#crownlesss

[elizabethhcward]

closed starter for @crownlesss​ (margaret) 

Rounding the corner of the corridor, Elizabeth was already nodding her head in greeting to the figure she was about to pass when she recognized who it was. Freezing, she contemplated whether or not to curtesy, unsure how one greeted a King’s exiled former wife. Cate wouldn’t have missed a step, but Bess had always had a better head for things like numbers and philosophy than the formalities of court. Deciding it was better to be safe than sorry, she bobbed a quick curtesy and smiled. “My lady,” she said, just able to avoid the automatic “Your Majesty” that threatened to slip out. After all, there had been a time, not so long ago that Elizabeth couldn’t remember it, where this woman had been her aunt, though she wasn’t even a decade her senior. “I am very pleased to see you back at court. I trust your travels here were well?”

[elizabethhcward]

closed starter for @crownlesss​ (catherine)

Elizabeth looked up from her book at the sound of the door to her family’s apartments opening. When the page announced the Countess Stafford, she nearly rolled her eyes at the formality. Nodding her head to indicate that her sister should be allowed in, she marked her place in her book and put it down on the table. “I hope you don’t expect me to start curtseying to you now,” she teased, not even bothering to rise from her seat. “How are you, Cate? What can I do for you? Or, more likely, what have I done now?”