#twi!malec

[AU] Alec, marching into the scene:

i’m thinking about twi!malec today.  

*SCREM* YES, YES PLEEEEEEASE OH MAN I NEED THIS SO MUCH MORE THAN I EVER WANTED TO ADMIT, THANK YOU.  

This year, I am working with the @malecdiscordserver​ (JOIN US HERE!) for their Alec Lightwood Birthday Surprise event AND the wonderful @chibi-tsukiko​ and @my-archerboy​ for Alec’s Birthday Weekend Celebration!  

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Magnus settled back against his couch, giving Church a grumpy look.  "You're supposed to be nice to clients, you know that."  Church, of course, responded the way all cats did when irritated, turning his back on him to settle into the chair more decisively.  He glanced down at his notebook and sighed.  One more appointment for the day and he'd be able to relax for the rest of the evening.  Maybe he'd go for a walk, it was lovely outside, and he could use the fresh air.  

His magic tingled in his fingertips and Magnus scowled, shaking them and working more feeling back into them.  Even a week since the Fairchild girl had gone back to her realm, and he still felt almost bursting with magic, his full strength returning to him like a lake being filled after a long drought.  Magnus closed his eyes and smiled faintly.  If nothing else, it had been fun to tell Catarina and Ragnor what had happened.  It had been good to hear from them, and even better to hear that they were living together.  

His friends deserved to be happy.  They always had.  And he-

The doorbell sounded, cutting off his thoughts.  

Magnus brushed his hands off on his pants, and stood up, striding for the door.  Best not to think about that, regardless.  He was fine alone, and he always had been.  He had friends, his cats, and his work.  That had been enough for centuries, and it would continue to be, no matter what the two of them said.  He straightened his shoulders, and opened the door, staring in surprise at a face he recognized.  

"Alec Lightwood," he managed, clearing his throat.  

Alec light up, grinning brightly as he held out his hand for Magnus to shake.  "You remember me!"  

I keep telling u guys, twi is a Cinderella au its just waiting to happen. like Magnus gets into the party, Alec is immediately drawn, he doesn't know his name cuz it's not on the list and i dont think he heard Magnus tell it to Raj and there's no way Raj is gonna remember his name specifically after a whole night of ppl babbling names to him. and then magnus fucked off and its not like they have any circles in common, or anything

and yeah yeah there's the commercial but it's not like it was super expensive so it probably doesn't play all the time cuz u have to pay a lot more to have it come up frequently, plus i dont think Alec would be into TV anyway (its 2020, if u want to watch something use the internet like a normal person). so all that's left is trying to look for him himself. with like, nothing to go on. and we all know Alec.... isnt an intellectual, when it comes to magnus

i mean he's pretty sure he's seen him talk to Clary but apparently Clary doesn't remember shit about the party and has no idea what Alec is even talking about. she was probably too busy talking to her boyfriend, Mace or something. the patrons dont know anything, the guests dont know anything, his friends dont know anything, Raj is extremely unhelpful and just says that alec's an idiot and that the guy left shortly after he arrived. everything indicates that he really was crashing the party, but he barely even stayed, which makes no sense

were it not for the fact that Raj remembers the guy and he is in the background in a few of the pictures (of course he had a photographer, duh) Alec would start questioning his sanity. as it is, he's just :( that he can't find him

he tries to get particular attention to the pics where Magnus is on the background, being all like "tag your friends!!" and shit, which isnt really that weird cuz you know, marketing, but hes really really invested in finding the cute guy udndidndkdn same with the lost & found posts, but of course nothing there belongs to Magnus because even if Magnus had lost something he could just summon it into his home

but none of that works because theres no way twi Magnus isnt a social media hermit, i mean he did a TV fucking commercial for his tarot business. like Magnus please. so of course no one's tagging him in anything cuz they're not in the same circles and they look for each other in all the wrong places

(i mean, Magnus is not looking for Alec, he kind of has a lot on his mind and hes not gonna get involved with a mundane, even if he's cute and nice and kinda sexy and it's been a long time, and he was very sweet and all excited about his party and- nope)

(he's just, you know. paying special attention to tall guys on the street. and maybe passing by the institute perhaps more than strictly necessary. but that means nothing)

but of course Alec isnt at the institute, cuz that was just where his patrons wanted the party to be. Alec has his own office, not even in the same neighborhood. so that's pointless

Alec is just kind of moping and toying with the idea of making a post looking for him on his personal twitter, but he doesn't want to pressure cute guy or come off as demanding or something. eventually izzy has to go to him and be like "okay, spill, why are you sighing every five seconds" and Alec is like ugghhhfhhsgsgghh

so izzy like the nosey bastard that she is and that we know and love, tweets herself saying that her brother has a crush and can't find him, and he doesn't want to post about it and make him feel pressured but if the guy is interested then he can DM her. and she puts up a little description of Magnus and a picture of Alec, just to make sure. maybe starts some stupid hashtag, i dont know

and alec's like "iz-" and she's like "relax, big bro, if he doesn't want it he just wont come forward. it's fine" and Alec is like "i guess" and proceeds to pester her so much asking if there's been any update she just sets her email to send him a copy of her twitter notifs

(that only serves to make it a bit less frequent. but that's fine)

anyway it eventually reaches. realistically catarina but i like to think its ragnor just because of the sheer ridiculousness of that. hey maybe twi ragnor is super techy. or maybe he isnt but he is kinda on the lookout for things related to his friends in social media and such, like the protective bastard that he is

and ragnor thinks it's hilarious and is all like "hey Magnus did you know that theres a whole campaign on twitter to find you" and Magnus is like "what" and hes like "yeah I'm pretty sure this is you theyre taking about, didn't you go to that institute party to help some shadowhunter with something or whatever" "you mean the reawakening of the ley lines" "yeah yeah whatever. more importantly, some guy's got a crush on you" and he shows Magnus the tweets exclusively to tease him and do his usual "allos are gross" routine, but Magnus is like. oh. he's. he wanted to find me? and ragnor is like incredible Magnus is in fact a gross allo.

anyway Ragnor helps Magnus set up a Twitter exclusively so he can bicker about what an old man Magnus is and make fun of him throughout the whole process ("you're blushing" "no I'm not" "you're definitely blushing" "because you said i was! I wasn't before" "oh it's so easy to rile you up") and Magnus sends izzy a PM and Alec almost falls on his ass when he sees it

and it's a no braincells event because neither of them know what to do from there. and izzy and ragnor are exclusively there to mock them for it. but alec's not about to miss his chance so he tells Magnus that he can totally say no if he isn't interested, but Alec would like to go out for coffee and maybe get to know each other

In just one day.

OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD THE IDEA I GOT FOR THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY TWI MALEC-ESQUE, BECAUSE I CAN’T GET ONE PIECE OF THIS IDEA OUT OF MY HEAD, SO HOLD ON AND BE READY FOR SOME LAUGHS.  

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Alec hummed and picked up the marriage license, giving it a bright grin as he paid for it and finished getting them sorted before he headed home for the evening.  

A month.  In a month he would be married.  

Alec grinned brightly and let himself into the loft, relaxing at Chairman Meow immediately announcing himself and heading for him.  “Don’t try to fool me young man, I am reasonably sure that Magnus has already fed you.”  

Chairman gave a pitiful whine.  

“I absolutely have,” Magnus said, stepping out of his office with a huff.  He gave Alec a smile and leaned into the kiss from him.  “Someone’s in a good mood.”  

“Picked up our marriage license today,” Alec said with a grin, kissing Magnus again, wrapping an arm around his waist.  “Can’t wait to be married to you, Magnus.”  

Magnus hummed into the kiss, leaning into it.  “You do seem excited about it, yes,” he teased.  When Alec yanked him into another kiss, Magnus turned all of his focus to his fiancee.  “Someone wants me to finish work early...” he murmured against Alec’s lips. 

“I’m sure I can persuade you, can’t I, Mr. Bane?” Alec breathed, his breath hitching.  Soon they’d be Mr. & Mr. Bane and damn if it didn’t make his heart fucking sing to think of it.  

“I’m sure you can,” Magnus agreed, letting Alec tug him towards the bedroom.  

Later, of course, when they were curled up, Magnus couldn’t help thinking that he wouldn’t be Mr. Bane for much longer.  He wrinkled his nose.  After going by Magnus Bane for several centuries, changing his name now was certainly going to be interesting.  

“Magnus Lightwood,” he whispered to himself and wrinkled his nose.  It didn’t feel right, but he would have time to get used to it.  

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“All right, gentlemen, so after the ceremony is over, you’ll both come over here and we’ll finalize the name change and sign the certificate, which reminds me, it’s Mister and Mister Bane, right?  I had a note on that, but wanted to confirm.” 

“Yes!” Alec said with a grin.  “That’s correct.”  

Magnus blinked in surprise and looked at Alec.  “It is?”  

Alec looked back at Magnus and frowned.  “I...yes?  Isn’t...don’t you...” 

“I, I mean,” Magnus hurried to reassure Alec.  “You’re, you’re welcome to take my name, Alec, of course you are, but I didn’t realize you...you wanted...” 

“I’ll leave you two to sort that out.”  

Alec barely watched him go, giving a brief nod, before looking to Magnus with a frown.  “Magnus, I, we, we talked about this, didn’t we?  About how we didn’t want to hyphenate, right?”  

“Yes, yes, of course we did, Alec,” Magnus said, hurrying to reassure him.  “But I thought we decided on us taking your name, not you taking mine.”  

“I,” Alec swallowed and looked up at him.  “I want to take your name, Magnus.  It’s been yours for centuries.  Why would I try to take that away from you?”  

Magnus swallowed, his heart pounding hard at the casual reminder.  “I, if it was what you wanted, Alec, I would-” 

Alec sighed and shook his head with a fond smile, stepping forward and cupping Magnus’ face in his hands.  “Magnus, darling.  I want your last name.  I’ve been thinking about it for months now.”  

Magnus’ breath caught and he looked up at Alec, leaning into the soft kiss he was given.  “You have?”  

Alec nodded with a smile.  “Yeah.  Besides.”  He rubbed their noses together.  “It’s totally James Bond like, right?  Bane, Alec Bane.”  

Magnus dissolved into laughter as Alec kissed him again.  “You’re ridiculous.” 

“But you love me,” Alec teased.  

“I do indeed, oh future Mister Bane,” Magnus whispered, his heart and magic leaping in the best way at the words.  “You ready to get married?”  

Alec smiled and wrapped his arms around Magnus’ waist.  “More than I have ever been ready for anything in my life.”  

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oh my god you are so enlightened and correct how did i not think of this before anon thank you for feeding me the truth and facts we stan a galaxy brained genius wtf 

tbh i think that alec was just enjoying being flirted with and desired by another man and not feeling uncomfortable about it you know? like he wasn’t planning on acting on it but what could the harm be in giving magnus a view and enjoying the attention for a few seconds, if it’s the most he’s ever gonna get? haha im fine

anyway you are correct twi alec would just go OFF (respectfully). i mean he was already going off hitting magnus with the “to us” shit immediately and staring at him that intently (seriously alec chill we get it ur undressing him in your mind pls stop) so like iuhduaihdsuihda. just like alec used to do when magnus came to the institute, except for social media. magnus rarely ever gets online so whenever he is and likes one of alec’s posts it’s just like. HE’S ONLINE!! HE’S ONLINE!!!!! EVERYBODY SHUT UP I HAVE TO POST A SHIRTLESS PICTURE haha #gym “alec what the fuck” “i have a LIMITED WINDOW to work with”

he just has a folder on his phone that’s like “thirst bait” where he keeps all his shirtless pics that he takes and then saves for whenever magnus is online on ig. there are millions. he never posts them at any other time just in case he runs out

and when magnus likes the pictures alec is just. serotonin shot. right up the brain. he’s just like YESSSS IT’S WORKING

izzy or simon or whatever: you could just. flirt with him directly

alec: don’t tell me how to live my life

i mean obviously he does flirt with him directly (no time to lose) but can’t hurt to give him a nice view ;) he also starts posting a lot of back pictures that show off his shoulders and shit once he realizes magnus is into that. they’re all pretty artistic too, because alec isn’t a boring bitch, he has the lightning, the je ne sais quoi, the mystery, okay. he knows how to use what he has to make it aesthetically pleasing, he’s a party planner. no boring ass dick pics for this guy, only the best thirst content to woo magnus bane

and dasiuhdaiudhsa raphael: you have been on instagram way more than usual.

magnus: well, alexander-