What the Water Gave Me by magnusbaene*
Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: Under 5K
Rating: Teen & Up
Secondary Characters:
Jace Wayland, Valentine Morgenstern
Secondary Pairings: None
Themes: 2×12, Angst, Battle Couple, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Established Relationship, Hurt & Comfort, Magnus POV
Summary:
At this point, Magnus was hanging on by a single thread. Emotions kept spilling over the edges of the walls he had built anew after regaining his own body, pretending to all that he was fine. But his past was catching up to him, his reflection blurred in all mirrors he passed. It was inevitable really, his own breakdown. This was the one thing he could do, channel his emotions into power until only wrath remained.
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A battle forces Magnus into contemplating the art of pretending.