Anti-OTP: Fanny/Fitzy

[modestnature]

To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment.

And so Fanny sits on the porch, looking out to the lake, her mind on what she said many months ago, and what may have passed at Mansfield since that time.

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[younger_son]

Fitzwilliam has spent far too much time indoors today, writing letters and going over papers, and so it is with slightly inky hands that he wanders out to the porch to sit.

When he sees Fanny he bows, automatically, the appropriate reaction to the presence of a lady. "Your pardon, miss. I do hope I am not interrupting anything --"

[modestnature]

She starts, the automatic reaction to being addressed by a stranger. "Oh, no, sir, nothing of consequence."

[younger_son]

Fitzwilliam is appropriately self-conscious about speaking to a young woman without introduction, but then, introductions are rarely provided in this place, and it does not do not to speak to anyone -- and so he bows again, as if to apologize for the irregularity of the situation. "Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam, at your service." His Christian name is emphasized, just slightly, the mark of a man accustomed to differentiating himself from an elder brother.

[modestnature]

She replies with a curtsy and "Fanny Price, it is a pleasure to meet you."