Cars on a Cable by ThePineScentedAir

Part #1 of the Say You Will series

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre:

Canon AU
Length: 5K – 10K
Rating: Teen & Up
Secondary Characters:

Camille Belcourt,

Clary Fray, Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland, Maryse Lightwood,

Robert Lightwood,

Simon Lewis

Secondary Pairings: Camille Belcourt / Magnus Bane,

Izzy Lightwood / Simon Lewis

Themes: Alec POV, Angst,

Dance,

Domesticity, Family,

Flirting,

Fluff, Friends to Lovers, Pining, Relationship Milestones

Summary:

Alec slowly sinks down onto his mattress in the room at the Institute he calls his own. He folds his legs up under him, curls his arms around his waist, thinks better of the position and readjusts so his feet are propped on the down comforter and he can rest his head on his knees. His arms wrap around his legs and he tries so hard not to cry. It would be easy – he knows it would be easy – to just let everything out but he keeps it in because that’s just who he is. He’s used to this, he thinks, wanting something (someone) he can never have. It’s his own fault, he thinks, a product of being too weak. Maybe his mother should have pushed him harder when he was growing up because he has too many damn feelings.

He pushes his face into his knees and tries valiantly not to cry. He is largely unsuccessful.

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Alec and Magnus are close friends but Alec wants to be more than that. Finally, he gets his chance. Or, the pining, getting-together fic that’s been haunting me for days.