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@dutifulgirl​

_{despite everything – the war, years away from home for schooling, his marriage – jack has remained just the same as he had been as a teen. he refuses to throw his life into the gambling ring for a cause so probable to fail. no, he has so much that he still wants to do. eleanor is pregnant – how could he leave her, making an already stressful environment that much worse ? && elizabeth, she was only just beginning to toddle about the house. his position as senator was of great importance too, of course… all in all these were all just excuses, albeit viable ones. truth be told he was simply too craven for the battlefield. let his stepfather, with his foolhardy courage, handle those matters – he would stay safely away from gunfire.}

_{equal in measure to his cowardice was his clumsiness ( both physically && socially. ) he had been apt to scraping knees as a child, a habit he had never grown out of. a poorly timed stunt in an attempt to cheer the undoubtedly weary heart of his sister ( she had always cared too much for the welfare of a man who was not even their blood ) proved this much. the young man had been sent tumbling down the staircase, resulting in several contusions, a egg-sized lump on his forehead, && a notable cut running across his forearm.}

_{wary eyes follow the collection of elixers. many times has he assisted his sister in applying them to scrapes, && many times has he seen her flinch away or grimace at the contact. he can tell how desperately she tries to hide the stinging && wants nothing of the sort near his own person. patsy needs the treatments, she is fragile && small, but he doesn’t. this is only a tiny scrape. a hand clasps over the injury for a moment, then he draws his sleeve down over it && firmly holds it around his wrist. the blood trickling from his elbow will certainly stain the pristine white that eleanor works so hard to achieve, but if, during the scolding he will doubtless receive from his wife, he suffers nothing from the burn of medicine, he will be satisfied.}

_{gentle request earns a reluctant grumble of no particular meaning, && he lifts his legs onto his sister’s mattress to curl into a ball, injured arm clasped tightly between his thighs to prevent her from forcing his sleeve up. ❝—- no need for all that. ❞}

scxttish:

ohhh but a long distance relationship plot where they only have skype, phone calls, social media, and texts to keep their relationship going!!! and they go through all the usual relationship stuff except it’s so much more difficult because they’re not even in the same state/country so every little thing is magnified. so there’s longing and jealousy of any physical relationship the other has and late phone calls where they have to comfort each other when it seems like all hope is lost. and then eventually they finally meet/reunite and it’s super daunting because they’re not used to being physically together but my god they’re so happy and in love and cute as hell!!!