Dearest Alexander,
It's felt like forever since I've seen your beautiful eyes and that amazing smile that has always warmed my heart. We had a long run together, and I can't ever forget you. The day you stopped breating was the day I stopped living. I can't thank you enough for the time we spent together. I used to tell you every day I love you but I will never stop saying those three words when it comes to you. You were the best thing to ever happen to me. I went to the Institute the other day. So many new faces. I'm glad to say the Lightwood family is still running the place. So many new faces. Sometimes I go to see if your visiting your mother and sister but then I remember they've been long dead as well. One of the younger Lightwood children will tell me. "Uncle Magnus, it's been over ten years, he's not here. He's gone." Then the dread sets in again. I nod my head and go home again. Yes your descendent call me uncle Magnus. Sometimes I tell them stories. About us, the adventures we've had. They all seem to like me well. I still wear the ring. The Lightwood ring. It's my most priced possession. I never take it off. Everyone I look at it I always think of you. Memories flood back to me. It's usually to much to handle and I usually cry. I miss you Alec, I really do. You were (and still are) the most amazing thing to ever walk this earth. I love you. I love you so much. You will always be a part of my heart.
With love from your husband,
Magnus Bane
It had been a little over ten years since Alec Lightwood pased away. Ever since then, Magnus Bane had never been the same. Alec was surronded by his loved one of course. His sister, parabatai, Magnus and their children. Magnus held his hand while on his death bed. He even had a hard time letting go when he had finally stopped breathing. His children had to pull him away, which was the hardest thing he ever had to do, it was also hard for his children. Of course they buried him in the silent city as almost every shadowhunter was. They let him visit his bones and ashes from time to time. He would stay as long as possible just to be by him. It was nice to him, knowing where his husband was. He would bid a tearful goodbye and leave.
Magnus had been watching over the Lightwood family since Alec died. He wanted to know how things would turn out. Most of them lived at the Institute. So it was easy to get to. Of course, the latest geration had to remind him sometimes that Alec was no longer alive. It hurt him, but he would nod his head and tell stories to the younger ones. There was one little girl named Lucy, and she looked just like Alec. She had the black hair and blue eyes. Looking at her brook his heart but also lifted a weight on his shoulders. She would sit on his lap and beg her to tell stories, or do magic tricks which he loved doing for her.
As time passed, Magnus changed. He had stopped wearing bright colors, he usually wore black and grey with maybe some white here and there, but nothing to bright. Everyone would usually ask him why he stopped wearing colors, he would replay with
"I'm still mouring"
or
"The day Alec died, was the day all the color drained from my life"
Magnus usually kept to himself more, he rarely had parties, and if he did there wasn't very many people. His days were spent either working or on the couch drinking tea, something him and Alec used to do. His friends (usually Catarina) would tell him to find another partner. He would always say no. Alec was his true love and it would feel like betraying him in a way.
Every morning, he would go into his study to do some work. He had a picture of Alec on his desk, he was in his early twenties in the picture. He would talk to the picture as he was working, as if Alec was stil with him. It would almost be like a normal conversation, only he was talking to a picture and got no replies. Every other day, he would write Alec a letter, just talking about what has been happeining in his life and saying how much he misses and loves him. It wasn't nothing much, but it made him feel better. He missed Alec greatly. He was his true love and the best thing to come into his long life. He would miss Alec for the rest of his life, and hoped to maybe see Alec somehow, someday.
