Chapters:
Chaptered Fic
Genre:
Human AU
Length:
50K – 75K
Rating:
Explicit
Secondary Characters:
Clary Fray,
Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland,
Luke Garroway,
Lydia Branwell, Maia Roberts, Maryse Lightwood,
Max Lightwood,
Meliorn,
Raphael Santiago, Robert Lightwood,
Sebastian Verlac / Jonathan Morgenstern, Simon Lewis
Secondary Pairings:
Camille Belcourt / Magnus Bane,
Catarina Loss / Ragnor Fell,
Clary Fray / Jace Wayland,
Lydia Branwell / John Monteverde,
Maryse Lightwood / Robert Lightwood
Additional Relationships:
Alec Lightwood & Catarina Loss,
Alec Lightwood & Izzy Lightwood, Alec Lightwood & Jace Wayland,
Alec Lightwood & Max Lightwood,
Magnus Bane & Catarina Loss, Magnus Bane & Izzy Lightwood, Magnus Bane & Jace Wayland,
Magnus Bane & Max Lightwood, Magnus Bane & Ragnor Fell, Magnus Bane & Raphael Santiago
Themes: Alec POV,
Angst,
Arranged Marriage,
Author,
Domesticity,
Family,
First Time,
Friends to Lovers,
Hazel-Eyed Alec,
Historical, Hurt & Comfort,
Injured Alec, Injury,
Magnus POV,
Military,
Pining,
Protective Alec,
Relationship Milestones,
Secret Relationship,
Slow Burn,
Soldier,
Travel,
Winter
Summary:
Alec couldn’t remember the last time the Lightwood mansion had been so spirited. Even when their parents were away on business, the Lightwoods often had guests staying at the mansion, although it usually wasn’t for longer than for a night of festivities in the peak of the summer. Apparently – or so he had gathered from Isabelle’s fondly annoyed and persistent claims – this guest was special, not only because he wasn’t meant to stay for a single night, and not even because he wasn’t a potential business partner.
“He is a celebrity,” Isabelle told him when he lifted an eyebrow at her, silently leveling her with a dubious look.
The Victorian AU no one asked for, where Magnus and Alec fall in love through chess, poetry and whispers in the night, but nothing is that simple.