@themimsyborogove @magidragon12 @lescahiersdesable Anna and Annabel parallels are definitely something I want to explore more, I already had the headcanon that Annabel would cross dress in order to sneak out and go have fun with Malcolm so this felt like a really natural evolution of both of those ideas, I definitely wanna do more of this concept in the future ao3 link
her hair is cut instead of pinned, her eyes are sapphires and not sea-glass, her stance is different, a soldier instead of a ballerina, but it doesn’t matter, she’s not perfect, but she’s close, close enough, an overexposed photograph, a spot the difference puzzle from the papers, a phantom curling around the banister, mouth and body full, eyes hungry for freedom
he chokes, amber, gold, honey, splattering against his loosened cravat, whiskey, a good vintage (not nearly as old as he was)
he was going to kill hypatia vex
“this is your doing, i assume?” his voice is oddly even, one might even think they were friends
stars glitter with a cruel mischief beneath inked lashes “you’re not the the only one who likes to taste exotics and then throw them aside when you grow tired.”
