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mortalfaerie · 3 years

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STRANDED IN TIME (M. F.) 2/?

Matthew Fairchild x Lost Herondale! Reader

Y/N Herondale gets her just deserts when snooping in Cirenworth's attic sends her back over 100 years.

An indeterminate amount of time passed as you drifted in and out of consciousness. You recalled a silent brother standing over you, buts of hushed and worried conversation, and one occasion when you woke to Tessa sitting by your side, a cold cloth on your forehead and her mixing a tincture by your bedside.

You couldn't bring yourself to speak in your current state, but remembered vaguely that Tessa excelled in healing magic. You tried to reach out to her, but found you lost consciousness again before you could.

When you finally did wake without horrible pain, you found yourself in a narrow bed, in a cotton nightgown you'd never seen, but unmistakably in the London Institute's infirmary, the painted ceiling distinct.

What happened? Did Tessa and Jem take you here because you had been sick? Was Kit okay? Where was everyone? These questions pounded in your head as you stood from the bed, and cautiously padded to the double doors leading to the hallway. You opened the door to look out, but found Tessa and two people you didn't know - one being the man who had carried you - talking outside the door. They all looked to you, pausing, and then Tessa exclaimed, "Oh goodness, you're awake at last."

"I- what happened? Where's Kit? Why are we in London?" You asked, looking rapidly from person to person.

"You should have a seat, if you're able." said the other person - a petite woman of perhaps 40 or 50.

"What's going on?" you asked again, increasingly alarmed. "Is Kit okay? Where's my brother? I want to see him!"

"I'm sure we can help you find your brother as soon as we know who you are." The taller man assured you.

You looked again to Tessa, exasperated. "Tessa, what's going on? You know me, I- Kit and I live with you and Jem and Mina in Devonshire." Your voice started to wobble as panic set in.

"I- I'm sorry, I don't think that we've ever met before now." Tessa said, her face earnestly confused.

Tears spilled over your cheeks as you looked desperately to the other two adults.

"I'm Y/N Herondale." You choked out. "My little brother is Kit, you took us in after our dad was killed. We used to live in Los Angeles but we moved here after the Cohort - Tessa, please, you have to remember me."

At the name Herondale, all parties looked shocked and concerned. You cried earnestly now, shocked and panicked and feeling like you were living in a waking nightmare. You didn't pay much mind as they sheparded you into a chair in the infirmary, and the man called for tea from the kitchen. A blanket was draped around your shoulders, lest you go into shock, and when tea was pressed into your hands you finally ceased crying.

"Now," Tessa said softly, seated beside you and across from the others, "Why don't you tell us from the beginning what you remember, Y/N."

With a shuddering breath, you began. "My name is Y/N Herondale. My dad was Johnny Rook, and my mother was Rosemary Herondale. My mom died before I can remember, and only a bit after my brother Kit was born. We grew up with mundanes were always told we just had the true sight and to be quiet about it, until the day demons attacked my dad at our house, and Kit and I barely escaped with Jem Carstairs and -" you looked to Tessa, "You. We lived in the Los Angeles Institute for a bit, but eventually we decided to go to England with you and Jem when you offered - you said it was because we were the lost Herondale siblings, and that you owed a debt to the Herondales."

You looked to the man and woman across from you, silently imploring if you should continue. The man, who's black hair was flecked with gray and who's blue eyes mirrored your own, cleared his throat.

"Y/N, my name is William Herondale, and this is my wife, Tessa Herondale. And next to me is Charlotte Fairchild, the consul. We don't know how you happened to get here, but rest assured, you will not be turned away."

You could have cried again for relief, but you steeled yourself when the consul nodded to you. "Do you remember what happened before you were discovered outside?"

You nodded slowly. "I was at Cirenworth Hall. Tessa - my Tessa, I guess - gave me a book to read and it inspired me to look around in the attic, and I found something in a box. I - I can't remember what it was, but I remember feeling sick suddenly, and then I was lying in the grass with Jessamine over me."

"You could see Jessamine?" Charlotte asked, and you nodded.

"Yeah, my brother and I could both see ghosts after we got our voyance marks. Some that other people can't see, too." You said.

Tessa and Will exchanged a glance, and Will spoke. "That would give credence to your claim of being a Herondale. The issue is, however, that the only living Herondales are myself, my family here, and my sister, now Cecily Lightwood. Our father had a brother, but he and his wife both died before they had any children."

"But his name was Tobias, right?" You asked, gears beginning to turn in your head.

"Yes, actually." Will said, raising an eyebrow. "How would you know that?"

"Because Tobias Herondale was my ancestor. He had a son no one knew about, and that son married a faerie woman..." you trailed off. "And eventually, I happened."

"That raises another question, then." Charlotte said, her expression speculative. "If you are a Herondale, and you bear marks, how is the clave unaware of you?"

"I think," you began, bracing yourself to be called crazy. "That maybe I'm not from this time, or this dimension. I think something I did in the attic sent me here, wherever here is."

"London." Tessa supplied, "July, 1903."

You stood up in shock. "1903? You can't be serious! I - how? I wasn't even born until 1997 - oh my god, Kit, I can't -"

"Y/N!" Tessa exclaimed, placing her hands on your shoulders to push you back in your seat. "Please, calm down, I'm afraid you'll make yourself sick."

You let her push you back into your seat, but stared blankly at the floor as your jaw worked.

"Is such a thing possible?" Will asked quietly to Charlotte.

"To have travelled through time? Not as I know it, but perhaps it could be a cruel faerie trick? It's known that time moves differently in the faerie realms." She replied, still cautious in her tone.

You brought your arms around yourself and hugged your sides as the gravity of your situation set in. Kit - oh god, was he looking for you? Would they know to look in the attic? What would happen to your little makeshift family? You heaved a sob, and the attention of the adults turned back to you.

Tessa - motherly Tessa - let propriety slip and pulled you to her side, and you clung to her for dear life. The consul came closer and passed a comforting hand over your hair.

"No matter how you came to be here," she said softly, "You are a nephilim, and you are displaced and distressed, and so you will always be supported at this Institute. We will do all we can to discern this situation, but you will be in good hands with Tessa and Will."

You hiccuped and met her eyes, seeing genuine compassion in them. She offered you a hesitant smile, and turned to Tessa.

"She will remain here until we are able to reverse this. I will confer with the Silent Brothers on this matter, and see if they know of any case like this. Until then, perhaps she will be treated as a ward of the Institute?"

Tessa nodded, her hold on you still firm. "Of course. We'll see to it."

Will went to see the consul out, and Tessa stayed behind, with you still holding onto her. "Y/N?" she asked, all gentleness and care in her voice. You wanted to believe this was your Tessa, the one who had become like a mother to you, but this Tessa knew nothing of you at all.

"Yes?" you said, your voice hoarse from crying.

"I don't know how you've come here, but I want you to know - I trust what you say. I have seen many impossible things, but still I am met with surprises. I also know that since I am a warlock - I am fated to live many, many years. If you truly were not born until 90 years from now, it's possible you know me in your time. I am sorry that I don't know you, but know that you are safe here."

You squeezed her, and managed to say, "Thank you. You've always been so kind to me. I - I'm glad I crash landed somewhere with you here."

#the last hours #cassandra clare #the infernal devices #the shadowhunter chronicles #the dark artifices #the mortal instruments #the last hours imagine #matthew fairchild x reader #matthew fairchild imagine #mathew fairchild

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vcnka · 3 years

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Is that you?

a short fic about what happens when jem dies because i need more angst in my life

characters: james carstairs, tessa gray, kit herondale, ty blackthorn, mina carstairs, jace herondale, emma carstairs, julian blackthorn, church, magnus bane

place: cirenworth hall

warning: death of a major character, lot of tearS

!SPOILERS FOR THE INFERNAL DEVICES AND THE DARK ARTIFICES!

the clouds were weeping the day jem carstairs died.

he was in his and tessa's bed, he looking old enough to be her grandfather, but to their friends and family they were just jem and tessa, tessa and jem.

people came and went all day, knowing it would be the last time they saw him. tessa was by his side the whole time.

magnus came and reminisced that time when will put his hands into that one fire for him but got carried out of the room because jem was dying. one of his oldest friends was dying.

jace came and said the time brother zachariah helped him, saved his life, and he would not be here without him. jem accepted this with a small smile.

emma and julian came, talking about the time he was there for them, bright and cheerful like a sun who would never go out. they had to go because emma was crying and shaking so hard because jem was dying. the man who was like a older brother and like a second father to her was dying.

church would not get up from jem's chest. magnus took him with him but the cat would not stop screaming and wailing.

mina, their beautiful daughter, was by their side all day, crying but not leaving his side. she reminded him of the time will's ghost taught her the demon pox song and she and kit would not stop singing it. jem was too weak to say anything, but he took her hand in his and squeezed it lightly. mina had to go because she couldn't bear to be by his side when he died, because her father was dying. one of the first people she ever loved was dying.

kit was coming and going like a small breeze, ty at his side. ty said with a wistful expression how beautiful the speech he gave at their wedding was. kit remembered how jem loved and cared for him like no one else did. he wasn't able to say much. because the man who loved him and gave him a home was dying.

at last when they were alone, tessa and jem closed their eyes and whispered of their memories. they whispered about the first time they met, the time they first kissed, the time jem proposed to her. they spoke about their meetings on blackfriars bridge, and they spoke of james and lucie and cordelia and alastair and cecily and sophie and gideon and gabriel and those who they loved.

but most of all, they spoke of him. they spoke of his fear of ducks, of how he protected everyone around him with a certain fierceness, but most of all? they spoke of how much they loved him and how much he did too.

does, they remind each other. he still does. and they do too.

they spoke of how their life was better with him.

dawn was coming. jem's breathing had slowed, and tessa was there with him, begging him to take another breath, that he could do this.

i can't lose you too, she said, tears dripping down her face like a steady stream.

you won't, he replied, i will be here and with you forever tessa, and so will he.

do you see him?

i do. he is well.

wait for me. tell him i love him. i love you.

i will. i love you too.

tessa took his hand in hers and closed her eyes. she didn't need to look through some magical barrier to know that he was here.

jem closed his eyes, a ghost of a smile spreading across his face as he ceased to breathe.

"will? will, is that you?"

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ninacarstairss · 3 years

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Happy Birthday Will Herondale!

Today Will is alive and well, celebrating his 159th birthday with Jem, Tessa and all their beautiful children

Tessa and Jem weak Will up with a cake they made the night before. The icing is a bit messed up here and there and the writing on it seems to read “happy birthday Will Herond” and something that looks like a doodle because the whole name didn’t really fit, but Will has never seen anything more perfect than that cake and the bright smiles of the loves of his life

They spend the morning watching Disney movies because Will loves them. Tessa prepared some cookies to go with the cake and Jem got all the blankets he could find to keep them warm during the movie marathon. They got through “Frozen” and sang the songs at the top of their lungs, but during “Beauty and the Beast” they started kissing, so of course a kiss led to another and then to something else and the marathon got to an early end.

Mina, Lucie James and Kit decorated the whole house to make it look like a proper birthday party and of course there were ducks over each and every single one of the decorations. Will’s face when he walked in was incomparable

Lucie wrote a little new story for Will’s birthday. She reads it aloud for him and the whole family and they all love it.

Kit, Mina, Lucie and James put together a little photo book for Will. There are pictures of all his life: there are moments of his childhood with his parents and Cecily, pictures with Jem and Tessa at the institute, pictures of their wedding, pictures of him with all his friends, and finally pictures of him with the kids, holding them as babies and running around with them as they grew up, pictures of him, Tessa and Jem starting a snowball fight with the children, pictures of all the places they visited together and all their adventures, and then some pictures of him only, moments of happiness caught on camera when he wasn’t watching, moments he’d always want to remember. Will thinks he has never received a more beautiful gift.

After dinner there is a session of karaoke and the whole family sings the demon pox song. It became a birthday tradition long ago and Will couldn’t have asked for a better one

In the evening, after a day full of laughter and smiles, the three of them get back to their room and Jem plays something on the violin that he composed for Will’s birthday. Then Tessa reads some of “A Tale of Two Cities” out loud until they all fall asleep in each other’s arms.

#will herondale #happy birthday will #happy birthday will herondale #herongraystairs #heronstairs #herongraystairs headcanons #will herondale birthday headcanons #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #shadowhunters

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cant-think-of-anything · 3 years

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Okay this gave me such a hard time to post, the app threw a fit when I tried to put it in the ask box, Clary kept disappearing so hopefully all of them stay

Clary - orange (not like her hair, more like water colors when you add a bit of water)

Jace - Gold (mentioned way too much about him to be anything else)

Izzy - bright red

Simon - blue that's not really dark or light, if you imagine a blue hoodie it would be something like this

Magnus - peacock colors (he's too colorful to be just one)

Sebastian - a bright purple

Alec - watery blue or light gray

Max lightwood bane - navy blue (yeah)

Rafael lightwood bane - the kind of orange you would see in a kindergarten room

Maia - dark magenta

Lily - electric blue

Raphael - I can't choose between red or brown

Jocelyn - like a worn out couch tan (haha sorry)

Tessa - like a light mauve

Will - blue, his eyes are mentioned an ABSURD amount like way too much for me to even have space to think of something else

Jem - the color of sun coming through the curtains

Charlotte - biscuit brown (is that even a color)

Henry - red (like his hair)

Gabriel - dark grayish blue but almost gray (like storm clouds)

Sophie- dark purple, like a jewel tone

Gideon - a light tan

Cecily - dark blue but with like a satiny sheen (is that how you spell it)

Jessamine - ivory

Mina - light pink (she's so cute dnskdnkams)

Emma - Sandy yellow

Julian - dark green , almost black

Mark- light sky blue (I love him I literally forgot he existed though oops)

Kieran- blue like his hair

Cristina- a darker pink but still vibrant

Dru - blood red

Ty - gray, similar to Gabriel but lighter than that

Kit- if you open your windows at sunrise that's him, the color and the feeling

Helen - a cream color (like ice cream)

Aline - wine red

James- ooh like a smoky dark gray that's almost see through, yeah for the shadow realm and all but it also gets that whole "mask" thing

Cordelia- GOLDEN HOUR COLOR IT'S PERFECT

Matthew - bright orange

Christopher - lavender and light green

Thomas - olive green but any earthy tones work well

Kamala - royal purple for sure

Grace - silver she's so silver

Eugenia- like a dark salmon or a bright yellow because of the one outfit

Barbara - a darkish brown but not like too dark (like a potato sack color? That sounds bad sorry Barbara)

Oscar the dog - gold (deserved more page time, underrated character smh)

Church - grayyy

Anna - literally couldn't think of anything

Jesse - forest green

Lucie - sky blue just works for her

Belial- (idk if I spelled that right) like when people say sickly pale skin, that's the color (ew)

Lilith - like a mom pink ( I can't even give an explanation)

Alastair - (yes I saved my favorite for last) burgandy, dark red, wine red, just any deep red suits him really well

If the explanations make no sense they were written on like two hours of sleep if I missed someone you like ask me and I will attempt to answer @immortal-enemies

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livia-dovehallow · 3 years

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Do you think Tessa looks at the modern day shadowhunters and thinks about how they remind her of her friends and misses them and then tells them stories about all of them, Tatiana being a bitch, Gabrily being hot, Charlotte being a queen and the entire TLH gang singlehandedly destroying London. Cause I feel like she always talks about will but what about everyone else!!

I sure hope so :(

We never see it in canon, but I find it hard to believe that Tessa wouldn’t also talk about her best friend, Sophie, or her sister-in-law Cecily. They were all such integral parts of her life (hello--first introduction to the Shadow World!) and she obviously can’t forget them. I understand why she does talk about Will a lot--he was her husband after all and father of her children. She loved him and of course she will always remember him.

But everyone else had key holds in her life that I think she should be more open about, especially for someone like Kit who also feels like an outsider among the Shadow World despite being a Shadowhunter (like Tessa). For her to tell him about her own life, the people she met and who became her family, he may begin to feel more comfortable not only in the Shadow World but with her and Jem and the Blackthorns, etc. He, too, is part Downworlder after all, like Tessa.

I hope CC gives us something. Telling the Lightwoods that they still look like her sister-in-law, even 100+ years later. Acknowledging the Blackthorns as her descendants through Lucie’s line (extra points for acknowledging that Ty’s gray eyes are likely from her).

Give me Tessa telling Emma that her son married Jem’s cousin and see the gears turn in her head trying to figure that one out.

And you can’t tell me that Tessa has never talked about Charlotte, the big-sister figure who gave her a home and was the Nephilim’s first female Consul. Especially to someone like Clary or Alec, who would cling on to that legacy for comfort, even if it doesn’t mean very much now. (And of course, Clary would enjoy hearing the little stories of Henry, her red-haired ancestor.)

We know very well, too, that Tessa knows exactly who and where the other branch of the Lightwoods ended up. Sophie and Gideon’s line went somewhere, right? Alec and Izzy have Lightwood cousins somewhere. Tessa and Jem are probably the only ones who know exactly who they are.

I understand why Tessa felt the need to distance herself from her descendants after her grandkids, but being back in the world with Jem, and having Kit and Mina now, there’s got to be something that pulls Tessa toward those descendants once more. I mean, the Herondales, Lightwoods, and Blackthorns are all related to her. Tessa is the type of person to feel responsible for the Blackthorns in TWP, I think, because they are Lucie’s great-something grandkids. And we all know Tessa misses Lucie (and James) as much as she misses Will.

It’d also just be nice to revist our TID/TLH favorites in modern-day TSC stories. It ties everything together and gives a nice bit of nostalgia. (Besides, I’d love to see Alec and Izzy learn about Christopher Lightwood and Alec accuse Izzy of being a walking hazard like Christopher, while Izzy decides she is more like their great-something grandmother, Cecily.)

#maggie answers #kind anons #tessa gray

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livcosmos · 4 years

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CHAIN OF GOLD booktalk

You guys I can't even... that was oh my God soooo good. I know I always say this but I don’t even know where to start like there was so much going on and ahahahha I loved it so incredebly much!!! I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read it because I thought that it would be to painful because of my love Jem but I am sooooo incredebly glad I did read it and I can’t wait for the next book I am fraking out so hard I need to know what happens kjkjkjkjk... Can it please be March already???Please!!! I had so much fun reading it, it gave all the feelings from laughing out loud to screaming and crying and wanting to throw the book out the window, it was amazing! It was so intense!! I also want to say how much respect I have for this woman she created such an amazing world with such amazing characters and she never stops to amaze me she never disappoints! I want to thank her once again for everything!!! She is a freaking genius!!! Now let’s get started!

Ok I think I’m going to start with my boy Matthew, he was and is my aboulute favourite, I knew he was going to be from the moment I read the short story about him in “Ghosts of the Shadow Market”, cause yes apperently I have a weakness for sad damaged boys, my hearth breaks for him and I just want him to be happy more than everything he is such a sweeatherat and I am so so scared that something is going to happen to him I saw some theires about him... I’m telling you if something happpens to him I burning the world down if I may quote Sebastian!

Through the whole book I was screaming for more parts from his point of few because I needed and I stilll need to know exactly what he is thinking and what he is feeling I need that so bad and when we finally got the first tiny part from his point of few the one with Grace... I am going to talk about that...girl in a miunte... first I started crying cause I was so happy but than of course that bitch, I’m sorry I normaly never swar but oh my Lord I hate Grace and the things I said to her God forgive me, had to ruin it and hhjhfjfgfgf poor Matthew! I really hope Magnus helps him, our sweet Maguns our mother Theresa bless his soul I love how he is always there to help and all my hope is in him that he helps Matthew too as he helped Will, I am so happy he is present and in the action, let’s be honest what would be a Shadowhunter book without him seriosly now?

As I mentioned Will, first his parenting omg is helarious😂😂 I love him so much! And second of all Matthew remeinds me so much of him and I really really hope Matthew finds his light as Will did!

Matthew needs to talk to someone about what happend he needs to talk about it and frogive himself for what he did ahhh it breaks my hearth to see him suffering! When he told Thomas and Lucie about what Alastair said as mean as it sounds cause I do felt really sorry for Alastair in that moment, I was glad Matthew said at least a part of what is so heavy on his hearth, I mean he didn’t said what he did because of the rumor Alaister speed but it was a step forward in my opinion! AAAHHH and I read the things we can expect in Chain of Iron and that he probably is going to tell Cordelia what he did aaahhhh... bless him I am so excited to see what happens!!!!

Heres is the thing, this is probably an rather unpopular opinion but even tho I of course ship James and Cordelia, I mean obviosly they are made for each other there is no doubt in that, but there is still a part of me that ships Matthew with Cordelia.... I mean THE DRAMA, I know but ahhh and I read that they are going to be very close in Chain of Iron and aaaaaa I can’t say it often enough how freaking excited I am for that book!!!!! I loved the easiness in their conversations, they always were somehow comfortable around each other and the dance at the ball tho omg that was something, I loved it so much!! How they danced together and talked that was the moment I started shipping them!!!

And here’s another thing, I also shipped Matthew with Lucie like... hgckgfgfk don’t get me wrong I love Jesse and I do ship Jesse with Lucie, like how could I not and bless him when he gave his last breath for James how couldn’t I love him? I cried so much reading that scene! How could I not ship him with Lucie they are also made for each other but than agian Matthew and Lucie ... that would be interesting I mean now it’s obviosly never going to happen because Matthew is over her but still! And my hearth BROKE like it litterly shattered when James talked to Lucie about Matthew and she was like yeah but I don’t like him in that way... Like girl I love you you’re amaizing but what is wrong with you? We are talking about MATTHEW FREAKING FARICHILD here !!!!! Oh or at that part where she was talking to Matthew and she literatly called him a drunk, like yeah he do has that problem but she didn’t had to be so harsh! I loved tho how much Matthew cared for Lucie how he was concerned about her well being he is so sweet!!!! But I guess have a more brother and sister relationship, unfortunately.

The only thing I fear is that Matthew is goin to end up alone because obviosly James and Cordelia and Lucie and Jesse will stay togetehr forever, and I don’t want my baby to be alone forever! I read that there is a new charachter in Chain of Iron, a girl from Italy maybe she will be the perfect match for my Matthew? Who knows?

Another thing I ablolutely fraking love about Matthew is also that he loves fashion and that he carse about how he dressed and oh my lord he is wering RINGS!!!! like ok every Shadowhunter has their family ring but he is wearing other rings too and he has so much style!!!! He owend my hearth anyway but those things made him even more lovebale for me ahhhhhh and the fact that he is fangirling over Magnus.... omg!!! And of couse the fact that he loves reading I mean yeah Jamie and Lucie they also love reading and I love them for that too but the fact that he is reading in combination whit his other traids... he went right up on the second place of my book boyfriedns list!!! And of couse his dog, I love Oscar even tho he didn’t apear that much but aaaaa how he tried to save Matthew when they were attaced ...my hearth. And the fact itself that he named his dog after his favourite author.... just... I always love an artist boy but Matthew is something else! He can’t quite reach Jem because Jem to me is more that everything but he is right behid him! Jem is the love of my life and Matthew is my soulmate how about that,that seams sounds good.😂😂

As I already mentioned my biggest love of all times Jem, I also have to say a few words about him! So I cryed so much at that part when he came to see Will after his parents died, I was so emotional and ahhhhh every time they all were like oncle Jem here onlce Jem there... I had tears in my eyes I always cry for Jem and and he owns my hearth forever and ever, his faith always makes me cry, how sad he must have been all this years... how sad... finally seeing him happy with Tessa and Mina makes me more than happy and again I am warning everyone here if anything happens to him in the Wicked Powers anything... to him or Mina... I’m going to react even worse than if anything happens to Matthew!!! Oh and another thing I can hadle “oncle Jem”, it hurts but I except it, “cousin Jem” tho is a whole other level tho.. that I can’t handle it’s so wired omg it’s so wired that Cordelia is Jem’s cousin ....and overall it is wired to see all of them as parents not only Will and Tessa but also Cecily and Gabriel, Sophie and Gideon ahhhh my hearth, knowing everything they have been through and now seeing them have kids...but than it was also so interesting and funny and I loved that they were there but that they let the children do their own thing, that even tho they were present they weren’t the focus of the book. AH and I loved how Magnus was like: “I am going to help you all but if something goes wrong I am going to tell your parents!”, I love that he is so close to Tessa and Will everytime I think about the fact that he and Tessa are so close to this day ahhhhh....so sweet!!!

And now that I mentioned Mina I have to say this too, I how painfull must it be for Tessa and Jem and even Maguns to have seen all those beautiful children James, Lucie, Matthew all of the live, and love and grow and than die! Like it hurts me so much because I learnd to love them all so much and I am sitting here screaming at every on of them to stay alive and don’t die but than if you thing about it they are all already dead.... and that hurts and if that hurts me how must Tessa and Jem feel, who have seen them every day.... that is so incredebly sad and it breaks my heart! And than I think about the fact that Jem is now also going to die ant some point and Mina too and I can’t even think about it that is unbareble for me I don’t want to think about a world without my Jemmy in it!!

Anyway coming back to this book I think it’s time to talk about our manipulative, annoying, mean, evil, I fraking hate her so much, Grace Blackthorn.... aaahhhhh were do I start......I KNEW IT from the very beginning!!!!!! The moment, the moment James metioned that damned bracelet the first time I knew that there was something wired about it, I knew it had some kind of influence over him I knew it and than she came andjbsdhbfsdhfbsdhf I can’t even I am sooooo mad soooo sooooo mad!!!! I love Jamie, I realy do and I know it’s not his fault but still I am also a little mad at him that he let himself get triecked by that lunatic!!!!! I was so happy and releaved when she took that bracelet back from him I was so happy that she was finally out of the picture and I also was sooooooooo happy he realised even a little bit that there was something wrong and that he didn’t actualy loved Grace and that he actually has feelings for Cordelia!!!! Because my god Cordelia was there first he liked Cordelia first when she read to him when he was ill, that was so sweet and he had a crush on her but didn’t realise it and than the lunatic came and gave him that freaking bracelet, and she said herslf that James was obviosly crushing over Cordelia but of cousre she is a manipulative bitch and she made him take that bracelet and than made him wear it ahhhhh bsdgfkjhgfkhgljkg

It was a trap from the very beginning and I had red flags all over in my head flying around the moment she first apeared, of couse I felt sorry for her, because of the other lunatic, her mother, and I thought that it’s not her fault that she was raised by Tatiana and that she maybe has a little good in her but noooooooooooo she knows what she is doing!!! Even if Tatiana made her do some of the the evil things she not only agree to do them she also made her own bad bad bad things!!!!! God I hate her so much!!! It was a trap for James the moment Tatiana came and was like “Can you plese help me cut the throns?” nooooo he can’t!!!!! Get out!!!! James should have sensed that there was something wired going on, but bless him his heart is to good to sense that!!!

I love how Matthew never liked Grace and that scene with her when they talked I got sooo mad so so mad!!!! I love Matthew but he needs to tell James or even Cordelia about what Garce said and did!!! And Matthew how could you let them alone at the end how??? When I read that part, when the evil thing but the bracelet back on James’s wrist I was beyond furios that was the last bit, I wanted to throw the book on a wall!!! vfsdjhfgdhjsgfdshgfsh!!!!! And pleaseeeeeee someoneeee I don’t care if it is Matthew or Cordelia or anyone elese PLEASE TAKE THAT DAMED BRACELET OF JAMES!!!!!! They must see that there is something about that bracelet please please please Magnus, anyone plese!!!

According to the family tree from Clockwork Princess our Miss Grace is going to be with Christopher PLESE NO! Christopher is to good for her, he is too nice he deserves something better than Grace I love Christiopher plese don’t let her ruin him! I know that that family tree isn’t reliable but still I went in fulll on detectiv Mode through the whole book checking that tree and making theories and everything!!!! And I need some awnsers!!!!

When Barbara died ( I didn’t know her that well but she seamed so nice I liked her and I fell so sorry for Sophie and Gideon!!!) an alarm in my head went on because in the epiloge of Clockwork Princess, when Will died they said that Sophie’s girls where there and I was like nooo there is a mistake how?? How can Sophie’s girls be at Will’s death of Barbara just died!And than it occured to me that Cassie changed her mind and decided to kill Barbara then, we can’t trust anything!!! Anything is opssible anything can happen and I am so scared!!!!

Returining to Grace and Tatiana.... why on earth does no one acknowledge that Tatiana is mad??? She is wearing the same dress she wore when her husband died every freaking day??!! They must see that there is something wrong with her! And letting her adopt a child who she obviosly ruined is another crazy thing!!!! Why does no one see that??? Why??? James sweetheath the moment you met Grace you should have run to Tessa and and tell her that crazy Tatiana is keeping a girl in that run down house!! He would have done a good thing for her if he had told anyone about her but than again Grace is crazy herself and maybe she would have stabed everyone in the Institute in the middle of the night! And Tatiana is now going to the Iron Sisters and I am so freaking scared of what she is going to do...

Poor Jesse she seams so nice comapred to his crazy mother and sister how can he be so nice when they are so out of thier minds??? I am dying to know how Lucie is going to bring him back to life, God forbid Grace makes her do something to carzy I mean it is crazy enough they want to bring Jesse back with necromacie and I guess it runs in the family *cough cough Ty* to bring back the dead but I fear joing Grace in this thing isn’t good for Lucie! Omg but I loved that scene where Lucie compared Jesse to Snow White that was hilarious.😂😂😂

Speaking of Luice I really love her, I love that she wants to be a writer, I love how Tessa and Will teached their children to love books! And Lucie she is so funny and god she and Matthew would have been so beautiful together... but again she is made for Jesse and as I also like him may they be happy together! I also have to say that she gave me especially in the beginning Anne with an E vibes she kind of reminder me of Anne.

Quick thing about James I want to learn more about his power with the shadow realm and also about Lucie’s obviously but I have to say that in the beginning when he was constantly jumping throw the realms... that reminder me soooo hard of Stranger Things!!!😂 I know it’s crazy but here me out, to me it sounded so much like The Upside Down and James reminder me of Will from Stranger Things like I don’t know maybe I’m just crazy but I also imagined that one demon the one from the greenhouse who multiplied looked like that thing from Strager Things who also left those baby monsters everywhere!😂😂

I think it’s time for Cordelia now, but before I go on with her I want to also say a word about Alastair. So I can’t forgive him because of what he did to Matthew and I am still not sure if I like him but I do understand him now. I loved seeing this other side of him, seeing him somehow vulnerable and I loved that he cares about Cordelia and that in a wiered way he truly is a good brother to her! And I do understand even tho that doesn’t excuse his actions, why he was so mean and that it was all because he was alone and feard to be bullyed and that in some messed up way it was because of his dad. I do beleve there is good in him and I am so here for him chainging into a good person and apologiseing for what he did and said that hurt others. Speaking of his father tho... I don’t now what to think about him... he didn’t want to se Jem after he became a Silent Brother even tho he was his only relative.... I think that says enogh about him... I am curios tho to see how he is when he cames back in Chain of Iron. Ahhhh and if we are already at it... Sona... I didn’t like her in the beginng she was so stiff and somewhat mean but that thowords the end I stated to sympathise her I felt sorry for her in a way and I realised that she only wanted her children to be well.

Oh God and also the other big thing that made me go into a next level detective mode was Cortana, because.... so Cortana belongs to Cordelia, it belongs to the Carstairs family AND it remains in the Carstairs family because Emma has it and her father a Carstairs gave it to her.... and if we check the family tree John Carstairs Emma’s father is Alastair’s son BUT and here comes the big thing how is that possible first that Alastair has a son ( maybe he adopted???) and than second how is it possible that Cortana remained in the Carstairs family because if Cordelia marries regardeless if it is James or not, the sword isn’t going to remain in the Carstairs familly unless Cordelia decides for whatever reason that she wants to give HER SWORD the sword that CHOSE HER to her nephew and not to her own child??!!! What is going on??? I want to know??? How does Cortana remain in the Carstairs family HOW??? I am so intrigued I want to know this so badly!!!

Now that we have that of the table we can talk about Cordelia, so first I love how she is friends with Lucie, I do want to see more of their friendship tho! I do like her, I wan’t sure in the beginning because in the beginning she was so focused on her father and on making a good inpresion that I don’t konw.. but than I learned to love her, I love how fearless she is and how she loves her friends and risks her life for them, she is so great! And I love her with James, I do like all the drama with Matthew ahhh but she and James they need to be toghether! At the end when she “saved him” from Tatiana’s acusation I was like “GIRLS WAHT ARE YOU DOING ARE YOU INSAINE???” but than I understood that that is just how she is, she protects her loved ones and I love her for that! But damn it hurt so much when James said that he doesn’t love her because of that fraking bracelet ahhhh my heath poor Cordelia!!!! James do loves her he does he just neds to take that damed thing of his wrist and they can be togehter!!! It is so obvious and after the Whisper Room thing like people you could have stoped but you didn’t just please talk about your feelings!!! But no our evil Grace neded to come with her bracelet!!! I have to honest from the moment she put that thing back on his hand till the very end I felt sick I felt like I was going to throw up that’s how much the whole situation shaked me.😂😂

And if there is one thing I leared this summer from the books I read, especialy this and Again but Better, it’s that for god’s sake you should always say what you feel when you feel it regardeless of the conseconces just tell the people you love that you love them because there is so much to lose if you don’t! So much can happen not within days but within hours, like for example crazy Grace putting on a bewiched bracelet on your crush, and you will regrett not have said it before when you had the chance! I am so excited to see how this fake marriage thing goes, it’s definitely going to be very interesting!

Ah and another thing I loved about this book is the friendship between all of the cousins! I love how close they all are, that they grew up togetehr and that they are so close it so beautiful! I love the Merry Thieves and I love how they now included the girls ( I don’t know what I feel about the new Italian girl I need to meet her before I approve her into the group) and I love how everyone is everyones cousin even tho they are not actualy cousins and ahhhhh the friendship between Anna and Matthew their trips to the Hell Ruelle omg I live for that!!! I love how they meet at the Devil Tavern and plan their moves, it so beautiful! I love that Tessa and Will and all the parents made their children all grow up together making them grow so close!!! They are one big family!

Thomas I haven’t said anything about him yet, I love him I realy like him and I love how close he is particlary to Christopher! I love how kind he is and I also love how like his father he went to Madrird. And I love Anna, I love how observent she is, that she sensed a wiredness between James and Cordelia and I love how she gifted Cordelia all those dressed like omg!

Ah and I also do need to say how much I dislike Charles, like how was it possible that out of such nice people as Charlotte and Henry (I loved seeing Henry again in this book bless him) somone so awful as Charles can come out? I rellly don’t like him! Not that Ariadne cared but how could he leave her while she was dying? Who does that? I guess he truly deserves to be with Grace tho I feel sorry for Charlotte and Henry to have to welcome her into the family!

I sorry this booktalk got so long but had a lot to say and I still have a few more things to say one of which is about the London quarantine in this book, like the irony in it the fact thate we were all in quaratine when this book came out is just... I couldn’t ’t belive my eyes when I read it! Overall I love that the book took place in London, London is my favourite city in the world and returning there through this book esspecial at the time ahhh it was perfect, I loved returing to the London Institute, I loved the dresses andthe fashion everything! I loved the way they all spoke and they sayings it was all so perfect!

This book was just everything I needed right now and I am more than gald that I decided to read it! I can’t let it go yet tho I am still to attached to everything my crush on Matthew is still buring bright and I can’t let it and I don’t want to let it fade! I’m also more than excited for Chain of Iron, March can’t come soon enogh! I dying to see what happens and how all this drama is going to be solved!

Oh goodness and I almost forgot thanks to everyone who makes Shdowhunter memes, esspecally the ones about Chain of Gold like really they make my day! I am sometimes sitting for hours looking at them laughing!😂😂Some of them are pure gold! Thank you!

And I also want to thank everyone who came this far and read all of this you are true legends!

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Characters who would actually go to the Area 51 raid:

Kit

Mina

Dru

Livvy

Jaime

Kieran

Mark

Emma

Ash

Thule!Jace

Cristina (to make sure they don't get kill x1)

Julian (to make sure they don't get kill x2)

Jem (cool dad/to make sure they don't het kill x3)

Jace

Izzy

Simon

Clary

Maia

Lily

Elliot

Alec (to make sure they don't get kill x4)

Max (Jace sneakes him through a portal) ("Alexander I think Jace stole one of our children")

Catarina (to attend the wounded)

Ghosts:

Raphael (in spirit to talk shit about everyone)

Matthew

Lucie

Will

Henry

Christopher (wants to steal science stuff)

Cecily

Gabriel

Anna

Cordelia

#add more pals #the shadowhunter chronicles #the infernal devices #the mortal instruments #the dark artifices #the wicked powers #the eldest curses #the last hours #jace herondale #clary fray #kit herondale #ty blackthorn #emma carstairs #jem carstairs #alec lightwood bane #will herondale #matthew fairchild #too many characters to tag

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high-warlock-of-brooklyn · 4 years

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001 The Internal Devices 002 Herongraystairs 003 Jem :)

001) The Infernal Devices

Favourite character: William Owen Herondale, Jem’s Parabatai, Gwilym, Edmund and Linette’s son, (I can go on for a while)

Least favourite character: Nathaniel Gray. I mean, I hate Benedict Lightworm and Axel Mortmain as much as the next person, but Nate is just a sleaze. Who gives off their sister like that! Who cares if she’s human or not! I hate how he repeatedly became the worst humanity had to offer, when all he needed to do was love. He killed his own mother, he traded his sister, he misled Jessie. I am absolutely disgusted by him at times.

5 favourite ships (canon or non-canon): 1. Herongraystairs. They’re all so in love with each other! With such ease they sacrifice their own love for the other ones!

2. Charlotte and Henry. They’re so in love, and they don’t even realize it for a while, and when they know that the other one loves them too, they’re so lovely! And that discussion about baby names was so cute!

3 Gabrilly. Cecily showed him a way to be the better version of himself. She needed someone to believe in, he needed someone to believe in him, together, they’re perfect.

4. Gideon and Sophie. Ah, the original disaster Lightwood! I mean, scones, really? At least get something you love! I love how they have both been through so much, and they find peace and love in each other.

5. Edmund and Linette. We don’t see much of them, but Edmund loved her enough to get himself deruned. And they are so nice people!

Character I find most attractive: Will Herondale. James Carstairs. Gabriel Lightwood. Cecily Herondale. They’re hot, I’m weak, okay!

Character I would marry: Okay, I could marry almost everyone in that institute except Jessie and Bridget (those songs are just depressing!) And of course, Magnus.

Character I would be best friends with: With my sarcasm and dramatic bi ass? Will, without a doubt.

A random thought: TID is my favourite of the entire TSC (TEC doesn’t count). I love the characters, I love the story, I love the ships, I love it.

An unpopular opinion: Will did not take advantage of Jem. Will and Jem are not in a relationship where they will take advantage of each other. Jem chose to pull Will closer when he tried to push everyone away, for a valid reason of course. Jem chose to be Will’s Parabatai. They didn’t do it because Will pitied Jem and Jem had no-one else. They did it because they genuinely are the best of each other.

My canon OTP: Herongraystairs, I mean, there’s nothing else I can do when the three of them are together.

My non-canon OTP: I don’t really have any.....

Most badass character: Sophie and Charlotte. Sophie is such an amazing character, she’s strong, and she doesn’t take crap from anyone. Sophie proved that you don’t have to wield weapon and have Angel blood to be a fighter. And Charlotte is a true leader, and a loving mother, and a badass Shadowhunter. She kept her head high, and didn’t hesitate to do what’s right, at the cost of everything, and I think that’s amazing.

Most epic villain: I actually don’t love Mortmain that much as a villain. I mean, I just didn’t think his final goal to procreate a new species with Tessa to defeat Shadowhunters is that much villain-y. I actually loved the Dark Sisters. They kept coming back with a vengeance, and they were definitely scarring.

Pairing I am not a fan of: I’m not a fan of Jessie x Nate. Jessie was wrong, definitely, and she could’ve chosen better, and Nate is just a terrible excuse of a human being.

Character I feel the writers screwed up: No-one really. I wish we had more of the Lightwood brothers and Cecily, but apart from that, I love it as it is.

Favourite friendship: Will and Magnus. Their friendship is so important. Magnus has seen Shadowhunters throw away utensils just because Downworlders touched them. And Will gave him the respect he deserves, and thought of him as a friend, and Magnus helped him through some of the darkest moments of his life. I love them.

Character I most identify with: I identify with Will a bit more than the others. I know what it feels to live without a sliver of hope, and the fact that Will has soldiered on is an inspiration to me. I love books. Oh, and I’m also terrified of ducks.

Character I wish I could be: I wish I could be like Sophie. Or Cecily.

002) Herongraystairs

When I started shipping them: When all three of them came to the breakfast table and Tessa joked about Will and the Six-fingered-Nigel. Jem and Tessa teaming up to make Will speechless is one of my favourite things about this ship.

My thoughts: My OTP in TID. They are so selfless for each other, ready to sacrifice everything to make sure the other two are happy. And that’s beautiful.

What makes me happy about them: That they all got to be together, in a way. Will and Jem were Parabatais for six years, Wessa had their marriage, and children, and now Jessa is living their life. At least they all had a chance to be happy with someone who knows that both of them share a part of their soul with the third one.

What makes me sad about them: Clockwork Princess epilogue. And every time Jem talks about Will in present day. They both miss him so much, and so do I....

Things done in fanfics that annoy me: That there isn’t that much hype about this ship. I mean, I’ve read countless Malec fics, and there’s fics about other canon and non-canon ships too, but somehow Herongraystairs is not that much common, when there’s so much potential for them.

Things I look for in a fanfic: Well, I look for fanfics themselves... there really isn’t that much...

My wishlist: I hope we see more of Will’s ghost talking to Mina in TWP. It will be bittersweet, and maybe Jem or Tessa will see him somehow, and, well, a girl can hope....

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: I don’t think they can ever end up with anyone other than themselves. I mean, Tessa never got involved with anyone since Will died (RIP), until Jem, and I don’t think she ever will. Their hearts have only the names of these three.

My happily ever after for them: I want them to be all together, them, all four of their children (Kit is a Jessa child), in a house. They can be just having a normal life, or a Shadowhunter life, but it doesn’t matter. Just as long as the whole family is together, I’m happy.

003) Jem Carstairs

How I feel about this character: You want me to tell you how I feel about the only person in the entire Shadow World who CANONICALLY didn’t do anything wrong? The only one so sweet and kind that even a demon cat (Church is a demon cat, and that’s that) cannot help but love? Because I will go on and on and on! Seriously, I love Jem.

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: Herongraystairs. That’s it. The three of them are one, and there’s not choosing just any two for me.

My favourite non-romantic relationship for this character: I love Jem and Kit’s relationship. Jem became the father, the guardian, the parent, the shoulder Kit needed, after losing everything, and that’s beautiful. Kit could’ve been misled, or hurt, and Jem made sure that he wasn’t, that he is loved. And their relationship is one of my favourite parts of GotSM. Kit truly found a family in the Carstairs, a dad, a mum, a sister, couple of ghosts, and that’s wonderful.

My unpopular opinion about this character: To anyone who thinks Jem is too perfect to be a good character, there is no such thing as too perfect to be good. Jem is inherently good. He is kind, even when it hurts, and he is kinder still. He saw his parents die in front of him, and he lost any hope to have a normal life. But he didn’t turn into a bitter person. He didn’t let kindness and love dry up in him. Instead, he loved tenfold. And that’s heroic. Everyone can be kind during their happy days. But knowing there’s no future, and knowing the pain that he knows, and still showing kindness and compassion, that takes courage, and purity of soul. The kind of person that Jem is.

One thing that I wish would’ve happened to this character in canon: I wish Jem could’ve had more time with Will. He lost his Parabatai, yes after a long long time, but for Jem and Will, it isn’t enough. I wanted them to have one last day, not as Brother Zachariah, but as Will and Jem, just one day spending time by each other.

Favourite friendship for this character: I love how Jem is a constant comfort for Charlotte. With Will being, well, Will, due to his curse, and Jessamine being her usual self, Jem was the source of comfort for Charlotte, when she needed assurance. And I love how he always makes sure that she knows how strong she is. Also, I love Jem and Sophie’s friendship. Yes, it was infatuation on Sophie’s part at first, but then it was pure friendship at the end, and that’s really amazing.

My crossover ship: I love how Jem and Lily are together. Lily is never crossing the boundary, and Jem is never cross with her. And the names. Oh the names!!!!

Thank you @therealsasori for the ask!!!

#asks #herongraystairs #will herondale #tessa gray #jem carstairs #charlotte fairchild #sophie collins #cecily herondale #gabriel lightwood #gideon lightwood #nathaniel gray #benedict lightworm #the infernal devices #tid #the shadowhunter chronicles #tsc

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Magenta

This is the final part of my Baby Carstairs and the Ghosts series for @daisyherxndale! Thank you so much for sticking with me even through my crazy writers block, and I do apologize for updating so late! I hope you enjoy! :)

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“Lottie and Jess have been texting me non-stop about this entire thing,” Mina laughs as yet another notification goes off on her phone.

“I mean, to be fair, they’re your twin sisters, and the fact that we’re adopting twins is probably cause for excitement,” Max replies, wrapping an arm around her waist and pressing a kiss to her temple. Warlock twins are almost unheard of, and when Catarina called them with the news, they immediately jumped on the opportunity. The couple would have loved any child to come their way, but they had secretly hoped for twins.

“That’s true, this means there’s one for each of them to spoil.”

“We both know how well that’s going to go.”

They both imagine the utter chaos for a moment before shivering and shaking their heads in unison.

“Let’s be honest here, if the two of us could actually interact with the living world, you’d have a double Jessamine-Charlotte spoiling problem.”

The ghostly figure of Jessamine Lovelace appears suddenly next to them, and mere seconds afterward, Charlotte and Henry Branwell follow.

“I’m sure Kit will do that for us,” Charlotte reasons, nudging Jessamine slyly with her elbow, “Ever since Rose started middle school, he and Ty have been waiting for some little ones to bring the bounce house out for.”

Henry nods and winces at the memory of the last time he visited while the bounce house was operational.

“You say that like it’s a bad thing,” Will Herondale appears and pouts at the two of them, with a radiant grin for Mina and Max, “The bounce house was the most wonderful thing to happen to this family.”

“Rose, Oberon, and Roman each broke at least one bone from falling out of that thing,” Mina reminds him, and Max stares at the spot where Will stands. He can’t see the ghosts, but being around Mina has made sure he’s used to seeing his wife talk to open space. “And Irene probably ripped a hole in it fifteen times before Ty was forced to ban her, and she definitely wasn’t happy about it.”

“Entertainment!” Will shouts triumphantly, and Gabriel and Gideon Lightwood arrive just in time to facepalm in unison.

Mina mimics the brothers’ action dramatically, causing an identical fond shake of the head from both of them.

“You didn’t tell us we were having a family reunion,” Cecily says as she and Sophie appear, linking her arm through Gabriel’s, Sophie doing the same to Gideon.

“Ummmmm, I wasn’t planning on it, but then everyone started showing up,” Mina giggles. “We’re supposed to meet the twins in twenty minutes, but Max wanted to get here early.” She pokes her husband in the side, and he grins at her.

“Well, I’m sorry that I don’t want to be late to meet our kids for the first time.”

“We traveled by portal, love, it’s almost impossible for us to be late.”

Max flushes a navy blue at his ears, and sputters for a moment until Mina reaches up to pinch his cheek affectionately and he’s lost in staring at her.

“STOP. GO AWAY. WE DON’T WANT YOUR PDA,” James, Matthew, Cordelia, and Lucie chant as they dance into the mortal plane.

“I never should have taught you that,” Mina sighs.

“Stop, go away?” Max guesses blindly, and Mina nods.

“To be fair, you thought we’d only use it to mess with Kit and Ty, which we did, until what was it…?” James turns over his shoulder to pretend to consult with Matthew, “Your third date with Max?”

“Sounds about right,” confirms Mina, placing her hands on both hips and fixing an unimpressed look on the four of them.

“That’s a mom look,” Anna pops up over Cordelia’s shoulder, “She’s officially mastered the ‘I’m not mad, just disappointed’”

Mina keeps up the exasperated facade for a moment, but then her front dissolves into laughter and the cluster of ghosts from her parents’ generation chuckle from where they’re watching the entire exchange with amused looks.

“Mr. and Mrs. Lightwood-Bane?” a woman enters the waiting room, “Ms. Loss asked me to let you know that the twins will be arriving in less than five minutes.”

“Thank you,” Mina says, and the woman nods before leaving and closing the door lightly behind her.

“Five minutes,” Max says, and wraps his arms around her waist. “Less than minutes and we officially become parents.”

They’d previously spoken with the twins over video call, but the four of them had never met up in person.

“I know,” she grins up at him, but her smile falters for a moment and her voice drops to a whisper. “Max… do you think I’ll be a good mother?”

“Yes,” he replies immediately, “of course you will. You grew up with a wonderful mother, and you… don’t even get me started about how wonderful you are. You’re kind, and compassionate, and intelligent, and so good with all the other kids. You’ll be an amazing mother. I believe it. With all my heart.”

“You always know exactly what to say,” Mina breathes, and he places a kiss on her forehead before she leans against him and presses her lips to his shoulder.

“He’s telling the truth,” Charlotte floats over, brushing her fingers over Mina’s hair as if to play with it.

“He is,” Will appears by her side and wraps his arms around her. The only difference Mina feels is a slightly colder shift in the air, but she’s never felt warmer. “Mina, love, I’m so proud of you. All of us are.”

“I’m sure Tessa, Jem, and the kids are stressing themselves out preparing for your return,” Jessamine jokes, “Everything will turn out well.”

“We’re with you every step of the way,” Sophie says gently.

“Even if we can’t change diapers,” Henry adds.

The group dissolves into giggles, and even though he can’t see them, Max finds himself wiping his own tears at the look on his wife’s face.

“I love you guys,” Mina says, lightly batting away Max’s tissue-filled hand with a smile.

“We love you too,” Cecily says. “I think your kids will be here any second now. We’ll leave you to it.”

The ghosts wave and blow kisses even as they disappear into thin air. Right on cue, Catarina steps through the waiting room doors, two warlock children about the age of four in tow.

“Max, Mina,” Catarina greets them, “I’d like you to say hi to Ada and Camden. Ada, Camden, this is your mommy and daddy.”

Mina and Max sink to their knees to make proper eye contact with them.

“Hi, you two,” Max says, “It’s lovely to see both of you again.”

Ada reaches to the side and Camden grabs her hand with wide, magenta eyes. Both twins are the palest shade of pink, with long, dark purple horns peeking out from under tufts of tightly curled violet hair.

“Look, Ada,” Camden is the first twin to speak, “His face is still blueberry colored.”

Ada nods solemnly, but tugs her brother closer, sticking a pudgy pink thumb into her mouth. Mina cautiously reaches out and opens her arms in a silent invitation.

“Don’t get all shy on us now,” she teases lightly, “Max and I still saved the video you sent us of the two of you singing karaoke.”

Ada giggles and Camden blushes a dark pink. Max stands and Mina braces herself as he dramatically begins to reenact the video, complete with an imaginary hairbrush microphone and jubilant dance moves. The twins toddle into Mina’s arms and watch the performance over her shoulders, and she lightly brushes a kiss on each of their cheeks before turning to watch her husband absolutely destroy Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.”

Camden pushes out of Mina’s grip at the second chorus and joins the song, even trying to get Max to do the proper choreography.

“Mama?” Ada asks, and Mina’s heart flutters. I’m “Mama”. That’s me. “Dad and Camden are embarrassing me.”

Mina laughs brightly and pokes her daughter’s cheek affectionately.

“Me too, honey. I guess we’ll have to get used to it.”

…

(If all four of them are singing and dancing by the end, it’s no one’s business.)

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