Alec loves him. He’s going to love Magnus for as long as he’ll live. And wherever Alec ends up after that – he’s going to love Magnus from there, too.
Alec Lightwood in Reconstruction by bumblebeesknees
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Alec hears those voices every day. Not just in his head, but in the Institute, in places like Pandemonium. When Alec fails, it’s not a secret. It’s a publicized disgrace. And Alec can’t let it get to him, and so he doesn’t. If he let other people convince him that he’s not worth the space he takes up, that he’s not worth a second and third chance, then he wouldn’t be able to find his way back.
Alec Lightwood in Reconstruction by bumblebeesknees
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Chaptered Fic
Genre: Canon AU
Length:
75K – 100K
Rating:
Explicit
Secondary Characters:
Maryse Lightwood, Raphael Santiago,
Luke Garroway / Maryse Lightwood,
Maryse Lightwood / Robert Lightwood
Themes:
2×18,
Death, Domesticity, Established Relationship,
Fluff, Hazel-Eyed Alec, Hurt & Comfort,
Kids,
PWP,
Relationship Milestones,
Travel
Summary:
It takes months for Valentine to find the Mirror, and longer still to defeat him. Afterward, Alec has another first that he shares with Magnus: the strange and tentative transition from being not together to back together.
He’s not handling it as well as he’d like.
Chapters: One-Shot
Genre:
Canon AU
Length:
10K – 25K
Rating:
Teen & Up
Secondary Characters: Clary Fray,
Secondary Pairings: None
Themes:
1×06,
2×07,
2×15,
2×20,
Established Relationship, Flirting,
Summary:
Every so often, Magnus breaks out his tarot cards and does a reading for Alec. A series of codas set after 1×06, 2×07, 2×15, and 2×20 (and one more in an undetermined future).
–“Tarot cards,” says Alec, unimpressed. He frowns at the worn, faded deck that Magnus places on the table. “Do you really believe this stuff? That it can tell your future?”
“This craft is less about divining the future and more about… getting perspective on the present,” corrects Magnus. “Would it really be too much trouble to indulge your newest – and by my guess, only – warlock friend in a harmless hobby?”
Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length:
Under 5K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters:
Clary Fray, Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland, Maryse Lightwood,
Secondary Pairings:
Themes:
2×18,
Summary:
Magnus gets tangled up in a spell that has everything he touches, living or not, turn to gold. Thankfully, the key to breaking any fairy curse is true love’s kiss. Alec would be the simple solution to this dilemma – except that despite his best efforts he and Magnus are still not together, an uncrossable line drawn on the sand between them.
–“Is anything different for you now?” Alec asks quietly. “If I tell you again that I’m sorry, if I ask you again to give us a shot, that I really think we can make it work – will that make a difference?”
Magnus has always been in that nebulous role of a lover, where the definition is fluid and dynamic, a romantic connection between souls and bodies. A husband is something entirely different. The idea of being one is – it’s frightening. The idea of being wanted as one is humbling. It’s something Magnus has never considered, seen as something that could be possible in his future. But Magnus had never expected Alec – had never expected what it would mean to be loved by a shadowhunter who is a good man and a traditional one. Who loves Magnus not just between the tangled sheets of their bed, a perfect and untouchable pocket of time and space, but also in the difficult, complicated reality of the world outside the two of them that must be navigated. Magnus doesn’t expect how much he wants it.
Magnus Bane in Waiting Game by bumblebeesknees
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It’s strange, how Magnus hoards these quiet bursts of joy. As though they’ll be stolen, plucked out of Magnus if anyone but Alec knows of it. Everything still feels so – so elusive. Happy and hopeful, but also tentative. Something to nurture, to be considerate with.
Magnus Bane in Waiting Game by bumblebeesnees
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Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length:
5K – 10K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters: Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland,
Secondary Pairings: None
Themes:
2×20,
Summary:
Magnus has never hid the fact that he’s endlessly curious and an unabashed snoop, but the ring he discovers in Alec’s dresser is genuinely by accident. He thinks he can wait for Alec to reveal this secret in his own time.
–The box is made out of a dark mahogany. When Magnus picks it up with shaking fingers and without conscious thought, he sees that it has the marriage rune seared on the side in deft, elegant strokes.
But that’s just absurd, Magnus thinks as his mind comes to the only logical conclusion. It can’t possibly, possibly–
The vastness with which he loves this man is immeasurable, and in moments like this it hits Alec that it’s not just any one, two, or a hundred things – it’s just Magnus, in everything that he is.
Alec Lightwood in State of Grace by bumblebeesknees
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That Magnus’ heart is tied to the beat of Alec’s own is something Magnus had known for decades, but it hadn’t been until he’d been forced to spend almost two months without Alec to fully realize what life would be like without him: a hollow, second rate replica of the real thing. He’d gotten too used to the unwavering presence of Alec’s love, even when they’re upset at each other, glowing brighter than a beacon and always welcoming Magnus home. Magnus wasn’t going to lose that even a fraction of a second earlier than he had to.
Magnus Bane in State of Grace by bumblebeesknees
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