Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU
Length: 1K to 5K
Rating: General Audience
Secondary Characters: Izzy Lightwood, Jace Wayland, Max Lightwood,
Max Lightwood-Bane,
Rafael Lightwood-Bane, Raphael Santiago,
Sebastian Verlac / Jonathan Morgenstern,
Simon Lewis,
Valentine Morgenstern,
Will Herondale
Secondary Pairings:
Raphael Santiago / Simon Lewis
Themes: Angst, Established Relationship, Family, Hurt & Comfort,
Kids, Outside POV,
Parents,
Portals,
Time Travel
Summary:
“My poor boy,” Magnus murmurs, slowly shaking his head. “It’s okay. It’s okay to know and not to tell us. We made it through it once. We can do it again.”
“I wish you didn’t have to,” Max confesses. “I wish that you didn’t have to outlast the rain to see the rainbow.”
“Oh, but the rainbow is only as beautiful as it is because of the rain, my dear.”
–
Or the five things Max’s family asks him about the future and the one thing he tells them on his own.