Title: Be Careful What You Wish For
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: PG
Length: 100 words
Content notes: No spoilers.
Author notes: A drabble. Written for the November 2013 Monthly Challenge on Paint It Red and the red challenge on fan_flashworks.
Summary: He would show them one day.



The little boy dipped his fingers into the jar of strawberry jam, a smile tugging at his lips as he smeared the sticky jelly on his toast.
His mother promptly scolded him for forgetting his manners; she couldn’t understand his fascination with painting, especially when he did it with food rather than the finger paint he’d received as a gift for his last birthday.
“Please, use the knife to spread your toast. How many times do I have to tell you?”
Johnny pouted as he grabbed the offending object. Adults were such a bore; he would show them one day.