Tessa walked down the New York street, smiling softly and sadly to herself. She was thinking about her late husband, Will. In her mind, she could still see him as a young man, the way he looked when they had first met. She could see his slightly unruly pitch black hair, his devilish smile, and his deep, beautiful blue eyes. Even though it had been many, many years since she had last seen him alive, let alone as a young man, she could still remember every detail of the face she loved so much.
Then, she stopped short. That unruly black hair, it looked just like... but no. THis happened to her often. She would be thinking of her past life and suddenly she'd see an unruly dark head of hair and she'd think she saw Will, or a vibrant red-headed man would make her think she saw Henry, or a pretty blonde would remind her of Jessamine. But, of course, all of her old family and friends had died many years ago. And still, she couldn't help but to watch, to hope.
As the boy turned around, walking with a handsome fair haired boy who had his arm around a pretty little red head. As they walked closer, the boys bright blue eyes sent a jolt through Tessa, but she made herself look closer and she saw that he didn't look as much like her beloved as she originally thought. In fact, he looked more like Will's younger sister's husband, Gabriel. He definitely had the makings of a Lightwood face.
Then she took a look at the boy walking beside him, laughing. This boy, she saw, looked more like Will, more like a Herondale. His hair, though fair, had the slight wave and fullness as Will's had possesed, and he had the same devilish grin. And, as he looked down at the red headed girl beside him, she could see the same look in his eyes that she had often seen in Will's as he looked at her.
The girl even looked a bit like Charlotte and Henry, like a Fairchild. Strange, to have three children together that looked so much like her friends and family from over a hundred years ago. Tessa smiled slightly and turned away.
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As Magnus walked down the street towards Alec, Jace, and Clary for their dinner date, he saw a familiar face out of the corner of his eye. He turned and saw Tessa Herondale, formerly Grey, with a small smile one her face and looking towards the trio he was heading towards. He watched as she turned and walked away, and he smiled too. He knew what she was thinking, what she was seeing. He looked back at his lover and his friends and for a moment, he saw what she saw, Gabriel, Will, and Charlotte, back from the grave, and laughing together.