03-27-2020, 04:03 PM
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— how bold of thomas to assume that fred hadn’t yet claimed some feigned royalty status at this point. it didn’t take merely leading a couple patrols for fred to start to believe that way. ed could promote him, demote him, do whatever he wanted and it wouldn’t waver the confidence that oozed off of freddie. it took some kind of man to be so outwardly confident and optimistic at all times.
besides, he liked to think his patrols were only the most exciting ones. was that being a bit too full of himself?
he huffed a quiet chuckle beneath his breath at tommy’s remarks towards alfie, eventually bubbling over into more boisterous laughter. “jesus, tom,” he said while he sobered, shaking his head to himself. with that joke, tommy had slowly but surely earned himself the title as fred’s favorite stirling-moray brother.
perhaps all the anticipation for the punch-line had been what made it fall flat. maybe it was because not everyone here understood basic measurements - fred included, though he pieced two and two together to figure it out - but for some reason, not everyone getting it was what made it so damn funny. the joke had made his lips twitch upwards, nodding to himself. but the visible pause from some had him turn his head over his shoulder, slowly starting to laugh again. he placed a hand on rory’s shoulder as he sobered, huffing, “i liked that one! got any more?”
— how bold of thomas to assume that fred hadn’t yet claimed some feigned royalty status at this point. it didn’t take merely leading a couple patrols for fred to start to believe that way. ed could promote him, demote him, do whatever he wanted and it wouldn’t waver the confidence that oozed off of freddie. it took some kind of man to be so outwardly confident and optimistic at all times.
besides, he liked to think his patrols were only the most exciting ones. was that being a bit too full of himself?
he huffed a quiet chuckle beneath his breath at tommy’s remarks towards alfie, eventually bubbling over into more boisterous laughter. “jesus, tom,” he said while he sobered, shaking his head to himself. with that joke, tommy had slowly but surely earned himself the title as fred’s favorite stirling-moray brother.
perhaps all the anticipation for the punch-line had been what made it fall flat. maybe it was because not everyone here understood basic measurements - fred included, though he pieced two and two together to figure it out - but for some reason, not everyone getting it was what made it so damn funny. the joke had made his lips twitch upwards, nodding to himself. but the visible pause from some had him turn his head over his shoulder, slowly starting to laugh again. he placed a hand on rory’s shoulder as he sobered, huffing, “i liked that one! got any more?”
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[size=10pt]*･ﾟ[abbr=24 years old, male, flintlock]✦[/abbr] COME ON AND BARE YOUR TEETH
[size=10pt]*･ﾟ[abbr=24 years old, male, flintlock]✦[/abbr] COME ON AND BARE YOUR TEETH