A/N: Set in my favorite chapter of City of Glass You know, when Jace gets all adorable and confesses everything? Yep, yep. Right around there! And then towards the end, it's going to skip to the Lake Lyn part, after the angel spears Valentine. (I'm actually going to put the lyrics in this one.)

Something to Die For-Carolina Liar

JPOV

This was a night I dreamt about but believed would actually happen. Clary was lying beside me, her tiny hand sculpted around mine like she'd never touch me again. Which truly, she might not be far off.

Peel me off the hook that's something to die for

Heal me help me see what the hell did I lie for?

I'm fighting private wars again just second thoughts of where and when

So peel me off the hook that's something to die for

Soon, I'd have to leave. Valentine could only get further out. She'd forgive me for leaving, possibly, and she'd forgive me doing this. Possibly. I was doing this for her, so I hope she actually does.

Won't you see it in your heart? You should

Know you always played your part real good oh yeah

That's something to die for that's something to die for

I replayed our conversation, wondering it clicked in her head what I said. I told her I loved her, that I always would. Would she know that that is why I am doing this? Because she gave me something to die for?

Clary sighed then as if she could hear my private thoughts. She pulled my hand closer to her chest and scooted closer, the sheets shuffling against her bare thighs. Her other arm flopped over my waist, her knee pressing between my legs. Every part of me froze.

Her head nestled in on my chest, her hair sitting just below my chin. I could smell her curls, they smelled like lemons, mixed with her usual scent of strawberries. This scent was like my personal cocaine, I constantly needed it in my nose. I inhaled deeper, filling my nose with a sweet scent that I most likely wouldn't smell after tonight.

Well you know me I never learn I'm holding onto sacred words

So peel me off the hook that's something to die for

I could feel her lips move through the fabric of my shirt. She was whispering something beneath her breath. I leaned further down, attempting to hear her.

"What'd you say Clary?" I breathed in her ear, begging I wouldn't wake her. Her lips stopped moving for a second before she spoke louder.

"Jace. Jace." She said over and over again. A smile played at my lips. She was dreaming of me. That was my name she was whispering.

Won't you see it in your heart? You should

Know you always played your part real good

After Clary examined every inch of me to make absolute sure I wasn't actually hurt, she stood to watch for the other who had to have been coming soon. I stood up, minding to not look towards my father's body, and stared as the waves washed pulled back the sand.

If it hurts I'll be there we'll be standing by the shore

You'll see how the waves wash away all the dirt

That's something to die for that's something to die for

Clary's face was dark, her thoughts muddled. I don't believe she knew she was actually muttering these thoughts under her breath just loud enough for me to hear.

She knew I died saving her and then she killed our—her, father and then she brought me back to life. Didn't she understand that this was good?

Won't you see it in your heart?

Don't you know you played your part real good?

So won't you see it in your heart? You should

Should know you always played your part real good

I wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her to my side. The waves had almost washed away all the blood near the shore and most of the runes in the dirt.

In the end I'll be there I'll be standing by your side

We will see how the tide hides away all the dirt

I couldn't wrap the idea around my head yet that she wasn't my sister. That I could have her, if she wanted me.

That's something to die for that's something to die for