Magnus Bane is in love with his roommate. Rather than bottle his feelings up until they explode, Magnus decides to chronicle them in a notebook: a notebook with the sole purpose of writing down every moment he feels overwhelming love for Alexander Gideon Lightwood.
Magnus may have his magic back, but he wants to keep the promise he made to Maryse, and to himself, back at her shop that night after Alec's almost-proposal. Staying away from a comfort vice after centuries of indulgences is easier said than done... but not impossible, with the right support.
Alec wants to go home for the holidays for the first time in years, but the universe seems to be working against him. That is, until a bartender steps in to lend his assistance, moved by the spirit of the holidays... and maybe a little tug of his heartstrings.
Magnus finds more than enough writing inspiration from his unrequited crush Alec... a crush he's done very well in hiding, until Clary gives the Literary Magazine submissions to Alec to sort through while the names are still on them.
When Alec comes across the coworker he has a crush on in the dating app his siblings forced him to download, will he take a chance on swiping right to see what might happen?
“Too bad you can’t just snap your fingers and turn into that party planning version of yourself from that alternate universe,” Jace says, laughing. It’s such an off-handed comment, one he’s already moving on from the moment it leaves his lips, that it’s obvious he didn’t mean for it to be a serious suggestion.
Except Alec’s head snaps over and he bolts up from the bed, sitting upright and staring directly at his brother. “Jace, you’re a genius.”
Jace, who’s already in the middle of saying something else, stops talking with a look of uncertainty. “What? I mean, I won’t argue with you, but why specifically this time?” Jace bounces back from the moment of confusion with his trademark smart-ass remarks.
“The other Alec. He’s still me, after all. Just a better coordinated me. It’s perfect!”
Or, Alec Lightwood finds a way to ask Alternate Timeline Alec Lightwood for wedding planning help.
Magnus Bane is the lead singer of a popular music group, living his best life in the limelight. Alec Lightwood is just a normal college student trying to fly under the radar as much as possible and just make it through life. So when Alec and Magnus activate each other's marks will they figure out a way to fit into one another's lives, or will miscommunication and unspoken emotions get in the way?
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or, the one where two people who are literally destined to be together fall in love and still manage to almost mess it up