The Genius and the mortal instruments

like what do you mean a silent brother quit the brotherhood? he just…stopped being one? you can do that? and then he ran off and married a warlock? and they had a baby?? a warlock had a baby? with a silent brother?

"Be good, my archer boy. Come back to me."

He fell first, he fell harder?? NAHHH he went barreling full speed down the stairs iykyk :P

For Alec's birthday, welcome back to another round of events dedicated to our favorite shadowhunter on ALEC WEEK 2026!

The concept for this year takes inspiration from the journey of an album, with each theme corresponding to a track that relates to Alec as a character. Please take a list of our list of prompts (you can choose to do one or both), and post them on the corresponding date. Whether it'll be a fic, character deep dive, meme, or edit, everything is welcome in Alec Week 2026. Tagging your post with these hashtags in the first 5 tags for visibility and easy archival:

#Happy Birthday Alec #Alec Week 2026

Please make this week a truly hard-to-forget one! Oh, and it can be anything, from creative work to simply your happy birthday post for Alec. Have fun, angels <3

Art by the incredible @culiehua

But seriously, this has been bugging me. Did Magnus slid his hand to Alec’s front or back? What I chose under the cut. :D

Malec and Jace

Will and Tessa

Herongraystairs

Will

Will and Jem but definitely no ducks

Will and baby James

Emma and Julian

Kit and Jace

Sizzy

Clace

Jace and Alec

Kit and Mina

James and Cordelia

Kitty

Ash

It's neat that this scene demonstrates the ways in which, despite Tessa's relative youth, she's still experienced things that Magnus never has. Magnus is over 400 years old, so he thinks he understands how it works: you love someone, they die, you keep living. Tessa, on the other hand, is the one who knows what it's like to truly find your soulmate and to outlive them.

I think part of Tessa's different approach to love comes from the fact that she was welcomed into a found family while she was still a teenager. She met Will and Sophie and the rest as peers, even though she eventually watched them grow old in ways that she couldn't. Magnus, on the other hand, spent most of his youth with the Silent Brothers. He didn't start really interacting with mortal humans until he was already aware of his warlock nature, and so all of his relationships kind of left him as an outsider. Magnus was the mysterious stranger who blows into someone's life, or the powerful warlock they go to for help. He describes how even the people who lived with him until their deaths still saw him as something temporary, because they assumed that they must be temporary to him. This is why Alec is different, because he fully sees Magnus as an equal human partner. He welcomes Magnus into his friend group and into his family, because that's what you do with a boyfriend. For the first time, Magnus is being treated the same way Tessa was treated in 1878: as another messy person who needs friends.

Title: Unintended

Author: alittlebriton

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

“I was flattered,” he admitted. “Not enough to seriously consider it though.” He shrugged, watching Magnus carefully, and picked up his own glass again. Magnus looked up at him then with a sharpened gaze. “Why not?” “Many things, to be honest. I’d miss too many people. There’s a lot of work to do here still. Part of me wondered if they were offering it to me to get me away from New York.” “From me.” Magnus’ voice was flat with no inflection and Alec winced. He moved to sit next to Magnus and put his glass down on the table so he could take one of Magnus’ hands, his thumb rubbing at one of his rings.