Love reIncarnate.
Mortality was a sharp blade, tearing through humanity and Downworlders alike. Humans died, as did the wolves. Even the immortals weren't spared the pain. If they chose to love, they would watch, helpless, as their beloved grew old and died, or risk bringing them into an existence that was far more painful than anything else in the world.
Magnus had plenty of options in the beginning, he could've shifted the future in any way he wanted concerning Alec. He had chosen, either by selfless devotion, or greedy desire, to preserve that beautiful mortal flame in those blue eyes, stupidly content to watch it burn out viciously like
A Drop in Time.
The rain seemed to dampen the world around him, muting the sounds of mundanes on the streets, even as they surged on the sidewalks like a flood, crushing Alec in its grasp. He hardly felt it at this point. Magnus had refused to answer his persistent house calls, even going so far as to change the lock on his door so Alec couldn't break in. The Shadowhunter found himself wandering the streets with nothing to do in the aftermath of their breakup, his mind filled with dreary thoughts that matched the weather pouring down on his head. Before he had spent his time with Jace and Isabelle, training or hunting demons, but now that Cl