Expectations by NotEvenThat

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre:

Canon Compliant
Length:

1K to 5K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters: Camille Belcourt,

Catarina Loss,

Lorenzo Rey,

Madzie,

Ragnor FellRaphael Santiago

Secondary Pairings:

Camille Belcourt / Magnus Bane
Themes: 3×02, Angst,

Death,

Established Relationship, Family,

Grief,

Hurt & Comfort,

Outside POV,

Shadow World Politics

Summary:

As Catarina and Madzie walked into the party and her eyes settled on Magnus, she found herself thinking that maybe she had underestimated Alec Lightwood’s presence in Magnus’ life.

Through the Distance by NotEvenThat

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Human AU
Length: Under 5K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters: Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland,

Maryse Lightwood,

Robert Lightwood

Secondary Pairings: None
Themes: Angst, Christmas, Coffee Shop,

Domesticity,

Family,

Fluff,

Holidays, Hurt & ComfortIllness,

Internalized Homophobia,

Magnus POV,

Relationship Milestones,

Sick Magnus, Soulmates,

Suicidal Thoughts,

Travel,

Winter

Summary:

Alec Lightwood decided the moment that he met his soulmate that he was going to give him the world. Even when he moves across the globe, he keeps his promise.

Flowers by NotEvenThat

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: Under 5K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters:

None


Secondary Pairings: None
Themes: Angst,

Domesticity, Established Relationship, Fluff,

Hurt & Comfort,

Magnus POV

Summary:

There weren’t many things that could ruin Magnus’ day. The world ending. His favorite show being canceled. Perhaps, Alec texting him that morning and informing him that he couldn’t accompany Magnus on their date tonight because twenty shax demons had popped up.

Or, Alec finds a way to apologize, even amidst his duties and the demons that he is suppose to be battling.

Rainy Nights and Sunny Mornings by NotEvenThat

Part #1 of the Rainy Nights/Sunny Mornings Verse series

Chapters:

Chaptered Fic
Genre: Canon AU
Length:

25K – 50K
Rating:

Mature
Secondary Characters:

Asmodeus,

Catarina Loss,

Ragnor Fell,

Tessa Gray

Secondary Pairings: Catarina Loss / Tessa Gray
Themes:

Aging,

Alcohol,

Angst,

Birthday,

Cat-Eyed Magnus,

Death,

Domesticity,

Drained MagicEstablished Relationship,

Family,

FlirtingFluff,

Friends to Lovers,

Growing Up Together,

Hurt & Comfort,

Illness,

Injured Alec,

Injury,

Kids,

Outside POV,

Physical Abuse,

Pining,

Protective Magnus,

Relationship Milestones,

Sick Alec,

Sick Magnus,

Time TravelTravel, Warlock AlecWedding

 

Summary:

Ragnor finds two young warlocks and takes them in.

An alternative universe in which Alec is a warlock and is born within weeks of Magnus, allowing them to grow up together.

Infallible by NotEvenThat*

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: Under 5K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters:

None


Secondary Pairings: None
Themes:

2×07,

2×18,
Angst, Death,

Domesticity,

Established Relationship,

Hurt & Comfort,

Immortality Issue

Summary:

“You’re an all powerful warlock. You summon demons. You’ve lived through centuries of war-” Alec doesn’t look away from the ceiling but his voice falters for a moment, audibly catching on the next sentence. “-and you’re immortal… What scares you?”

Magnus admits some of his fears to Alec and without even trying to, Alec diminishes the fears he was too scared to say out loud.

Murder and Cheap Coffee by NotEvenThat

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Human AU
Length: Under 5K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters: Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland,

Maryse Lightwood,
Max Lightwood

Secondary Pairings:

Maryse Lightwood / Robert Lightwood


Themes: Alec POV, Barista(B/M)illionaire,

CelebrityCoffee Shop,

Family,

Fluff

Summary:

After his parents murder, Alexander Lightwood became the heir to their wealth. While his siblings thrive in the after effects of their new fame, Alec just wants to hide.

A coffee shop AU, in which Alexander is a billionaire and Magnus Bane is just a middle class barista, who takes pity on him.

Desperate Measures by NotEvenThat

Part #3 of The Relationship Between Magnus and Max Lightwood series

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: Under 5K
Rating:

Not Rated

Secondary Characters:

Jace WaylandMax Lightwood,

Valentine Morgenstern
Secondary Pairings: None
Themes: 2×11, 2×12, Angst, Established Relationship,

Family,

Kids,

Outside POV

Summary:

Out of everyone in the Institute, It was Max who realized that Magnus was in the wrong body.

Communication by NotEvenThat

Chapters:

One-Shot

Genre: Canon AU
Length:

Under 5K

Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters:

Ragnor Fell


Secondary Pairings: None
Themes: Angst,

Death,

Cat-Eyed Magnus, Established Relationship, Family,

Grief,

Magnus POV

Summary:

It didn’t matter if Alec hadn’t meant to upset him. Ragnor was dead. Valentine was back. The Clave wanted to document Downworlders, like they were cattle. Magnus was breaking down and he needed Alexander to leave before he really lost it.

Or how I think the Malec fight will go in 2B.

The Principle by NotEvenThat

Part #2 of The Relationship Between Magnus and Max Lightwood series

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: Under 5K
Rating:

General Audience

Secondary Characters: Maryse Lightwood, Max Lightwood
Secondary Pairings:

Maryse Lightwood / Robert Lightwood

Themes: Established Relationship, Family, Fluff, Kids,

Outside POV

Summary:

Someone insults Alexander and Magnus in a meeting and Max deals with it before anyone else has the chance too.

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:

Angst,

Domesticity

Established Relationship,

Family

First Time,

Fluff,

Hurt & Comfort,

Internalized Homophobia,

Outside POV,

Self Harm,

Suicidal Thoughts,

Suicide Attempt,

Warlock Mark Reveal

Secondary Characters:

Clary Fray,

Izzy Lightwood,

Jace Wayland,

Jocelyn Fairchild,

Maryse Lightwood,

Max Lightwood,

Simon Lewis
Secondary Pairings:

Clary Fray / Jace Wayland,

Clary Fray / Simon Lewis


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

Length:

Under 5K

Rating:

Teen & Up

Summary: 

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

Length:

Under 5K

Rating:

General Audience

Summary:  

Post 2×08 – Magnus shows Alec his warlock mark in private.

Heart to Heart by magnusisfabulous

Length: Under 5K
Rating:

Mature

Summary: 

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
Rating:

Explicit

Summary: 

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
Rating:

Not Rated

Summary: 

Shortly after the party, Magnus finds Max in the kitchen.

Motherhood is a Confusing Thing by STUMPEDD

Length: Under 5K
Rating: General Audience

Summary: 

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

Length:

5K – 10K

Rating:

Teen & Up

Summary: 

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 pilots

A 2×08 Fix-it b/c I was #disappointed.