jeredu:

“Did you think I was joking… when I said ‘over my dead body’….?”

But then Jade’s arm gives out, his eyes slide shut as he loses consciousness, and he tips back over the edge before anyone can reach him.

They never even got to say goodbye.

The only thing left of Jade Curtiss is the fallen pair of glasses glinting on the floor, a memento they will carry to Peony.   

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AU in which Jade kills Van at the Absorption Gate, is mortally wounded, and falls into the core himself. 

This is the [ Eleventh Hour ] AU, and the story doesn’t end here.