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malecdiscordserver · 4 months

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Calling all Shadowhunters creators--it's time to dust off your notebooks, sketchbooks, laptops, drawing tablets, and other creative instruments.

Welcome to By the Angel Bingo!

What is By the Angel Bingo? By the Angel Bingo is a Shadowhunters-themed event where you request a grid of prompts in the layout of a bingo board. The goal is to fill the prompts until you get a traditional bingo (filling 3 or 5 in a row, column, or diagonally) or until you blackout your entire board!

Do I have to be a part of the Malec Discord Server to sign up? No, being a part of the Malec Discord Server Community is not required to be a part of this event, but it is highly encouraged if you’re looking for friends to bounce ideas off of, if you need help finding a beta reader, or if you’re just looking for Shadow Fam to hang out with.

What is the schedule?

Sign-ups open: February 1st

Sign-ups close: February 29th

Last day to request prompt changes: March 31st

Masterpost due by: September 30th

Have more questions? Join the Malec Discord Server or keep reading under the cut for official rules, minimum requirements, and other FAQs!

How will it work? On Thursday, February 1st, sign-ups will open for a bingo card. In your sign-up, you will be asked a few questions including what size bingo card you’d like (3x3 or 5x5). You will then receive a bingo card from one of the Mods to your preferred method of contact within 3-5 days. Sign-ups will remain open until Thursday, February 29th. From there, you’ll have until Monday, September 30, to complete what you can on your bingo card!

What if I don’t like my prompts? You may request 3 (for 3x3 cards) or 5 (for 5x5 cards) replacement prompts at one time. If you need more than 3-5 prompts replaced, you will be sent an entirely new card. This can only happen once. If you receive a new card, you can request 3-5 replacement prompts again for the last time. You can request changes to your board until March 31st, a month after sign-ups close.

Can I sign up if I’m under 18? Yes! Anyone is able to receive a bingo card, but you must be over the age of 18 to request NSFW prompts or submit NSFW fills. You also must be over the age of 16 to join the Malec Server.

Are there any content restrictions? This bingo is open to all creations; fic, art, gifs, videos, moodboards, playlists, cosplay, physical art, etc. All bingo fills must be Shadowhunters-related. Any ships/characters/ratings are permitted as long as they are properly tagged. RPF is not allowed for this event.

Am I required to get a bingo or blackout my card? Not at all! You can fill as little or as many prompts as you have the time/energy to complete. This is low to no stress. Low risk, high reward. HAVE FUN.

Can I combine prompts? Each prompt needs to be its own fill, but you can post a multi-chapter fic or art series with one prompt per chapter/piece.

What if I black out my entire card before the final posting date? Congrats! You did it! You can either be done OR ask for a second bingo card.

Minimum requirements:

Fic: 500 words

Digital/physical art: 1 piece

Photomanipulation: 1 piece

Gifsets: 2 gifs

Moodboards: 4 images

Video: 30 seconds

Playlists: 10 songs

Podfic: 500 words (with author’s permission)

Rules:

You must be over 18 to request NSFW prompts and submit NSFW fills. You have to be over 16 to join the Malec Server.

Any Shadowhunters-related ships/characters/ratings are permitted as long as they are tagged appropriately.

You may create works based off of the show, books, or movies, but no RPF is allowed.

You may request a 3x3 card (8 prompts) or a 5x5 card (24 prompts).

You may request 3 (for 3x3) or 5 (for 5x5) replacement prompts at one time.

If you need more than 3-5 prompts replaced, you will be sent an entirely new card.

This can only happen once. If you receive a new card, you can request 3-5 replacement prompts again for the last time.

You can request changes to your board until March 31st, a month after sign-ups close.

Each card has one “FREE SPACE” to be used as a wildcard where you can submit any creation that follows the rules of the event.

Each prompt needs to be its own completed fill, but you can post a multi-chapter fic or art series with one prompt per chapter/piece.

Each fill must be NEW during the bingo posting period. No past creations may be used as a fill.

Fills can be combined with other events (i.e. Femslash February, Any Fandom Bingo, Trope-specific bingos, etc.) only if the other event allows it and you meet the minimum requirements for both events.

Prompts can be interpreted as literally or figuratively as you like (I.e. A/B/O meaning a frat house, or falling to your knees in the sense of lust, despair, clumsiness, etc.) If you think it fits, it probably fits.

All bingo fills must be added to the AO3 collection. If posted on Tumblr/Twitter, the Malec Discord Server must be tagged (@malecdiscordserver/@MalecServer).

If you are participating in this bingo, you are not allowed to shame any ships/kinks/characters/content of any kind created by other participants. Failure to follow this rule may lead to a lifetime ban of Malec Discord Server-run events. We’re in this for a good time, not a dramatic time.

#shadowhunters #malec #writing event #fandom bingo #bingo event #art event #bingo #magnus bane #alec lightwood #the mortal instruments #jimon #clizzy #clace #clary fairchild #simon lewis #clary fray #jace wayland #izzy lightwood #mdsevents

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lurafita · 3 months

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Malec Bingo

The others regularly play Malec Bingo.

'Magnus makes Alec flustered'

'Alec uses innuendo'

'They are eye-fucking during a downworld cabinet meeting'

'Magnus uses a term of endearment for Alec'

'Alec makes Magnus talk about magical theory to stare at him like Magnus having a geek-out is the most adorable thing to ever happen'

Etc.

It takes Alec and Magnus a surprisingly long time to figure out why the people around them randomly yell out "Bingo!"

#magnus bane #alec lightwood #malec #shadowhunters tv #malec headcanons #malec bingo #all their friends are menaces #menaces! they swear!

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lxdyblackthorn · 27 days

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@bookishjules tagged me in the tsc bingo and i had so much fun doing it! thank you queen

tagging @gayforcarstairsgirls @faithfromanewperspective @alastaircarstairsismybff @mayaheronthorn @kaitcreates

but please feel free to reblog with your results bc i'm a curious bitch ok

#'soon' turned into sacrificing sleep to do this #tsc bingo #tsc #the shadowhunters chronicles

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i-have-not-slept · 3 months

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By The Angel Bingo Prompt — Free Space

Pairing: Malec

This is for the By The Angel Bingo hosted by @malecdiscordserver

For my free space, I chose the prompt Morning Sex

Warning: NSFW

Read on ao3 or below

Alec enjoys mornings, as a rule. Since he was very young, he was drilled to wake up early, ready for whatever the day might decide to throw at him. It’s become a habit, and it’s kind of nice to be awake when most of the world is still silent and sleeping.

For the past five years, mornings have also meant waking up next to Magnus, which is reward enough for anyone. Now, waking up early means that Alec gets to roll over and see Magnus’s face first thing. Every time, it shocks him with how happy he is.

On this particular morning, however, there’s a hefty stack of reports from various Institutes that need the Consul’s attention. So Alec does what he usually does when he wakes up before Magnus: makes a cup of coffee and slides back into bed beside him, balancing the paperwork on his knees.

He takes a brief moment to glance over at Magnus, sprawled out on his side with his limbs going in every direction, uncoordinated and messy as he only is when he’s asleep. In contrast to Alec, Magnus tends to sleep late, sprawling out luxuriously until eight or nine when he’s not working. Alec doesn’t mind at all. If he could, he would simply sit and stare at Magnus until he wakes up. But sadly, there’s work to be done, and so Alec squints down at the first page, trying to concentrate of a description of how the Zagreb Institute took out a hidden nest of Ravener demons.

Magnus sighs in his sleep, rolling onto his stomach, and Alec runs an absent hand through his hair, soothing and caressing until Magnus’s sighs and mutters die down into even breathing again. Alec flicks through the next report, skimming more than actual reading. He signs the final page and sets it aside before reaching for another.

Magnus sighs again, this time a little louder, and Alec glances over at him to check he hasn’t woken up. But no, he’s still soundly asleep. Golden sunlight falls across the curve of his cheek, the long arch of his spine, beautiful little sunspots that Alec wants to press his lips to, kiss the warmth lingering on Magnus’s skin. But these reports aren’t going to sign themselves, and so Alec goes back to reading.

Magnus shifts again, hands now fisting in the pillow under his cheek. He makes another sleepy noise. This one’s not really a sigh, it’s more of a—

Alec stops. He pauses. Then, very deliberately, he puts the report down on the bedside table and looks over at Magnus. He’s still fast asleep, eyes closed and features slack. But now Alec stares at him, feeling every nerve in his body spring to shocked life as Magnus shifts on the mattress and opens his mouth in what is unmistakably a moan.

By the Angel. Alec’s only heard a sound like that from Magnus when he’s been very decidedly awake, and Alec’s usually been the one causing it. He’s never heard Magnus make a single sound like that in his sleep.

But it’s unmistakable. And as Magnus shifts again, Alec’s mouth goes drier than a desert as he realises Magnus’s restlessness isn’t just random movements. He’s— he’s moving his hips. Alec sits there, dumbstruck, as his unconscious husband grinds against the mattress next to him, breath leaving his mouth in little pants, sounding debauched and desperate.

Magnus’s lips part, and he moans, “Alec.” And then again, louder in case Alec somehow didn’t get the message: “Alec!”

Alec’s pulse surges, blood pounding in his ears. Magnus is dreaming about him. What’s happening in his subconscious? Alec is dying to dive inside his mind right now, see exactly what gorgeous, depraved visions Magnus’s semiconscious mind has conjured up. In his dreams, does Alec grab his wrists and pull him closer? Does he push a leg between Magnus’s thighs for him to rut against? Does he pin Magnus against a wall, plastering their bodies together as he grabs Magnus’s thigh in his hand, pushing it up to open him to Alec’s fingers?

Magnus is panting hotly now. His mouth has left a damp patch on the pillow as little puffs of air escape him, accompanied by the occasional “Mmmm.” or “Alec.”

And Alec wants— he wants to wake him up straight away, flip him over and give him the good fuck he so clearly craves. He wants Magnus awake and writhing with pleasure under him. But he has no idea how these kinds of situations work. He has no idea what’s allowed, how far his rights as a husband and a lover extend. Should he wake Magnus up or let him sleep? Should he leave the room? Is Magnus going to want him there when he wakes up? Alec tries to form a coherent thought, mind distracted and addled by the sight of Magnus pushing his knees up towards his chest as he ruts against the pillow under him. The sheet covering him slips further down, exposing more of his back, brown and sun-kissed and glimmering with the faintest sheen of sweat. A little more and it would slip off entirely, exposing the simply glorious curve of his ass. Alec shudders a little with suppressed want. He forces it down, mind racing with indecision as he tries to figure out the best course of action.

As it turns out, he doesn’t need to decide, because the next moment Magnus moans so loud he apparently wakes himself up. He jerks awake, head snapping up and eyes blinking in sleepy confusion. He blinks at Alec, still half-asleep and struggling to focus.

“Magnus.” Alec says, more surprised than anything else.

Magnus blinks at him. “Alec.” he says, his voice thick and heavy from sleep. “What…how…”

Alec just stares at him, and Magnus seems to notice the condition he’s in— rumpled, sweaty, half-asleep and very obviously aroused.

He flushes, cheeks going a dark red that Alec desperately wants to kiss. “Oh.” he says. “Was that…was I…”

“Yes.” Alec says honestly. “You were. Definitely. And you were sort of, um—” He feels his own face flush in turn. “You were sort of…..moving. Against the mattress.

Magnus, if possible, turns even redder. “I’m so sorry. That— that hasn’t happened to me in a long time.” He laughs, sounding self-conscious, and Alec doesn’t get it. Is Magnus— embarrassed? Surely not. Surely Magnus can see that he had absolutely nothing to apologise for, that he makes Alec’s life infinitely better every day simply by existing.

“You don’t have to be sorry.” Alec says. He shifts a tiny bit closer to Magnus. “It was….”

Hot, his brain supplies, but he doesn’t know if that’s too much, too soon. Magnus has barely just woken up, after all.

“Interesting.” he finishes, setting for the word that feels safest.

Magnus tilts his head, looking genuinely curious. “Interesting how?”

Alec swallows, aware that the room suddenly feels hotter. What the hell. He’s just going to go for it.

“I was wondering what you were dreaming about.” he confesses.

Magnus’s eyes widen a fraction. His head tilts back towards Alec, and the look in his eyes is just enough to make Alec that little bit bolder.

“What were you dreaming about?” he asks.

Magnus’s eyes flick down to the bedcovers for a moment before he looks up at Alec again.

“Oh,” he says, and there’s a hint of challenge in his eyes. “You want to know, do you?”

“What were you dreaming about?” Alec repeats stubbornly.

Magnus looks at him thoughtfully, a teasing smile spreading across his face. Then he sits up, shuffling around until he’s cuddled up next to Alec, head resting on his shoulder. His eyes sparkle wickedly, and Alec swallows.

“In my dream,” Magnus breathes, running a hand up and down Alec’s arm, “we were in bed together. Like this.” He gives Alec a brief, teasing look. There’s sin deep in those eyes of his, sweeter than honey.

“I was on my side.” Magnus continues. “You were behind me.” He taps his fingers against Alec’s shoulder. “One of your arms was wrapped around my waist. Your other hand was holding my thigh, pushing it up to open me.”

“Magnus.” Alec breathes. He’s not sure if he can take much more of this.

“Have I told you I love your hands?” Magnus teases. He takes one of them and puts it on his chest, over his heart. “So lovely and big and warm…Oh, and I love everything you can do with them, my darling.” He brings Alec’s hand to his mouth and kisses it, then very gently bites Alec’s fingertips.

“It was a very nice dream,” Magnus murmurs, releasing Alec’s hand. He slides languorously down to the bed again, stretching out like a cat. “But a dream just can’t compare to the real thing.”

And Alec feels the last of his resolve break as he reaches out for him. He pushes Magnus over, onto his stomach again, and runs a hand down his back. He’s so gorgeous that Alec thinks his heart might actually stop beating, sending him into cardiac arrest over his husband’s beauty.

And it would be worth it. It would be the most perfect way to die, with Magnus looking at him like that, cheeks flushed and eyes heavy-lidded as he looks at Alec over his shoulder.

Alec mouths over his skin, kissing the golden splashes of sunlight like he’s been craving to do. Magnus’s flesh is warm under his mouth, and he tastes of salt and spices. Alec licks a broad stripe up his back, chasing the flavour. Magnus digs his fingers into the mattress and groans, hips moving in tiny aborted circles against the silk.

“Alec.” he says breathlessly. “Whatever you’re planning on doing, just— hurry up and do it, please.”

“Someone’s impatient.” Alec teases. He sucks on the side of Magnus’s neck, just below his ear, suctioning the skin until a bruise starts to form. Magnus’s back arches and he tries to grab the sheets, but the smooth gold silk offers no purchase. He scrabbles ineffectually, hands sliding as he lets out small frustrated whimpers.

Alec decides the teasing’s gone on long enough. He lifts himself off Magnus and reaches across the bed to grab the pillow Magnus had been grinding against mere minutes before. He taps Magnus’s hip. “Up.” Magnus complies instantly, raising his hips enough for Alec to slide the pillow underneath, bringing him into an arch with his pelvis raised.

Alec drapes himself over him, plastering his front to Magnus’s back. He’s been hard this whole time, and his cock is trapped between their bodies, pressed into the small of Magnus’s back where he can no doubt feel it.

For a moment Alec thinks Magnus is too far gone to do magic, but then he waves his hand with a weak groan and a bottle of lube appears in Alec’s hand. He sits back on his haunches for a moment and applies a generous amount to Magnus’s entrance before dipping a finger inside him.

He clenches down immediately, clearly desperate for anything in him at all. Alec smirks. He curls his finger up towards Magnus’s spine, knowing exactly where all of his nerves are, exactly where to touch and press to make him writhe.

He adds a second finger and Magnus rolls his hips on them, hands clenching and unclenching as he presses down deeper and deeper. Alec curls his fingers in a beckoning motion, and Magnus’s muffled half-scream is the sweetest music in the world to his ears.

Angel, he’s beautiful. Alec could spend the rest of his life in this moment, never leaving this perfect tableau of sunlight and silk and Magnus, Magnus, Magnus. He can’t wait any longer, overwhelmed by the visceral need to be joined to him. To melt together until he can no longer tell where his body ends and Magnus’s begins. To press their bodies together until their very essences bleed into each other.

Alec sprawls out over him again, this time guiding himself to the wet, delicious warmth of Magnus’s body. Magnus rocks back to meet him as Alec presses forward, every inch that he sinks into Magnus like coming home. It’s absolute perfection. He feels Magnus suck in air, taut and trembling as Alec pushes fully into him, until he’s as deep as he can possibly go, their bodies fused together from shoulders to toes. Magnus moans breathlessly and sprawls loose and pliant under him. “Alec…”

His hands flex restlessly, and Alec slides his hands over Magnus’s, threading his fingers through his husband’s and linking their hands together. Magnus’s fingers curl tightly around his as Alec rolls his hips slowly, pressing Magnus against the mattress before drawing up again, pulling almost all the way out of him before sinking back in again. His hips move in slow, deep circles, a motion that has Magnus arching back and chasing Alec’s hips with his own.

“‘M here.” Alec assures him. He keeps moving, slow and deliberate, pressing a kiss to the back of Magnus’s neck before dropping his head down to whisper in his ear.

“You’re so gorgeous,” Alec murmurs to him, “all laid out like this, with the sunlight on your skin.” He thrusts into him again, deep and languorous, and Magnus’s legs shake where they’re pressed against Alec’s. Alec can feel the drops of sweat gathering and rolling down his calves. Magnus is close, he can tell. No surprise, considering he’d clearly gotten worked up from rutting against the mattress just moments ago.

“Want to spend every morning like this with you.” Alec continues. He brings one hand to Magnus’s hip, squeezing it, angling his pelvis up just the tiniest fraction more, making Magnus shudder at the new angle. “When I saw you— moaning my name in your sleep— that was so hot.”

“Alexander.” Magnus gasps, eyelids fluttering and mouth falling open.

“Magnus.” Alec breathes to him in the same tone, and it’s on the next roll of his hips that Magnus cries out comes, walls clamping down hard on Alec's cock. His whole body spasms, hands clawing at the sheets so hard Alec is certain they’ll rip, until he goes utterly limp, panting with his face pressed against the mattress.

Alec fucks him through it, the vibrations of Magnus’s body drawing him closer and closer to the edge, until he can’t hold back any more and comes with one final deep thrust. It catches him off guard, every time, how every nerve in his body draws tighter than a bowstring, tense and trembling, then something snaps and he’s spilling inside Magnus, vision whiting out from the intensity of it. And then afterwards, that exhausted, heavy feeling that makes all his limbs relax as he melts against Magnus, craving the warmth of his skin.

After a few long, hazy moments, Alec comes back to himself just enough to kiss the back of Magnus’s neck. “Was that good?” he murmurs into Magnus’s ear, voice thick and drowsy. “Did you enjoy it?”

Magnus still seems barely capable of speech. He nods, incoherently, and turns his head so Alec can lean in and kiss him. He gasps softly against Alec’s lips, and Alec can’t help feeling a twinge of smug satisfaction. Magnus is usually so eloquent, so poised, and yet Alec has the ability to turn him into a shivering, sweaty mess of limbs, so drunk on desire he can barely speak. Alec isn’t normally a proud person, but he’s proud of this. He looks at Magnus, lost in a hazy, post-coital flush, and thinks, I did that. I did that to him.

“Did I enjoy it?” Magnus gets out eventually. He blinks at Alec, brow furrowing into something resembling a glare. “Does your ego really need an answer to that?”

Alec can’t help it; he grins and wraps his arms around Magnus. “I’ll take that as a yes?”

Magnus slowly eases himself over onto his back, causing Alec to slip out of him. Magnus instantly reaches out to pull Alec down against him again, wrapping his arms around Alec’s shoulders. Alec rests his chin on Magnus’s chest, looking down into his honey-gold eyes.

Magnus taps a finger against Alec’s lips. “That,” he says, “was the best morning sex I’ve ever had. Ever.” He pulls Alec’s head down and kisses his nose. Alec scrunches up his face and Magnus laughs, the happiest noise in the world.

Alec pulls back and looks at him thoughtfully for a second. Then he leans down and kisses Magnus properly, coaxing his mouth open, warm and a little messy and perfect. Alec kisses along the curve if Magnus’s jaw and presses openmouthed kisses to his neck.

“My Alexander.” Magnus murmurs against his ear. “How you spoil me.”

“No more than you deserve.” Alec breathes. It’s true— Magnus deserves the world. Alec could spend the rest of his life worshipping him and it still wouldn’t be as much as Magnus deserves. It’s an honour and a privilege to wake up beside him every morning. To see him in all his unguarded glory, the way no one else gets to see him, open and vulnerable and entirely Alec’s.

Magnus pushes on his chest, and Alec takes the hint, sitting up cross-legged and leaning back. Magnus sits upright gracefully and flows into his lap, legs twining around Alec’s hips. He pulls Alec in and kisses him again, hands threading through Alec’s hair. “Thank you, darling.” he whispers, and Alec thinks that, as mornings go, this one started pretty well. Considering he’d intended to spend it signing Clave reports, ending up with golden sunlight and a lapful of Magnus is a much, much more agreeable state of affairs.

#malec #alec lightwood #magnus bane #malec fanfic #by the angel bingo #fanfic challenge #tsc #shadowhunters #cassandra clare #the shadowhunter chronicles #alec lightwood bane #magnus lightwood bane

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dancing-in-the-rain-1104 · 26 days

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I was tagged by @wikitpowers to do this fun TSC bingo! Thank you so much!

And thank you to @alastairstom for creating the template!

Here’s mine :)

Since I have no idea who has done it or not yet, I’m just going to tag my bestest friend ❤️ @pezlikethesweets

#tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #cassandra clare #bingo

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goldenjellyfish12 · 27 days

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I was tagged by the amazing @layla-carstairs & TY @alastairstom for the bingo template. i had so much fun, and I hope I did this right !

I'm tagging: @rinadragomir @oblivionsdream @blackwidow0906 @princeash and anyone else who would like to participate!

#tag game #bingo #tsc bingo #tsc #tlh #the last hours #cassandra clare #tda #the shadowhunter chronicles #the dark artifices #shadowhunters

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kasirose · 1 month

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Prompt: Cursed Item

for the By the Angel Bingo hosted by the @malecdiscordserver

first of all ... Im SorRy-

Idk why but when I saw the prompt the most cursed thing I could think of was this scene even though there's a lot of actual cursed things in the TSC universe but my brain said ANGST 😭😭😭

Original Scene from City of Lost Souls by @cassandraclare

in case context is needed it's the cursed page 511

#this was painful to draw omg #not only cause the context but also drawing side profiles and fancy lighting was scrambling my brain #The witchlight isn't technically a cursed item in the literal sense but this scene is cursed so the witchlight is now also cursed #malec #malec fanart #magnus bane #alec lightwood #shadowhunters #shadowhunters fanart #the mortal instruments #city of lost souls #page 511 #book malec #my art #by the angel bingo

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malecdiscordserver · 3 months

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Calling all Shadowhunters creators--it's time to dust off your notebooks, sketchbooks, laptops, drawing tablets, and other creative instruments.

Just under two weeks to sign-up for By the Angel Bingo!

What is the schedule?

Sign-ups open: February 1st

Sign-ups close: February 29th

Last day to request prompt changes: March 31st

Masterpost due by: September 30th

Click here to sign up: https://forms.gle/8xp6y2YW1nAVyP54A

#shadowhunters #writing bingo #art bingo #creating bingo #shadowhunters bingo #by the angel bingo #btabingo #malec #clace #sizzy #magnus bane #alec lightwood #izzy lightwood #clary fray #jace wayland #simon lewis #malec discord server #mdsevents

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demy85 · 3 months

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Mundanes and their tournaments

My third prompt fill for 'By the Angel Bingo' hosted by @malecdiscordserver is up

You can read it on Ao3 or below

They were on the move, it was a gloomy night and they had a job to do.

It was Izzy's first mission and Alec knew that there was no room for anything to go wrong.

Even though they were still children, their parents expected them to be obedient and dutiful.

After they had found and destroyed the Shax Demon's nest, Alec was finally able to breathe normally again.

Then he heard Izzy scream with joy and saw her running towards him with a piece of paper in her hand.

“Alec, hey Alec, look what I found here,” she shouted, a little out of breath, as she held the paper out in front of him.

'Come to our open archery tournament'

He had had a hunch that the area looked familiar, and now it was confirmed. The archery range he had been going to every now and then, on the sly of course, had to be somewhere nearby.

Alec took the paper, crumpled it up and threw it somewhere behind him. He had no time for this kind of fooling around. He had to prepare himself to take over as Head of the Institute and not spend his time thinking about a mere mundane pastime, let alone participating in such a tournament.

Without exchanging another word, he set off in the direction of the Institute to report back to his mother without fail.

He didn't wait for his siblings to follow him, for Alec knew there was little point in making them go with him. The two of them had a mind of their own and had a habit of blowing off some steam in a club or bar after a mission like this. Well that's at least what Jace did and Alec was pretty sure Izzy would rather follow his hot-headed parabatai instead of her boring big brother.

Truth be told, Alec envied them both a little.

➵

Alec, who at just eighteen had been officially appointed acting Head of the Institute while his parents had been summoned back to Idris, was also one of the few Shadowhunters who had chosen the bow and arrow as his signature weapon.

He wanted to do everything he could to make his parents proud, but he hadn't reckoned on how persistent his little sister could be.

Izzy just wouldn't stop talking about the tournament and raving about what an excellent archer Alec was. And she wasn't entirely wrong; despite his young age, Alec had already been considered one of the best archers at the time. At least within Shadowhunter society.

So when Jace started teasing him about the tournament and saying that he was afraid to compete with a few mere mundanes, Alec saw red.

He just couldn't let his siblings make fun of him, so in a knee-jerk reaction, he signed up for the tournament.

Alec just hoped his parents wouldn't get wind of it.

A few extra training sessions with his 'signature weapon' before the tournament certainly wouldn't hurt either, so he spent as much time as possible on the Institute's own archery range.

With four weeks to go until the tournament, Alec intended to give it his absolute best.

➵

Alec went to great lengths to ensure that he was perfectly trained for the tournament in order to make an impression on his siblings and deflect the mocking comments. With each training session on the archery range, he honed his skills even further. He was sure that his bow and arrow skills would be enough to win the tournament, but one could never be too careful. So he spent every spare minute improving his accuracy.

Over the following weeks, Alec perfected his technique and honed his senses as he tirelessly shot arrows on the range.

Izzy and Jace, initially amused, soon realized that Alec's determination was not to be underestimated. They now eagerly followed his progress as he prepared for the tournament.

The tension grew as the day of the tournament drew nearer. Alec felt the pressure, but his determination was unwavering. His parents were still unaware of his impulsive decision, and Alec fervently hoped it would stay that way.

With a steady gaze and signature weapon in hand, Alec finally stood ready on the day of the tournament, determined to show his siblings that he was good enough to win a tournament for the mundane.

➵

When he saw his fellow competitors, his nerves were on edge and his stomach turned. Sweat started to trickle down his brow and an uneasy feeling spread through him, something he had never felt before.

There was no question that he absolutely needed to win the tournament. He couldn't allow himself the embarrassment of failure. Izzy and Jace would never stop teasing him about it otherwise.

It was at that very moment that he made a decision of which he wasn't particularly proud, but neither did he see any other alternative. He had to be sure that he was going to emerge victorious.

A few minutes before the start of the tournament, Alec disappeared into one of the toilets and returned to the archery range just in time.

The tournament began and he sank one arrow after another into the X, even though all ten targets were at varying distances to him.

He came out the glorious winner. At least that's what Izzy and Jace said, who had no idea what Alec had done just minutes before the tournament began.

His victory left a bittersweet aftertaste in Alec's mouth.

➵

When the tournament and the official awards ceremony were over, a man approached the group of Shadowhunters, who were engaged in a lively conversation.

They startled when they heard the amused voice and stared at the newcomer in disbelief.

Alec's breath was knocked out of his lungs. This man, he was indescribably gorgeous and had a flamboyant air about him. It was almost as if he was surrounded by an aura that magically attracted Alec.

He sincerely hoped that his siblings wouldn't notice that he seemed to be drawn to the man. Alec had never before confided in anyone about his sexuality and under no circumstances was he going to let them find out like that.

As he rebuked Alec, "Now, now young Shadowhunter. Is that any way to win a tournament?" Alec finally snapped out of his daydreaming and looked at him, taken aback.

But the man simply grinned at Alec and his expression told him that the man knew very well that Alec had cheated. That he had used the precision rune.

"How..." he began to stammer, but stopped speaking abruptly when a pair of beautiful cat eyes stared back at him.

Magnus Bane, ever the powerful warlock, smiled at Alec and held out his hand. "I'm Magnus," he introduced himself. Alec could hardly believe that this mesmerizing man was at all speaking to him. He took Magnus' hand and it was then that a tingling sensation traveled up his arm and lodged itself inside his core. A warm sensation flooded his body suddenly and he was pretty sure that he was blushing.

"Alec...um...Alec Lightwood," Alec managed to mumble shyly. He couldn't stop staring at Magnus, simultaneously in a state of embarrassment and excitement. Magnus seemed to notice the way Alec seemed to be struggling as his smile grew even wider.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Alexander," Magnus almost purred with a twinkle in his eye. Alec couldn't help but smile back.

And that was exactly the moment when Alexander Gideon Lightwood fell head over heels in love with Magnus Bane.

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