she was always his anchor

jessa week 2020: one favorite jessa scene in tid

“I am sorry, my darling, he told her. That was not fair of me, or well done. When I am with you, I want to forget what I am, but I cannot change it. A silent Brother can have no wife, no love. “

jessa week 2020: one favorite jessa scene in gotsm

Jem Carstairs ends up in Thule and it’s his task to search for The Mortal Instruments in the Silent City. When he arrives he finds he’s not alone. The Jem Carstairs of Thule is there, protecting The Mortal Instruments and is in fact alive.

you understand my music.

At some of the worst and darkest times in my life, you have always known what to say to comfort me.

The Carstairs-Herondale family, 2012 ♡

(insp.)

jem carstairs for lari, @carstairsjames

“She was not sure who reached for who first, only that a moment later she was in his arms and he was whispering “Yes of course, yes,” against her hair. He sought het mouth tentatively-she could feel his gentle tension, the weight of so many years between their last kiss and this. She reached up, curling her hand around the back of his neck, drawing him down, whispering “Bie zhao ji.” Don’t worry, don’t worry.”

“You speak of sacrifice, but it is not my sacrifice I offer. It is yours I ask of you,“ he went on. "I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain. But I love you enough to hope that you will not care that I am being selfish in trying to make the rest of my life - whatever length - happy, by spending it with you. I want to be married to you, Tessa. I want it more than I have ever wanted anything else in my life.” He looked up at her through the veil of silvery hair that fell over his eyes. “That is,” he said shyly, “if you love me, too.”

❝It is not easy to be different, and even less so to be u n i q u e. But I begin to think I was never meant for an easy road.❞

“There were those who believed that because Jem was so kind, so capable of gentleness and generosity, because Jem loved so selflessly, that Jem was weak. There were those who suspected he was not capable of violence or vengeance, who assumed they could hurt Jem and the ones he loved with impunity, because he did not have it in him to strike back. Those who believed this were wrong. Those who acted on it would be sorry.”

to @carstairsjames, happy birthday my love ♥

“we are all the pieces of what we remember. we hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. as long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.”

jem is a steady flame, unwavering and honest.

❝There were those who believed that because Jem was so kind, so capable of gentleness and generosity, because Jem loved so selflessly, that Jem was weak. There were those who suspected he was not capable of violence or vengeance, who assumed they could hurt Jem and the ones he loved with impunity, because he did not have it in him to strike back. Those who believed this were wrong. Those who acted on it would be sorry.❞