#just thinking about her...

Just as the title of the chapter foreshadows, this really is the rock bottom of the fic in terms of angst! Despite the fic being Isabeau centric, I waited until chapter seven of ten to show his POV - reflecting the way that Isabeau felt sidelined in his own family.

So! A little peak behind the curtain, but how I like to write my fics is to write a plan/summary of the chapter in bullet points in the most barebones way possible. Just get a really comprehensible idea of the story, emotions and themes I want to convey before trying to dress them up all nicely. I don't always stick to the plan, but it's nice to have a box to think out of! Sometimes I have to do multiple passes if a moment is really complex, and I think this records the moment when I realised exactly what I wanted to do with Carmen's character!