#traxiel

I got this idea in early September and was DETERMINED to see it through! Being British, the Traxtons don't typically celebrate Thanksgiving, but they have a lot of American friends, so they hold a dinner as an excuse for them all to come hang out for a day. This particular Thanksgiving takes place a few months after Muriel finds out she's pregnant with the first (yes, FIRST) set of triplets, so she wants to do a big, pull-out-the-stops special meal that year where most of the guests don't even know she's pregnant yet.

Unfortunately, the carving knife went missing (Traxton probably used it on a hunting trip), and he isn't above using Excalibur to carve the Thanksgiving turkey, seeing Muriel loaned it out to him so often back when they were courting. Muriel did NOT expect him to come out with her brother's heirloom sword and completely disrupt the mood she'd set for the dinner. Don't worry, they'll laugh about it later and she'll forgive him after fuming for a few hours LOL

I snuck in as many characters connected to the Traxtons as possible! L - R:

Sora, the lab rat child they adopt, Neassa and Nolan Knight, Muriel's adoptive parents | Agent Kala Lani, Traxton's junior agent at Jade's Hall, Lukas Walden AKA Javelin, another Jade's Hall agent who becomes friends with Traxton (against Traxton's wishes at first, but the guy grows on people).

My reward for finishing writing up the script for Chapter Three of Knightsbridge Hollow--another Traxiel pic! I wanted to be a lil more ambitious with this one so decided to include some more prop elements to set the mood. Muriel's like "I'm so much more interesting than breakfast food, right, Luv?"

John and Muriel Traxton - just a pair of immortals very much in love 😌

Enjoy some fast facts on them:

Muriel absolutely loves flamboyant fashion and colors and will force her hubby to dress up with her whenever possible.

They met each other in the 1400s and didn't get married until the 1820s. It's...a LONG story....

Traxton isn't very expressive with most people, but Muriel is one of the few he's comfortable enough with to show his true personality. They have a strong Introvert x Extrovert dynamic.

Traxton is perfectly fine with throwing himself into danger given his abilities; draws the line with throwing OTHER people into danger when he could readily take their place. People think he’s got a hero complex when he’s trying to prevent them getting needlessly killed. Muriel always (ALWAYS) freaks out whenever he gets impaled, shot, poisoned, a limb hacked off, what have you.

Muriel wants to be “normal” so she’ll frequently rope Traxton into doing things with her like books clubs etc.