Downton Abbey Comment Ficathon
With the new season upon us, and fandom all extra-enthusiastic, I figured now would be a great time for this. Because there can never be enough Downton Abbey fic, and there certainly isn't enough now!
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“Good evenin’ m’lady.”
The quiet voice comes out of nowhere and for a moment she’s sure it’s Tom and her insides freeze. She’s not in the mood to think about that at the moment - she doesn’t know if she ever will be - but when she spins around, careful not to exclaim aloud and disturb the patients, she comes face to face with Thomas instead. She breathes a sigh of relief and manages a small smile. She never had much to do with him before, and quite frankly had heard some terrible things from Gwen before she left - she makes a mental note to write to Gwen, she’s been rather lapse with her letter writing lately but it is ( ... )
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“Lieutenant Courtenay needs some attention.”
She’s out of her seat before he finishes.
“Do his bandages need changing? I told Nurse Carter that she hadn’t done them properly.”
“They’re fine. I didn’t mean them. I don’t think ‘e’s coping with his injuries m-“
He managed a slight, rueful smile at the near-slip and looked contemplative. Sybil doesn’t think she’s ever seen a man look so serious and scared; the emotion looks more real to her than any she has ever seen before, even in last two years of this nightmare. Her Papa’s righteous bluster, Tom’s impassioned declaration and even the quiet ghosts that Cousin Matthew sees everywhere don’t seem as real as this moment in which Thomas looked as though he might cry and she thought he was controlling himself for his own benefit rather than for hers.
It’s the first time a man of her acquaintance, and somehow the officers she sees everyday don’t seem to count as men - not like that anyway - has not put her feelings first ( ... )
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