#aberlay

[ddeerslayer]

Charles’ red scarf having originally been Francis’ but Francis gave it to him since he thought it clashed with his hair send post

[bettelsvein]

When I think my love life is shite, I remember them.

[picturesque-atall-costs]

you know what? yeah i would also stay in the worst situationship ever if that man had a raspy, southern accent

[fab-ernathy]

abercaulay is sosososososososo dysfunctional i love them

i don't think it's as clean cut as either how francis frames it in canon or the common fandom interpretation that francis intentionally gets charles drunk to lower his inhibitions enough that he'll sleep with him and is therefore unilaterally at fault. it's something where they're both taking advantage of each other in different ways. francis is willing to provide alcohol to an alcoholic and sleep with someone who's drunk enough that they (claim to) have forgotten by the next morning. and charles, despite this, is willing to repeatedly drink alone with francis and nothing's off between them, which we could extrapolate means he probably does remember their encounters and uses alcohol as a convenient reason to deny his sexuality and/or keep sleeping with francis without having to have a proper conversation (stringing him along, as francis says).

if either of them were good people, they wouldn't have fucked (or at least not more than once). francis is okay with dubcon, charles is okay with emotional manipulation. but fortunately for me (the only real person in this scenario), they both suck, and so i can imagine them in various Situations and Dynamics.

[prmcafwh]

I know this has been done before but I need this answered once and for all no nuance

Which one do you like best?

Papenathy (Francis/Richard)

Abercaulay (Francis/Charles)

Winterbunny (Henry/Bunny)

Chenry (Charles/Henry)

Winterpapen (Henry/Richard)

Henrymilla (Henry/Camilla)

Richard/Camilla

Papenbunny (Richard/Bunny)

Charles/Bunny

Winternathy (Henry/Francis)

Richard/Charles

Wintermorrow (Henry/Julian)

Voting ended onMar 25

[bettelsvein]

will you look at me? // was never real, will never be

[ddeerslayer]

Headcanon that Charles was weirdly into biting during sex (specifically when with Francis), but after the bacchanal where he got bitten he… didn’t like it as much.

[ddeerslayer]

Did y’all know that Francis nervously bites the insides of his lips and cheeks, leaving them jagged? Did y’all know that Charles could feel it on his tongue when they kissed? Did y’all know that the only acknowledgement of what had been happening between them was a muttered, ‘You really have to stop doing that, François, you’re going to end up biting until blood.’ before the door closed and Francis tasted something metallic?