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Welcome everybody. How you got here I have no idea but thank you for coming and welcome again, nonetheless . As you may have gathered this is a fic ( Read more... )
“I’m not sure,” Martin said. “Less illegal than some of the other things that go on around here.”
“Which reminds me,” Rory said, dropping his voice again. “Paul asked me to come ask if you’re all right. He said your mobile’s been shut off again. I guess, if you’re looking, he might be able to get you an interview for a firm that works out of Heathrow. And with Edwin finally moving out, I’m pretty sure Estelle’s due for another mid-life crisis and could do with having someone else around the house.”
Martin focused on his paperwork, trying to appear as though he were seriously concentrating on it, rather than seriously contemplating the offer.
“I do still have a couple of weeks to figure out what to do,” he said after a moment.
“Oh, Martin.You didn’t. Again?” Rory sighed and snatched Martin’s pen away.
Martin cringed. “Don’t tell your dad,” he all but pleaded. “He’s got enough going on without having to worry about me, I’m sure.”
“I don’t suppose you’ve eaten today, either,” Rory said, somehow managing to keep all criticism from his voice. Martin wasn’t sure whether to love him or hate him for that ability.
Without waiting for a response, he reached for a notepad and wrote down his mobile number, followed by Phone this number for Martin.
“I’m sure we can find something around here. Come on.”
Martin wanted to protest. He wanted to tell Rory that he was fine and that the situation really wasn’t as bad as it looked.
He also really wanted to get something to eat, so he got up to follow Rory to the canteen inside the terminal. Martin let his cousin buy him a sandwich and a Pepsi, and had almost managed to calm down about having to let Rory do so in the first place when Douglas came striding past after chatting up the woman who ran the till.
For a moment, he thought Douglas was going to ignore him, but it was a brief, fleeting moment that ended with the first officer stopping to stare.
“Why, Martin,” he said. “I had no idea you came in pairs. I do hope he’s not a pilot as well, or the skies may never be safe again.”
Martin sighed. “No, this is my cousin, Rory.”
Rory smiled awkwardly. “I’m not a pilot. I don’t even have a driving license.”
“How on Earth do you manage?” Douglas asked dryly. “A bit difficult to pull with tube tickets, I’d imagine.”
Martin buried his face in his free hand. Rory gave Douglas a mildly disgusted look.
“I rely on a little thing called personality,” he said. “You should try it some time.”
Douglas raised an eyebrow. “I’m sorry, my mistake,” he said. “You’re nothing at all like Martin.”
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Ooh, loving this so far.
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I might have accidentally put some angst into my crack crossover. And the next part has to wait until my Little Details post for it goes up and gets some answers. D:
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In all seriousness, I love this - you're doing brilliantly.
There is so much I love about this fic and there's only been two parts.
Alright - let's start from the top:
- Carolyn's slight madness, adore it. Very in character and VERY scary :)
- Rory, completely in character in my opinion and as such, VERY endearing. I love how concerned he is about Martin an - ahhh, I just love him
- Martin, as always, I adore him. Working away in the portakabin nonstop (getting no appreciation by the looks of it, so - business as normal :D) And starving...and almost out of his flat and...suffice it to say that you're hitting all my buttons
- As for Douglas, very in character (I say that a lot I know, but it's a good thing) I hope him and Rory begin to get on eventually, but I can see how their different relationships with Martin would clash initially. Very believable.
- I also like the subtle difference between Martin and Rory, - gives them both a little more depth you know :)
Any way, if you haven't worked it out yet, I LOVE IT and am very eagerly awaiting an update.
Well done on a fantastic fic so far and thank you so much for filling my prompt :)
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I was very nervous about putting Rory and Martin in the same fic, but as I started playing around with them, I realised that while Rory is a rather sweet person, he's also a lot more confident than Martin, and I think that goes a long way toward differentiating them. So, I'm very glad that those differences are coming across!
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