for @lovingoblivion, headcanons for a fake dating malec AU
– ok so the lightwoods are kind of Horrible™ right so when alec comes out to them they’re like 100% in denial. nope, son, you’re just confused, you don’t know what you’re saying, you’ll meet a nice girl someday, the whole shebang. alec is MAD AS HELL
– so what is a boy to do but find a fake boyfriend? his bff jace just started dating this girl clary who’s got a friend who’s super bi (and also kinda cute????) who might help him out because they’ve been third-wheeling their friends for a while
– alec asks magnus to pretend to be his boyfriend in order to make his homophobic/mildly racist parents angry and magnus is 110% Here For This Content so that happens
– I’VE NEVER BEEN KISSED, ALEC SAYS. I GUESS WE’LL JUST HAVE TO PRACTICE KISSING TO MAKE IT REALISTIC, MAGNUS SAYS. things ensue
– ok so obviously they fall madly in love with each other but they’re both in deep denial because the other is obviously just doing it for The Act
– they both get progressively more jealous of each other bc alec confided in magnus that he used to have a Thing for jace and magnus said that he just got out of this really bad relationship with his ex camille and basically they’re both fucking idiots and think the other is into someone else????
– they get in a massive screaming match somewhere private about “if you’re into someone else just say so” or whatever and magnus says something like “i know this is all fake but i thought you cared about me, you know, deep down” and alec is just like
– and then they date properly for many years and get married and adopt two babies and i run screaming into the abyss crying because of these nerds
what i do is not up to you 