when colin said he would never court penelope featherington, he meant she will court him. it's romancing mr. bridgerton, not romancing ms. featherington. he's not here for your outdated traditions. he deserves to swoon. y'all remember the book? that man was juggling every interaction they had like a court jester.
or, it's probably because my feral man went straight to marriage. oh, well.
The first mission the Court send their newly minted Talon on is an assassination attempt on the ward of one Bruce Wayne… Dick Grayson.
Calvin— can’t kill Dick. He can’t.
He didn’t know it would be the boy he grew up in the circus with they want him to murder in cold blood. He didn’t know— didn’t recognize him until the knife was already at his throat.
But he remembers now. And he won’t do it. Never. Never.
He’ll run. Disappear. Dick doesn’t know who he is, it’s better that way, and if he’s lucky the Court will be too busy hunting him to care about the failed assassination.
Unfortunately for Calvin, Dick does remember; Recognizes the Talon.
And he’s not inclined to let his childhood best friend slip through his fingers again after years of believing him dead.
Hobie with a reader who's deaf or HOH. Hobie is secretly teaching himself sign language and planning on stealing or building a cochlear implant or some hearing aids for them.
Bonus: Reader uses ASL. Hobie is teaching himself BSL because he didn't know there was a difference. Chaos and miscommunication ensue.
(Edit: A lovely mutual of mine put some info on ASL and BSL in the replies so check that out if you're interested.)
astarion calling flowers gaudy and overbearing, bright even is so funny bc when tav places the simplest daisy on his grave, he bluffs and is like lol that’s cute…..
and then quite literally admits his deepest affection and devotion to tav, how they taught him to love (the gaudy) amidst the desperate, ravaging darkness (himself)
Indra: Perfect, while you do that I’ll check on the ring bear.
Shiva:
Shiva: You mean ring bearER, right?
Indra:
Shiva: *grabbing Indra's arms tightly from both sides* Look me in the eyes and tell me you are not going to bring a dangerous wild animal to our friend's wedding.