Malec Oneshots

Uncertain Future

Summary(By Airuna):

Max Lightwood is chosen for the games but his oldest brother volunteers in his place. Now Alec has to say goodbye to his family and take a train that will take him away from home into an almost certain dead.

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My take on the Hunger Games AU

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Alec sat in the empty room still in shock. Everything had happened so fast! Max getting picked, him volunteering, the cheers, the looks of admiration and pity, Jace and Izzy's faces ashed with terror, Max's relief turning into guilt, and, in the middle of it all, himself acting on instinct, on an impulse, for the first time in his life. He didn't regret it, of course not, but it all was a blur, turning and spinning inside his head. Suddenly a figure irrupted in the room, closing the door hastily after itself.

"Jace!" Alec stood up abruptly. "What are...?"

Jace  looked out of breath and still far paler than Alec had ever seen him. "They said I wasn't family, that I could not come say goodbye. But I had to, I needed to."

"Me too." The thought of leaving without seeing Jace one last time turned Alec's stomach. "Me too."

"You have to come back, Alec." Jace crossed his arms in front of his chest like he was expecting a rebuttal.

"I'll do my best," he promised, surprised at the other boy's defensiveness.

"No, you won't, not if you go there to fight for your life." Jace shook his head. "Because you'll have to kill children, you'll have to kill Lydia, and at some point you are going to think you getting out of there is not worth it and you'll throw your life away trying to save the first kid that reminds you of us." And Alec wanted to protest, to reassure Jace, but they had grown up together and the other kid always knew when he was lying. "That's why you won't go there to fight for yourself, you'll go there to fight for me. Fight for us. Because we need you to come back. Izzy. Max. Me. I need you to come back." Tears were streaking the other's boy's face and Alec didn't know what to do. In all their years of friendship he hadn't ever seen Jace cry. "Alec, I know there's nothing you wouldn't do for us so promise me, promise me that you'll do whatever it takes to come back, for me. Because I really don't know if I can live without you."

Jace was begging, a thing Alec would have denied he was even capable of. He was begging and crying and Alec couldn't take it. All he could do was nod, ready to offer him whatever he wanted just as long as he stopped. "I promise, Jace. I'll come back." And just like that, the other teen threw himself in his arms. Alec hugged back, as tightly as he could. Trying to hide his own wet eyes on his shoulder.

"What are you doing here?" a voice rudely interrupt them. "Only family allowed."

"Jace is family." At that they separated, turning to look at their sister who was glaring down some capitol soldier. Alec's father and mother stood by her side, looking fearfully at the exchange while Max only had eyes for Alec.

"It's okay," there was no trace of tears in Jace's voice anymore. "I was just leaving, I don't want to cause trouble." He situated himself between the guard and the girl. "I'll see you when you come back, Alec." And with that he was gone.

"I'm sorry." Max's voice was low and too full of regrets for someone his age. "I'm so sorry, Alec."

"You have nothing to be sorry about," Alec told him as firmly as he could. "It was my decision to volunteer and I stand by it. Any consequences of that will be mine and mine alone. Do you understand me? I made my choice and I'll see it through so don't you dare feel guilty." Max nodded but Alec could still see shame in his eyes which only proved Jace right. He had to come back. But in the meantime... "Max, I need you to be strong because you have to do something for me." The younger boy preened at that, glad to be of use. "You have to look after Iz and Jace, you know how reckless they can be and with me gone they'll need someone to reel them in from time to time." Max nodded solemnly and Alec smiled, having a purpose would do Max good and he would stop their sibling from getting themselves killed if... Well, if anything happened.