Family Matters

[silvering]

When; Monday during the day
Rating; G
Characters; Clary Fray & Jem Carstairs
Summary;The name Herondale is important to a lot of people
Log;

Clary's text message is innocent enough. Jem catches none of Clary's excitement from it.

He opens the door to her, dressed neatly as always. "Clary," he says with a smile, feeling no residue effects of the awkwardness of his near admission on the network.

"Did you want to go out today?"

Comments

[cupio]

She means to tell him in her own time, intends to stay calm for at least as long as it takes to make tea or coffee. But the minute he opens the door, all of Clary's curiosity and excitement bubbles up from under her skin and she just blurts it out.

"Why didn't you tell me Will's last name was Herondale?"

As questions go, it's clearly a little strange.