you might be goth but you’ll never be fucking the grave of your unconsummated lover, who you poisoned to death (in the center of a hedge maze), in a rainstorm, on the grounds of his castle goth
Oliver failed. Oliver failed. He failed. Venetia lost interest, Farleigh came back, Felix found out his lie. He is not a brilliant mastermind who plotted the whole theft from day on, he popped a boy’s tire so he could get close to him, to bask in the nearness to his warmth, and that was enough until it wasn’t.
He isn’t a genius, he’s attentive and greedy and lucky and he can’t help himself. He was pretty enough and Elspeth was broken enough that it worked in his favor after nearly 20 years. He tells himself he orchestrated the whole thing from the start, that it was “just work,” and that he didn’t gradually want more and more and more, and if you believe him, you failed too.
Potential 06x02 spoiler? Slightly suggestive content too
I know this season has ✨issues✨ but I still had a great time.
Had to get the Gentlebeard wormies out of my system before getting back to work 😭 I’m so soft
(Ed gets the twink treatment, sorry I don’t make the rules)
My submission for the Our Flag Means Death Big Bang 2022. It’s a companion piece to “A First Mate’s Guide to Accidental Nibling Acquisition” by Jockles, which will be posted on AO3 soon!