When Alec was 8 years old he made a wish. It was silly really. He was out on his first patrol alone. He wasn’t scared, of course not. He just had his rune ceremony. He was a Shadowhunter now. But it was dark and cold and he was vaguely lost. So he wandered the streets of New York for a couple hours until he knew his father would accept him going home. On his way back to the institute he saw a bunch of mundane children laughing and playing next to a huge tree. Alec knew it was one of those mundane holidays but he didn’t know which one. He watched them all under the guise of demon patrol. He heard one of the parents ask the kids if they had their wishes ready. They all cheered and looked up to the shiny star at the top of the tree. They closed their eyes and were quiet for a moment. He didn’t understand the significance but since he was done patrolling he closed his eyes and made a wish too.
He wanted to find someone who would love all of him not just parts of him. His soulmate had to be tall but not as tall as him. Alec was gonna be super tall when he grew up he just knew it. His soul mate had to like cats because Alec loved cats and was totally gonna convince his mom to get him a cat some day. In fact he wished extra hard that his soulmate would have eyes like a cat. That way even if Alec never got a cat he’d still have a cat. His soulmate should be kind but with the ability to command. They had to be funny because Alec loves to laugh even tho it didn’t happen often. They had to have a good heart and most importantly they had to be as magical as this wish.
Alec opened his eyes and took a deep breath. The other kids had left and he was alone staring up at the tree. He shook his head and went about getting back home.
17 years later. Pandemonium.
Alec ran in behind Jace who of course ran in past Izzy who was on the trail of today’s lead on a nest of Shax demons. As Alec surveyed the room his eyes stopped upon a large crowd in the VIP section. His eyes followed the ruckus until they found what was causing all the hubbub. A man. With spiked hair. Makeup Izzy would drool over. Dressed to the nines. He was leaning back on a couch being served food and drink like he was a Roman king. Alec let his eyes linger longer than he should given why he was there in the first place. But there was something about this man that pulled him in. It felt almost like a force outside himself was controlling him. He took a step closer. He reasoned with himself that this was surveillance. His feet took him to the VIP platform before he realized how close he was.
“Shadowhunter. Can I help you?”
Alec shook his head. He looked for the voice which had spoken to him. It was HIM.
“No. Yes. No. Looking for demons. Sorry.”
“Demons? In my club? How thrilling.”
“Right well I’ll just uh, leave now.”
“Shadowhunter? Do come back after you’ve saved us all from danger!” The man said with a wink.
Alec nodded shakily then retreated. A blush rose to his cheeks.
“Man where have you been? Izzy and I totally found our lead. You ready to get shit done?”
Alec rolled his eyes as Jace’s blasé attitude.
“Yes sorry got side tracked. Let’s go.”
Jace sauntered to where Izzy was stationed. Alec turned his head one last time towards the man on the balcony. So many opportunities at the tip of his fingers but no, he had responsibilities.
Alec wiped the ichor from his dagger before strapping it back onto his thigh.
“Well that was eventful. So glad you dragged us out tonight.”
Jace rolled his eyes. “How was I supposed to know it was an academy drill?”
“Well now that we’ve showed up a bunch of 12 year olds can we go home?”
“ Yeah, yeah. Go on back. Write the report. Do what you do. I’m going back to the club. There was a redhead who I could not stop staring at.”
“Maybe I’ll-“
“What big brother? Come with?” Izzy laughed.
“Yes. I’ll come with. “
“Well fuck. Did you hit your head bro?”
“I’m fine. Let’s just go before that redhead goes home. “
Alec’s deflection worked like a charm. Jace and Izzy turned on their heels and headed back towards Pandemonium. Alec followed.
He had no idea what he was doing but it felt right.
400 years earlier. Batavia, Dutch East Indies.
A child roams the streets. Wandering aimlessly. Listlessly. He looks at his hands and sees his mother’s blood. His eyes glow. Red Magic sparks at his finger tips. He’s in control for the first time in his short life. When he lifts his head he sees a shower of stars above him. His mother would always place him on her lap when they looked at the stars. The boy climbed a nearby building and laid back on the roof to watch the stars, to mourn his mother.
As one particularly large star shot by he closed his eyes and made a wish.
A best friend. Someone to hold his hand when he got scared. Someone strong and stoic. Someone kind with a beautiful smile. Their eyes the color of the soil with trees and oceans reflected in them. They had to defend the weak and save the innocent. They had to love him even when he didn’t love himself.
The boy opened his eyes as the star fizzled out of sight. A single tear rolled down his face. He needed to start a new life. He closed his eyes again and brought forth all of his magic. When he opened his eyes a man stood in front of him. He tilted his head. The mans eyes glowed like his did.
“Come my son. Come home.”
The boy tilted his head. “Who are you?”
“I’m Asmodeus. Prince of Edom.”
“ I’m...”. The boy was silent. He could never go back. “I’m Magnus Bane.”
“ Magnus. I like that. It suits you.”
“Thank you.”
“ Come to Edom with me. You’ll rule by my side.”
Magnus didn’t know who this man was but he had nowhere else to go. He stood up on shaky legs and took the man’s outstretched hand.
“Why?”
“Because I’m your father.”
Asmodeus grasped Magnus’s hand and snapped them both to Edom. This was the start of something new.
Present day. Pandemonium.
Magnus rolled his eyes as yet another faerie sidled up to him offering favors and promises. He shooed them away. He was looking for the tall Shadowhunter from earlier. There was something so intriguing about him. Something familiar that he couldn’t put his finger on.
He sipped at his drink as he watched the dance floor. As his eyes skimmed over the pulsing crowd he sees a flash of pale skin and dark hair a head above the din.
He sat up straighter and followed the dark head if hair to the bar.
“Excuse me my dears. I must go tend to my people. You understand?” He addresses the faceless bodies writhing on top of him. He straightened his jacket and walked with purpose towards the bar. The sea of bodies parted for him.
Magnus sidles up to the Shadowhunter at the bar.
“Come here often?”
The man turned to him mid eye roll. When the Shadowhunter realized who had spoken his features softened.
“I’m Alec. And no. I’ve never been here before. “
“Short for Alexander?”
“Yes. “
“Excellent. I’m Magnus. Pleased to make your acquaintance.”
Magnus, through no volition of his own brought his hand up to stroke Alec’s cheek. Alec tilted his head into the touch. This stranger tugged at his heart strings in a way he didn’t understand.
“It feels like I know you. But I don’t. We’ve never met. But it feels like I’ve known you my whole life.”
“I know darling. I feel it too.”
Magnus leans in and breathes Alec in. He closes his eyes to try to center himself. When he feels in control he opens his eyes and hears Alec gasp.
“Yours eyes.”
“Shit! I’m sorry. Please don’t leave-“
“Leave? Why would I leave?”
“Everyone leaves when they see this side of me. This terrible ugly side. “
“Magnus, they’re beautiful. You’re beautiful.”
Magnus looked into Alec’s eyes. Got lost the pools of brown, green and blue.
“Soil, trees and oceans.” Magnus whispered.
“What?”
“Your eyes. I-this is going to sound crazy. But I think, I think I wished for you.”
Alec laughed and leaned in closer. Their lips almost touching. He cupped Magnus’s cheek.
They kissed. It was like all the noise and pulsing lights stood still. Nothing else mattered but this moment. They kissed as if they had been together all their lives. They kissed as if time and space had created them for each other. They kissed as if love never knew it’s purpose until this moment.
Alec pulled away first. Breathing heavily. He trailed his hand down Magnus’s arm and laced their fingers together. He brought their hands to his lips.
“I wished for you too.”
They looked at each other intently. They knew this was the beginning of their future. The end of their (up til now)mundane lives. For even the warlocks magic couldn’t compete with the magic of true love’s wish.
Summary: After the Lightwood siblings found out that they weren’t working for the good guys, they broke with the Clave. They’re on the run now in a stolen Firefly transporter, trying to make it to Earth, which has been deserted for centuries, to to hide the Mortal Cup so it can’t be used against Downworlders. Between working jobs as smugglers and his relationship with his security officer, Alec isn’t exactly happy, but content. Until Magnus Bane, warlock and companion, joins them as a passenger.
I love you all! 💕 You make my day brighter whenever I see your names on my notif or on the dash or when we chat. 😊 Cheers to a happy valentine’s day and hopefully good Malec content coming our way soon! 🥂 Let’s survive the Malec attack of the coming Shadowhunters Season 3 and continue to be hoes for Harry Shum Jr. and Matthew Daddario together. 💃 Love, y’all. 😘 Happy Valentine’s Day! 🌷🌷🌷
Have some food porn and let’s pretend we ate a vday meal together 🤣
(I’m a great photographer, aren’t I. <- that’s rhetorical don’t @ me about it)
the-burning-tiger replied to your post “I got so excited when I found a Malec doctor/hospital fic last night....”
I’m glad it’s not just me - I hate it when you start reading a fic and it’s pretty good when suddenly *bam* alec’s blue eyes and Magnus with green eyes 😱 and I’m like nope nope nope 😂😂😂
Honestly, if it is really good and I am totally captivated, I might let it go but this just threw me off so hard because the fic itself was just terrible when it came to the plot. That’s why I was nope, I am outta here.
The thing is.... I just don’t understand it. You watch the damn show and know that Matt’s eyes are hazel. Why do you describe them all of a sudden as blue when you otherwise keep the “so important height difference” and the other traits? It’s like Alec has nothing more to offer as the damn blue eyes and black hair from the book when the complete opposite is the case on the show. I am just.... I am tired.
Written By: Anonymous
Winter Fic Exchange Gift For: @the-burning-tiger
Beta’d By: @intangibel
Pairing(s): Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood, Simon Lewis/Jace Wayland
Rating: Teen
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Length: 5777 words
Summary: When a blind date goes wrong, Magnus won’t give up. But will Alec?
2 and 4 please... Not that I'm trying to find out what you're planning next .....Not at all...me never... *bats eyelashes innocently*
WHAT? Who could ever think that? Wha-? That’s absurd!
2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?To be honest, the beauty of the prompts I’ve received is that I’ve been trying a handful of tropes I wanted to write but didn’t have a full plot developed. The military!au, a series of unfortunate events!au, youtuber!magnus/art director!alec; those were all ideas I’ve had for a while but couldn’t sit down and write an OS for because, well, there would be no plot.
So right now, there isn’t really a trope I can think of that I want to tackle next. I had this idea of writing a Hidden Figures sort of au, but oh boy, my privileged white passing ass is so unprepared to talk about racism. If I ever write that one, it will take a shit ton of research and a whole lot of sensitive-reading before I even consider posting it, that’s for sure.4. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?
Okay, so I still have five prompts to write and I only know what to do with two of them. That’s because nonny was specific about theirs and the other is very intuitive (it’s also a Jaia one!!! :D).
There’s the sequel to my Star Wars AU that is all planned out. I just have to start writing it. It’s going to be 11 chapters again, but this time it will be more about Magnus. The name is STAR WARS: The Way to Balance.
And there’s an OS I’m struggling with: lawyer!Magnus and driver!Alec. What I can share about this one is that both Alec’s and Magnus’ pasts are a little bit different than the usual modern!au. And by different I mean a lot of dead people are alive.
never ever cancelled as long as they dont fuck up irreversibly!!!!
malec-on-ice
THIS! I unfollow blogs that start creating drama or hate. If you don't like it or can't say something nice, then even have a good debate about it, free of hate, or don't say anything at all! It's just that easy. No need to ruin the fun for everyone else. Preach it, Brittany!
the-burning-tiger
Every show makes mistakes, they can't please everyone all the time but sometimes it feels like people are actively looking for something that isn't there..
ladymatt
I'm only interested in people who pull together, care about others, want a laugh, and don't have to put others down to get their ego-centric kicks! Malec matters too much to me, to listen to those dead-set on pulling them apart! Love & Light, to you all! x
Yeah, All of this. They would have to totally erase Malec for me to ever think about wanting it canceled, and even then I don’t know because I know other people enjoy other parts of it. This logic just makes no sense to me. If you unfollow things you don’t like-you don’t see it. If the show gets canceled-you still don’t see it, but it robs other people of their joy. So I can only think that it is said out of pure spite, which is really unkind.
Yes! Every show makes mistakes and it’s impossible to please everyone. People can always find a reason to be unhappy if thats what they are seeking.
I love you all, and thank you for being kind, loving, beautiful friends and making my fandom experience absolutely wonderful.
