omg but ive never written it so im completely down

• so isabelle, being a college student, needs some extra money and it just doesn’t feel right asking her parents for money when they’re already helping her a considerable amount with her schooling and considering she’s only in her undergrad and still needs to go to graduate school and then medical school she’s going to be a financial burden for a while
  
• so when she sees a job posting for a model for a figure drawing class, she’s like “sure, why not?” because she’s comfortable with her body, she wouldn’t mind sitting around and having people draw her for a couple hours a week
• and it’s not actually all it’s cracked up to be because sometimes she has to sit in really uncomfortable situations for a long time and she can’t move and it’s a little weird when some of the obviously new artist freshman boys are staring at her and not really taking it all that seriously
• but the second class she does it for, it’s different. and, it’s possible that it’s different because there’s a gorgeous redhead who happened to sit right in front of where izzy faces and izzy can’t help but stare at her the entire time
• and clary, being that this is her first figure drawing class and she had really just drawn still life before that, is disproportionately nervous when it’s time for their first nude model
• and that just gets even worse when the model comes in and oh no she’s hot and sits down right at the perfect place for eye contact
• and the first day she’s there, clary gets just about nothing done. she’s too busy being nervous and when her professor walks by he clicks his tongue and clary can just feel the waves of disappointment coming off of him
• but the next week she tries again. and this time… it’s probably the best thing she’s ever drawn
• the curves on the model’s body are just perfect and realistic and so life-like that clary is honestly really impressed with herself
• and each time izzy comes back (because their professor wants them to get familiar with the same body at different angles since this is their first figure drawing class, to kind of ease them into it and also teach some kind of lesson about perspective) she just gets better and better
• and her professor is just raving about clary’s portraits 
• and eventually curiosity gets the best of izzy and as they’re all packing up she can’t help but walk over (wearing a robe, because otherwise it would just be awkward) and look at clarys drawing and… honestly… it takes her breath away?
• like, damn, izzy thought she was beautiful but the way that clary draws her just makes her feel incredible. she’s never seen herself in this way and something about the vibe of the picture just feels warm
• and when izzy finally tears her eyes away from the picture, clary is staring at her back and looking so scared and so vulnerable and they just stare at each other for a moment before clary practically whispers “what do you think?”
• and izzy just doesn’t know what to say because its just… so beautiful and she feels so full of light
• so instead she just sticks out her hand and says “i’m isabelle lightwood. can we get to know each other outside of class?”
• and it’s not exactly an answer but it’s also more than an answer at the same time

send me a pairing & an au and i’ll write 5+ headcanons for it