#dutyled

"n-no," she shook her head as she turned around to face them. mal appreciated them wanting to help, but she didn't want them to take the risk. she didn't want that kind of pressure on them, but also didn't want them hurt. "i don't want you do that, please," she looked up at that, practically begging with her eyes. she'd try her absolute best.

Startled like a deer caught in the headlights, Theodore practically jumped out of his skin when he heard Nicholas’s loud tone. The necklace had caught his attention and his memories. Why it had been left on his coffee table, he had no idea, but curiosity had gotten the better of him and Eimear was ironically always warning him to be careful of curiosity. “It was on MY coffee table. Did you expect me to just leave it?” It was a necklace that reminded him of his mother. Their mother, he supposed. The charm was that of an interwoven rose with a dragon in the middle. “Where did you get this? I haven’t seen a Wyck symbol since … ,” Theo slowly handed the necklace back to Nicholas, pausing and frowning at himself at how much he had revealed already.

"Any particular reason for the question?"

When Henry’s door opened, without a knock, he looked up from his book with an eyebrow raised. First trotted in Nicholas’ cat, who made herself comfortable on his bed and then in stepped Nicholas himself, looking like he owned the place. “And to what brings this unexpected visit this time, Nicholas?” If Nicholas thought he was going to drag him out to some sort of shenanigan with their other twin, he was very much so wrong. Though Henry got the feeling that James wasn’t one much for those things either.

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When James walked in his flat, he was surprised to see that Nicholas was there. Well, not surprised really. Their twin intuition told him that he was nearby, but he hadn’t been expecting him. “Nicholas?” He sat his bag down and shifted out his jacket, sitting it aside on the coat rack near the door. “What’s going on? Is everything okay?” His brother didn’t usually show up unless something was wrong but then there were the occasional visits when he just wanted to spend time with him. So he hoped this was the latter. He hadn’t had any plans for that evening other than to grade assignments and game a bit, but he wouldn’t complain about spending time with his twin. James plopped down on the couch next to him, shifting in close as he knew his brother was comfortable with. “Don’t tell me you just missed me. I saw you a couple of weeks ago, Nicky,” James said with a teasing note in his voice.

To find Nicholas on the step of his brownstone was a surprise. Not that he was complaining. He stepped aside, gesturing for him to come in, the concerned look on his face as he took in the sight of his brother there. “Is everything alright, Nicholas?” Alex was out, but as soon as he had a moment he would text him to let him know that they had company. Not that he knew his fiancé would mind, but it was the courtesy of it all. “Can I get you something? Tea? I’ve actually got some brewing right now. Though if you really want, we can dig into the wine stash too.”

She smiled out of pride. She loved Andor, more than anything. This country had been her birthright, it was in her blood. She was always so eager to improve it, to bring in all factions of trade and new progress into it. She was glad that Tedros noticed and that he compared it to the famed beauty of Camelot. "I thank you for that." She offered with a small nod of her head, the rose crown she wore evident of the beautiful sigils of Andor, alongside the roaring lion. She clasped her hands together thoughtfully. "Has there been something you've been wanting to do since your arrival that you have not yet had the chance?"