there you go!

     shock spilled over his features. elizabeth would never believe this. she had often spun tales of mermaids in their childhood. he rather wished he could tell her about his discovery as he dumped his master’s chamber pots near the seaside. not for the first time, he found himself unable to say a word.    //    @humanlcving  /  ♥’d  ;  open 

               “whoa ---- hey. you really shouldn’t be down here.”

❝ ------- and who might you be ? ❞                  his tone smooth as silk ,  but with a bite like whisky.    (   it’ll honey when he   wants  something.   )    keen eyes study subject ,  peering into her very being.   / @humanlcving

             ‘   miss, could you please stop screaming like that...   ’   peter tilts his head, surely she can’t be human with a scream like that. 

“You don’t ever need to worry about waking me.” He assures her, pulling her closely into a gentle hug.  “Are you sure you’re alright though? Would you like me to get a drink of water for you...?”

phineas is good with names and faces ━ in a business as hectic as show business, it’d be a downfall if he wasn’t. and it is this very trait that make him notice he’s never seen this one’s face or heard her name before. lithe footsteps put him beside her, catching her at the end of another night well done. “i don’t think we’ve had the pleasure of meeting, have we?” he offers a hand, practiced jovial smile in place. “phineas taylor barnum, at your service. did you enjoy the show?”