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• A Life Debt by Goody

  Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  11 May 2019

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood
  • Alec Lightwood
  • Magnus Bane
  • Jace Wayland
  • Isabelle Lightwood
  • Clary Fray
  • Catarina Loss
  • Season 1 canon divergence
  • Magnus and Alec meet before S1
  • And then things go way differently
  • Jace is not a bad parabatai
  • He just makes a big mistake
  • Magnus technically owns Alec but it's not dark
  • He is more like an employee than a slave
  • The Circle will be around too
  • Hurt Alec Lightwood
  • Slow Burn
  • Protective Magnus Bane
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Hurt Magnus Bane
  • Protective Alec Lightwood
  • Hurt Alec
  • Protective Jace Wayland
  • Canon-Typical Violence

  Summary

  When Jace makes a mistake Alec is forced to pay the price for it. In order to stop a war from breaking out between warlocks and Shadowhunters, Alec agrees to sign a Life Debt, which means he now belongs to The High Warlock of Brooklyn, Magnus Bane.

  *A season 1 major retelling where Alec and Magnus meet before Clary arrives.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  120,116

  Chapters:

  20/20

  Collections:

  7

  Comments:

  1081

  Kudos:

  5533

  Bookmarks:

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