The soul bonding magic happens, it knows Alec better than he does himself, because now… he feels like everything makes more sense, like even without speech or touch Magnus calms him, fills him, and even though he’s a mystery, even though Alec doesn’t know anything about him, it’s okay. Because this is what poets write about, what every mundane and Shadowhunter and Downworlder waits for, isn’t it? This feeling.

Alec Lightwood in Night Vision by serendipitiness

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Night Vision by serendipitiness*

Chapters:

Chaptered Fic

Genre: Canon AU
Length:

10K – 25K

Rating:

Not Rated

Secondary Characters: AsmodeusCamille Belcourt, Clary Fray, Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland
Secondary Pairings:

Alec Lightwood / Jace Wayland,

Camille Belcourt / Magnus Bane, Clary Fray / Jace Wayland
Themes: 1×04, Alec POV, Angst, Coming Out, Domesticity,

Emotional/Psychological Abuse,

Family,

First Meeting,

First Time,
Fluff, Hurt & ComfortInternalized Homophobia,

Kidnapping,

Magnus POVRelationship Milestones,

Secret Relationship,

Soulmates

Summary:

“N-no. No. No.” There were a thousand directions this could have taken, and this isn’t one. Shouldn’t be one. Alec is tripping over the words, his thoughts a mess because it’s true, his timer had been down to the last minutes when he’d closed his eyes and then now…

His soulmate is a stranger in the dark, someone without a face. A man.

(Or how Alec finds his soulmate, inspired by the myth of Cupid and Psyche)

He’d always known Shadowhunters as a society felt the need to control every aspect of their life, including pretending they didn’t have emotions. He’d just never really met a Shadowhunter who was so obviously bad at denying how he felt, and who was so incredibly sad because of it.

Magnus Bane in Ever the Years You Wept by Pameluke

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Ever the Years You Wept by Pameluke

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length:

5K – 10K

Rating:

Teen & Up

Secondary Characters:

Camille Belcourt,

Clary Fray, Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland
Secondary Pairings:

Camille Belcourt / Magnus Bane,

Clary Fray / Jace Wayland

Themes:

1×04,

1×06,

1×12, Alec POV,

Angst,

Arranged Marriage,

Coming Out, Domesticity,

Flirting,

Fluff,

Hurt & Comfort,

Immortality Issue,

Injured Magnus,

Injury,

Internalized Homophobia,

Magnus POV,

Protective Alec,

Relationship Milestones,

Soulmates

Summary:

Magnus has lost faith, Alec has lost hope.

Three’s a Crowd by GoldenDaydreams

Chapters:

Chaptered Fic

Genre: Canon AU
Length:

10K – 25K

Rating:

Explicit

Secondary Characters:

Clary FrayJace WaylandSimon LewisValentine Morgenstern

Secondary Pairings:

Clary Fray / Jace WaylandClary Fray / Simon Lewis

Themes:

2×092×10,

Alec POV,

Angst,

Blue-Eyed Alec,

Cat-Eyed Magnus,

Death,

Domesticity,

Drugged AlecEstablished Relationship,

Family,

Flirting,

Fluff,

Food & Cooking,

Hurt & Comfort,

Jealousy,

Magnus POV,
PWP,

Relationship Milestones

  

Summary:

“Two can play at this game.” Alec had the pleasure of watching Magnus go from confused, to a slow smirk, and understanding coming to his eyes. “I might not be able to kick him out, but I can make him want to leave.”

A.K.A
The story where Jace keeps interrupting Alec and Magnus’s ‘alone time,’ and they’re both super fed up.

The bow is just a tool. You give the bow its power. Can’t you see it, Alec? […] You’re not hiding anymore. By admitting who you truly are, you’re no longer using part of your energy keeping everyone at a distance. It’s confidence, Alec. You’ve always been strong. Capable. Fierce. Now you’ve been unleashed. A true warrior.

Magnus Bane in Recoil & Grace by kelleigh

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Recoil & Grace by kelleigh

Chapters:

One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length:

Under 5K

Rating:

Mature

Secondary Characters:

Clary FrayIzzy LightwoodJace Wayland,

Simon Lewis,

Valentine Morgenstern


Secondary Pairings:

None

Themes:

1×111×13,

Alec POV,

Coming Out,

Domesticity,

Established Relationship,

First Time,

Fluff,

PWP

  

Summary:

Magnus’ bow. The thought doesn’t come with the bitter aftertaste Alex expects. He turns it over and over in his head in the dark when he’s lying on his bed at the Institute, unable to sleep, hands clenched at his sides. He thinks about the moment when he handed the bow over to Magnus, fulfilling their contract, and how gently Magnus held his most prized possession.