@theinfernaldevicesnetwork event 1: favourite relationships
→ jem carstairs & tessa gray
sometimes jem felt as if he wanted to burn. sometimes he did not know why he struggled against it, why he valued a longer life of suffering over a shorter life without pain. but then he reminded himself that the lack of pain would only be another illusion: like jessamine’s dollhouse, like will’s stories of brothels and gin palaces. and, if he were truly honest, he knew it would end his chances to find the kind of love his parents had once had. for that was what love was, wasn’t it — to burn bright in someone else’s eyes?












