Fics Based on 2×08, “Love Is a Devil”
Ahead of tonight’s new episode, here’s a round-up of recent fics that were written based on the events of 2×08. Enjoy!
Collective Themes:
Family,
Secondary Characters:
Simon Lewis
Secondary Pairings:
Cat Eyes by wolfypuppypiles
Length: Under 5K
Rating: General Audience
Summary:
Set after 2×8. Alec wants to see Magnus’ cat eyes again.
Champagne in a Coffee Cup by oh_la_fraise
Length: Under 5K
Rating: General Audience
Summary:
It took Jace a little while to realize that something was subtly different about his favorite spot, but it finally occurred to him: he hadn’t seen any of the cats on the balcony in a few days.
Coffee and a Conversation by darkangel86
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The morning after the fiasco that was Max’s first rune ceremony was one that Magnus planned to spend in bed. Actually, he’d planned to spend the entire day in bed, ignoring the world and its problems.
Gorgeous, Just Like You by hufflebee
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Post 2×08 – Magnus shows Alec his warlock mark in private.
Heart to Heart by magnusisfabulous
Length: Under 5K
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He lied. He wasn’t fine, absolutely not. But Alec did not want Magnus to worry, to burden him with his thoughts. Alexander was born and raised a soldier, he had to be strong, had to be the leader. That’s everything he ever was and everything he learned to be.
Hold Me Close by The_Forgotten_Nobody
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary:
Magnus has seen many frightening sights during his extended lifetime but few come close to seeing Alec throw himself off that ledge.
Intervention by chaletian
Length: Under 5K
Rating: General Audience
Summary:
The first time Jace realises that Isabelle needs an intervention is when he tells her Alec maybe needs an intervention, and she doesn’t seem that interested.
Letting Go by Agnes Joseph
Length: Under 5K
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The squeak of the patio door sounded inordinately loud when he pushed it open. Even though he’d known this would be where he’d find Magnus, he still sucked in a gasp when he saw his shape lined out against the bright Brooklyn skyline. It wasn’t so much Magnus’ presence that surprised him – Alec had expected to find him there – but his position. He was leaning over the balcony railing, gazing down into the steep drop falling away below him.
He should have known. He really should have known that was the reason Magnus was upset.
Long Way Down by betterprepared
Length: Under 5K
Rating: General Audience
Summary:
Based off of the promo for 2×08.
Alec knows that what Clary’s saying is true. Up on the roof of Magnus’s building, sick with guilt, Alec contemplates taking that one final step off the edge into the night sky. Until, at least, he hears the door to the roof click behind him. Will Magnus manage to bring him back from the edge?
Magic and Rum by NotEvenThat
Length: Under 5K
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Shortly after the party, Magnus finds Max in the kitchen.
Motherhood is a Confusing Thing by STUMPEDD
Length: Under 5K
Rating: General Audience
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Maryse watched Alec go and knew she should follow. Everyone else was gone and she couldn’t be late for Max’s rune ceremony. She took a step but faltered. There was something she hadn’t done but what was it. She glanced at the balcony and spotted Magnus and sighed. Magnus Bane.
No Half Measures by ACGfics
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Mature
Summary:
“Magnus, will you stop? Just look at me?”
No. No no no. Looking at Alec would be an absolutely terrible idea. If he looked, he’d see Alec falling again. And his imagination would build on that memory to show him what would have happened if he’d arrived just half a second later.
“I get jittery after a fight that intense. Adrenaline, I suppose. Does that happen to you?” The bottle rattled alarmingly loudly against the rim of the glass and he put them both down.
“Yeah. But it’s time to stand down now.” But Alec’s breath warmed his hair on the back of his head, accompanied by the lightest brush of a kiss, and the tension drained from Magnus. He sagged under the hands resting on his shoulders like a puppet whose strings had been cut.
“Alexander–” Part of him wanted the shrug off Alec’s hands and pull himself together, and part of him wanted to just fall into those and let them bear him up for a while.
It had been so very long since he’d had someone he could count on for that.
Numb by plainboxes
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary:
The two times Alec seeks Magnus’ warmth, because he can’t forgive himself over causing Jocelyn’s death.
Okay by indigo_ink
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary:
My interpretation of how that scene [on the balcony] in 2×08 should’ve happened.
Recovery by heavenly-glance
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary:
After Max’s rune ceremony, Alec and Magnus find some time to talk and comfort each other. Episode coda for 2×08.
Sangria by masquerade97
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary:
Of all the ways for Magnus’ morning to go, this was not what he had expected.
Shadows. Shovels. Joy. by oncethrown*
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary:
2×7 and 2×8 fic from Jace’s POV
Alec and Jace share part of their souls. It’s a noble bond with no equivalent in the down or mundane worlds. Alec keeps having sex on his side of it. It’s uncomfortable.
Speak Your Bleeding Heart by daydreamblvr6*
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary:
Another missing scene! alec and magnus talk things out after the last episode (2×08).
Alec shifts on the couch, angling himself away from Magnus and gesturing to the mess. “I can help you clean this stuff up,” he offers, moving to do just that.
“No.” Magnus catches his wrist as he stands. “Just. Stay close to me, Alexander. Please.”
The Night is Yours Alone by alittlebriton
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Explicit
Summary:
Coda/ fix-it fic for Love is A Devil. Conversations in various stages of darkness.
Alec pressed against him. “Hey,” he whispered, before finding Magnus’ mouth briefly. “Can we not… worry about stuff? Just for a while. And go back to worrying later?”
“Is this the Alexander Lightwood way of asking me to fool around? By turning it into something to do in between worrying?”
Magnus grinned at him as Alec pushed at his shoulder in protest, and then Alec shrugged.
“Yeah, kinda.”
The Safety of Little Spoons by Obsessivecompulsivereadr*
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Mature
Summary:
Magnus understands that, but he’s not sure that Alec does. The spell was not created to force any of them into action. It creates hallucinations of deep fears, the fears that dredge up hollowness and self-loathing, that create suspicion and hatred. That’s all. But where others had fought among themselves and attempted to hurt each other, Alec’s fears made him turn on himself, and there is little Magnus can do to stop that from happening again.
He can’t fix this with magic, no matter how much he longs to try.
Truce by malecyday
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary:
“Thank you, no one else ever says it so thank you. For everything you do for anyone you are able to help. Jace, Clary, Clary’s annoying friend…me.”
Alec and Magnus communicate like the healthy boyfriends they are. Set after the events of 2×08 at Magnus’ loft because they need to talk about some things…
What Do We Deserve? by ithilien22
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Mature
Summary:
Episode coda for 2×08. They all get hit by the same spell, but when everyone else fights, Alec folds.
You Ask For the Truth (But You Know You Could Do So Much Better) by lovers_in_combat
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Magnus is his peace. His safe place. Magnus is where he comes when everything else around him threatens to consume him. He is completely safe in the knowledge that Magnus will catch Alec if he starts to fall. Alec just needs to convince Magnus that it works both ways.
The much debated end of episode 2.07 and then follows the events of 2.08 through Alec’s POV. Strong episode spoilers for 2.08. Please see the notes at the top of the piece before you read.
You’ll Never Understand What I Believe (Say Goodnight So I Can Say Goodbye) by AlecGrumpyCatandMeowgnus
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Summary:
“Won’t you go to someone else’s dreams//
Won’t you go to someone else’s head//
Haven’t you taken enough from me//
Won’t you torture someone else’s sleep//
And you will never know// what I’m thinking of//
So won’t you say goodnight//
So I can say goodbye?”
-“Anathema” by twenty one pilotsA 2×08 Fix-it b/c I was #disappointed.
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