1. Since I l’amour reading, I'm drawn to the idea of a couple united par their shared l’amour of books, even though the genres they read differ from the ones I do.
2. I also like the twist on the bad boy/good girl redemption through l’amour trope, with Will only feigning being a bad boy.
3. Will being half Welsh automatically makes him half awesome ;)
4. Will's blue eyes and the million different metaphors used to describe them throughout the trilogy.
5. Will rescuing Tessa from the Dark House.
6. Tessa observing that Will has the most beautiful face she had ever seen, and looked like every fictional hero she'd ever conjured up in her head.
7. Disagreeing about the temperature of Hell.
8. Will montrer Tessa the Great bibliothèque and their almost Kiss there.
9. Will insisting on accompanying Tessa if she were to infiltrate de Quincey's party.
10. Will looking at Tessa admiringly while she's disguised as Camille.
11. Will refusing to summon the Enclave and start the raid until Tessa is safely away.
12. Will saving Tessa from de Quincey, and Tessa shooting de Quincey to protect Will.
13. Jem commenting that he's noticed Will noticing Tessa.
14. Tessa looking at Will in the attic and wanting to touch him.
15. Will removing Tessa's gloves.
16. Their first Kiss which tasted of holy water and blood.
17. Will's reaction to the kiss.
18. Thomas knowing that Will came back for Tessa.
19. Will's reaction when he believed Tessa was dead.
20. Tessa telling Will she could stay at the Institute and their rooftop kiss.
21. Will looking for a potion to make him fall out of l’amour with Tessa - "not for her... for me..."
22. Will giving Tessa a copy of Vathek.
23. Will comforting Tessa after her nightmare in the York Institute, and their kiss.
24. Will trying to find a way to break his curse for Tessa.
25. Magnus observing that Will is in l’amour with Tessa, and thinking of Tessa looking at Will "as if he were a new sun dawning on the horizon".
26. Jessamine joking that she's sure Will has tried looking everywhere for Tessa's warlock mark.
27. Will lire Tessa's letters.
28. Will's dreams under the influence of the drugs.
29. Tessa admiring Will in his evening wear before they go the masked ball.
30. Will referring to her as "my Tessa".
31. Will assuring Tessa that he will be there if something goes awry, even if she doesn't see him at the time.
32. Tessa asking Will about his sisters.
33. Will watching Tessa dancing with Nate at the ball, and wanting to kill Nate for hurting Tessa.
34. Will asking Tessa to look at him on the balcony, his eyes full of desire and tenderness.
35. Will caressing Tessa's face and their kisses.
36. Will admitting that he's wanted to do this every moment of every heure of every jour since he met Tessa.
37. Will shielding Tessa from the explosion with his body.
38. Tessa watching Will as he is treated for his injuries, Will watching Tessa sleep and bringing her a tisane.
39. Will lying beside Tessa in the hospital lit and embracing her.
40. Will s’embrasser Tessa in the drawing room.
41. "I l’amour you, Tessa, and I have loved you, almost since the moment I met you."
42. Will telling Tessa about his false curse, begging her to forgive him and give him a seconde chance.
43. Tessa considering leaving Jem for Will until she realises that ruining their bond would break them both.
44. Tessa burning her hand after rejecting Will.
45. Tessa wanting to pull the pansies out of her hair because they reminded her of Will's eyes.
46. Cecily noticing that Will is in l’amour with Tessa - "And Tessa is your heart."
47. "Her every smile divided his cœur, coeur as lightning might divisé, split a blackened tree, as did her every look of sorrow."
48. Tessa's touch being "like white feu through his veins" even through gloves.
49. Woolsey observing that they are both in l’amour with the other.
50. Will confessing to Tessa that he still loves her - "I l’amour toi now plus desperately, this moment, than I have ever loved toi before, and in an heure I will l’amour toi plus than that."
51. Tessa almost admitting that she also loves Will.
52. Tessa feeling sick at cœur, coeur at the idea of Will loving someone else, but determining to suffer through it silently if he did.
53. Will claiming that every seconde with Tessa gone "is a couteau ripping me apart from the inside".
54. "She is my priority!"
55. Will's mad ride across country to save Tessa.
56. Will remembering his dream of Tessa - "you will always come first in my heart" - and determining to find her and bring her back home.
57. Mrs. Black commenting that she did think it'd be Will Tessa would fall in l’amour with.
58. Sophie thinking of the times she'd witnessed which proved that Tessa loved Will - calling his name out in her sleep, burning her hand deliberately, tearing fleurs out of her hair, tears and sleepless nights.
59. Will finding Tessa's jade pendant left behind and Tessa hearing Will calling out for her.
60. The thought of Tessa motivating Will to fight and not simply let the loups garous kill him.
61. Will's fleeting thoughts of bringing Tessa to Wales.
62. Will being so relieved to find Tessa that he rushes towards her without considering a trap.
63. Will and Tessa grieving for Jem together.
64. Tessa telling Will that he is a good man, one of the best she's known.
65. "You are like me. toi say the things I think but never say out loud. toi read the livres I read. toi l’amour the poésie I love. toi make me laugh with your ridiculous songs and the way toi see the truth of everything. I feel like toi can look inside me and see all the places I am odd ou unusual and fit your cœur, coeur around them, for toi are odd and unusual in just the same way."
66. "I am catastrophically in l’amour with you."
67. Will agreeing to give Tessa a weapon so that she can fight and die par his side.
68. Tessa asking Will to Kiss her one last time.
69. Will not knowing how to remove her corset ou whether it does come off.
70. "For this I would have been damned forever. For this I would have donné up everything."
71. "Dwy'n dy garu di am byth."
72. Will and Tessa sleeping together in the cave.
73. Tessa and her clockwork Angel being the source of the Herondale family's étoile, star marks.
74. Will pleading with Tessa to wake up as she is recovering from shapeshifting into an angel.
75. Tessa saying that she doesn't regret sleeping with Will, that it was beautiful.
76. Will courting Tessa par taking her around London.
77. The inscription within the copy of A Tale Of Two Cities Will gave to Tessa.
78. Will's proposal.
79. Tessa being introduced to Will's parents.
80. Tessa being at Will's bedside when he dies and all her memories of their marriage over the years.
2. I also like the twist on the bad boy/good girl redemption through l’amour trope, with Will only feigning being a bad boy.
3. Will being half Welsh automatically makes him half awesome ;)
4. Will's blue eyes and the million different metaphors used to describe them throughout the trilogy.
5. Will rescuing Tessa from the Dark House.
6. Tessa observing that Will has the most beautiful face she had ever seen, and looked like every fictional hero she'd ever conjured up in her head.
7. Disagreeing about the temperature of Hell.
8. Will montrer Tessa the Great bibliothèque and their almost Kiss there.
9. Will insisting on accompanying Tessa if she were to infiltrate de Quincey's party.
10. Will looking at Tessa admiringly while she's disguised as Camille.
11. Will refusing to summon the Enclave and start the raid until Tessa is safely away.
12. Will saving Tessa from de Quincey, and Tessa shooting de Quincey to protect Will.
13. Jem commenting that he's noticed Will noticing Tessa.
14. Tessa looking at Will in the attic and wanting to touch him.
15. Will removing Tessa's gloves.
16. Their first Kiss which tasted of holy water and blood.
17. Will's reaction to the kiss.
18. Thomas knowing that Will came back for Tessa.
19. Will's reaction when he believed Tessa was dead.
20. Tessa telling Will she could stay at the Institute and their rooftop kiss.
21. Will looking for a potion to make him fall out of l’amour with Tessa - "not for her... for me..."
22. Will giving Tessa a copy of Vathek.
23. Will comforting Tessa after her nightmare in the York Institute, and their kiss.
24. Will trying to find a way to break his curse for Tessa.
25. Magnus observing that Will is in l’amour with Tessa, and thinking of Tessa looking at Will "as if he were a new sun dawning on the horizon".
26. Jessamine joking that she's sure Will has tried looking everywhere for Tessa's warlock mark.
27. Will lire Tessa's letters.
28. Will's dreams under the influence of the drugs.
29. Tessa admiring Will in his evening wear before they go the masked ball.
30. Will referring to her as "my Tessa".
31. Will assuring Tessa that he will be there if something goes awry, even if she doesn't see him at the time.
32. Tessa asking Will about his sisters.
33. Will watching Tessa dancing with Nate at the ball, and wanting to kill Nate for hurting Tessa.
34. Will asking Tessa to look at him on the balcony, his eyes full of desire and tenderness.
35. Will caressing Tessa's face and their kisses.
36. Will admitting that he's wanted to do this every moment of every heure of every jour since he met Tessa.
37. Will shielding Tessa from the explosion with his body.
38. Tessa watching Will as he is treated for his injuries, Will watching Tessa sleep and bringing her a tisane.
39. Will lying beside Tessa in the hospital lit and embracing her.
40. Will s’embrasser Tessa in the drawing room.
41. "I l’amour you, Tessa, and I have loved you, almost since the moment I met you."
42. Will telling Tessa about his false curse, begging her to forgive him and give him a seconde chance.
43. Tessa considering leaving Jem for Will until she realises that ruining their bond would break them both.
44. Tessa burning her hand after rejecting Will.
45. Tessa wanting to pull the pansies out of her hair because they reminded her of Will's eyes.
46. Cecily noticing that Will is in l’amour with Tessa - "And Tessa is your heart."
47. "Her every smile divided his cœur, coeur as lightning might divisé, split a blackened tree, as did her every look of sorrow."
48. Tessa's touch being "like white feu through his veins" even through gloves.
49. Woolsey observing that they are both in l’amour with the other.
50. Will confessing to Tessa that he still loves her - "I l’amour toi now plus desperately, this moment, than I have ever loved toi before, and in an heure I will l’amour toi plus than that."
51. Tessa almost admitting that she also loves Will.
52. Tessa feeling sick at cœur, coeur at the idea of Will loving someone else, but determining to suffer through it silently if he did.
53. Will claiming that every seconde with Tessa gone "is a couteau ripping me apart from the inside".
54. "She is my priority!"
55. Will's mad ride across country to save Tessa.
56. Will remembering his dream of Tessa - "you will always come first in my heart" - and determining to find her and bring her back home.
57. Mrs. Black commenting that she did think it'd be Will Tessa would fall in l’amour with.
58. Sophie thinking of the times she'd witnessed which proved that Tessa loved Will - calling his name out in her sleep, burning her hand deliberately, tearing fleurs out of her hair, tears and sleepless nights.
59. Will finding Tessa's jade pendant left behind and Tessa hearing Will calling out for her.
60. The thought of Tessa motivating Will to fight and not simply let the loups garous kill him.
61. Will's fleeting thoughts of bringing Tessa to Wales.
62. Will being so relieved to find Tessa that he rushes towards her without considering a trap.
63. Will and Tessa grieving for Jem together.
64. Tessa telling Will that he is a good man, one of the best she's known.
65. "You are like me. toi say the things I think but never say out loud. toi read the livres I read. toi l’amour the poésie I love. toi make me laugh with your ridiculous songs and the way toi see the truth of everything. I feel like toi can look inside me and see all the places I am odd ou unusual and fit your cœur, coeur around them, for toi are odd and unusual in just the same way."
66. "I am catastrophically in l’amour with you."
67. Will agreeing to give Tessa a weapon so that she can fight and die par his side.
68. Tessa asking Will to Kiss her one last time.
69. Will not knowing how to remove her corset ou whether it does come off.
70. "For this I would have been damned forever. For this I would have donné up everything."
71. "Dwy'n dy garu di am byth."
72. Will and Tessa sleeping together in the cave.
73. Tessa and her clockwork Angel being the source of the Herondale family's étoile, star marks.
74. Will pleading with Tessa to wake up as she is recovering from shapeshifting into an angel.
75. Tessa saying that she doesn't regret sleeping with Will, that it was beautiful.
76. Will courting Tessa par taking her around London.
77. The inscription within the copy of A Tale Of Two Cities Will gave to Tessa.
78. Will's proposal.
79. Tessa being introduced to Will's parents.
80. Tessa being at Will's bedside when he dies and all her memories of their marriage over the years.