FIC: Try To See The Bright Side [The Mortal Instruments, Jem]

[omnicat]

Title: Try To See The Bright Side
Author: Omnicat
Unofficially Adapted From: Cassandra Clare’s The Infernal Devices series.
Spoilers & Desirable Foreknowledge: All of the above.
Warnings: A swear word. The others should be apparent from the summary.
Characters & Pairings: Jem, thinking of Tessa, Jem x Tessa, and Will
Summary: Too faint a tune, too ungrateful a friend. If he were to die, he would die better than he deserves. // 100 words
Author’s Note: Another day, another drabble.



Try To See The Bright Side

Tessa was like a breath of fresh air, and it made Jem feel ill in interesting new ways that he could not draw her in.

Ha. Humor.

This interesting new urge to throttle Will was good for some ill feelings too.

Ha. Pun.

Ah! – ohsweetsodding – he was going to have an attack, wasn’t he?

He was going to have an attack, and the discord would draw Tessa’s attention for all the wrong reasons, and he’d resent Will a little all through his tireless caring. He was going to gracelessly grapple death, and maybe lose, surrounded by –

– the ones he loved.