hold him back anymore; it was time to just let him go. A little sigh left Simon's lips as he saw the other man disappear again.

Once Jace was gone, Simon didn't stay. There was no reason to do so anyway, so he went back to his apartment. That had been a stupid idea; of course Jace didn't want to talk about it. Maybe there was nothing to talk about anyway. They had never had a reason to talk before so why should they now? But Simon was sure he wasn't the only one who was carrying something on his shoulders. With Jace coming back mysteriously after he had died... and now he was like this – something was off.