1. Spiders
Alec knew Magnus had placed an anti-spider spell the apartment, but he still screamed when a hand skittered across his back in the middle of the night, stopping only when he heard the warlock's unmistakable laugh.


2. Horoscope
"It says here that today's your lucky day," Magnus said, pointing to a section in the morning paper.
"Uh huh," Alec picked up his gear bag and slung it over his shoulder. "You know I don't believe in those things." He headed out the door with a wave, "I'll be back after training". Magnus raised an eyebrow at his boyfriend's retreating back and smirked. Alec didn't know how lucky he was going to get after training.


3. Fairytale Gone Wrong
They sprinted at full speed, barrelling out of the wooden cabin and into the forest beyond. "I don't know why the spell went wrong, maybe we didn't have to take it so literally". Magnus chanced a glance at the Shadowhunter running beside him.
Alec glared back, "Then why am I dressed as Little Red Riding Hood?" he screamed.


4. Staccato
Magus lay next to him in bed, legs pressed against legs, chest against chest. He whispered hushed nothings into his ear and stroked his hair gently until he heard the staccato beating in his ribcage finally slow to an awful nothingness. Then he gathered Alec's still-warm body tightly in his arms and cried like he'd never stop.


5. Tribe
Magnus looked around the dinner table. Clary and Alec were laughing at Jace as he made a pair of turkey legs dance the can-can, Izzy and Simon were spiritedly discussing the advantages of Star Wars over Star Trek and baby Max had fallen asleep with his cheek in a pile of mashed potato. He sighed contentedly and slipped down into his seat. After four hundred years, he'd finally found his tribe.


6. Russian Roulette
A deafening shot rang out. Magnus rocked on his heels as if he himself had taken the blow. He sunk down slowly to his knees, tears pricking his eyes and cradled the remains of his loved one before staring furiously up at the gun-wielding maniac before him."I know you're still getting used to mundane weapons," he said icily, "but I'd rather you didn't practise on my shoe collection Alexander".


7. Actress
Izzy had been mortified when Alec accidentally revealed her childhood dream of being an Actress over brunch one morning and delighted when Magnus asked her to join him in organising a Christmas skit for his party. Watching the two of them perform 'Sparkly Nativity: Gaga's Reign' every year for the rest of his life, Alec thought, was far more punishment than he deserved.


8. Alexander the Great
Out of all of the nicknames Magnus had given him, Alexander the Great was Alec's least favourite. When Magnus used it one day in the supermarket he snapped, explaining tersely that he wasn't great, he wasn't even good, he was just normal Alec.
Magnus looked at him seriously for a moment "Would you like me to change it?" When Alec nodded he smiled and turned to the cashier, "Forgive Alexander the Great in Bed," he winked roguishly, "He didn't get enough sleep last night". Alec never complained again.


9. Cheshire Cat
"I love Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," Magnus flicked through the pages of the book with interest, "In fact, I knew Lewis Carroll, he was-"
"I swear to God," Alec exploded "if you say he was great in bed I'm going to leave this apartment and never come back". Magnus just flashed him his Cheshire Cat grin.


10. Silver-studded Lips
"Max Michael Lightwood-Bane, what the hell have you done to yourself?" Alec glared at the small metal bar skewering his teenage son's face.
Max scowled up at him "What? Papa said I could get it done to match his."
"To what?" Alec bellowed.
Magus peered around the corner, hands raised in surrender. His silver-studded lip tugged upwards in a small smile "Guilty as charged".


11. Missing Tooth
The vampire exploded into a mess of blood and guts. Granted, Alec thought, pulling his arrow out of the gooey pile without looking too closely, he probably needed that tooth more than Magnus needed it for the spell, but no one touches his warlock.


12. One Night Stand
When Alec got back to the Institute he collapsed onto his bed, burying his face in his arms and sighed in despair. He'd spent his whole life trying to find where he fit in, a place where he could truly be himself. It turned out that it wasn't a place, but a person who completed Alec, slotting into his psyche like the missing piece of an 18-year-old puzzle. But he'd learnt from experience that things very seldom went his way, and he knew that beyond what had happened last night he didn't have a shot with Magnus. What he didn't know was that a few miles away, Magnus Bane was lying in bed staring at the dent the Shadowhunter had left on the pillow next to him, wondering how soon he could call the boy with the beautiful blue eyes.


13. Doppelganger
"Is that all I am to you? Do you even see me or is this all just because I remind you of him?" The words Alec screamed at him last night before he disappeared and didn't come back were etched into Magnus' brain. Oh, how he wished he'd never mentioned Will Herondale.


14. Justice
Magnus had seemed really confused when Alec told him how excited he was to watch the new Justice League movie. But when he returned one evening to find Magnus in their bedroom dressed in a bedazzled Wonder Woman costume and brandishing a lasso, it was Alec's turn to be confused.


15. Blush
Usually, it was Alec who blushed, but today he watched nervously from one knee, as a flood of colour swept over the warlock's cheeks. "Y-yes," Magnus gasped, struggling to get the words out. "Yes, of course I will Alexander". Alec stood up, beaming and pulled him into an earth-shattering kiss.


16. Where are you?
"Shhh, it's ok, it's ok, I'm right here with you" Alec murmured gently, pushing limp black strands of hair away from the warlock's forehead. "I'm here Magnus, I'm always here".
He whispered the words, knowing that Magnus was now too far gone to hear them.


17. Samhain
Alec entered the room and stifled a scream. "Terrifying, yes?" Magus grinned, spinning around in his black, multi-legged costume. He paused mid-twirl, looking Alec up and down inquisitively "And what, pray tell, are you dressed as?" Alec glanced down at his bulbous orange costume in confusion.
"What? I thought we were going as each other's greatest fear?"
"Oh, Alexander," Magnus sighed, "I said country bumpkin".


18. Bubblegum
Alec wasn't sure which was worse, the shriek the Ravener demon made as he swiftly dispatched him or the unearthly sound that came out of Magnus' mouth when he realised gum from the wall Alec had knocked him into when the demon lunged towards them, was stuck in his hair.


19. Strawberries
Magnus leant over the infirmary bed, brushing his pink lips against Alec's deathly pale ones. Relief flooded him when the Shadowhunter's eyelids fluttered open. "Magnus," he croaked "I appreciate the sentiment but I was trapped in that cage for six days, my breath must be terrible".
Magnus shook his head in wonder, taking in every line, every detail of the face he never thought he'd see again. "You taste like… strawberries".
Alec chuckled dryly "Liar".
"Yes", he rolled his eyes, grinning "I am, but at least it made you laugh".


20. Pixel
Alec flopped down, exhausted. It had taken over three hours to show Magnus how to turn on the cellphone he'd bought him. At this rate, he wasn't sure if the warlock was ever going to progress beyond using fire messages, or if he even had the patience to teach him how to.
Magnus glanced over at his boyfriend and smirked, he picked up the phone, turned it on and effortlessly typed out a quick text. When he noticed Alec looking at him with wide, incredulous eyes he raised his eyebrows in mock innocence "What?" he said, "you're sexy when you're explaining things".


A/N: These were super fun to write, I might do a second chapter with more if I can. Does anyone think any of these could work as a longer piece?

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