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Life at the Institute takes a turn for the worse for Alec. When he's alone with no where else to turn, his siblings step up and help him find his feet once more with help from a few new friends along the way. Between them, Alec finally gets a chance to realize that the world doesn't begin and end with being a Shadowhunter, and there's more out there for him, so long as he's got the courage to reach out and grab it.
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Alec Lightwood is a world-famous author, though the world knows him only under his pseud: Gideon Archer. Magnus Bane is a fashion designer who just happens to be a big fan of Gideon's work.
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14 Apr 2020
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A Life Given Willingly by OneHundredSuns
Fandoms: Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare
01 Oct 2016
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There isn’t much Alec Lightwood wouldn’t do for his family. But perhaps he should have said no just this once. Now he’s being targeted by one Sebastian Verlac and forced to seek help from an unlikely source.
Or in which Magnus is a gangster and Alec is in way over his head.
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09 Apr 2020
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09 Apr 2020
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Between The Lines by msalexiscriss
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare
28 Sep 2017
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AU. Special Agent Alec Lightwood’s been chasing the renowned thief and conman extraordinaire Magnus Bane for five years now. When a criminal from the past, Valentine Morgenstern, threatens their city and both their reputations, the duo will have to do the unimaginable and team up to restore the peace in the big old city. Between secrets, betrayals, heartbreaking truths, and sick games, Alec and Magnus will have to learn to play between the lines of good and evil in order to carry out their mission and make it out alive. Will they succeed?
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07 Apr 2020
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Alec, a wounded soldier, moves back to New York to heal and get over his love for his squad mate, Jace. While there, he meets Magnus Bane, the promiscuous and seemingly callous eyes and ears of the city. Will the two be able to heal each other?
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05 Apr 2020
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Certain Dark Things by saraubs
Fandom: Shadowhunters (TV), The Mortal Instruments, The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare
09 Nov 2017
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05 Apr 2020
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So damn good. I'm not crying, you're crying!
The second story is all about original characters and it's sooooo damn good. -
Certain Dark Things by saraubs
Fandom: Shadowhunters (TV), The Mortal Instruments, The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare
09 Nov 2017
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Bookmarked by LadyHails
05 Apr 2020
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So damn good. I'm not crying, you're crying!
The second story is all about original characters and it's sooooo damn good. -
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If Magnus is going to love Alexander (which of course he is) then he's going to have to understand his parabatai and their bond, at least a little bit better than he does now. But he's not entirely sure how or where to start...
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03 Apr 2020
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As she watches Magnus steal a kiss, Alec blushing, she’s struck by the stark contrast of before and this after. Isabelle sees the way Alec’s hand seeks Magnus’s, instinctively interlacing their fingers, and something wells up in her.
She wants that. She wants that with Clary.
Or, Isabelle goes to her favorite bakery to think about her own love life but gets a front row seat to her brother's.
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01 Apr 2020
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Magnus has lost his magic. Maryse may understand what he’s going through better than anyone else.
In which there is empathy, bonding, croissants, something vaguely resembling coffee, and hope for the future.
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01 Apr 2020
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The morning after Max's rune party, Maryse finds herself knocking on Magnus Bane's door. She isn't expecting Alec to be there, but maybe what she has to say is something both of them need to hear.
Or: Magnus and Maryse declare a truce, of sorts. Alec is just trying to cook breakfast here.
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31 Mar 2020
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“What’re you thinking about, Beautiful?” Alec murmured, ducking under Magnus’ arm and burrowing into his side.
Magnus hummed and moved the hand holding his drink out of the way of Alec’s long limbs.
“New York.”
Or late night conversations
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31 Mar 2020
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A few weeks after the wedding incident, the Clave has Alec arrested and put on trial to have his runes stripped for what seems like no reason. Faced with exile, Alec must come to terms with himself, his feelings for a certain warlock, and the world that he was raised in.
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31 Mar 2020
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“What the hell is even happening?” Catarina wonders, dazed and happy and utterly stunned that somehow, they’ve all found themselves here—in this room full of Downworlders and nephilim, come together to celebrate a Shadowhunter marrying a warlock.
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31 Mar 2020
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January seventh. Seven days since the start of 2015, and seven days since his father’s death.
The bastard, he thinks bitterly. The past year Derek Hale had made it blatantly obvious that he hated his scrawny guts, taking every given opportunity to shove him up against a wall, growl threats in his ears and roll his eyes whenever he stepped into the room, muttering some snide comment about how spastic or idiotic he was.
So why did he fucking volunteer to take him in?
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"And the wolf was bound in the rarest of bindings, woven by dwarves, and sealed by mages. But if freed, once free, will destroy everything, until it was cut down by the son of one the wolf killed."
If this story is about anything, it’s love. Love of honor, compassion, and nobility. Love of bloodshed, pain, and others’ suffering. Love of dance, family, and friends. Love of religion, sex, and politics. Love of joy; of fear; of hate. Love of passion. It’s about finding small things you can admire in someone you dislike. There is no such thing as evil, and the world is never that black and white. And we so rarely do the things we should.
The story opens in Leto's third summer...
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Bookmarked by LadyHails
02 Apr 2017
Bookmarker's Notes
The only Fenris backstory (and post story) you will ever need.
This story mesmerized me, made me think, gave me hope, and broke my heart. If I had a spare moment, it belonged to this tale. When I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about reading it, I was contemplating, considering the themes and philosophy; and I imagine I will continue to do so because stories like this don't just end.
An absolutely gorgeous ballad of Fenris, his life, those who have swept through, and those who have lingered and how every one of them has influenced his desicions and his growth.
From faboulously intricate plots to the philosophical considerations of what it means to be free: taking responsibility for youself, and to love and be loved.
A heartbreaking focus on slavery, trust, necessary evils and the struggle to live for the future when the sins of your past hound you.
Amazing development of characters: the ones we know and already love/hate are shown in shadows and light, reveling new and interesting facets. The original characters are alive, influential and this story belongs to them as equally as it belongs to Fenris.
At the bringing of the chapters, the author introduces a theme to be played out. One of my favorites, from chapter 113 "Masks"...
"We all wear masks. Sometimes we wear many, sometimes just one. But we always hide pieces of ourselves, the ugly parts we don't want others to see. We hide our secrets and our sorrows and put on a mask to show the world, as if nothing is wrong, as if there is nothing to hide."
This is a story of what it means to live, to love, and to die.
(((I've said a great deal about this story, but NOTHING sums up the nature of this story like the author's summary.)))