you should see the other guy

Malec, G, No Archive Warnings, 6.9k (6 chapters)

When Jace’s face appeared in the circle from Alec’s memories, he panicked. Izzy understood it, she knew he was still trying to get past it all. She was glad nobody else seemed to judge him for it, least of all Magnus. She couldn’t hear what the warlock was saying to her brother, but she knew the look on her brother’s face, she practically had it memorized. He was guarding his heart, guarding himself. From what? She wasn’t sure he was even 100% sure of that. They’d never talked about it outside of Jace. But again, she saw the way he and Magnus seemed to connect. She saw the way Magnus looked at Alec. She knew something real could be there, even from that one interaction, if Alec took the leap.

Alec and Magnus were always meant to be, everyone saw it, even from a distance, and even if it took some longer than others to see it.

what if I don't want to 🫶

ok. fine.

Getting Maia out of the Institute was easy, considering Clary could make a portal herself. They split after breakfast, knowing they’d see each other soon enough. Izzy had offered to take Clary for a drink days ago, and there was no better place for downworlders than the Hunter’s Moon, where Maia would be. They invited Simon to tag along, unsure if he’d meet them there or not. 

I can't pick either, so here!

Clary returns is set after the finale time skip as she starts to regain her memories of Jace and eventually, the rest of the gang. It was inspired by a little section of something I'm posting later today. I will get to it. I swear. Anyway, a recently added snippet:

“Right.” She laughed. Jace had missed it more than he realized. “You never did answer me about these tattoos last time.” “Oh, that’s a family thing, too. All of my siblings have them scattered around.”

“What do they mean?”

Jace shrugged. “They’re ancient symbols, they all have different meanings, but that’s a story for another day.”

“Fine.” Clary grinned playfully. “What’s your company name? I’m curious if they were the ones I worked with now.”

“Uh…” Jace took a sip of his beer, giving himself a second to think. “Lightwood. Lightwood gems.”

“Lightwood.” She repeated. “Doesn’t sound familiar. So you’re a Lightwood, then?”

“I was actually adopted by the Lightwoods after my parents died. I never took their name. I’m Jace-”

“Wayland.” She cut him off, looking for validation. 

“Yeah.” He squinted at her. “How did you know that?”

Wolf Alec is a sequel to my friend's fic and its pretty self explanatory.

Fighting alongside Jace also came back with ease. He couldn’t feel their hearts beating together as one anymore, but he could still hear Jace’s beat, and it really wasn’t that far off his own. He shot down 3 with one rush of arrows. Jace swiped a few with his blade. It left them with two. Jace got the first one, but the second got the upper hand on him. He was knocked to the ground. Alec’s adrenaline kicked into overdrive, in a way he actually wasn’t used to yet. His arrow completely missed the target. He tried to fight the instinct crawling through him, firing again. But it didn’t take either, and he lost the battle. He tossed the arrows aside, giving into the transformation.

and of course, the crossover. I'm having too much fun with this one, Basic premise is some of the stargate folks have the vision, and so. chaos happens.

“Our vision comes with angelic grace, so it could be different still.” Alec pulls his stele out of his pocket. “We draw our runes with these. But runes can kill mundanes.”

“So your idea to save him from death is something that could also kill him?” Rodney scoffs.

“Jace did it to Clary, she turned out fine.” Alec shoots back.

“Did he know she was one of these shadowhunters?”

“No. And I’d rather not relive those days, thank you.”

“What if we could determine relation another way?” Sam steps forward. “Magnus, could we bother you for another portal to the base?”

“I’m not just a walking transporter, you know.” Magnus smirks.

“I know,” Sam smiles back. “But, we have plenty of ancient artifacts. We could see if Alec can activate them, and then we’ll have a better idea of whether or not Sheppard might die.”