A new Malec fic rec every day!

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Welcome to Malec-Rec-A-Day

Welcome!

This is just what is says on the tin: a Malec fic rec every day.

These recs cover a wide variety: from one shots to multichapter; from fluff to angst; from gen to explicit; from PWP to plot-heavy.

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If something doesn't float your malec boat, that's okay! There will be another rec tomorrow.

Status definitions:

Complete - Work is complete.

WIP (active) - Work is incomplete but has been updated in the past 12 months.

WIP (inactive) Work is incomplete and has not been updated in the past 12 months.

Submissions are open if you want to submit a recommendation, but all recommendations are subject to my biases - there is no guarantee it will be added as a rec.

I hope you find something you like, either an old favorite or something new you've never seen before.

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One Step Ahead

Title: One Step Ahead

Author: apathyinreverie

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

What if Alec and Magnus had already met during that Pandemonium scene in the very first episode? - Or, how things might have gone if Magnus and Alec had just had a few extra days to get to know each other, before Valentine’s schemes, Clary’s various crusades, Lightwood family history revelations and Clave-Downworld politics made everything more difficult for them than it really needed to be. It truly might have made all the difference in the world.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17716736

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weight of mistakes

Title: weight of mistakes

Author: lynne_monstr

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary: “They used to hunt us for sport, you know.” It’s the last thing Alec expects to hear in the protracted silence after their lovemaking. He can still feel the echoes of Magnus’ lips on his skin, although the hum of satisfaction has faded from his body. (Or, Magnus regales Alec with an ugly tidbit from his past after their fight about the strand of Magnus' hair.)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21495043

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The Dragon of the NYI

Title: The Dragon of the NYI

Author: ToTheStarsWriting

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Summary:

Magnus come to the Institute to try and fix a problem in the wards at the demands of Maryse and Robert Lightwood. He'd never expected to instead find himself making a friend with one of the first dragons spotted in the North Americas in over three hundred years. A young dragon on their own, clearly without someone to guide them, and who had, for some reason or another, chosen to make the New York Institute their home.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46185130

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Spare Key

Title: Spare Key

Author: cinnaluminum

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

“It takes a rare kind of courage to be so explicitly vulnerable, and it’s not the kind of courage Jace has ever specialized in. He knows it when he sees it, though, every time Magnus stands in front of Alec with his big, glittery heart on his sleeve.”

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10258703

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Then I'd Be Another Memory

Title: Then I'd Be Another Memory

Author: hourglassmermaid

Status: Complete

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Summary:

The alliance rune means everything to Magnus. When Alec works the night patrol and Magnus is left alone in their bed, a sudden pulse of elation soothes his wracked soul. Sharing his magic with Alec, who has such a childlike whimsy for sorcery, feels more intimate than any time they spend between silk sheets. Knowing Alexander is safe and always with him — it’s more than Magnus could have ever dreamed of. A bond, something tangible keeping them tethered so they can always find their way back to each other. When a mission goes awry, and Alec almost perishes at the hands of a unique demon, the others start to notice something’s off about him. He heals too fast, his skin’s devoid of any wrinkles, and he still has the body of a twenty year old. He seemingly hasn’t aged a bit, and neither has Clary. While the gang investigates how to banish the demon back to Edom, they learn more about the alliance rune than they ever thought possible.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15423612

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Can't See My Face In Your Heart Anymore

Title: Can't See My Face In Your Heart Anymore

Author: Aberial_63

Status: Complete

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

When Magnus is given a chance to get his magic back, he seizes it. Unfortunately, his decision has some tragic and complicated consequences...

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18041501

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The Phone Call

Title: The Phone Call

Author: Aria_Lerendeair

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

They’d talked about it once. Only once. The phone call. It was a risk of both their jobs. One that they were always willing to take, a responsibility they had taken on. That didn’t make the conversation about it any easier, and both of them were aching once they were finished. But in the worst case scenario, they would do everything in their power to be there. No matter what happened, they would.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38744889

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entangling vines

Title: entangling vines

Author: lillytalons

Status: Complete

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

“Oh, a damsel in distress, what can I do but save such a pretty one as you." Alec glared at the flamboyant warlock. "I'm fine." The warlock didn't drop his mocking smile, but raised an eyebrow at him. And at the faerie vines wrapping around him, moving towards his throat, just slow enough to give Alec time to contemplate his coming death. Seelie traps were the worst.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/83648271

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Protect

Title: Protect

Author: GoldenDaydreams

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Summary:

One should never harm that which Alec loves- and they'll learn it the hard way.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/7880326

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Thinking Reckless

Title: Thinking Reckless

Author: ByTheAngell (d_elle_icate)

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

He was aware of the cut from the moment he got it, he just didn’t mind. If he thinks too hard about it he might wonder if he liked the feeling, one he hasn’t had in a while… so he does his best not to think about it. The same way Alect absolutely doesn’t think about the sense of loss he experiences when Magnus magics the cut, and the pain, away. --- Or, how long can Alec convince himself he isn't slipping before he can't climb his way back up?

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25751275

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Loving you is a Losing Game

Title: Loving you is a Losing Game

Author: NikiAlex03

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Summary:

"Now he stood in front of a large mirror and faced his own reflection, and a face he both recognized and didn't know at all stared back at him in mockery. Time had always stood still for him, but never quite like this, where it felt like his heart, his soul, his entire being, had stopped with it." Magnus used to think that the most difficult thing he would ever do was say goodbye to his husband. He used to think that, having dealt with Alec's death, he would be better prepared to lose his son. He realizes now that he couldn't have been more wrong. Watching his son grow old and die opens him up to a whole new type of pain, and he doesn't know if he can survive this one.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32436553

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They Go in Pairs

Title: They Go in Pairs

Author: inrainbowz

Status: Complete

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

"All I want is the knowledge that I won't ever have to chose between the two of you." Alec tries to understand the problem between Jace and Magnus. He is not asking them to be the best of friends, but he needs his boyfriend and his brother to get along a minimum.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/6579283

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So Quite New

Title: So Quite New

Author: succor

Status: Complete

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

Alec proposes sex. Magnus is emphatically on board with this plan.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9640835

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Five Times Alec Carried Magnus + One Time Magnus Carried Alec

Title: Five Times Alec Carried Magnus + One Time Magnus Carried Alec

Author: EternallySilverMagnusandAlec

Status: Complete

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood's love was something pure and profound, something powerful enough they changed the whole damn world for how much they did adore one another. Alec had no qualms in showing his affection for Magnus, and this may have shown through in the (admittedly many) times he wound up carrying the High Warlock of Brooklyn in his arms. (Five times Alec carried Magnus and one time Magnus carried Alec. It's not that complicated. Featuring Chairman Meow, Alec Lightwood being a disaster in love with Magnus Bane- and Magnus being the same towards him, autistic Alec, Immortal Husbands, and a LOT of domestic fluff and hurt/comfort)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27140812

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a question of honor (a matter of trust)

Title: a question of honor (a matter of trust)

Author: ralf

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

To say that Alec is nervous would be an understatement. If there's one thing he hates it's being unprepared, and no amount of rifting through the database or wracking his brain has yielded any insights as to why the High Warlock of Brooklyn called on the New York Institute this morning to request a meeting on shortest notice. [AU. Magnus comes to Alec with a request and together they go on an adventure set about untangling a sticky political situation.]

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34383847

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Revenant

Title: Revenant

Author: bidness

Status: Complete

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Summary:

Alec has heard the legends of Magnus Bane. He knows all the tales and he’s read all the records of his downfall. The High Warlock of Brooklyn who became so hungry for power that he began to mistreat the very warlocks who sought his help. It’s been a hundred years since then, and when a sudden rift opening between realms brings an onslaught of lesser demons, so too does it bring Magnus Bane, insatiable and vengeful for the power and people that locked him away in Edom. As newly appointed Head of the New York Institute, it’s Alec’s job to protect the residents of New York from one of the greatest Demons he’s ever faced. Only, he has no idea how, and maybe things aren't what they seem.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/33689074