thumbs tl 'verse
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“Jamie went up to Manchester.”
“You miss him.”
“No.”
Yes.
“Jamie went up to Manchester to see his father.”
Ruth’s expression, which had lit up with teasing fondness at the thought of Roy missing his best friend, falls back into concern at this. She knows about Jamie’s dad, a bit anyway. She’d entertained Roy’s request, after Wembley, to be the one to take Phoebe to school in the morning, but asked that he stop by hers after and pulled an explanation from him. She’d sat with him in the kitchen and reminded him that they’d broken the cycle for Phoebe. He’d done everything he could for them. Maybe all he could do for Jamie at that time was a hug, but he’d done it. He’d done everything he could.
Roy knows Jamie better now, though. He should be able to do more for him. He should be able to fix this.
“I just wish I could make things better for him,” Roy admits.
“You always do."Or, I have a lot of feelings about the finale trying to give James Tartt Sr. a half-assed redemption arc, and I think that Roy Kent would, too.
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- Part 1 of thumbs tl 'verse
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“Hey there, Jamie,” Ted says with more than his usual enthusiasm. “It’s awful nice to see you. How’ve you been?”
“Oh,” Jamie says, smug like he’s been for days now, “I’m doing great, thanks for asking.”
He surreptitiously separates his hand from Roy’s, bringing it up to his face to show off the ring.
Roy watches Nate lean too far forward in his seat on the shelf and jerk back, overcorrecting, watches Beards eyes widen like saucers and his mouth drop open. Roy was right. Fucking with them is so much fun when it’s not paired with deep emotional turmoil.
Trent’s face hasn’t fully settled back into a passive expression, but his voice is casual when he asks, “new ring, Jamie?”Or, Roy and Jamie finally communicated with each other; now they have to tell everyone else. (And Jamie has decided they’re engaged.)
This is very much a sequel/epilogue and I imagine it won’t make much sense without reading thumbs because it is a bit self-referential and very indulgent, but it’s also just a silly coming out fic, so maybe it could be? Proceed at will (and if it doesn’t make sense, feel free to read thumbs or to abandon ship.)
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- Part 2 of thumbs tl 'verse