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  1. Rec 23

    Bound to the Arrow (Calling Me to Follow) by

    Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV)  

    17 Jun 2020

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    Alec is a Shadowhunter, trained not only to obey the laws, but enforce them. His whole life, he's clung tight to them, enough so that it's the subject of much teasing from his siblings. The Law is hard, but it is the Law- something everyone knows he holds as absolute truth.

    But sometimes, what the law says to do isn't the best way.

    Sometimes, people need protecting, and the law doesn't cut it.

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    Simon is your average street-smart kid from Brooklyn- no, not like Captain America. He's not special, he doesn't fight crime, or punch Nazis (as much as he wishes he could). Really, truly average. A band and a loving, if mildly over-the-top mother, a sister who loves to give him a hard time, and a best friend he's in love with.

    Then he takes a shortcut, and finds an injured man in a dumpster.

    Who, by the way, has wings. And shoots bad guys with a bow.

    ... Maybe he's more like Robin than Captain America.

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    When the Downworld is in trouble, tough choices must be made.

    To trust, and let someone help you, risking the collapse of everything you worked for?

    Or to shut everything out, and watch your world crumble to bits?

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    30 May 2026

  2. Rec 48

    The Marks They Leave Behind by for ColorfulWarlock

    Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types, The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra Clare  

    20 Sep 2024

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    “Be careful what you wish for,” they say.

    Alec Lightwood can’t deny that they are, in fact, right.

    In a desperate bid for freedom, Alec forges a deal with the devil himself.

    In a world where he now goes about life unnoticed and forgotten, Alec, for the first time, in a very long time, meets someone who remembers him.

    Magnus Bane was always going to be the exception, wasn’t he?

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    Embers by

    Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV)  

    09 Feb 2026

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    Things had been off since his party the night that Lorenzo sleazed his way back into the city. Magnus had sent a handful of texts, to which Alec had replied slowly and without much fanfare. It was his usual style, but something felt different. Distant, maybe, in a way that it hadn’t been before, even when the Institute was in crisis and Alec had few moments to spare.

    Something had changed. Perhaps he was overthinking it, that dangerous spell in the air the night of his party, but he couldn’t help but wonder if that had been the cause of this shift.

     

    An AU where Alec and Magnus don't meet until after Alec marries Lydia, and don't start to get to know each other until after their divorce.

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    31 Dec 2025

  4. Rec 44

    The Weight of My Stare by

    Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types  

    09 Sep 2024

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    Alec and Magnus don’t like each other. As simple as that. They argue and don’t talk to each other unless it’s either about work or a sarcastic remark.
    And that’s okay. Sometimes people don’t get along. Alec thinks Magnus is too self-centered and arrogant. Magnus, as he likes to remind him when the possibility arises, sees Alec as the most annoying piece of hot ass ever.
    And that’s it. That’s them. And that’s probably never going to change.

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    31 Dec 2025

  5. Rec 64

    Give and Take by

    Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types  

    28 Aug 2023

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    When Alec runs away from his own wedding and leaves Magnus, who had just crashed it, standing alone in the aisle, Magnus thinks that their budding romance is over. But Alec surprises him by appearing at his loft later that night and crying himself to sleep in his arms. Alec shocks him even further by showing up again and asking for cuddles. It becomes a habit, an imbalance of give and take, and their growing connection is put to the test.

    With Valentine on the loose, rogue Downworlders wreaking havoc, and a parabatai that can’t seem to keep himself out of trouble, Magnus tries to convince Alec that, despite his responsibilities and the chaos surrounding him, he deserves to chase his own happiness.

    Will Alec allow his fears to ruin his developing relationship with Magnus, or will he risk it all for the man who stole his heart?

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    26 Nov 2025