shadowhunters au where simon gets magicked into a different dimension where it’s just him on this like island thing and he’s freaking out obviously and then valentine shows up and is there too. they are there for 10 years. year 1-3 they had each other and live on separate parts of the island. by year 4 simon is losing his mind with loneliness and so forms a tentative friendship with valentine. he can’t hurt anyone but simon in this dimension. by year 5-6 simon and valentine have formed a real friendship, a bond born out of being stuck on an island together for years and having seemingly no way home. by year 7, simon starts to feel a certain way. simon starts to fall in love. well he doesn’t actually know what falling in love feels like but he probably shouldn’t be this upset about it. valentine brushes against this hand one time and simon loses it. they don’t speak for months. by year 8, they have formed a relationship more than friends but not quite lovers. a secret third thing of ‘oh my god i want to fuck my best friends evil dad’ and ya know they’ve been alone on an island for 8 years with no way home. what’s the big deal? no one is ever gonna find out cause they’re never getting home. if it’s just gonna be the two of them forever then maybe its okay. valentine kisses simon first but simon lets him. by year 9, they are insufferable and in love ugh. by year 10, they have found a rhythm for themselves and their relationship. it is not perfect, but it is good. simon starts to think that maybe he’d be okay with this life, that he likes this life, this island. simon loves val and val loves simon, and maybe that’s enough. then they get magicked back home, to their real dimension, the one they almost forgot. for them, 10 years have gone by, but for everyone else only 10 seconds have.