The native tongue of the lonely hearts (C/H)
Title: The native tongue of the lonely hearts
Author: frakcancer
Rating: K
Character/s: Elsie Hughes / Charles Carson
"How was London?"
"Dirty. Noisy."
"Quite enjoyable?" Elsie prompts.
"Not this year."
Elsie looks up, puzzled.
"It was…lonely." The truth tastes foreign on his tongue.
"I think I'd like to see a Season. Someday. When I leave Downton."
"Are you?" he asks. "Leaving? Thinking of it?" He imagines squiring her about, telling people 'this is my friend.' He imagines long Downton nights without seeing her, without bidding her goodnight.
She imagines far-off countries where no one speaks her language, looking right through her. "Of course not." She wonders if he speaks her language, if he has ever really seen her.
Author: frakcancer
Rating: K
Character/s: Elsie Hughes / Charles Carson
"How was London?"
"Dirty. Noisy."
"Quite enjoyable?" Elsie prompts.
"Not this year."
Elsie looks up, puzzled.
"It was…lonely." The truth tastes foreign on his tongue.
"I think I'd like to see a Season. Someday. When I leave Downton."
"Are you?" he asks. "Leaving? Thinking of it?" He imagines squiring her about, telling people 'this is my friend.' He imagines long Downton nights without seeing her, without bidding her goodnight.
She imagines far-off countries where no one speaks her language, looking right through her. "Of course not." She wonders if he speaks her language, if he has ever really seen her.