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10cae73 "That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year." "Why?" Isabelle said. "So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means." fun humor isabelle-lightwood jace-wayland Cassandra Clare
be6d38c "Investigation?" Isabelle laughed. "Now we're detectives? Maybe we should all have code names." "Good idea," said Jace. "I shall be Baron Hotschaft Von Hugenstein." isabelle-lightwood jace-wayland investigation joke Cassandra Clare
c866ee1 "Isabelle drifted over, Jace a pace behind her. She was wearing a long black dress with boots and an even longer cutaway coat of soft green velvet, the color of moss. "I can't believe you did it!" she exclaimed. "How did you get Magnus to let Jace leave?" "Traded him for Alec," Clary said. Isabelle looked mildly alarmed. "Not permanently?" "No," said Jace. "Just for a few hours. Unless I don't come back," he added thoughtfully. "In which case, maybe he does get to keep Alec. Think of it as a lease with an option to buy." Isabelle looked dubious. "Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out." "That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?" Simon inquired. "No, probably not." humor clary-fray isabelle-lightwood jace-wayland simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
a535246 "Alec looked at her and shook his head. "How do you manage never to get mud on your clothes?" Isabelle shrugged philosophically. "I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt." humor dirt city-of-ashes isabelle-lightwood clean sarcasm Cassandra Clare
008188d "I forgot that's what gets you all hot and bothered, Jace, girls killing things." "I like anyone killing things, especially me." he said with a smile." isabelle-lightwood jace-wayland Cassandra Clare
2f7d8bb But I watch my brothers give their hearts away and I think, Don't you know better? Hearts are breakable. And I think even when you heal, you're never what you were before. isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
79799ae Going round and around inside a dryer can be fatal, whereas pasta is rarely fatal. Unless Isabelle makes it. humor fatal pasta isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
8423285 "I get the feeling," Alec said, and smiled, "she hasn't forgiven me for betraying you, as she sees it." "Good girl," said Jace with appreciation. "I didn't betray you, idiot." "It's the thought that counts." isabelle-lightwood jace-wayland Cassandra Clare
674613e "If you knew how to cook, maybe I would eat," Jace muttered. Isabelle froze, her spoon poised dangerously. "What did you say?" Jace edged toward the fridge. "I said I'm going to look for a snack to eat." That's what I thought you said." Isabelle turned her attention to the soup." isabelle-lightwood jace-wayland mortal-instruments Cassandra Clare
d647b29 What's the point in wasting a perfectly good brick wall when you have someone to throw against it, that's what I always say. isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
9b6352a Isabelle snorted. 'All the boys are gay. In this truck, anyway. Well, not you, Simon.' 'You noticed' said Simon. 'I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual,' added Magnus. 'Please never say those words in front of my parents,' said Alec. 'Especially my father.' 'I thought your parents were okay with you, you know, coming out,' Simon said, leaning around Isabelle to look at Alec, who was -- as he often was -- scowling, and pushing his floppy dark hair out of his eyes. Aside from the occasional exchange, Simon had never talked to Alec much. He wasn't an easy person to get to know. But, Simon admitted to himself, his own recent estrangement from his mother made him more curious about Alec's answer than he would have been otherwise. 'My mother seems to have accepted it,' Alec said. 'But my father -- no, not really. Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay.' Simon felt Isabelle tense next to him. 'Turned you gay?' She sounded incredulous. 'Alec, you didn't tell me that.' 'I hope you told him you were bitten by a gay spider,' said Simon. Magnus snorted; Isabelle looked confused. 'I've read Magnus's stash of comics,' said Alec, 'so I actually know what you're talking about' A small smile played around his mouth. 'So would that give me the proportional gayness of a spider?' 'Only if it was a really gay spider,' said Magnus, and he yelled as Alec punched him in the arm. 'Ow, okay, never mind. coming-out gay-spider city-of-lost-souls isabelle-lightwood magnus-bane simon-lewis homosexuality gay Cassandra Clare
d8a66e2 "We shouldn't," protested Isabelle. "The Clave has a plan." "The Clave has the collective intelligence of a pineapple," said Jace. Alec blinked up at them. "Jace is right." Isabelle turned on her brother. "What do you know? You weren't even paying attention." "I was," Alec said, injured. "I said Jace was right." "Yeah, but there's like a 90% chance of me being right most of the time, so that's not proof you were listening," said Jace. "That's just a good guess." isabelle-lightwood jace-lightwood Cassandra Clare
5380892 "Thank you," Simon said. "It's a joke, Isabelle. He's the Count. He likes counting. You know. 'What did the Count eat today, children? One chocolate chip cookie, two chocolate chip cookies, three chocolate chip cookies . . .'" There was a rush of cold air as the door of the restaurant opened, letting in another customer. Isabelle shivered and reached for her black silk scarf. "It's not realistic." "What would you prefer? 'What did the Count eat today, children? One helpless villager, two helpless villagers, three helpless villagers . . ." isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
f27cc6f "Brother Zachariah," Isabelle said. "Months January through December of the Hot Silent Brothers Calendar. What's he doing here?" "There's a Hot Silent Brothers Calendar?" said Alec. "Do they sell it?" isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
5769129 "You're here!" Isabelle danced up to them in delight, carrying a glass of fuchsia liquid, which she thrust at Clary. "Have some of this!" Clary squinted at it. "Is it going to turn me into a rodent?" "Where is the trust? I think it's strawberry juice," Isabelle said. "Anyways, it's yummy. Jace?" She offered him the glass. "I am a man," he told her, "and men do not consume pink beverages. Get thee gone, woman, and bring me something brown." "Brown?" Isabelle made a face. "Brown is a manly color," said Jace, and yanked on a stray lock of Isabelle's hair with his free hand. "In fact, look - Alec is wearing it." Alec looked mournfully down at his sweater. "It was black," he said. "But then it faded." "You could dress it up with a sequined headband," Magnus suggested, offering his boyfriend something blue and sparkly. "Just a thought." "Resist the urge, Alec." Simon was sitting on the edge of a low wall with Maia beside him, though she appeared to be deep in conversation with Aline. "You'll look like Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu." "There are worse things," Magnus observed." isabelle-lightwood jace-wayland magnus-bane simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
924afea "I've noticed the Fair Folk often say 'perhaps' when there is a truth they want to hide," Clary said. "It keeps you from having to give a straight answer." "Perhaps so," said the Queen with an amused smile. "'Mayhap' is a good word too," Alec suggested. "Also 'perchance,'" Izzy said. "I see nothing wrong with 'maybe'," said Simon. "A little modern, but the gist of the idea comes across." clary-fray isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
120658f "Alec isn't happy," said Magnus, as if she hadn't spoken. "Of course he isn't," Isabelle snapped. "Jace--" "Jace," said Magnus, and his hands made fists at his sides. Isabelle stared at him. She had always thought that he didn't mind Jace; liked him, even, once the question of Alec's affections had been settled. Out loud, she said: "I thought you were friends." "It's not that," said Magnus. "There are some people -- people the universe seems to have singled out for special destinies. Special favors and special torments. God knows we're all drawn toward what's beautiful and broken; I have been, but some people cannot be fixed. Or if they can be, it's only by love and sacrifice so great it destroys the giver." Isabelle shook her head slowly. "You've lost me. Jace is our brother, but for Alec -- he's Jace's parabatai too --" "I know about parabatai," said Magnus, his voice rising in pitch. "I've known parabatai so close they were almost the same person; do you know what happens, when one of them dies, to the one that's left--" "Stop it!" Isabelle clapped her hands over her ears, then lowered them slowly. "How dare you, Magnus Bane," she said. "How dare you make this worse than it is --" "Isabelle." Magnus' hands loosened; he looked a little wide-eyed, as if his outburst had startled even him. "I am sorry. I forget, sometimes . . . that with all your self-control and strength, you possess the same vulnerability that Alec does." "There is nothing weak about Alec," said Isabelle. "No," said Magnus. "To love as you choose, that takes strength. The thing is, I wanted you here for him. There are things I can't do for him, can't give him . . ." For a moment Magnus looked oddly vulnerable. "You have known Jace as long as he has. You can give him understanding I can't. And he loves you." "Of course he loves me. I'm his sister." "Blood isn't love," said Magnus, and his voice was bitter. "Just ask Clary." clary-morgenstern isabelle-lightwood jace-lightwood magnus-bane Cassandra Clare
21ad482 "Of course he loves me. I'm his sister." "Blood isn't love," said Magnus, and his voice was bitter." love isabelle-lightwood magnus-bane Cassandra Clare
99d7f77 Don't bother her, don't try to talk to her, don't even look at her, or I'll fold you in half so many times you'll look like a tiny little origami werewolf. isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
24e5a03 "Isabelle waved a hand. "No need to worry, big brother. Nothing happened. Of course," she added as Alex's shoulders relaxed, "I was totally passed-out drunk, so he could really have done whatever he wanted and I wouldn't have woken up." "Oh, please," said Simon. "All I did was tell you the entire plot of ." "I don't think I remember that," said Isabelle, taking a cookie from the plate on the table. "Oh, yeah? Who was Luke Skywalker's best childhood friend?" "Biggs Darklighter," Isabelle said immediately, and then hit the table with the flat of her hand."That is cheating!" city-of-lost-souls isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis mortal-instruments shadowhunters star-wars Cassandra Clare
d795db1 "WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING?" There was a sound of shattering glass, and they both sat up to see Alec glaring at them. He had dropped the empty bottle of wine he had been carrying, and there were bits of sparkly glass all over the cave floor. "WHY CAN'T YOU GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO DO THESE HORRIBLE THINGS? MY EYES." "It's a demon realm, Alec," Isabelle said. "There's nowhere for us to go." "And you said I should look after her-" Simon began, then realized that would not be a productive line of conversation, and shut up." isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
aefcc18 "It's a girl," Jace said, recovering his composure. "Surely you've seen girls before, Alec. Your sister Isabelle is one." city-of-bones clary-fray isabelle-lightwood jace mortal-instruments Cassandra Clare
826fe53 "Stop it." Isabelle tapped a booted foot in the shallow water at the lake's edge. "Both of you. In fact, all three of you. If we don't stick together in the Seelie Court, we're dead." "But I haven't-," Clary started. "Maybe you haven't, but the way you let those two act..." Isabelle indicated the boys with a disdainful wave of her hand. "I can't tell them what to do!" "Why not?" the other girl demanded. "Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority, I just don't know what I'll do with you." faerie-queen feminine isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
9cb3acf "Isabelle snorted, "All the boys gay. In this truck, anyway. Well, not you, Simon." "You noticed," said Simon. "I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual," added Magnus. "Please never say those words in front of my parents," said Alec." funny humor bisexual city-of-lost-souls isabelle-lightwood magnus-bane simon-lewis mortal-instruments cassandra-clare gay Cassandra Clare
c069efb Do you even really know how vampires are made?' 'Well, when a mommy vampire and a daddy vampire love each other very much... isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
5fcab5c "I can't tell them what to do!" "Why not?" the other girl demanded. "Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority, I just don't know what I'll do with you." clary-fray isabelle-lightwood mortal-instruments Cassandra Clare
6a33641 Damnit.' Isabelle, standing in the mouth of the alley, her wet black hair like a cloak around her shoulders, kicked a trash can out of her way and glowered. 'Oh, for goodness's sake,' she said. 'I can't believe you two. Why? What's wrong with bedrooms? And pivacy? isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
5b31811 "You can take your Law," she said in a measured tone, "and shove it right up your-" city-of-ashes the-mortal-instruments isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
7dc469b "Isabelle," she said, lightening her tone with an obvious effort, "your loyalty to your friend is understandable --" "He's not my friend." Isabelle looked over at Jace, who was staring at her in a sort of daze. "He's my brother." city-of-ashes the-mortal-instruments isabelle-lightwood loyalty Cassandra Clare
3d71512 "Clary glanced past him and asked, "Where's Magnus?" "He said it would be better if he didn't come. Apparently he and the Seelie Queen have some kind of history." Isabelle raised her eyebrows. "Not that kind of history," said Alec irritably. "Some kind of feud. Though," he added, half under his breath, "the way he got around before me, I woudn't be surprised." isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
979be12 "I am here to determine my relationship." Simon goggled. She couldn't be talking about him. Could she? "Do you see that man?" Isabelle asked, pointing at Simon. Apparently she was talking about him. "That's Simon Lewis, and he is my boyfriend. So if any of you think about trying to hurt him because he's a mundie or--may the Angel have mercy on your soul--pursuing him romantically, I will come after you, I will hunt you down and I will crush you to powder." mundie sizzy isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
30383e6 "Simon snorted. "If you ever meet the man who could take advantage of Isabelle, you'll have to let me know. I'd like to shake his hand. Or run away from him very fast, I'm not sure which." fun city-of-glass clary-fray the-mortal-instruments isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
693347b You don't get it, Clary. You don't understand what it's like to live always at war, to grow up with battle and sacrifice. I guess it's not your fault. It's just how you were brought up- war sacrifice life city-of-glass isabelle-lightwood mortal-instruments Cassandra Clare
49afb12 And then we met you, and it was like he woke up. You couldn't see it, because you'd never known him any different. But I saw it. Hodge saw it. Alec saw it -why do you think he hated you so much? It was like that form the second we met you. You thought it was amazing that you could see us, and it was, but what was amazing to me was that Jace isabelle-lightwood jace-wayland Cassandra Clare
8831684 "You're a heartbreaker, Isabelle Lightwood," he said, as lightly as he could with her blood still running through him like fire. "Jace told Clary once you'd walk all over me in high-heeled boots." "That was then. You're different now." She eyed him. "You're not scared of me." He touched her face. "A nd you're not scared of anything." "I don't know." Her hair fell forward. "Maybe you'll b r eak my heart." Before he could say anything, she kissed him, and he wondered if she could taste her own blood. "Now shut up. I want to sleep," she said, and she curled up against his side and closed her eyes. Somehow, now, they fit, where they hadn't before. Nothing was awkward, or poking into him, or banging against his leg. It didn't feel like childhood and sunlight and gentleness. It felt strange and heated and exciting and powerful and... different. Simon lay awake, his eyes on the ceiling, his hand stroking Isabelle's silky black hair absently. He felt like he'd been caught up in a tornado and deposited somewhere very far away, where nothing was familiar. Eventually he turned his head and kissed Izzy, very lightly, on the forehead; she stirred and murmured but didn't open her eyes." isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
f15d01b I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt. isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
edf7392 "And you won't leave me?" "No." Alec said. "No, we won't ever leave you. You know that." "Never." Isabelle took his hand, the one Alec wasn't holding, and pressed it fiercely. "Lightwoods, all together." She whispered. Jace's hand was suddenly damp where she was holding it, and he realized she was crying, her tears splashing down crying for him, because she loved him; even after everything that had happened, she still loved him. They both did. He fell asleep like that, with Isabelle on one side of him and Alec on the other, as the sun came up with the dawn." lightwoods isabelle-lightwood parabatai jace-lightwood cassandra clare
0095357 "Izzy, are you--" he began. His eyes flew wide, and he backed up fast enough to smack his head into the wall behind him. "What is he doing here?" Isabelle tugged her tank top back down and glared at her brother. "You don't knock now?" "It--It's my bedroom!" Alec spluttered. He seemed to be deliberately trying not to look at Izzy and Simon, who were indeed in a very compromising position. Simon rolled quickly off Isabelle, who sat up, brushing herself off as if for lint. Simon sat up more slowly, trying to hold the torn edges of his shirt together. "Why are all my clothes on the floor?" Alec said. "I was trying to find something for Simon to wear," Isabelle explained. "Maureen put him in leather pants and a puffy shirt because he was being her romance-novel slave." "He was being her what?" "Her romance-novel slave," Isabelle repeated, as if Alec were being particularly dense. Alec shook his head as if he were having a bad dream. "You know what? Don't explain. Just--put your clothes on, both of you." -- humor isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
e14dc4c "She made an impatient noise. "By the Angel, you don't know anything about your kid, do you? Do you even really know how vampires are made?" "Well, when a mommy vampire and a daddy vampire love each other very much ... " funny humor city-of-fallen-angels the-mortal-instruments isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis vampire Cassandra Clare
155f51d Luke moved as silently as fog, while Maryse's heels sounded like gunshots on the marble floor. Clary wondered if Isabelle's propensity for unsuitable footwear was genetic. maryse-lightwood isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
9204327 "Izzy," said Jace, as they neared the pond, and she jumped up and spun around. Her smile was dazzling. "Jace!" She flew at him and hugged him. Now that was the way sisters were supposed to act, Clary thought. Not all stiff and weird and peculiar, but happy and loving. Watching Jace hug Isabelle, she tried to school her features into a happy and loving expression. "Are you all right?" Simon asked, with some concern. "Your eyes are crossing." "I'm fine." Clary abandoned the attempt. "Are you sure? You looked sort of... contorted." isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
749e019 "Tell me," Isabelle said."Who it was. That my father had the affair with." city-of-lost-souls isabelle-lightwood Cassandra Clare
c3f3051 "Don't talk." Alec gestured at him with an expression of vague disgust. "Every time I look at you, I keep remembering coming in here and seeing you draped all over my sister." Jace sat up. "I didn't hear about this." "Oh, come on -" said Simon. "Simon, you're blushing," observed Jace. "And you're a vampire and almost never blush, so this better be really juicy. And weird. Were bicycles involved in some kinky way? Vaccum cleaners? Umbrellas?" "Big umbrellas, or the little kind you get with drinks?" Alec asked. "Does it matter -" tmi city-of-heavenly-fire isabelle-lightwood jace-lightwood simon-lewis cassandra-clare Cassandra Clare
1c3cf08 They had just showed up, Amatis had said. Which meant Simon had spent the night at Isabelle's. She stared at him. He didn't any different. isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
899b96c "... As could the sarcasm in her voice. "yes, she's bleeding to deat Lu upstairs, but i thought I'd avoid telling you right away, because I like to draw the suspense out." isabelle-lightwood sarcasm Cassandra Clare
b4358e3 Oh, Lord Montgomery, what do you mean to do with me in this bedroom when you have me all alone? An innocent maiden, and unprotected? Is my virtue safe? 'I, ah- what?' 'I know you are a dangerous man. Some call you a rake. Everybody knows you are a devil with the ladies with your poetically puffed shirt and irresistible pants. I pray you will consider my innocence. And my poor, vulnerable heart.' Simon decided this was a lot like role-playing in D&D, but potentially more fun. sizzy isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
2d3af33 "Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay." "I hope you told him you were bitten by a gay spider," said Simon." spiderman gayness lgbtq isabelle-lightwood magnus-bane simon-lewis references gay Cassandra Clare
5da8eb6 "It's not your fault," Alec was saying. He sounded weary, as if he'd been through this sort of thing with his sister before. Clary wondered how many boyfriends she'd turned into rats by accident. "But it ought to teach you not to go to so many Downworld parties," he added. "They're always more trouble than they're worth." Isabelle sniffed loudly. "If anything had happened to him, I--I don't know what I would have done." "Probably whatever it is you did before," said Alec in a bored voice. "It's not like you knew him all that well." "That doesn't mean that I don't--" "What? Love him?" Alec scoffed, raising his voice. "You need to know someone to love them." "But that's not all it is." Isabelle sounded almost sad. "Didn't you have any fun at the party, Alec?" "No." "I thought you might like Magnus. He's nice, isn't he?" "Nice?" Alec looked at her as if she were insane. "Kittens are nice. Warlocks are--" He hesitated. "Not," he finished, lamely. "I thought you might hit it off." Isabelle's eye makeup glittered as bright as tears as she glanced over at her brother. "Get to be friends." "I have friends," Alec said, and looked over his shoulder, almost as if he couldn't help it, at Jace. But Jace, his golden head down, lost in thought, didn't notice." malec isabelle-lightwood magnus-bane Cassandra Clare
5e363df It's love, not the Battle of Thermopylae. You don't have to treat everything like it's a last stand. love isabelle-lightwood simon-lewis Cassandra Clare
ff67c38 "He shoved his hips against her, reminding her of what they had just done, and said, "I had never bedded a woman before you. I made that plain. Did you think I let you seduce me lightly? No, I did not. You made a deal with me the moment you gave me entry into your body." "I made no such deal!" Her eyes were angry--and frightened--but he would not let her make him back down. "Precious Isabel," he whispered. "You made a deal with your heart, your soul, and your body, and you sealed it with the wash of your climax on my c*ck." She blinked, looking dazed. He'd never used such words before, especially not with her, but their bluntness was necessary." winter thief-of-shadows isabelle-lightwood Elizabeth Hoyt
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