Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length:
1K to 5K
Rating:
Teen & Up
Secondary Characters:
Catarina Loss, Izzy Lightwood,
Lilith,
Luke Garroway,
Madzie,
Raphael Santiago
Secondary Pairings: None
Themes:
Alec POV,
Angst,
Death,
Domesticity,
Established Relationship,
Family,
Grief,
Hurt & Comfort,
Pining,
Season 3 Predictions, Travel
Summary:
Why wouldn’t I? Look what I have waiting for me.
Those words echo back to Alec, their sound a salve for the wounds that cannot be seen, a lifebuoy for Alec’s heart. For a moment, his eyes dip closed and he rewinds his memories to see it again, every detail preserved like butterfly wings in glass – the shimmering unshed tears hanging onto Magnus’ lower eyelashes, the fire casting orange shades over his face.
Alec remembers the warmth of Magnus’ palm fitting itself to the lines of his face, a steadying tether in the midst of chaos. Despite the fear and the worry, Alec can understand how this is Magnus’ fight and his alone, the necessity of the return to his father’s land, unforgiving and violent in its very existence.