Herbcitty

Norman Rockwell painting Reading Adventure Story



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    It all started because Laurence had come into the sitting room when Granby was visiting Tharkay’s estate, mildly cross and holding Tharkay’s greatcoat, which was rumpled from lying in a damp heap in the entryway for two whole days before Laurence noticed it. He had entered the room while shaking it out and folding it, as such a fine piece of clothing deserved, and saying something chiding, along the lines of, “Tenzing, did you never learn you must care for your things if you wish for them to last--?”

    “Ah,” Tharkay said, slouching in his practiced way and tilting his sly smile at Granby, “here’s the missus.”

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    With Temeraire and Tharkay gone, Jane proposes that Laurence help manage things at her estate awhile.
    Then Tharkay returns.
    Laurence had no idea Tharkay disliked the admiral so much.

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    fic idea where for some reason Bruce (as Batman) has to pick up Alfred and Tim from a public event gone wrong in the Batmobile (Tim was poisoned) and it’s not an emergency but speed is of essence and this is, coincidentally, the first time Alfred has been in the Batmobile when it’s actually moving and he gets to see firsthand how absolutely insane Bruce drives without the need to obey speed limits. and Tim’s puking and generally displeased so Alfred spends the whole ride chiding Bruce to slow down, for god’s sake, only for Tim to chime in from the backseat, between heaves, that this is slow for him, Alfred—

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    After the death of Jason Todd, Dick made the decision to return to Gotham to ensure no future Robin ever suffered the same fate as his Little Wing, personally overseeing the training of every Robin to come. Ten years later, Batman leaves Gotham without warning to investigate an unknown that has Bruce staring at Jason’s long-abandoned bedroom door. He puts Nightwing in charge of the others and tasks Dick with keeping an eye on a new "vigilante" who can't seem to decide whose side he's on— a mysterious Red Hood, who also doesn’t have any qualms against working alongside Gotham’s most wanted.

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    Tim has more people than he’s ever had in his life. He can’t be lonely.

    And yet.

    He thinks maybe there’s a difference, between having people you can talk to and having someone you don’t have to talk to. Someone who knows how to interpret your wordless noises in the dark.

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