Third Time is the Charm by serendipitiness

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: Under 1K
Rating:

Not Rated

Secondary Characters:

Maryse Lightwood

Secondary Pairings:

Maryse Lightwood / Robert Lightwood
Themes:

3×01,

Angst, Established Relationship,

Family,

Fluff,

Outside POVShadow World Politics

Summary:

“I did dream about it,” Alec finally answers slowly. “For a long time. But –” Maryse hears him swallow, hears the crackle of him switching the phone to his other hand. “It’s not my dream now. I want to stay in New York. I’m happy here, and he can’t – I can’t be anywhere else.”

(or a series of coda ficlets from shadowhunters s3)

I haven’t hoped for love in a very long, long time, Alec. Not until you unlocked that part of me. I didn’t dream about you because I didn’t think someone like you would ever exist for me. Not only did I never expect you, but you’re also… unprecedented. You still haven’t stopped amazing me. With every day that passes, I realize more and more that you never will.

Magnus Bane in Misalignment by bumblebeesknees

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Misalignment by bumblebeesknees

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: 1K to 5K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters:

Aline Penhallow,

Clary Fray, Jace Wayland,

Luke Garroway,

Seelie Queen

Secondary Pairings:

None
Themes: 3×01, Alec POV, Angst,

Cat-Eyed Magnus,

Domesticity,

Established Relationship,

Hurt & Comfort,

Shadow World Politics

Summary:

Alec doesn’t think twice before opening himself up to Magnus. Magnus thinks it over a hundred times before doing the same. Sometimes, he doesn’t quite manage it. Alec understands that a century’s worth of defences is difficult to dismantle. It doesn’t make it any easier to be on the other side of it. [Coda to 3×01]

“Did you really think I wanted you to go, Alexander?”

Dream a Little Dream of Me by eg1701

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: 1K to 5K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters:

Clary Fray,

Izzy LightwoodJace Wayland,

Maryse Lightwood,

Robert Lightwood,

Victor Aldertree


Secondary Pairings:

Alec Lightwood / Jace Wayland


Themes: 3×01,

Alec POV,

Aging,

Angst, Coming Out, Established Relationship,

FamilyFluff,

Pining,

Relationship Milestones

 

Summary:

Alec didn’t come across as the type to dream up a crush, but he absolutely was.

Count the Ways by Ravelen*

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: 1K to 5K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters:

Catarina Loss,

Izzy LightwoodJace Wayland,

Lorenzo Rey


Secondary Pairings:

None
Themes: 3×01,

Alec POV,

Angst, Established Relationship, Fluff,

Hurt & Comfort

Summary:

Alec wants time to keep talking, before they are back at the loft with Magnus’s work to distract him, never mind Magnus’s drinks cabinet.

Post-ep for 3×01 On Infernal Ground. Contains mild spoilers for 3×02 – nothing if you’ve seen the promo.

Promise Me by MadamPuddifoot9

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: 1K to 5K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters:

Aline Penhallow,

Jace Wayland

Secondary Pairings: None
Themes: 3×01,

Angst,

Domesticity,

Established Relationship,

Family,

Fluff,

Hurt & Comfort,

Immortality Issue,

Magnus POV

Summary:

Magnus feels like he has pressurised Alec into turning down the job in Alicante. Alec has an honest discussion about his own thoughts.

Based of that glorious S3 Ep 1 pool table convo.

One of the first things that drew Alec in to Magnus was his body language. He doesn’t just talk with his hands, but speaks with his whole body. A wagged finger here, a toss of an object there; Alec can read his mood in the grace of his footsteps, the grand flourishes he puts on his spells. It’s such a strange, vibrant sort of energy it makes Alec forget how ancient he really is sometimes. Magnus is fluid, and impossibly elegant, and some part of him is always in motion.

Alec Lightwood in To Forgive, Divine by thegeminisage

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