Alec looked up from the floor, surrounded by all the boxes and boxes and took the picture that Max was pointing towards.

Something cracked inside his chest at the photo.

Fuck.

He looked gorgeous. He always did.

“Someone I love.”

“Love?” Max arched a brow.

Alec nodded his head, “I never got to finish loving him. So, it’s love. Instead of loved. Always will be.”

Max’s face contorted in something like pain and he sat back on the bed, his face in his hands.

“What?” Alec asked his son.

“I’m going to college.”

Alec rolled his eyes, “As someone who is paying thousands of dollars in tuition, I vaguely remember.”

And suddenly, Max burst out crying and Alec instantly went to sit by his side. 

“How are you going to live alone dad?”

Hello hello my cuties,

The past year has been amazing and painful to say the least. I moved for my masters and then finished my degree recently and had to move back to another city again. There’s also a lot of crazy stuff in between too lol.

I met so many wonderful people this year and it has been quite an experience. I’ve done this whole thing before too but due to covid, I didn’t get the time to deal with the change last time.

I was talking to my flatmates yesterday on video call and suddenly I was filled with the tremendous grief of losing friendships—not to fights or break ups but simply to life, jobs and again, to life. No one talks about how it feels to lose friendships—they’re not award winning book worthy but it’s a topic I need to write on.

So, in order to deal with all this love and grief inside of me—I’m starting this new fic.

Full disclaimer: it’s not entirely a happy fic. It’s not like anything I have written before but it’s the most real thing I will ever write. Every chapter will contain a different story including Malec, the kids, TMI Gang, warlock gang and a few OCs. Malec would be central to somr of them, in others it’ll focus more on Rafael, Max or Ari.

The purpose of these stories is not to cause pain but for me to deal with a thing or two. But I’m letting you all know that most of these stories will not have a happy ending. Some will have an ambiguous end, others bittersweet, 2% might have a happy ending and some are just straight up painful.

I hope you go on this journey with me but if it’s not your cup of tea, then I understand too.

POSTING FROM 25TH MAY 2023.

Apologies but every story from that fic is a little “what the fuck?”

FYITD is a new Malec/Lightwood-Bane fic that I’m writing. It will comprise of different story in each chapter, revolving around different characters and dynamics and relationships.

It deals with a lot of loss and grief and unfinished stories. And it doesn’t necessarily have a happy ending for all of them.