Irene ♠️🍽️ Little Man

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I like to draw and yell about music, cooks and first mates (: pfp by adhdedteach #1 William skam hater, #1 Granada Lestrade lover

we found ourselves launched into this tormented sea, where guilty beings transformed into those fowls and these fish, seemed condemned to swim on everlastingly without any haven in store, or beat that black air without any horizon

Knife sharpening date. All the weaponry and kitchen implements are laid out on the table, and they're both tending to their own shit. Occasionally one of them makes a comment bitching about something and the other grumbles in commiseration before they return to companionable silence.

Roach has lured Izzy to the beach with the promise of a walk to see the ships. They choose a favorite to sail away on since they need to pull up roots anyway. They stop at a waterfront shack for drinks and dinner. Roach raises Izzy's hand to his lips maybe just to enjoy the reaction.

Roach got his hands on an anatomy textbook during a raid and is now insisting that Izzy submit to a full "examination" (i.e. excuse to get handsy) to see how Izzy stacks up against official specifications.

Sometimes Izzy's boss calls him back to the warehouse for what may or may not be an emergency, so Roach tosses him a wrapped sandwich for the trip. Izzy couldn't catch it the first time. It bounced off his head, fell into the busy road, and was hit by a vespa. They both occasionally laugh about it.

Izzy's a regular at Roach's bistro. He knows Roach is flicking his cigarette ashes into the rude customers' coffee grounds, but he keeps quiet about it. On their second date, Izzy casually brings it up. It turns out that Roach made sure to always do it while Izzy could see. It's weirdly romantic.

izzy is watching roach do his complicated yet meditative whetstone knife sharpening, enjoying the scraping sounds of the metal and the focused crease in his brow

Roach is having one of those inexplicably bad days. Izzy shows up in the galley and *won't leave*. At first, Roach is irritated - then he realizes that the poor man is trying to comfort him in his stiff, emotionally constipated way. That's how, on a bad day, Roach falls a little in love.