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Patrick Jane has always known what everyone else is thinking. His own feelings are another matter entirely.
With Red John behind them, Jane and Lisbon are left facing everything they have spent years refusing to say. Between sleepless nights, cases, arguments, hesitant touches and slowly crossed boundaries, friendship begins to turn into something neither of them is quite brave enough to name.
A slow-burn Jane/Lisbon story about love, grief, trust, and learning that moving forward doesn't mean leaving the past behind.
Disclaimer: The Mentalist and its characters belong to Bruno Heller and their respective rights holders. This is a non-commercial fanfiction.