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Bound to the Arrow (Calling Me to Follow) by hucowboyification
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
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The Marks They Leave Behind by Shergar 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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03 Jan 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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- Part 10 of Love Finds A Way
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31 Dec 2025
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The Weight of My Stare by glossydrama
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.Bookmarked by Ordinaryman
31 Dec 2025
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11 Dec 2025
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Give and Take by Kasper_TAG
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
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Alec Lightwood wasn't sure what he meant to Magnus Bane.
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23 Nov 2025
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I've heard it takes some time to get it right. by JackPotato
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV)
01 Jan 2019
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Anything that could have been unsaid in that moment is forgotten as Alec’s face clouds over, all the painful memories of that night come flooded back and any feeling he may have shown towards Magnus is replaced with a cold stoic stare.
And the shift in Alec is obvious by the pained look now in Magnus’ eyes, as he looks back at him.
It doesn’t make Alec pause like it used to.
Pursing his lips, Alec looks away and heads to the back of the club to meet up with Jace.
How dare he, Alec thinks.
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23 Nov 2025
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i don't need rhinestones (but diamonds) by moonintheriver
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types, The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra Clare, The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare
22 Nov 2025
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“Guys, guys,” Jace exclaimed. “Can we focus on the real fun of the day? Somebody proposed to Alec– and he didn’t even know.”
“You’re delusional.” Said Alec.
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- Part 5 of Malectober 2025 Shutdown
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22 Nov 2025
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The Eye of The Beholder by OfExistenceCal
Fandoms: The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare
03 May 2025
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When Alec, Jace and Isabelle set off into the night on a weekly hunt, they encounter something entirely unexpected.
Cornered by an unidentified demon species, disadvantage leads them to chaos, especially when the demon manages to bring down an entire church roof... on everyone.
Upon return to the Institute, Dr Alaric, the resident doctor, quickly realises that when Alec was struck with debris, his retina was dislodged. Because of the severe damage, the doctor would have to perform an enucleation to remove his eye.
Terribly insecure about his eye and chronic migraines, Alec grows increasingly tired and frustrated with training, his children and Magnus.
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- Part 1 of Shadows of Legacy - spin-offs
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19 Nov 2025
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Alec Lightwood Has Chronic Pain by orphan_account
Fandom The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types
08 Jan 2023
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19 Nov 2025
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Coffee by Crunchesloudly
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types
02 May 2020
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Alexander Lightwood has always loved his job.
well, he loved it until Clary showed up.
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15 Nov 2025
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“This boy, his name is Alexander. He’s my personal assistant.”
Alec nodded, slowly.
Even when things were taking a really strange path, he had to be polite. That was his job, after all.
“And also, we’re going to get married soon. Right, babe?”
Wait, what?
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14 Nov 2025
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Alec Lightwood is the personal assistant to Satan himself, Magnus Bane - or that's what some of his co-workers think.
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- Part 6 of Malec Week 2018
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12 Nov 2025
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Five times Alec and Magnus were nearly caught out by jessfr33r
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare
18 Oct 2021
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and one time they were.
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12 Nov 2025
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And the longer burn, the sweeter that you smell. You caramel, you're caramel by MoNsTeRsAmOnGMeN
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types
18 Aug 2025
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5 times Alec needed help relaxing, and the one time he beat Magnus to it.
Featuring: Subspace, Praise, Angst, Pain, Love, and much, much more.
Title from Caramel by Conan Gray because WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ALBUM
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18 Oct 2025
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Whoa, say you won't; let me drown in troubled waters alone by MoNsTeRsAmOnGMeN
Fandoms: The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types
07 Aug 2025
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“Yes,” Magnus said, gentle but immovable. “You do. You need someone to take the weight. Someone to give you rules. Structure. Safety.”
“I’m not a child.”
“No, but you’re exhausted. Worn out from being strong for everyone else. You don’t want power. You want permission.”
That was… too close.
Alec shook his head, trying to laugh. “You’re talking about, what, like kink stuff? Whips and collars? That’s not—”
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18 Oct 2025
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Alec was a professional man, never spoke more than necessary, of very few, expressive words that were always capable of getting the crux of the matter across. When Magnus had spoken to him, Alec had avoided looking at him for too long, avoided speaking to him for too long, always managed to pick up the tatters of his composure and leave Magnus longing to talk more, to get to know him, to learn what Alexander Gideon Lightwood had hidden under all the layers of sobriety.
Slightly inspired by Sherlock (BBC)
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17 Oct 2025
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other side of the window (you had the pedal and I had the wheel) by villiageidiot
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV)
08 Jun 2020
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“You’ll regret it,” Alec says before he can catch the words. He still can’t look at Magnus.
Magnus is quiet. “How can you think I’ll regret choosing you?”
Alec doesn’t answer. Didn’t you regret it last time?, he thinks.
“Please try to be happy for me,” Magnus says softly. “For us.”
And the thing is, Alec wants to be. He wants to bask in this, but he was selfish once before, blinded by it even, and he’s promised himself he’d never do that again.
(OR:
Magnus becomes mortal.)
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20 Aug 2025
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30 Jul 2025