Best Short Shadowhunters Fanfics
Shadowhunters novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 23 Short Shadowhunters Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Shadowhunters fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
Setting Fire to a Stone
by KouriArashi
There hasn't been an omega in the Lightwood family for generations, and Alec is intent on making sure that nobody finds out that he's the first. Then he meets Magnus Bane, who turns his world upside down.
And the Oscar goes to...
by Lecrit
Working for Magnus isn’t easy. Magnus is out of control and Alec has to yell more often than not to get him to listen to him. He hates everything formal because it means he has to watch his mouth. Most importantly, Magnus is an incorrigible flirt.Which would be alright if Alec wasn’t utterly, irreme
One Show Only
by KouriArashi
It's hard to stay in the closet when the guy you had a one-night stand with two nights ago turns out to be your new partner ... but Alec will be damned if he isn't going to give it a try.
Never Judge A Shadowhunter By Their Scent
by Aria_Lerendeair
Magnus Bane, High Warlock of the Downworld, has sworn, after the Second Uprising, to never work with the Clave again, and has banned any warlock from doing so.However, when the New York Institute refuses to respect that, and continues attempting to contact him, Magnus takes a moment to personally di
In somno veritas (In sleep lies the truth)
by lawsofchaos
Jace blinks, peering at the loft in vague stupefaction. “This,” and Alec’s parabatai’s voice sounds like he’s dragging each noise out from his exhausted mind and forcing it out before he can forget what word he just discovered. “Isn’t the Institute?” The final phrase comes out as a question.Alec til
The Space Between
by KouriArashi
Every warlock has a soulmate. 98% of the time it’s another warlock, but sometimes it’s a mundane, a seelie, or even a Shadowhunter. Until their name appears on the warlock’s chest (and their corresponding soulmate’s), there’s no way to know.Enter Alec Lightwood, who wakes up at fourteen with a warlo
Three's A Crowd
by GoldenDaydreams
“Two can play at this game.” Alec had the pleasure of watching Magnus go from confused, to a slow smirk, and understanding coming to his eyes. “I might not be able to kick him out, but I can make him want to leave.” A.K.AThe story where Jace keeps interrupting Alec and Magnus's 'alone time,' and th
A Perfect Arrangement
by KouriArashi
To keep the peace between the Shadowhunters and the Downworlders, a treaty designates an intermarriage between the two groups every seven years. Alec isn't exactly happy to be chosen, but then he finds out that his intended is nothing like what anyone expected.
Strange Love
by arandomfan91
Alec is in love with Magnus. Magnus needs Alec to be his fake boyfriend. What could possibly go wrong?
Walk of Fame
by Lecrit
Alec is fairly certain he is the luckiest man in America. On earth. Possibly in the entire universe.He slowly started to convince himself of the now indisputable fact when Magnus and him started dating a year ago after the ceremony that crowned Magnus as King of the World (or Best Actor, but Alec is
Day 3: AU Settings Day
by notcrypticbutcoy
Soulmate AU, in which whatever is on a person's skin can also be seen on the skin of their soulmate. Alec Lightwood has always been an artist. When he was a child, he'd draw all over his hands and arms. As an adult, if he runs out of paper, he crosses onto his arms. But the best things he writes on
Keeping it Quiet (AKA: Five Times Alec and Magnus Were Almost Busted and One Time They Were)
by CryMeARiverSong
Secretly dating the High Warlock of Brooklyn is a lot harder than Alec would have liked, especially when your friends have no idea what the word 'privacy' means.
I Just Want You
by orphan_account
Alec, the eldest of the Lightwood children had been formed to be the perfect alpha. An alpha was suppose to protect those younger and weaker than them. Of course, the young boy had no objections to learning the ways of his parents. Alec did everything in his power to learn and conform to his parents
The Angel in Blue
by Hobbit69
Homicide detective, Alec Lightwood has seen and heard it all in his eight years with the NYPD. but he never expected billionaire playboy, Magnus Bane. Magnus is a suspect in a string of prostitute homicides and Alec must walk a fine line between procedure and the overwhelming desire he feels for his
Something Changed
by arandomfan91
AU in which the Clave accepts gay marriage and Alec is out and proud and completely comfortable with who he is. He's 18 now and the head of the Institute of NYC, a job that requires all of his time and attention. Just because he's out and happy with who he is doesn't mean he has time for love. But s
Late Nights Spent
by Inspired_Crow
Alec would never have thought that this would be where he ended up, working in a small dead-end pizza place, forced to work for minimum wage and be screamed at because the "sausage was too spicy!" He had been Alexander Gideon Lightwood, eldest son of Mayrse and Robert Lightwood, their magnum opus, t
For The World We Built
by Purrrplecat
An unknown disease begins severing Shadowhunters from their angelic power, spreading across the world like a plague. As Institutes fall and demons overrun the streets, Alec works himself to the brink of death trying to hold the world together while Magnus desperately searches for a cure, his thought
The Warlock’s Fee
by Maayansabag
In the Nephilim world, being a Submissive is a duty, a biological necessity to be managed with clinical sessions and cold discipline. For Alec Lightwood, it’s a burden he carries in silence, teetering on the edge of a dangerous Sub-drop while his Parabatai’s obsession with Clary Fray pushes his need
Somewhere Between Then & Always
by Summer04rayne
Missing scenes, character studies, quiet moments, domestic fluff, emotional conversations, and the occasional bout of complete nonsense. A collection of Shadowhunters ficlets featuring Malec, the TID trio, the TMI gang and whoever else decides to walk into the room.
To the Bitter End - Sebastian Morgenstern X Reader
by Dev1lsDagg3r
Born as one of the three children of Mark Blackthorn and Nerissa, you had been devoted to two things; your family and the work. The only deviation before arriving in New York had been your friendships with Izzy and Alec, and you were so excited to see them again when sent to New York with Lydia as t
By The Angel
by UnusuallyUchiha
Clary Fray is a fighter, or at least she has been ever since that night. The night that changed everything. Her life was almost taken out from under her but rather than let fear take control, she uses it to fuel her lust for revenge. She joins the Shadows of the Night, which is one of the two best f
By My Side
by HyperDoctor11
Genevive Stilinski is no ordinary mundane as she was led to believe her entire life. She learns on her eighteenth birthday that she's half-Shadowhunter and half-Demon, a Warlock. Her mother's secret. All the legends are true. Gen happens to be one of those legends. Genevive doesn't expect her baby c
Study of Crime
by Imandra_Pipkin
Secrets are about to be revealed and crimes will be solved - finally.
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This list of 23short Shadowhunters fanfics spans 548,254 total words. Kudos range from 7 on the newest entries to 10,983 on the most established. 65% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (7 of 23 fics).
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