Gifts for Better_Than_Chocolate
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Echoes of a Sinister Contract by moni26 for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV)
28 Sep 2024
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Magnus watched the Father, overturned by his grief, give up on his soul. Ducking his head in slow painful agreement.
Soon, echoes of the sinister contract reverberated through the walls, and Magnus Bane waited to claim it all.
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A twist unknown, a shattered path.
For in the deal, a trap was spun,
The demon now, the mortal’s one.
In chains of flesh, his fire fades.
No soul to claim, no victory won,
The demon’s reign undone, unspun. -
See You on the Dark Side of the Moon by entropic_saudade for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)
20 Jul 2024
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In an alternate timeline where the Cold War’s space race ended with a treaty on mutually assured destruction, present-day rebels—men considered non-rehabilitable—are sent to a specialized prison to serve their sentences on the dark side of the moon.
The more that new inmate Dean Winchester uncovers about the prison’s secrets, the more intent he becomes on escaping. To succeed, he’ll need the help of a hardened lifer: the reclusive ‘angel of death’, Castiel Krushnik.
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Sins of the Father by jadegreendragon for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types
22 Sep 2022
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Alec was 12 when his world fell apart, and his family escaped The Circle. Wanting to make a difference, Alec joins the FBI's Organised Criminal Investigations task force and finds himself going undercover in a bid to take down one of the biggest crime syndicates on the west coast, The Downworld, run by Asmodeus Bane. Falling for his son, Magnus was never part of the plan.
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I See Red (A Gun To Your Head) by dicaculus for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types, The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra Clare
20 Dec 2021
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The last thing Alec ever expected to happen was to be partner with his ex-boyfriend on a mission
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“We’re going after Lilith and she wants to pair me with the son of her biggest follower..”“Estranged son”
Alec rolls his eyes. “Whatever, it’s still his son. Magnus could be a double agent and setting a trap for all of us”
Isabelle smacks her brother’s thigh and rolls her eyes at him. ” You and I both know you don’t actually believe that. You know Magnus better than that. What happened between you two?” she says gently “You used to be best friends, hell you were going to become partners before the Asmodeus mess came around.”
Friends. Magnus and Alec had never just been friends.
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For the greater good by Kiara_Suzuno for Better_Than_Chocolate, julisdreams, kj5366, simplepleasures101
Fandoms: The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare, The Dark Artifices Series - Cassandra Clare, The Eldest Curses Series - Cassandra Clare, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy - Cassandra Clare, Shadowhunters (TV)
04 Sep 2021
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Magnus always said that the past didn't matter, and for a long time Alec felt the same. However, Camille told him about Magnus life, many aspects of which he had not known. Despite all assurances that the past didn't matter, Alec wanted to know. When Alec asked Magnus about his past Magnus often tried to avoid an answer or change the subject. Camille instead answered him without hesitation. He loved Magnus. He really did. But he had not realised that soon, it had become a habit to just talk to Camille about Magnus rather than Magnus himself. He’d even stopped visiting Magnus unknowingly, keeping his visits to Camille like a dirty secret. However, all these secrets began to distance them from each other.
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Alec agrees to Camille's offer to turn him into a vampire. Eventually, convinced by Magnus, he changes his mind, but her blood is already running through his veins, causing something strange to happen to him. Vampire blood combined with nephilim blood causes Alec to lose control of his body, which seeks death that will turn him into a vampire. Both of them are trying to do everything in their power to keep Alec alive until Camille's blood veers out. -
My Black Shroud by weeb_grass for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare
16 Jun 2021
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What if Camille had been one of the subjects of Aldertree's experiments? She's human now and thus must face the very human emotions she's been trying to avoid: guilt, love, loneliness. The prospect of death puts many things into perspective.
Chapter One: A discussion between Camille and Alec.
Chapter Two: A discussion between Camille and Magnus.
“Camille,” he began again, not unkindly. “The very thing that distinguishes us both is that I wouldn’t have hesitated to choose you in every lifetime. And even though I gave you every piece of me; every aching, brittle, and aging part of my being, you would not even choose me in this one.”
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Touch Me, Don't Feel Me by weeb_grass for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV)
04 Jun 2021
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What if Lydia had ordered the Institute to question each leader of New York's Downworld factions in s01e09? Raphael refuses; therefore, the Institute sends in a small army to drag him back into nephilim territory.
Magnus finally snaps.
“You won’t choose me, Alexander,” Magnus whispered against his lips, “but I’ll be damned if you don’t remember me.” Magnus kissed him then, a deep, wet, desperate sort of kiss that left Alec grappling with reality.
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Poems to Temper the Night by TheUsagi1995 for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021), 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest
19 Apr 2021
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Set after Episode 27, but contains no spoilers.
During the darkest of nights, when the hours were cruel to the Men who dared wander the land, Wen Ke Xing would always be the one to temper the silence with a poem. Lying awake behind the doors of the Four Seasons Manor, nestled against Zhou Zi Shu’s back, he would more often than not mutter into his lover’s hair in a knowingly futile attempt to provide comfort...
Alas, when one night words of a dark past slip past Wen Kexing's lips amidst the haze of desire, Zhou Zi Shu must be the one to offer every ounce of love and comfort he has to his life-long soulmate.*Read the tags. Nothing is stated graphically*
*Happy ending and lots of love and poetry.*
Enjoy!Series
- Part 1 of Ever-Wandering Soulmates
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Oh, Lazarus, when will your debts get paid? by TheUsagi1995 for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: Person of Interest (TV)
05 Mar 2021
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One Shot: Taking Place in between Episode 10 "Number Crush" and Episode 11 "Super" of Season one. It's a missing part, if you will. Rinch (Harold Finch/John Reese)
In this strange tale, we will witness what would have happened if Carter had never followed John down the stairs and Harold was the one tasked with helping John and saving his life. Mark Snow hunts them down and they end up in a morgue... Where everything shall change.
“Where are we?” John crocked out brokenly, guilt woven in his tone. “In the city Morgue, Mr. Reese.” Harold sounded as wrecked as John himself was feeling. “What an irony… Don’t you think? It’s the right place for me to be. I am a dead man walking after all. A dead man who keeps cheating death. And sooner or later my debt will get paid.” Harold raised an annoyed eyebrow at him. “Is this going somewhere or should I lower your dose of morphine?” John blinked in evident surprise, but relented and forced his mind to clear.
“You do not belong in a morgue Harold. You shouldn’t have come.”
“I once told you, Mr. Reese, that we are both dead in the eyes of the world. So, permit my intervention but I believe this is exactly where I belong. Right here, with you.” -
Kiss Me (Take Me By Surprise) by MoonlightBreeze for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV)
12 Dec 2020
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From getting together at a Christmas party, to navigating the waters of a relationship when they're on different pages, and, finally, to graduation and a coming out story like no other, Magnus and Alec have never stopped surprising each other.
Or, I write a sweet college AU and essentially try to replicate the Malec kiss from season 1.
Written for Better Than Chocolate for the Malec secret Santa 2020!
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- Part 1 of Secret Santas, Exchanges, Oh My!
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Words I cannot utter by TheUsagi1995 for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
09 Sep 2020
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"I am a man suspended between a past I seek to overcome and a future that has not yet been defined. How could I ever offer you what you seek?"
Or Nicky is still struggling with his feelings for the word, for his newfound immortality and for Yusuf. He knows that he cannot bring himself to talk to the man. Perhaps there is another way for him to convey his feelings.
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Magnus is worried when Alec doesn't reply to his texts and calls. What makes the worry turn to fear is the phonecall he receives from Alec's sister telling him he needs to come to Alec's house immediately. Something is wrong.
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We are now Orpheus And Eurydice by TheUsagi1995 for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV)
29 Nov 2019
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Follow Alpha Warlock Magnus Bane and Omega Shadowhunter Alexander Lightwood down a swirling path, which will extend all the way from the shores of Greece, where the wholesome sunlight bathes the Seas during the summer, back to Brooklyn and then all the way to the pulsing city of Barcelona. Watch them crossing paths will the people celebrating the festival of Đurđevdan, during which they sing Ederlezi, celebrating the coming of spring.And then, watch as they fall apart under the weight of the consequences of choices that were not their own. Yet said consequences will oblige them to change more than they ever thought they would, as their dreams are shattered by frail, arrogant men.
Follow along on Magnus' journey, as he descends to the perilous dungeons of the City of Bones in search of his lover, a journey similar to Orpheus' discend to Hades. There, Alec is bound; Alec, who will have to not only find the strength to fight a treacherous foe alongside Magnus, but also the strength to keep on living a life others ravaged...
So, descent to the Court of Death where men shall howl instead of wolves at the final hour…
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Full Summary Inside. Read the tags.Series
- Part 24 of [Magnus+Alec]= All Things Malec...
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"To hold the pieces together..." by TheUsagi1995 for Better_Than_Chocolate
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV)
08 Apr 2019
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A marriage proposal, for the right reasons... Alec asks Magnus to marry him, proving once more how he loves him for what he trully is. Magic or not.
Post episode 3x16, coda to episode 3x17.
Written and Uploaded before the episode aired.Series
- Part 21 of [Magnus+Alec]= All Things Malec...