heaven is empty

Jace: that's all u have going for u Vanessa: *kill bill sirens*

“ a pretty face isn’t nearly enough to earn my trust, darling. and that’s all you’ve got going for you right about now. “ for once he doesn’t mean the comment to be an ice pick- an arrow seeking to pierce the most vulnerable parts. it is simply the truth. he was not so foolish to throw his faith so blindly. words had power but words without truth meant nothing. 

“ i’ll stop being an ass when you start using your common sense. “ he graces here with a pleasant, sickening saccharine smile, like the teeth of a lion bore in a way meant to be reassuring. impossible. 

“ you see i don’t think that you do. “ his lip curls in a sneer and exasperation settles on his every breath. his posture screams agitation, shoulders a rigid slab of marble- his spine a rod of steel. “ don’t do anything if you don’t do it right. you’re just causing me more trouble. “