Pearl’s digging #3
Blanket statement: this is a darker list with potentially triggering themes and topics. Please proceed with caution, be safe ♥ Find the masterlist here.
This rec list is organized by length.
The Lord of the Lake
Author: DemiraWatson
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/7504315
Fandom: Shadowhunters
Rating: T
Word Count: 6734
Warnings: Attempted murder, Mythical Beings & Creatures
Summary: A chance meeting turns out to be not as chance as Alec first believed and he’s left reeling from the emotions the encounter causes...
Rec Reasons: I loved the concept and the way the author handled the plot!
to endure
Author: thisissirius
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/6562846
Fandom: Shadowhunters
Rating: T
Word Count: 7372
Warnings: Time Loop, Temporary Character Death
Summary: “I can’t watch you die again,” Alec blurts out. He rubs his hands against his knees, looks up at Magnus through his lashes. “I don’t want to do this anymore.”
a time loop threatens to confine alec to a lifetime of losing magnus.
Rec Reasons: It's heart breaking, and the ending brings the best kind of relief.
Ripple Effect
Author: AllOfTheFanfic
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/8594851
Fandom: Shadowhunters
Rating: T
Word Count: 15 574
Warnings: Horror
Summary: Usually Magnus loved getting repeat customers. It meant that they liked his methods and trusted him. But looking at the dark haired woman before him, Magnus couldn’t help but wish she hadn’t shown up again. Later he couldn't believe how right and wrong he was about that. She did bring him together with Alexander. But all of his boyfriends seemed to get into dangerous situations. After all this Magnus only knew one thing for certain: he absolutely HATED working with ghosts.
Rec Reasons: I sort of skimmed the tags and expected Alec to be the ghost, but he is not and this was a fantastic twist on the traditional ghost story. The mystery was also very compelling!
The Descent
Author: GiveUpResistance
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/982235/chapters/1934459
Fandom: Shadowhunters
Rating: M
Word Count: 32 007
Warnings: Self Harm, Dub Con
Summary: He brought a splash of colour, of life, to him when he sat down next to him with a graphite smudged face when he was fifteen, and after seven years of being his friend, Alec loves him still, falling harder and harder with each passing moment, with every word and look, every fight and every apology, a steepening descent. Malec AU set over seven long years of falling
Rec Reasons: The imagery is simply perfect and the darker themes somehow give me hope. Heavy, heavy angst, proceed with caution, I repeat: dub con.
Where do we go from here?
Author: TeachMePatience
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10957416/chapters/24389571
Fandom: Shadowhunters
Rating: M
Word Count: 58 616
Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence, Torture, PTSD
Summary: Magnus Bane becomes a shadowhunter prisoner and hostage for his 'crimes' against the Clave. Head of the Institute, Maryse Lightwood tasks her son with guarding this high profile asset.
Rec Reasons: It felt very real in its darkest moments. I insist that this is a story about torture and the aftermath of physical and emotional abuse, proceed with caution.
The Haunting of Lightwood Hall
Author: bonibaru
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13114893/chapters/30003765
Fandom: Shadowhunters
Rating: M
Word Count: 66 990
Warnings: Minor Character Deaths, Murder Mystery, Ghost Story
Summary: A mysterious death shakes the foundations of one of the Clave's oldest families, and the handsome but standoffish Lord Alexander Lightwood is a prime suspect. Spirits are restless and secrets abound - can the psychic Magnus Bane solve the mystery without putting his own heart at risk?
Rec Reasons: Who doesn't love a good Harlequin romance novel? Make it Malec, add a ghost story and some enemies to lovers!
