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“Lisbon,” Jane tries, affecting a wobbly smile, a little drunk on the sight of her despite how angry she looks. “It’s good to-”
“Why are you here, Jane?” She interrupts, folding her arms over her chest. It’s not her usual upset posture, where she juts out her chin and raises an eyebrow, making herself bigger. Instead, it looks like she’s holding herself together, and he wants suddenly to go to the ocean and drown himself.
A thousand possible answers pass through his mind at once, all of them true, but none convincing enough. Because I need you. Because I love you. Because I wanted to see you. Because you’re the only light in the darkness, and I’m the moth. Because you’re mine. To apologize. To make it up to you. But when he opens his mouth, what comes out is: “Because you’re here, Lisbon.”
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aka the one where i attempt to robert frost better than the mentalist writers, all for dreamy's birthday
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30 Oct 2025
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He’s truly a lost cause. Completely hopeless.
If he hadn’t been before, then nearly dying certainly would’ve done it.
Even the fugue version of himself had been enamored with her from the moment he opened his eyes and saw her hovering by his bedside. When he’d been standing inside his house in Malibu, when all the realization and rush of feelings had hit him at once, the first discernible thoughts he could muster were of her.
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19 Oct 2025
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you saw the truth in me (only bought this dress so you could take it off) by margaretintherain
Fandoms: The Mentalist (TV 2008)
12 Oct 2025
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Searching for hints in the curve of his smile, the flicker in his eyes; she longs to pull them out of the labyrinth, to know what he fantasizes about before he drifts to sleep, what thoughts kept him up on the island, and why he’s here. Why he asked for her. But uncertainty is still woven around her heart; doubts and questions still unanswered.
After 6x16, Teresa wants to know once and for all if being with Jane is in the cards for them.
Carve your name into my bedpost
'Cause I don't want you like a best friend
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13 Oct 2025
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“Goodnight, Jane.”
“Goodnight, Teresa.”The last thought that drifted through her mind came as a soft refrain that barely stirred, like a harp chord in the distance: this doesn’t mean anything.
Because it didn’t.
Just two insomniacs sharing space, trying to scratch out a few hours of sleep.Nothing more.
Or... the one where Baby!Jisbon are cosleeping platonic workmates... until they aren't.COMPLETE
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24 Sep 2025
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With his first wife, Jane had no concept of what it would be like to lose everything. Now that he knows that pain, he clings all the tighter. It's complicated. His thoughts about Lisbon range from acceptable to physically impossible. He wants to put a ring on her finger. He wants to bring her flowers. He wants to read her mind. He wants to violate the principle of impenetrability and occupy the same space as her. If he could carry her with him everywhere he goes, maybe that would be enough to soothe his battered and ruined heart.
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aka writing letters and defining boundaries and tip-toeing around things and making promises
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- Part 2 of would you give me the time of day?
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12 May 2025