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Messages From a Broken Heart

Summary:

“You have reached the voicemail box of Alec Lightwood-Bane. I don't want to come to the phone right now. Please, leave a message at the beep, and my husband will convince me to get back to you as soon as I can.”
The voicemail box of Alec lightwood-Bane after his death.

Chapter 1

Notes:

Hello, and welcome to the voicemail box of Alec Lightwood-Bane.
I know that this is already in the tags, but just a reminder that this story does deal with some pretty heavy topics including mental health, alcohol use, and self harm. Most of these will not be mentioned in much detail, but they can still be triggering just the same. If I am missing any tags, please feel free to let me know so that I can update them accordingly.
This is my first story, so apologies in advance if it is not great. Constructive criticism is always welcome because I definitely need some writing improvements. However, hate will not be tolerated. Hate comments will be burned in a pit of flames.

A big thanks goes out to my lovely legend who constantly motivates me to write, and is just one of the loveliest people I know. Definitely check her out on

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Because she is a wonderful writer.
And now, on to the story.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Today 12:45 A.M.
“Alexander, I wanted to hear your voice. Even if it hurts to hear your voice like this, knowing that you will never come back, I know that I can never let myself forget it. I never want to forget any part of you.
“I still wake up every morning thinking that I will see your angelic face looking over at me with all that love in your eyes. All that love I never thought I deserved. Then I remember that you're gone, and my heart shatters over and over again.
“Why did the world have to take you away from me? Hasn’t it already taken enough from our family?
“Rafe has already lost one set of parents, and now he has to go through that pain all over again after losing you. It's not fair! You have to come back Alexander. Our family needs you, I need you. I don't know how to go through life without you by my side.
“ Alexander, you are the reason I learned how to live again all those years ago. Without you, I don't think I can do it anymore. I know you would tell me to stay for the kids. But my love, I'm not like you. I can't hold this family together and hold myself together too. I don't think I will ever be strong enough for that, so please, come home my Alexander.
“I love you."
Beep

Notes:

Thank you so much for reading, and I hope you all enjoyed the story. Like I said, constructive criticism is always welcome.
I’ll be honest, while writing these, I realized that these voicemails are not going to be in any particular order. Most of these are going to be from Magness, and probably the kids, but if there are any other characters you want to see, please let me know and I will try my best to fit them in.
If you couldn’t tell, this idea was inspired by “The Bane Chronicles”. Specifically, “The Voicemail Box of Magnus Bane”.
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