#fenpal

hello!! i love your fenpal!! thank you for making this ship!!! i love this!!! 

This was pretty fun to write! Thank you!

The computer screen glare illuminates brightly on her face. She sends him a crooked stare above her spectacles, “Fenton, you’re teasing me again,” spinning her chair around, she faces him with a twitching frown.

“Oh but I’m not,” knees sliding to her feet, he takes hold of the armchairs, smiling brightly at her, “this is just a moment to get you off guard, my silly ducky wife.”

Unable to stay upset, her frown crumbles completely, sighing into a gentle smile, and she takes his cheeks into her hands. Her lips graze above his forehead.

“Let me finish my work, Gizmoduck,” her murmurs brushes over his feathers as a long-winded pur, “and maybe we can do something else, okay?”

Fenpal is not as hard as I thought it’d be. I mean in writing. This was pretty fun!

It can always be worse.

It’s the first lesson his Mama teaches him. It can always be worse.

And the worse, similar to his Mama, is death. Death is steadfast approaching. Or it was.

He awakens in a hospital, and turning to the side, sees a blurry figure in a chair. The figure stands, calling to the an invisible to the side, and a million people come rushing to his side. He returns to darkness.

This is what happens.

No one knows the truth, Gyro informs him, after snapping at him for his apparent foolishness. She stands next to him, arms crossed, scowl visible, and repeats the sentiment in a harsher, tighter tone than he could have ever anticipated.

Alone, finally they are alone, and she pulls a chair beside his bed, reaching for his hand, but he feels the fear in her, the tender concern that touching him may cause him to break.

“That’s the third time I’ve saved your life,” in a greasy, cracked rasp a chuckle rises up his throat.

5: Who offers the other one their jacket?

We all know our boy Fenton is going to offer Opal the jacket. He is a gentleman. His mama raised him well. Opal has a sweater and a jacket and a coat on, and she reminds him of this with a soft laugh. She may offer her oversized jacket instead. He blushes because it’s warm, and it smells like her. 

12: Who initiates the New Year’s kiss?

Opal does. Opal can be fair when it comes to initiating kisses, but she normally does. It seemed right under the circumstances, and she might’ve had a little bit too much drink. She didn’t miss her shot. He happily reciprocated. 

13: Who tries to get a secret gift for the other one for Valentine’s Day?

Opal doesn’t like gifts. She doesn’t like gifts due to her pass and what gifts meant during that past relationship. But she quickly realizes Fenton enjoys gifts and enjoys giving gifts. 

¡HOLA AMIGO! Una persona que habla el español, ¡qué fantástico! :-D Me siento halagada por tus amables palabras, ¡muchas gracias! Me alegro de que te encanta a nuestra querida Opal... y a Fenpal, obviamente. ;-)

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A good question. @donaldtheduckdad may be interested in this.

Fenton is far more expressive than Opal, and therefore, he has a long list of affectionate terms of her. He doesn’t always wear his emotions on his sleeve, and he can be…kind of aloof when things are bothering him. But he’s a hopeless romantic. He’s of Cuban descent. If I’m correct, he’s half-Cuban, and he may possibly speak fluent Spanish. I’m not fluent at all in Spanish, so if I get this wrong — tell me please, correct me.

Mi alma (Spanish for my soul)

Snookums

Cariña (Spanish for dear)

Light of my life

My Heroine

Opal isn’t used to a lot of pet names for Fenton. She tries, and she’s really bad at them. He laughs at her and teases her about it, but he finds it adorable. She’d call him sweetheart. He’s her sweetheart. Her Fenton.

However, my personal headcanon is that Opal does know some Scottish terms of endearment from Scrooge. Every now and then she’d call Fenton mo ghràdh. It means my love. He’s so happy when he finds this out.

And like if this is the wrong terminology…tell me so. I don’t mind being corrected.

Opal and Fenton try to do things that are not in their personality for each other. Opal works to be a little bit more expressive and open. Fenton tries to work on giving Opal space but showing her how much he cares in less grand gestures.

Example...Opal doesn’t like PDA. She isn’t fond of it, but Fenton is all about it. For a short while, Fenton didn’t know if Opal liked him as much as he liked her, so she started to take the initiative with hand holding and more physical touch…not a lot…limited to shoulder taps and soft smiles…stuff like that.

Fenton tones down on the rose petals and gifts. He’ll make her favorite meal if she’s upset. Good food is the way to Opal’s heart.

Abner isn’t romantic. He isn’t expressive. He love fiercely and intensely. It’s difficult for him to convey his affection through words. Fethry understands him best without having to speak half of the time.

At best Abner will call Opal by her name, or he may use hon or sweetheart in the privacy of each other’s homes. He won’t say it in public, and she won’t say it in public either. She’ll use his name, and use dear when they’re alone. 

Like with Fenton, I’d say she’d use something she heard in the past…mo chridhe/m'eudail for my heart/my darling/dear

Example…Opal’s windshield freezes during the night. She knows it’s frozen but will get to it in the morning. He comes home first, and decides to it himself earlier in the morning so she doesn’t have to.

Abner’s having a problem with some kind of technical thing. He doesn’t tell her. Opal finds out, finds the research, and does it for him — she may even show him how to do it.

Abner cooks dinner when Opal is having a bad day but doesn’t want to show it. When Abner comes after a month’s drive on the road, a bubbly bath with essential oils and bath salts is waiting for them.

Fenton can sing. We know Fenton can sing. Do you know his voice actor? Yeah, Fenton can sing, and it is lovely. He isn’t exactly shy about showing off his musical skills every now and then. It’s common knowledge. Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera got skillz. 

But Abner Duck? I think he can sing. He has a lovely singing voice, but not nearly as...I don’t know...as Fenton. It’s a very different style of singing, most likely country, and he’s a reserved man so nobody except Fethry and possibly Gladstone (through pure accident) knows about this.

I’d imagine Abner’s voice and singing voice being similar to Johnny Cash. It’s his voice I hear.

Opal loves music. Fenton and she would have hot debates on the latest music, and they’d sing and dance together. Silly moments.

Abner would single quietly outside or inside, depending on whatever job. Opal doesn’t know this about him. He knows how to play guitar professionally, maybe played for a club when he was young. 

I like to think both men sing to her when they’re lazing about, playing with her hair. Opal’s reading the book, lounging about. They’re doing something similar, and just take her hand into theirs, play with a lock of her hair. 

Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire has always been my Scrooge/Goldie’s OTP song...