I am so so so SO sorry I haven't been updating in a while. You'll see why I haven't been soon but I'm BACK!
Yeah. One more chapter left until this is finally finished. Enjoy!
It'd always been
Forbidden
To love your master, when you were in a position like Sophie. But Jem...how could you not love Jem? Even though he was a Shadowhunter, he was kind, thoughtful, sweet.
How could you not love him?
Compared to William Herondale, James Carstairs was a prince, though anyone would seem as such compared to that brat Herondale. But Jem...Jem was different. Jem would seem a prince compared to anyone, even compared to the highest of men.
So when Jem asked for Sophie to do him a favor, a favor he could trust to no one else, not even Will...of course Sophie would say yes.
"You are a girl, Sophie."
"Yes, master James."
"Stop with the master, Sophie. It is just Jem."
"Yes, Jem."
Jem sighed, running a finger through silver hair, pacing agitatedly. "And you are rather beautiful."
"Yes–wait, I am?"
At Jem's terse nod, Sophie felt her face heat up and she turned away so as to not let Jem see her blush. Jem let out a low moan and whirled Sophie to face him, holding her by the shoulders. Sophie's eyes widened as she noticed how close Jem was; his face was inches from hers.
"I am in love, Sophie."
"Master Jem-!?"
"But I do not know how to...how to kiss a girl."
Now he was stroking her cheek, the injured one, tracing the scar gently. "Will you help me, Sophie? Please..."
"I...I–yes." It was a sin, Sophie knew, but those lips descending gently on hers were a reprieve, a plea, a question.
And before she knew what she was doing, for the pure Jem-ness was overpowering everything; including any rationale, any common sense. And then gentle fingers were winding through her hair and sliding down to hold her by the waist, and and and God, it was all so good. Gentle, but overpowering. Oh God, what was she doing?!
Warm lips against her throat made a gasp fall from Sophie's lips and Jem immediately pulled away, face crimson. "Sophie...! I..I am sorry, I forgot myself..."
"It is fine, I should not have let it distract me." Sophie turned away to keep the smile from her face.
He'd kissed her! Jem, this beautiful, angelic boy, had kissed her!
Sophie kept reimagining The Kiss that week, changing it, her reactions, and his. Sometimes it stayed only a kiss, sometimes he asked her to run away with him, sometimes they...
Sophie's face colored as she passed Jem's door. For the third time. But this time, he was talking.
She smiled as she heard Jem's low voice, then it faltered as she heard Tessa's. And she broke completely at the six little words murmured in Jem's lilting voice.
"Theresa Gray, will you marry me?"
I'm sorry!
I don't ship Jessa, just clarifying (or wessa) My OTP is Heronstairs, but I think that's obvious.
I just had to u_u
I'm sorry
And also it's really short. I'm sorry! I tried u_u