Just a spark - The Mentalist fanfic
This is in reply to hoshinekoyasha 's comment on my entry. :)
Title: Just a spark
Fandom: The Mentalist; Patrick Jane
Prompt: Five times Jane set something on fire
Five times Jane set something on fire
I - Patrick Jane set an ant on fire when he was young. His father had gotten him a magnifying glass for his fifth birthday. Him, being the inquisitive child he was, decided to try out something that he had seen on the telly. Patrick squatted down next to a line of ants and carefully adjusted his magnifying glass around. Watching that ant burn, he felt a form of sick satisfaction.
II - Patrick Jane set the kitchen on fire. He tried to cook for his wife’s birthday, it seemed easy enough when she did it. The simple dish of spaghetti, boiling, stirring, cutting. A slight slip of the hand, bare skin touching the hot metal pot on the fire. Things flew here and there. And the kitchen caught fire.
III - Patrick Jane set a stove on fire. It was used as a distraction, really. To add that pepper into the soup that was meant to be served. One of his smartest way of solving a case. And Lisbon couldn’t complain about getting more paperwork because of him. He was brilliant, he was.
IV - Patrick Jane set a birthday cake on fire. Rigsby’s birthday cake managed to catch fire. He was amazed that it was even possible. That was the first time he set off the fire alarm in the CBI and last time Lisbon allowed him to hold a lighter in the office.
V - Patrick Jane set a house on fire. He blocked out the screams of the people burning inside. It was like the time he had set that ant on fire, the same satisfaction he felt. Easy enough to set the place on fire, kerosene and a spark of flame. That was all that was needed. He got into his car and drove off, ignoring the explosion of the gas lines of that incriminating place.
Title: Just a spark
Fandom: The Mentalist; Patrick Jane
Prompt: Five times Jane set something on fire
Five times Jane set something on fire
I - Patrick Jane set an ant on fire when he was young. His father had gotten him a magnifying glass for his fifth birthday. Him, being the inquisitive child he was, decided to try out something that he had seen on the telly. Patrick squatted down next to a line of ants and carefully adjusted his magnifying glass around. Watching that ant burn, he felt a form of sick satisfaction.
II - Patrick Jane set the kitchen on fire. He tried to cook for his wife’s birthday, it seemed easy enough when she did it. The simple dish of spaghetti, boiling, stirring, cutting. A slight slip of the hand, bare skin touching the hot metal pot on the fire. Things flew here and there. And the kitchen caught fire.
III - Patrick Jane set a stove on fire. It was used as a distraction, really. To add that pepper into the soup that was meant to be served. One of his smartest way of solving a case. And Lisbon couldn’t complain about getting more paperwork because of him. He was brilliant, he was.
IV - Patrick Jane set a birthday cake on fire. Rigsby’s birthday cake managed to catch fire. He was amazed that it was even possible. That was the first time he set off the fire alarm in the CBI and last time Lisbon allowed him to hold a lighter in the office.
V - Patrick Jane set a house on fire. He blocked out the screams of the people burning inside. It was like the time he had set that ant on fire, the same satisfaction he felt. Easy enough to set the place on fire, kerosene and a spark of flame. That was all that was needed. He got into his car and drove off, ignoring the explosion of the gas lines of that incriminating place.