A/N: ok first, this is my first story so don't expect much. also English is my second language so there will be some mistakes.

I'm doing this primarily to get a feeling for writing and might drop it.

the story is based on the books rather than the show or the movie however the last time i read them was a couple years ago. the story is too long to re-read specially for something i might drop but the story happens after the events of the main story line even after Simon became Clarry's parabatai.

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chapter 1: real life is different from a story

in the darkest hours of night in an ally at the outskirts of Manhattan a phantom could be seen moving quickly through the alleys as if running from something, it was a night of the full moon and the lamps were functional so it was not as dark as one might think but the phantom looked like a cloud of gas except it was pitch black as if it was swallowing the light.

As it was going through a bend it suddenly got caught in something and soon metal blades covered in weird markings pierced through it, a loud screeching like sound was heard from the phantom like creacher before it slowly started to burn much like an iron wool ball that has come into contact with fire.

as it was burning away three people two men and one woman who looked to be in their early twenties appeared near it.

One of the guys who had black heir and a nerdy but handsome face went closer to the dying phantom before taking a deep look at it before becoming somewhat excited. "see i told you it would work. we didn't have to run around all of new-York to catch it." said Simon with a I told you so expression as he looked at the other two.

the woman a rather short red head with green eyes and the same weird markings as the blades on her arm due to some tear in her uniform, came forward "it's not about it working Simon. Jace was just saying that if we rely on this sort of contraptions too much we might become lazy and cause our skills to regress." said Clarry looking like a mom trying to mediate between her two sons as a small sigh escaped her mouth. 

"see even Clarry agrees with me that you are just a coward. who doesn't want to face his trials head on" said a blond and athletic guy who was wearing the the same battle uniform as the other two.

"that's not what I said" Clarry said looking like she is too tired to deal with those two.

Simon suddenly looking enlightened asked" is this about me and Izzy?"

"what did you think it was about? she has been waiting for you to propose forever but you just ignore her as if you don't know what she's thinking" said Jace clearly angry to have to explain things to this idiot.

"i just think it's too soon, we have only been together for like two years I don't want to rush things" said Simon, making Jace even more angry and causing Clarry to sigh again.

"listen Simon" said Clarry instead of Jace as she knew if she let him continue he might beat Simon up to relive is irritation of him, "we are shadow hunters now you know every thing with shadowhunters happens sooner, our drinking age is 16 and we marry sooner and have children sooner as well do you know why?" Simon looked at her wanting to say yes but she continued " it's because we die Simon, we as the primary protectors of earth against demons are too vulnerable, we could die at any moment. the number of shadowhunters who die of old age or natural causes every generation can be counted on two hands, tomorrow could come and you might hear the news that you will never see her again. so listen to what I'm saying and propose as soon as you can otherwise you might regret it for the rest of your life"

Simon looking defeated said "you think i don't know that? but what we currently have is perfect, i don't want to ruin it you know? i mean what if what we have won't be as good after we got married? what if she thinks it's my fault? what if it is my fault?"

Clarry hugged Simon and said "you don't have to be so worried, she loves you and you love her. whatever happens the two of you will deal with it."

"thanks for the encouragement" said Simon as he exited the hug. Jace took a playful but kind of hard jab at his shoulders and said " yeah you know you are a Shadowhunter now right? don't be such a wuss and treat her as she deserves. or I'll beat you up"

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The three of them laughed and continued talking as they walked tiredly towards the institute. 

ever since the fall of Jonathan and dealing with the aftermath things seamed to have changed. Alec was now the head of the new-York institute after Jace's numerus complaints about wanting to be in the field and even thou he was doing an even better job than all his predecessors things seemed to get worst and worst. his relationship with Magnus was at an all time low but due to the increase in demon activity and the new problems with the downworlders he was too busy to have any time to sort themselves out. maybe he was even doing this on purpose to avoid having to deal with these things. 

as a result of the increase in demon numbers Alec had decided to take help from the downworlders, however due to a series of accidents and other events the downworlders refused saying they will only look after their own territories. 

some time back in an accident when dealing with one of the more powerful demons Luke had lost his right leg causing him to retire from field duty, incidentally this was also the reason Simon was now adamant in using traps and other contraptions to deal with demons instead of fighting them head on.

as the three walked into the institute Clarry went to take a shower and get ready for bed as it had been three full days since her last rest and the only reason she was even functioning right now was thanks to her powerful runes.

Jace went on to report to Alec, even though he didn't like the paperwork after missions it didn't take long and Clarry was too exhausted to do it while Simon had already ran away to Isabella as soon as he saw her.

after a report Jace interred his room to see Clarry was in bed wearing a very light black nightgown reading what appeared to be a romance novel.

As Jace was changing and preparing for bed Clarry looked up from her book and asked "do you think our story is over?" Jace momentarily stunned by what she said asked "what do you mean?"

fixing her position to a better one on the bed she continued "well i was just reading this novel and a lot of the time things work out because of luck or something that isn't logical, for example beings of immense villainy or cruelty will suddenly find it in themselves to forgive, or a character shown to be the epitome of apathy will suddenly fall in love, the hero or the heroine might find that coincidentally they have the power skill or the device that will help them pass a calamity or obstacle." as she put her book on the night stand "where are you getting with this?" Jace asked as he joined her on his side of the bed. "what i mean is this is almost exactly how our life has been so i was just thinking what if up until now we were in a story and because of that we were lucky a lot of the time, me and you and all the others were so close to death so many times but there was always the perfect person or thing close by that could save our lives, hell non of us even got seriously injured like what happened with Luke, what if, Jonathan was our big bad and afterwards our story ended so we don't have that plot armors anymore?"

as Jace looked at her he was surprised that she seemed concerned about something he knew it wasn't this as Clarry was never one of those girls that asked their boyfriends different dumb questions to pick fights or whatever else their purpose may be. "well I think when our story ends is when our life begins, as before that we could be considered the puppets of fate or destiny or what you want to call it how ever afterward we will live our own life, we will make choices, make mistakes and learn from our experiences even if it is more dangerous we will face it together."

Clarry looked at Jace with a slight surprise "what ?" Jace asked somewhat flustered, "nothing, I just didn't expect you to answer so seriously" answered Clarry looking at her now husband, "well you seemed distressed so I just wanted to calm you down"

Clarry smiled "thank you Jace, I don't know what's wrong with me, perhaps it's the lack of sleep getting to me, I have been anxious for a couple of days but now I'm calm. you are right whatever we need to face we will face it together." as she tucked her self under the blanket, Jace smiled and tucked himself in as well. "good night." 

"good night " they said one after the other and turned off the lights.

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I will probably upload 1 to 2 chapters week though there is currently no definite time of update