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Harry Fisher (social_climber) wrote in toujoursliberer,
@ 2008-07-17 23:42:00

Entry tags:

anna_manzoni, harry_fisher, mary_roper, nell_abbot, pg-13, plot

Meeting Mother Dearest
Subject: Meeting Mother
Where: Harry's townhouse
Who: Harry Fisher
Warnings: Probably some language so PG-13
Open To: Anna, Nell, Mary perhaps

It was a bloody awful night. Rain lashed at the windows, and the wind howled down the chimney, as if attempted to blow out the fires set in their grates. It was the sort of night the world and his wife deserved to be tucked up warm inside, away from the battering elements, with good company and good booze to keep their mind off of the wet and cold beyond.

That, at least, was how Harry Fisher thought of it, with a hot cup of coffee in his hand as he surveyed the weather from the window, taking a swallow of the hot liquid, turning away from it after the moment and moving back towards the chairs and settling down again in front of the fire, next to Nell, smiling at him. "Bloody horrible night." He said, to the boy, only draped in a wrap after their earlier activities. Harry was more glad than he could say than Nell was here with him now, and not out there trying to find punters or a warm bed of the night. Nell deserved somewhere warm, somewhere near to Harry. "Bed-time soon." He added, draining his cup and setting it down on the table besides them, "You look like you could do with a rest."

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ex_little_st99
2008-07-22 05:01 pm UTC (link)

Nell stepped away, thanking her quickly before he reached for the blue over-dress, slipping it over his head and tugging it down, smoothing it so the illusion was complete. He checked himself in Harry's dressing mirror and combed his hair down, pinching his cheeks to bring some colour to them.

He looked like a girl, yes, although a skinny one in need of a wash and better make-up but those things could be sorted later.

"Act then. I can do that." Nell said. He took Mary's hands, worried by how this had affected her. "Don't cry, Mary. You can stay up here if you don't want to see her."

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prettypoppet
2008-07-22 05:31 pm UTC (link)

Nell looked... well he looked like he might be a girl. Mary made herself smile. "You look perfect." She squeezed his hands gently, hoping it would reassure him that she wasn't going to lose it entirely.

"Don't you worry about me, Nell. You and Harry are the ones facing the wicked witch. The house is too close and if I see her tonight I won't manage it." She didn't have it in her to resist Anna tonight, she knew that. She'd fall into her mother's arms and fall into the dream that she had a mother who wouldn't disappear and loved her children and said lovely things. "Tell Harry I'm sorry and give him my love. I'll be back soon." She kissed Nell's cheek. "Be careful." And with that she fled.

She had to get where it was safe tonight, where Anna would never go. There was another cloak in her room and the servants door was open. Harry was likely to kill her if he guessed where she'd gone, but Harry murdering her was still better than Anna.

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