ato-the-bean:mi6-cafe:It’s WIP Wednesday! Post a line or three from a current WIP, and then ta
ato-the-bean:mi6-cafe:It’s WIP Wednesday! Post a line or three from a current WIP, and then tag @mi6-cafe so we can find and reblog it!OR you can reblog this post with your WIP excerpt!All ships, fandoms, and WIPs are welcome. A bit more from my new Regency AU Truths Acknowledged:“Mr. Holmes.”Q turns. “Lady Bradshaw. Miss Bradshaw,” he greets, grateful to remember the introduction by Lady Danbury at the ball. “You look well.”Miss Bradshaw, the second of four daughters, if Q recalls, is so fair her eyelashes look white, giving her face an unfinished, vaguely insectoid appearance. Perhaps larval. Nonetheless, she smiles at the compliment. “Isn’t it marvelous?” she simpers, motioning to the walls.“Oh. Well, I’ve only just arrived. But it does look to be an impressive collection,” he offers.“I do hope Lord Holmes is well,” Lady Bradshaw says.Q blinks. “I have not heard from my eldest brother in a week or two, but last I heard, the weather was fine and spring had arrived at Sherrinford Hall.”“He has a large family, does he not? Though it seems the Baron has funds enough to spread around,” Lady Bradshaw adds.“Two boys and three girls,” Q confirms, confused by the assertion that Mycroft is… donating to charity? Q’s not sure what’s being implied.“And are you hoping for a large family as well?” Miss Bradshaw asks coyly.“I… I hadn’t considered it,” Q lies with a smile. “Eugenia adores children,” Lady Bradshaw informs him.“Indeed?” Q asks, scanning the room again for Sir William. He was promised art. And introductions to artists. But it’s all ladies and eligible bachelors, for as far as the eye can see… -- source link
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