Written for Day 3 of JonEliasWeek Prompts: Entity swap & “We have a problem" Descriptions of Violence
Jon needed to get rid of his rather clingy ex, Simon gives him the contact details of his favourite problem solver Read on AO3here
In one reality. Jonah Magnus leant into his love of knowledge, of watching those around him and knowing their deepest secrets. In another he made another, more violent, choice.
Steam rose in wisps and curls from the surface of the tea that sat cradled in Jonah’s hands. It rather reminded him of one of his more irritating business partners, so did the oppressive fog that pressed at the windows of the small cafe he was sitting in. Cold grey eyes scanned the sheets of paper in front of him, his notes on the man he was about to meet. He didn’t really need them, had memorised the information within them weeks ago, but it made the meeting look a little more professional to any wandering eyes.
[ID: a colored drawing of Jonathan sims and jonah magnus from the magnus archives. Jonathan is a dark skinned thin Indian man with longish black hair and half circle glasses. Jonah is a light skinned white man with blonde curly hair and a mustache wearing a monocle. They are both dressed as Victorian gentlemen. Jon is wearing a dark blue jacket with grey slacks, a blue bow tie, a white collared undershirt, and white gloves. Jonah is wearing a brown jacket, orange slacks, a green vest and bow tie, a white undershirt and white gloves and a black top hat. Jonah is holding a short thin cane up at his side and has sparkles around his face. Jon has little hands around his face and is looking at jonah and blushing.]
Jonelias week day 1: historical AU :) some fancy lads
[ID: a colored drawing on Jonathan sims and elias Bouchard from the magnus archives. Jon is a dark skinned thin Indian man with long black hair tied in a ponytail. He is wearing a salmon colored turtleneck with the sleeves rolled up and dark pants. Elias is a thin white man with short black hair. He is wearing a red robe with black trim and slippers. Elias is sitting on a couch holding a wrapped present and smiling at jon, who is sitting in profile in the foreground with his fists clenched in from of him, frowning at elias. Elias is saying “These Victorian recipe books are delightful, thank you Jonathan.” Jon replies “Damnit, how are you always able to guess what I get you?” Elias replies “Oh, just a lucky guess 👁✨”. There is text point to elias that reads “Relentlessly searches for his presents like a child.”]
Jonelias week day 2: domestic ! I just wanted to draw elias in the Husband Robe ™️ and I drew everything else around it to justify myself
Grey eyes opened onto a world utterly unfamiliar to him. The first thing he noticed was the sound of a man crying. The second thing he noticed was that he felt like he had been stabbed. Wearily lifting his head, he looked down at his stomach.
Oh.
He had been stabbed. That explains that.
Hmm.
Lifting a hand that did not look like his own, he placed it over the sluggishly bleeding wound that was somehow starting to heal.
Jonah was pretty sure he didn’t normally heal that fast.
It was an accident. Tim and Melanie’s twin aggression, powerless against the beings that were destroying them and so turning that anger on him, not that he didn’t deserve it. A shove from Tim that sent Jon *falling* and the sudden vertigo clutched at his heart as it had in Mike Crew’s apartment not all that long ago. The words came out of him before he had even fully recovered from hitting the floor, anger and fear curling around the words and turning them into a dagger.
“What is your problem, Tim?”
And well. Tim told him, told him everything and everyone in the Archives watched as Jon ripped the words out of Tim’s head.
The knife was in Melanie’s hand before he had even managed to get to his feet and Basira was calling Daisy only a few feet away.
JonElias week, Day 5: “You have nowhere else to go.” | Post-MAG68.
Elias spends Jon’s ride back to the house stealing glances at him through the driver’s eyes, feeling a curl of satisfaction as he puts together his own idea of what must have happened in the tunnels; an idea that blooms closer to the actual Knowledge of the truth the closer Jon gets to him. He doesn’t indulge in it, though; for once, he wants to hear it first-hand. He wants to hear for himself, in Jon’s words, if something has marked - no matter how lightly - his Archivist tonight.
He’s already waiting, when Jon pounds on the door, but he waits just a moment more before turning the lock and opening up to Jon and the frigid January air.
“Good Lord, Jon.” Elias looks him over, concerned but assessing. “Come in. You look a fright.”
—
In the split second before the door opens, Jon is afraid. What if it’s the same as it was with Sasha? No, that’s stupid — the driver was fine. Jon thinks he was fine, anyway. He rubs at the back of his arm, hugging it tight to himself.
And then, there’s Elias, awash in gentler light than the street, and he's —
He’s himself. Jon huffs out a hard breath that puffs up in the air between them, and then before he can stop himself, he’s bolting over the threshold and straight into Elias, smashing himself into his chest and wrapping his arms around him. Somehow, Jon is out of breath. His lungs burn from the cold.
“You're—” No, not saying that, that would be insane. All of this, actually, is pretty insane. Jon straightens himself up, looks up at Elias. “Sorry, it’s just.” He laughs humourlessly, his eyes wild and his breath still shallow and uneven. “I’ve had a hell of a time.”
Prompts: Feyfolk AU & “I’ll always be here for you”
Jon belongs to his Archive as it belongs to him. There are no people there, just the souls of the unwise trapped in inanimate objects. A knock at the door changes all of that
Jon flitted between the shelves of his Archive, a vast library where he had documented every secret and lie and deal that his superiors had ever made. He had been born in the Archive and no other soul had ever stepped foot in there as far as he knew.
This one is completely unhinged and i have no excuse ._.
[ID: a black and white comic featuring jon and elias from the magnus archives. Jon is a thin man with short black hair and square glasses with a goatee and scars on his face. Elias is a taller thin man with short neat combed black hair, he is wearing a suit with high heel boots. In the first panel elias is leaning seductively against the doorframe to jons office and is saying “Jonathan, we’ve got a problem…”. Jon is in the foreground looking panicked with sweat shooting off his face. He is saying “Oh god what WHAT what is it now what’s wrong?!!??!”. In the next two panels elias is leaning his elbow against the doorframe with his head resting on his hand, and his other hand propped against his hip. Elias begins, looking upset, “I’ve been invited to an event…hosted by other avatars…”. Then he looks at jon without moving from his jaunty pose, and he has flirty little sparkles around his face. “…and i happen to be in need of a date.” In the final panel jon is aghast, crudely drawn like the “Tails Get’s Trolled” meme. In the background, partially faded out, elias is rambling on and on about his strict expectations for their date.]
No one ever told life was gonna be this way (ie that your soulmate would be the master manipulator that used you to end the world and that you and your new boyfriend are on a quest to kill)
[ID: a black and white comic featuring jon and martin from the magnus archives. Jon is a thin short Indian man with short black hair and glasses. He has a goatee and scars on his face and hands and is wearing a jacket. Martin is a taller white fat man with glasses and long hair pulled back in a ponytail and is also wearing a jacket with a backpack. In the first panel martin is asking jon “do you know which way to go?” Jon is looking down at his hand which has a red string tied around the middle finger. The middle panel is a close up of jons hand, covered in burn scars with a red string tied around the middle finger Jon replies “Yes.”. In the final panel jon and martin are both looking up at the giant eye in the sky, below which is a dark forest. The red string on jons hand is twisting forward over the line of trees into the distance. Jon says “I could find him anywhere.”]
This one is darker, apologies :’) but what if. Elias did manage to come through into the new reality with jon and martin, only he implanted jon with false memories, making jon think it was him instead of martin who had been with jon this entire time. It starts off as a scheme but maybe he starts to lose himself in the fantasy…
[ID: a colored picture of jon and elias from the magnus archives. Jon is a think Indian man with dark skin and short black hair. He has glasses and a slight beard and scars on his face and hands. He is wearing a green sweater with a white undershirt and brown slacks with brown boots. Elias is a taller thin white man with short neatly combed black hair. He is wearing a salmon colored button up with grey slacks and black shoes. Jon and elias are walking hand in hand, with elias smiling down at jon who’s eyes are closed contentedly. Elias’s eyes are obscured in shadow. Behind them are several blue eye shapes that contain scenes of false memories, all drawn in a blueish hue: In one jon is leaning his face close to Elias’s, who’s face is flushed and is crying. Jon’s hair is longer here and he is saying “Elias, look at me…”. In another elias is smiling forward and holding a mug of tea and wearing a sweater. In another elias is smiling with the top half of his face obscured. He is saying “I’m sure I love you.” He is wearing a jacket and has a backpack. In another elias is crying with a flushed face, wearing a sweater. Above all of this is text in dark blue that reads “Wherever you go” and then below that in red “I go.”]
