Claimer: I do hereby claim all rights and responsibility for the characters in this series of vignettes because the Amaranthine Saga is mine. (Which means I should probably behave myself since anything I say or do could be taken as canon.) Indulge the lot of us, especially the unapologetic one.
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Hisoka was also there, his chair pulled close to Michael’s, their hands curled around steaming mugs.
Sonnet tried to back up. Straight into Jacques.
“Right, then.” Stealing the baby, Jacques yielded Vanya to his papka. “We’ll just freshen up. Won’t be a minute.”
He caught Sonnet’s hand and pulled him along until they reached Jacques’ own suite. Door secured, he asked, “Sonnet?”
The wolf whispered an apology.
“Why?”
“They’ll know.”
“What will they know?” Jacques tried teasing. “That your name is French and therefore lovely?”
“That I’m all stirred up.” Sonnet softly amended, “That you have me all stirred up.”
Posted: September 6, 2022
Prompt: Mug, suggested by LadyLetty
Words: 100
Summary: Jacques Smythe brazens his way into Stately House and shows no sign of departing. Like it or not, Lord Mettlebright has himself a butler. An Amaranthine Saga Serial. [Humor, Drama, Family] Begins here. You can suggest a prompt here. To scroll through archived chapters, use the Lord Mettlebright’s Man tag.
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Oh Sonnet, at this point I think anyone who visits Stately is used to folk getting stirred up by Jacques…(intentionally or otherwise)
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Oh Sonnet, but they will love you all the same…!
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Oh dear Sonnet, they know and they still love you. Such a softie. ❤️❤️
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They’re cats, they might tease, but they won’t object.
…they might write a play about it, or is that behind them?
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