begin again | fabian & open
As someone who had already been prescribed reading glass, the alcohol made things hard to focus on who he eventually realised was his brother-in-law. “Arthur?” His words were as confused as they were slurred as he squinted his eyes at Arthur. He hadn’t expected to see Arthur at the pub, but then again most people wouldn’t expect to see himself there… At least without Gideon. “Merlin it is you.”
Honestly, he hadn’t wanted to see Arthur. He cared a lot about his sister’s choice in husband but Fabian didn’t want to see anyone right now. The whole point of going for a pint was to drown out all the thoughts he couldn’t handle that night, and sadly most of them involved his family. They hadn’t done anything wrong, he just kept imagining what might happen to them all before the war was over.
“Missing?” There was a tone of annoyance in his voice, but he forced himself to reign it in, it wasn’t Arthur’s fault, in fact he was trying to be nice. “Well here I am, you found me.” A sheepish smile appeared on his lips. “I don’t think I went anywhere, though.”
Arthur forced himself not to sigh and instead let out a small chuckle. He had a habit of worrying for his wife’s brothers, especially with the part they were choosing to play in this brewing war. He didn’t want to lose any of their family, ever, and it was a large reason why he and Molly weren’t quite actively involved, however much they may wish to be sometimes.
The annoyance he heard made Arthur blink, concerned that there were more issues than he could consider going on with Fabian. When he heard it disappear, he figured it would be better to just leave it be than try to address it. Relaxing, the lanky redhead gave his brother-in-law his trademark crooked grin and shrugged.
“Well, I thought you might have for all I haven’t seen you,” he pointed out lightly, trying not to sound too serious. “I was thinking the boys might like a night with their favorite uncles at the house for dinner and maybe some playtime,” Arthur offered. He hoped the other man would take the invitation. The boys had a way of making people forget everything else, even if it was because they were driving them mental.








