Man to man, tell me the truth. tell me.
were you ever there when she needed you?
man to man, look me in the eye and tell me,
if you really loved her, why'd you make her cry?
man to man, well who cheated who?
you're the one to blame, tell me it ain't true.

- Man to Man, Gary Allan.

You suck, you lost her.

I was awesome,

she is by my side.

Sebastian was glaring at him, his muscles coiled and he looked like he was about to spring. His hands pushed into his hoodie, despite the alcohol in his system which got him slightly feverish the cold of the outside was getting to him. Jace, who was wearing a nice warm jacket and had no alcohol in his system was perfectly fine.

Jace secretly prayed Sebastian would attack, so he can pin his beating the crap out of Sebastian as a way of defense.

"Hey homewrecker, how is life with my girlfriend?"

"You guys never married. Homewrecker implies someone who broke up a marriage or family." Hos face was hidden by shadows but his eyes flashed amber in the light, giving away his identity.

Sebastian snarled and Jace looked at him, unimpressed.

"Is Clary at your place, right now? Waiting for you to join her for dinner?" Sebastian asks, a cruel smile on her face. "She'd always wait for me."

Jace didn't take the bait, "Your implications are heavy, mister. But i'm not some love-struck girl, you don't need to play mind games. Tell me, man to man, what are you getting at?"

Sebastian shrugged, leaning against the jagged brick wall. The music of the bar thumping through it still. "Just hoping you are enjoying your life with my girlfriend."

"Ex-girlfriend." Jace corrects, "And if that's all... you'll be glad to know that I am."

Jace moves as if to leave, when Sebastian jumps in the way, glowering. "She was happy. We were happy. You screwed everything up."

Jace laughed as if amused, but there was no mirth in his gaze and when he talked his voice was cool, "I'm sorry, I don't remember cheating on Clary. And I wasn't the one who never answered her calls" Jace glared at Sebastian, momentarily flashing the depth of his hate. Sebastian worked his jaw and kept his angry gaze on the graffiti on the wall. "Look at me in the eyes and tell me you loved her," Jace demands "I want to see how much of a liar you really are."

Sebastian moves as if to hit him but he stumbles and leans on a wall "Fuck off, you know nothing."

"You think you're the victim?" Jace genuinely laughed, "You're the one who screwed up; I don't know how long you thought she was going to put up with your shit. She's a woman not a rug for you to wipe your feet on."

Sebastian growled but made no move to get out of his position, he just glared at Jaqe. Jace observes his face, and his eyebrows shoot up.

"You actually want her back, don't you?" Sebastian finches at his sot accusation, "Well it's too late, and now that i've said my piece why don't you say yours."

Sebastian doesn't look up, "You don't get it."

"And I don't want to," Jace says smoothly, "I don't want to understand why you would cheat on a woman like that. Or to understand why you would throw away love like that. I don't. I'm sorry," Jace says unapologetically, he tidies his scarf "but you will have to play your mind games on someone who cares."

Sebastian dials a familiar number and waits for the ring. 'Clary' flashes across the screen for a nano-second, but the calls cancels itself. He was blocked.

When he looks back up Jace was already gone.

...

Jace slides in the shotgun seat, grinning at his brother. "That felt good."

Alec scrunches up his nose, "You reek of alcohol and cigar smoke."

Jace takes off his scarf and uses it like a lasso, letting more of the scent fill the car. Grinning he says, "This is the stench of victory!"

Alec snorted and rolls down the windows, "More like the stink of debauchery." After driving for a few minutes of silence, Alec asks "So, you didn't hit him?"

Leaning back Jace thoughtfully says, "Maybe I did."

I hope the end makes p for the heaviness, I actually think it's much more light-hearted than intended ;D

xxx

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PPS. Please check out my Sizzy one-shot, it's "He Wasn't Good Enough For Her, (No. Wait! He Was.)"

And there is a one-shot that follows my music theme, it's called "You Promised"

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