This is after Jane returns but before Marcus Pike... What happens when Jane and Lisbon are stuck in a cabin during a snow storm with no way out and no way to communicate with anyone. Will hidden feelings and emotions surface or will they stay platonic as they struggle to maintain body heat while the temperature keeps dropping. Rated T for now, but may become R in further chapters.

Finding a birthday present for Teresa Lisbon seemed like an impossible thing to do. At least to Patrick Jane. But then he came up with an idea: He asked her to write down seven things, she always wanted to do but simply couldn't and Lisbon complied. Neither of them knew what awaited them but ghosts from the past, drunken confessions and learning how to juggle were only a few of these things.

The CBI team has some very tough cases, but for Jane and Lisbon, it's hard to focus. In a moment of sheer panic, while trapped in Lisbon's car rocks from an avalanche, they kissed. Alright, this isn't the best description ever. If anyone could read the story and think of a better description, it would be much appreciated.

playing mind games is a deadly source

What if Lisbon's breakdown in series 2, episode 3 'Red Badge' wasn't because she was been drugged? What if something else had caused her to snap and the only person that could help was Patrick Jane?

When Missy Thomas' mother and sister are killed, she is asked to join the team at the CBI to help with the case. Will love flourish between her and a certain someone that can help her? Or will Missy's worst nightmare from the past come true again? *Note* Do not own the Mentalist besides the characters I made up.