fo' sure?

make me choose ♡ @wordshakerofgallifrey asked: davey jacobs or jack kelly?

Send ♒ for a starter where my muse is suffering a high fever but hasn’t told anyone.

@carryindabanner

Jack watched her with a weary eye as she walked into the kitchen, she’d been acting off for a few days. “Mornin’ sugar.” He pulled his robe tighter around him, their little apartment was drafty as ever.

“It would be with you hoggin’ all th’ blankets. Couldn’t even snag a corner from ya.”

“Sorry.” Tea. That’s what she should be making. Tea to soothe her throat and relieve her aching body. Ah, well.

Jack had his a drawing out on his drawimg desk, he’d only taken a break to get caffeine in his veins.

Jack got up from his spot at the table and crossed over to her, putting the back of his cool hand against her forehead and cheeks with the sort of practice one would have after looking after numerous children like he had at the lodging house.

Send ♒ for a starter where my muse is suffering a high fever but hasn’t told anyone.

@carryindabanner

Jack watched her with a weary eye as she walked into the kitchen, she’d been acting off for a few days. “Mornin’ sugar.” He pulled his robe tighter around him, their little apartment was drafty as ever.

“It would be with you hoggin’ all th’ blankets. Couldn’t even snag a corner from ya.”

“Sorry.” Tea. That’s what she should be making. Tea to soothe her throat and relieve her aching body. Ah, well.

Jack had his a drawing out on his drawimg desk, he’d only taken a break to get caffeine in his veins.

Jack got up from his spot at the table and crossed over to her, putting the back of his cool hand against her forehead and cheeks with the sort of practice one would have after looking after numerous children like he had at the lodging house.

Send ♒ for a starter where my muse is suffering a high fever but hasn’t told anyone.

@carryindabanner

Jack watched her with a weary eye as she walked into the kitchen, she’d been acting off for a few days. “Mornin’ sugar.” He pulled his robe tighter around him, their little apartment was drafty as ever.

“It would be with you hoggin’ all th’ blankets. Couldn’t even snag a corner from ya.”

“Sorry.” Tea. That’s what she should be making. Tea to soothe her throat and relieve her aching body. Ah, well.

Jack had his a drawing out on his drawimg desk, he’d only taken a break to get caffeine in his veins.

Send ♒ for a starter where my muse is suffering a high fever but hasn’t told anyone.

@carryindabanner

@carryindabanner

He rolled his right shoulder, trying to get the stiffness to leave it, the nightly climb up three floors of ladders certainly didn’t help it.

Jack scoffed. “Like either o’ us is able t’ afford a honeymoon. Bet we’d have t’ be at work th’ day after we got married.”

His eyes were set on her, he liked watching her work, seeing the gears in her brain move along with her fingers in her type writer, piecing together hard truths to hopefully expose the less flattering side of their city and make things better.

“I’m serious though, ace. Let’s elope. I mean we is already very good at the fun part o’ marriage. We’s both adults, with employment. We could do it.”

She looked up at him again with an arched eyebrow. “Are you asking me to marry you?” she asked, only half-joking. Jack found a new way to surprise her every day–this must be the day’s shock.

He hadn’t thought much beyond asking her. Jack scratched at the back of his neck. He was more concerned on trying to make it happen without her father interfering. Though they were civil, he knew Pulitzer still held out hope that maybe Katherine would get over her infatuation with him.

@carryindabanner

“Nah, just…it’s an idea. If we do I don’t gotta convince ya father t’ let me. We’d already be hitched by th’ time ya father would know.”

There was a smirk on his face and a twinkle in his eyes as he leaned back against her windowsill, enjoying the light breeze coming the Manhattan skyline, straight to the fire escape to Katherine’s room.

“I mean as much as I enjoy sneaking in here t’ see ya at night, it do take a lot o’ work.”

“I’m sorry I put you out so much,” she teased. “You know society girls. We’re terribly high maintenance.”

Jack scoffed. “Like either o’ us is able t’ afford a honeymoon. Bet we’d have t’ be at work th’ day after we got married.”

His eyes were set on her, he liked watching her work, seeing the gears in her brain move along with her fingers in her type writer, piecing together hard truths to hopefully expose the less flattering side of their city and make things better.

@carryindabanner

There was a smirk on his face and a twinkle in his eyes as he leaned back against her windowsill, enjoying the light breeze coming the Manhattan skyline, straight to the fire escape to Katherine’s room.

@carryindabanner

“Come on, Jack!” They had the patio to themselves after an explosive supper, though the timer had been ticking since they first arrived at Chatwold last week. Surely Jack could see it. Surely he knew to behave himself–well, tonight proved otherwise very decisively, didn’t it?

“I didn’t fall fo’ nothin’! He was actin’ like I can’t support a family on my salary! I ain’t gonna just lie down an’ let him drag me through th’ mud in front o’ folks!”

Joseph’s words had really upset him, but he could’ve grinned and bared it if it hadn’t been in front of Katherine’s whole family. It was exactly what Joe had wanted, a reaction.

Not only that but Jack got up and stormed out of the dining room at the end of their shouting match. And yeah, he had Katherine’s mother in his corner, Katie had been a fan of Jack from the beginning, but that didn’t take away the sting of his wife’s father suggesting that he wouldn’t be able to keep a kid fed and clothed, not that he and Katherine were looking to have a kid any time soon anyway.

“No, you wouldn’t.” This happened more often than Katherine could stomach. Her father was a lifelong needler, an expert in finding people’s weaknesses, but Jack’s was clear as day: his pride.

And that pride would keep him locked in this battle, which was exactly what her father wanted. He wanted to illustrate Jack’s immaturity, and he was doing a damn fine job.

@carryindabanner

“Come on, Jack!” They had the patio to themselves after an explosive supper, though the timer had been ticking since they first arrived at Chatwold last week. Surely Jack could see it. Surely he knew to behave himself–well, tonight proved otherwise very decisively, didn’t it?

He couldn’t, in fact, tell that he was just being wound up by the elder Pulitzer. He took the bait every time it was offered. And it usually ended like this.

She had held out hope for that, doubtful but growing nonetheless. Her father was getting a little less coarse, but his newfound gentleness did not extend to Jack.

Joseph’s words had really upset him, but he could’ve grinned and bared it if it hadn’t been in front of Katherine’s whole family. It was exactly what Joe had wanted, a reaction.

@carryindabanner

“Come on, Jack!” They had the patio to themselves after an explosive supper, though the timer had been ticking since they first arrived at Chatwold last week. Surely Jack could see it. Surely he knew to behave himself–well, tonight proved otherwise very decisively, didn’t it?

He couldn’t, in fact, tell that he was just being wound up by the elder Pulitzer. He took the bait every time it was offered. And it usually ended like this.

@withcameraandpen

Teddy had been fussy for last few hours, hair a steady shade of pink as he wailed for his mother who wouldn’t be coming to sooth him again. Certainly he wasn’t having this woman who was trying to offer him comfort.

“She was right. I’m glad you’ve not been alone. Look at you though, Katherine.” He was taking in all he had missed, absorbing it like a sponge.

“A baby. That’s the first good thing I heard in weeks. Not since I went deeper into hiding. I couldn’t risk it, y’know. I couldn’t leave any trace behind with Ted.”

She nodded. “I know, I understand. I even hoped that was the case when you didn’t contact us. Andy wasn’t so optimistic–oh, Andy! She’ll want to know about Ted’s death. If you know anything…but later.”

@withcameraandpen

Teddy had been fussy for last few hours, hair a steady shade of pink as he wailed for his mother who wouldn’t be coming to sooth him again. Certainly he wasn’t having this woman who was trying to offer him comfort.

Jack was in a state of shock at the sight of her, he’d not been expecting her to have changed much but oh how she had in the months he’d been away.

No one had mentioned a baby, not a single soul at Hogwarts, of course there were more important things to worry about when you’re on a battlefield.

“When did this happen?” He gestured once he’d pulled away from their embrace.

She laughed, but it sounded like a gasp as her eyes welled with tears. “I found out after you and Ted ran,” she explained, her hands spreading across his chest. Yes, he was alive and well, if a little on the lean side, but nothing a hot meal and a warm bed couldn’t fix. It was unbelievable that after the losses of the past year, which reached a striking peak after the Battle of Hogwarts, Katherine should be granted a boon. Her husband was home. Her baby would know their father.

“When Ted died, I thought–we all thought–”

@withcameraandpen

Teddy had been fussy for last few hours, hair a steady shade of pink as he wailed for his mother who wouldn’t be coming to sooth him again. Certainly he wasn’t having this woman who was trying to offer him comfort.

“I’m sorry, I tried. I tried.” Jack felt broken offering Nymphadora’s wand to Andromeda. “I tried to help but I couldn’t.” He was apologizing for the death of his best friend, he’d seen her grieving over her husband’s body, he’d seen her aunt coming up, he’d tried to stop it from happening but couldn’t move fast enough.

“I thought I should return this before I go looking for Katherine.”

Andromeda pulled away, the momentary brightness in her eyes gone. Her family was all gone except for her granddaughter now. They were either dead, or they may as well be. But now, Andromeda found herself in the company of another young woman who had become a niece.

A niece who didn’t know her husband was waiting here.

In a few moments, Katherine turned from the crib and found Andromeda waiting in the doorway. “Give Teddy to me,” she said over his wails. She reached out for the baby and explained, “He’s alive. Jack is alive and waiting downstairs.”

“Jack?” she gasped, clutching her six-month belly. He was alive. Her husband was alive—and waiting just a stairwell away! All the grief and uncertainty had had a happy end after all!

“Thank you, Andy!” she said as she rushed out. She hurried out as fast as her bulky form would allow, clambering down the stairs until her eyes alit on Jack, skinny and battered and alive. A cry escaped her, a desperate sob of gratitude.

No one had mentioned a baby, not a single soul at Hogwarts, of course there were more important things to worry about when you’re on a battlefield.