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[khalulu]

I'd like to have Draco lay back and say, as a tongue-in-cheek sexual invitation to his male lover, "have at me, handsome." (Sort of a cross between using "handsome" as a term of address and the way my friend says "have at it" when offering a dessert etc.) Granted that it's not what people usually say, does that sound way too un-British? (My beta

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[inamac]

To my British ear it sounds almost Shakespearean (it has its origins in fencing).

Laertes: Have at you now! (Hamlet, Act V scene 2)

I think it may also come in the duel in Romeo & Juliet.

So definitely British!

[khalulu]

Thanks! Does addressing someone just as "handsome" sound okay?

[inamac]

If it's an endearment established in the fic it's fine. Handsome, gorgeous, lover, hero - whatever...

[perrie]

Sounds fine to me. (: It's definitely more of a tongue in cheek phrasing though - I can't imagine it being said seriously!

[khalulu]

Thanks! yes, tongue in cheek (though a genuine invitation).

[dorsetgirl]

Sounds absolutely fine and really rather British to me! And seconding slightly tongue in cheek.

[veronica_milvus]

Slightly piratical! And Handsome - or " me 'andsome" is a West Country term of endearment which strengthens the slightly Jack Sparrow overtones.