Here is a new story. I know, I have a TON on my plate but this could NOT wait. I love TID so much and I had a good idea. Well, an idea. Of sorts.
Chapter One
"I can't let you die," Tessa sobbed, holding Will's face in her hands.
"But we know that one day it is going to happen. Tess, I love you," Will said. He smiled at her, but she continued to sob. "Why are we even talking about this? It's not going to happen for another sixty or seventy years or so. Maybe even more. Look, I'm twenty-one, you're nineteen. You look sixteen but you are nineteen years old."
"For how long?" Tessa asked bitterly. "How long can this go on? I can't bear to lose you! I love you too much."
"And I you. Only, I won't ever lose you and you won't ever lose me," Will said comfortingly.
"But I will. One day, you'll be gone and I'll still be here, looking sixteen at a hundred."
"No, shhh. There must be a way for us to be together. Forever. But for now, go to sleep, Tess. Please do that for me," Will implored, his blue eyes shining.
Tessa sighed and lay into Will's embrace on the bed, still crying, tears escaping. She finally fell asleep, oblivious to Will's sigh and tears that came soon after his wife had drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, Tessa awoke in Will's arms. Last night's conversation was forgotten in Tessa's mind, though faint traces of it still lingered. She looked lovingly at Will's face, who seemed to sense her staring and awakened.
"Tess." He kissed her good morning.
Tessa and Will went about their daily morning routines, showering, cooking breakfast, eating. Tessa felt strange, but it was probably because of the baby. She had found out a few months ago that she was pregnant and the baby bump was starting to show. Tessa was excited but she was sure that the pregnancy was what had been the cause of last night's worries and tears. It was to be a baby girl and Will could hardly wait.
"Heading to work. Take care of yourself," Will said, meaning he was going to go to the Institute and read other people's novels while subconsciously editing them to be published one day.
Tessa waved Will goodbye and sat down on the sofa. She picked up A Tale of Two Cities and started to read. She laughed while the characters laughed and cried while they cried. She spent the whole day reading the book. It was Will's copy and she loved it just as much as he did.
Then she set the book down after finishing it and looked out into space. All at once, last night's thoughts came barrelling through her mind.
Will. His death was inevitable and she would be left alone over time, try as they might to avoid it. With her baby girl, Lea. Lea Herondale. How pretty her name would be.
Will was optimistic about all of this. But Tessa knew that he was worried too. Lines were starting to show on his forehead from where he kept furrowing his brow while looking for a solution deep into the night.
But there was only one answer. And both Will and Tessa knew it.
Shorten Tessa's life.
Will was adamant against it but Tessa wanted it. Will would fight back for forever but Tessa knew that in the end, she would always choose to stay with Will forever, including after death.
Of course, they could always try to make Will immortal but that required black magic that didn't exist in the Shadowhunter world for the better. If they tried it, they would be punished and most likely separated forever.
So there was only one solution. And for the sake of Will, Lea, and everyone else who cared about them, Tessa was going to go through with it.
Whether Will knew it or not.
So yeah! Don't worry, it gets a LOT better. I'm really bad at writing beginning chapters. I did have a much longer version but it got deleted and I am really angry right now. Please review!