just another wide eyed girl

The cast of ‘Riverdale’ photographed by Peggy Sirota for their Rolling Stone cover story.

You gonna break my heart, Covey?

When he shows up for work, he half expects his father to appear in every shadow and demand to know what he’s done. It turns out that his father is absent per usual, and his mother greets him with a hug like always. So Alec makes it to his office with coffee in hand and his entire self intact.

His father and an undue amount of filial piety forced him into a position heading one of the Lightwood Corporation’s branch companies. It’s no secret that Robert uses his job to keep track of him. A small part of Alec still craves approval, so he does his best-even if Robert insists on calling everyday to tell him about eligible daughters of his many successful colleagues.

His siblings and mother stood by him. So despite how it all happened, Alec actually likes his job. Training and coordinating security detail for politicians, celebrities, and anyone else with the money is a surprisingly satisfying way to direct his energy.

It’s nothing short of a miracle, but Alec has lived through too much in his short life to take anything for granted. A sip of coffee and Alec dives headfirst into his work.

When both Jace and Izzy lurch into his office, Alec waves a hand at the lukewarm egg and bacon sandwiches sitting next to their assignment for the day.

if anyone, anyone - tries to hurt one of my new friends, I would take them out. I would make them suffer so much that they’d wish they were never born. And if they ran, I would hunt them down.

Magnus asks for Asmodeus’ magic. Asmodeus gives him just one option; come back and rule with me. As a guarantee of Magnus’ compliance, he holds Alec hostage until Magnus’ return from rescuing Jace. Magnus orders Alec to leave when he returns and instead, Alec turns the portal so that he stays in Edom, resolving to rescue Magnus by any means necessary.

When Alec Lightwood masturbates for the first time in eight years, he finds himself a bit infatuated with the camboy. Good thing he’s hired as aforementioned camboy’s fake boyfriend.