deerestalec:

God, I love AU!Alec. I’m just. He’s so himself? He’s so himself, I fall in love with it every time I see it, an Alec who just…less problems, less weight, less constrictions. An Alec who lets himself shine through more, an Alec who gives himself a certain kind of freedom? Doesn’t even GIVE, he just TAKES it? Bc it’s his right? He’s just as snarky, just as sassy, but he’s so open, in a way, hes so…free of restraints in it. He’s so proud of what he can accomplish, he shows excitement for things people could call fun, he smiles? All the time? Bc there’s things to smile about, from the happiness on his sisters face to meeting someone who might end up changing your life. The rings he wears to that party, they mean so much to me. He chose them. He put them on, he owns rings to wear and he wears them bc he likes them bc they are nice and he gets to have nice things. Just the way he so unabashedly, unashamedly flirts? The heavy intention in the way his gaze drops down Magnus, taking him in like he’s ready to go places with him. “I love a challenge.” Why don’t we ever talk about this? About Alec and his competitive streak, the way he LIKES to be pulled out and made to go after something he can’t have, the way these are the exact same words Magnus uses and what that means? How similar they really are, at their cores? Going after what one wants and what they want is each other and it just happens bc Alec…is so himself.