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   Roses are Red (Violence is Too) by Vixx2pointOh

   Fandoms: The Mentalist, The Mentalist (TV 2008)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Jan 2026

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   • Patrick Jane/Teresa Lisbon
   • Patrick Jane
   • Teresa Lisbon
   • Kimball Cho
   • Jason Wylie
   • Annabeth "Annie" Lisbon
   • Original Characters
   • People pulled from other seasons for my amusement and plot
   • Sam Bosco
   • Grace Van Pelt
   • Wayne Rigsby
   • Lisbon Brothers
   • Canon Compliant
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Post-Season/Series Finale
   • Basically Season 8 Okay
   • Angst
   • Side of Fluff
   • Smut
   • Slowly dismantling Jane's psyche
   • whump whump
   • Rough Sex
   • Oral Sex
   • Voyeurism
   • a little softness
   • Skinny Dipping
   • It's going to get a little bumpy (oh pun also intended)
   • Serial Killer doing Serial Killer things
   • Kidnapping
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Psychological Warfare
   • You just need to trust me
   • Everyone Needs A Hug
   • Case Fic
   • heavy on the plot
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Non-direct mentions of PTSD
   • Teresa is going through it

   Summary

   When Red John died, his demons should have died with him. But, there are always more monsters lurking in the shadows.

    

   Kill the man and the myth rises.
   | My take on what Season 8 could have been.

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   25 Jun 2025