#constable crabtree

If the plot below sounds interesting, dm me on discord! My username is kazikuns and I’d love to write as George :)

Maaaybe something where George has been trying to get Llewellyn’s attention for years. Like yeah, they’re friends, but he wants to be more than friends, especially after finding out Watts is into men and that he might have a chance with him. He’s sent anonymous love letters, purposely gotten partnered with him on cases, joined him for his lunch breaks, etc.

Llewellyn is, unfortunately, a little dense and doesn’t notice, so George forces himself to give up.

Only when George begins courting Effie does Llewellyn put the pieces together. Now, he’s the one trying to throw hints George’s way, hoping he’ll catch on.

George notices, but pretends he doesn’t. He wants to move on, it’s the right thing to do. Maybe we could have George and Llewellyn on a stakeout together, where they’re forced to talk about their feelings because the tension in the room is so awkward. And then that talking leads to more 👀 but when morning comes, Llewellyn is too awkward or anxious to do more than pretend it didn’t happen.

Llewellyn feels guilty, thinking they had made a mistake or thst he had encouraged George to be unfaithful, but George finally confronts him about his real feelings, how he only ever loved Watts and thst he and Effie had broken up days ago. Aaaaand we can have it go from there? With the two of them actually getting together despite all the tension between them lol

Alternatively, we can brainstorm other things if this isn’t your vibe! I just want to write these two together!

So I am a fan of Murdoch Mysteries yeah. Like huge fan I have met maybe two other people who knows what this show is. So my parents got me the first ten seasons on DVD as a back-to-school / good luck being an RA present

So as I’m rewatching the first ever episode (Power, S1 E1) there’s a scene where Constable George Crabtree (he is very pookie) had this crush on a lady and was like. Hey uh.. do u wanna hang out or whatever lol. So they do and he gets mildly hurt after falling or smth later on. So he’s in this woman’s house while she cleans his scrapes, stumbling over his words trying to say how he likes her and is sweet on her, and she leans in and kisses his forehead right near a scrape and just.

“Did that hurt?”

“It hurt real nice :”)”

Obviously, we know that Miss Cherry has backstabbed most of the people in Station House 4. She's turned on them to get an inside scoop, acknowledged that she's printing what will sell without considering the lives on the other side, and has wholeheartedly endorsed ideas such as Station 4 helping to frame a man for murder to cover up Murdoch's alleged mistake, and full-on printed and supported the theory of Murdoch being a murderer. She talks shit behind everyone's backs, and she generally seems incapable of loyalty.

With two exceptions.

The first is to her ex, George Crabtree. He tells her that he basically wrote the entirety of Julia and Murdoch's investigation handbook since they're both hopeless authors, and she responds by essentially blackmailing them into giving him better credit. I cannot recall if she actually has to resort to blackmail or if they decide on their own, however, it is clear that's her intention after their talk. She does this because even though there is bitterness and tension between her and Crabtree, he's still willing to take her seriously, both as a journalist and a person.

The second, and to me, most important, is to Llewellyn Watts. Watts joined Station 4 after much of the drama which led to the others being unwilling to work with or listen to Miss Cherry, and therefore, despite being curt when he knew better than to give her a quote, he treated her with respect and listened to her theories and concerns, every time she came into the station. She reciprocates this respect and loyalty often, but perhaps most notably is during the escape room episode of season 14. Watts is mourning the loss of his relationship with Jack after his shop was vandalised and he decided to take up the offer of a sham marriage rather than continue his affair with Watts, and Cherry catches onto how heartsick Watts is almost immediately. She clearly notices the way Watts avoids the butcher shop which was just vandalised with homophobic slurs, steals longing, bitter glances at Jack Walker, and when he eventually does tell Cherry the name of the 'lady' who left him, there is an audible pause between 'Jack' and 'Lynn,' as he tries to pass Jack off as a woman named Jaqueline.

All of this would make an exquisite story for her. An exposé on a gay detective in the Toronto Constabulary? Her articles would sell out, she would likely be promoted. All she would have to do is ruin someone's life, and she seems to do this all the time.

But she doesn't. She pieces together all the clues in Watts's story, realises he's talking about the loss of a relationship with another man, and not only resolves not to print it, but never calls him on it once.

Louise Cherry does a lot of bad things to a lot of people we're led to believe are good. But she doesn't sell out the people who are truly in her corner.