"What? Oh—no, nothing, I ..." Biggles jerked a little, as if coming back to himself. "A piece of international news that caught me by surprise, that's all." He shuffled the papers he had been looking at into a stack.
"Anything the rest of us should be worried about?"
"No—no, just ... a surprise," Biggles repeated, and as Algy continued to look at him with concern, Biggles hastily opened another file, almost at random.
The aching loneliness of a grief that you can’t share the burden or even the news of :( There’s so little that separates Biggles from Algy, but the way he feels about Erich is a gulf between them, and it adds so much to Biggles’ distress. Not only does he have to process the news, he has to hide it and how devastated by it he is.
After a while, Algy went and sat on the edge of Biggles's desk, eyeing his oldest friend and disliking the pallor he saw, a drawn look that made him think uncomfortably of Biggles in wartime. "If you're feeling under the weather, go home. We have things in hand here."
Except that Algy is Algy, and he’s not going to let Biggles be visibly Not Ok without checking in, very insistently if that’s what’s called for <333
"He was capable of better things. That's all."
Algy rather doubted that, but sensed that now was not the time to say it. "Look," he said, handing back the paper. "D'you suppose there's a—a next of kin, or something?"
Except Algy surprises them both <333 Because he absolutely will share in Biggles’ joys and his sorrows; and what matters isn’t the cause but the result, because he’s 100% Team Biggles and this made my heart swell, because ALGY <333
Algy found himself lifting a glass in a toast. "I won't pretend that I liked him," he said. "But a lonely grave in the desert's a hard end, and—and I'm sorry for it."
And that is such a beautiful, genuine sentiment from Algy, that expresses so eloquently and honestly and sensitively his feelings on the matter, I loved this so much!! <333 There’s never any false sympathy or trite words, just the sincere words of a very dear friend who is also a kind and generous soul <333
But after seeing Biggles that morning—quiet and dull, as if the best part of his bright energy had gone out of him—Algy discovered that he couldn't find it in himself to be too upset about it.
The best part of Biggles’ brightness!! Oh my gosh, my HEART, I love them all fiercely and this fic was achingly perfect in every way!
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"Anything the rest of us should be worried about?"
"No—no, just ... a surprise," Biggles repeated, and as Algy continued to look at him with concern, Biggles hastily opened another file, almost at random.
The aching loneliness of a grief that you can’t share the burden or even the news of :( There’s so little that separates Biggles from Algy, but the way he feels about Erich is a gulf between them, and it adds so much to Biggles’ distress. Not only does he have to process the news, he has to hide it and how devastated by it he is.
After a while, Algy went and sat on the edge of Biggles's desk, eyeing his oldest friend and disliking the pallor he saw, a drawn look that made him think uncomfortably of Biggles in wartime. "If you're feeling under the weather, go home. We have things in hand here."
Except that Algy is Algy, and he’s not going to let Biggles be visibly Not Ok without checking in, very insistently if that’s what’s called for <333
"He was capable of better things. That's all."
Algy rather doubted that, but sensed that now was not the time to say it. "Look," he said, handing back the paper. "D'you suppose there's a—a next of kin, or something?"
Except Algy surprises them both <333 Because he absolutely will share in Biggles’ joys and his sorrows; and what matters isn’t the cause but the result, because he’s 100% Team Biggles and this made my heart swell, because ALGY <333
Algy found himself lifting a glass in a toast. "I won't pretend that I liked him," he said. "But a lonely grave in the desert's a hard end, and—and I'm sorry for it."
And that is such a beautiful, genuine sentiment from Algy, that expresses so eloquently and honestly and sensitively his feelings on the matter, I loved this so much!! <333 There’s never any false sympathy or trite words, just the sincere words of a very dear friend who is also a kind and generous soul <333
But after seeing Biggles that morning—quiet and dull, as if the best part of his bright energy had gone out of him—Algy discovered that he couldn't find it in himself to be too upset about it.
The best part of Biggles’ brightness!! Oh my gosh, my HEART, I love them all fiercely and this fic was achingly perfect in every way!