Summary: Alec and Magnus have been bestowed with the feeling of true love by the Angels and Fate. However, one day the Fate decides to change it with the hands of a heartbroken female warlock that Magnus rejected a courtship. She curses both Magnus and Alec eternally to never get the taste of true love again. Jumping through different years of his husband's life, Alec tries to break the curse, before the fate kills him time and time again when Magnus falls in love with him.

All characters belong to Cassandra Clare.

Prologue

Magnus Bane was an old warlock, who had experience in many things in the world. Hell, he even dared to say he experienced everything he could. He had a handful of true friends, who showered him with concern on a daily basis. He had money, he collected throughout the years that he could spend into his heart's desire. He had his title, The High Warlock of Brooklyn, which gave him respect among the downworlders in New York and outside the border as well. He thought he had it all and lived to his fullest.

Oh, how wrong he was!

The day he met Alexander Gideon Lightwood, a shadowhunter from the New York Institute, was a day his whole world turned upside down. Suddenly he felt lost at the sea of life. The day Alexander Lightwood showed up in his life, he realized he hadn't lived his life at all. He realized that there's been something he had missed for his whole life.

The feeling of real love.

True Love.

The one he only had heard from romantic stories written by mundane writers.

When Alec Lightwood clumsily stumbled into his life he realized that despite his belief, he had no idea what love truly meant. He was a fool before when he believed he knew what love is.

With Alec everything was different. He felt young and free with this young man, even though he wouldn't believe himself to fall for a shadowhunter of all species. With Alec he felt alive. He felt an immense joy. Everything was brighter, clearer, more intense. Magnus closed his heart for over a century, and here was Alec waltzing into his life and crushing down the walls he had built around his heart.

How grateful he was for this.

All of this was surreal. In a short amount of time, Magnus began to feel so much for the young man. He couldn't voice properly the name of the feelings. Hell, on some days he couldn't keep up with his feelings at all. He desired him and in the same second, he wanted nothing more but care for him until Alec would join the angels of his kin in heaven. He needed him, he couldn't do anything without thinking about the man, whether it was something trivial in his life or something that occurred his decisions as a leader.

Whenever Alec enters into the room, Magnus loses his breath. His heart beat faster, more alive. His skin tingled, whenever Alec was standing so close that he could feel his breath. He knew it was the love he felt for Alec. And yet, it was different.

Throughout the centuries, Magnus loved and lost many, but he never felt as strong as he felt for Alec. It took him a while to understand why Alec was different from all his previous lovers. Why Alec warmed his heart every time he professed his love for him.

"I love you, Magnus."

"I love you too, Alexander."

Those words worked like magic on him. The greatest magic in the world. The most powerful that even the son of the Prince of Hell fell under its working.

Magnus Bane never thought he was looking for true love until this beautiful man stumbled upon his life. He never thought he wanted it until his eyes crossed with Alec's blue ones for the first time. He never thought he would welcome it so easily when Alec's lips touched his for the first time. He never thought he was deprived of it, until he made love with Alexander for the first time and sparks burst between them, both literally and figuratively.

And yet, here he was, tasting the true love in its purest form, every time he looked down at his right hand where the Lightwood's ring was shining and the black rune tattooed over his heart.

Magnus thanked the Angels and Fate every day that they sent the beautiful blue-eyed angel at his path and granted him the feeling of true love.

Alas, fate decided to change it all and take the true love out of his grasp.

A/N: Did you like it?

Hello again :)

As usual, when I wanted to focus entirely on working on my original novels, an idea for new fanfic came up to my mind. It kept bugging me for a week now, not letting me focus on other things, so here we are.
I'm not sure how many chapters I'll write or how frequently I'll be updating, but the idea plays in my mind for few chapters already and the rest, we'll see as it goes.
There's a tag that Alec dies which he does, in every chapter, but don't worry, he gets back to life all over again.

Hopefully, you liked it,
Till the next one.

Intoxic