Feb 6, 2022
grace standing atop a snowy hillside, long hair snow-flecked and skirts blowing against her legs as she points her long-range hunting rifle down the mountain at the figure slowly approaching. her looking through her scope to see the familiar silhouette of arthur as he gives her a small wave, and letting herself indulge in a smile before sighing and moving to meet him halfway to the house
#txt#grace x arthur#thinking about the gang being in the wisconsin area and arthur asking around to see if grace still lives nearby#him going to her house and its the first time either of them have seen each other since she left the gang a few years back#he's expecting to see the same slightly-broken girl he met in the mountains but the grace he finds is far from broken#still soft-spoken and gentle around the edges definitely#but she doesnt put her rifle down until theyre safely inside and shes matured into something a little harder#more durable#she goes into town with him and they catch up#and eventually arthur takes her to where the gang is staying because he has trusted her since the day he met her#john sees her and just blushes beet red because 16-year-old john has just as much of a crush on her as 12-year-old john did#hosea hugs her warmly - she spends the night and sits up drinking tea with hosea well into the early hours of the morning#and she doesn't cry into his shoulder when she tells him her father has fallen ill but its a close thing#arthur notices because hes always been observant#but his heart is freshly broken from mary and the idea of opening up again is just too much#anyway.................................#fuck i forgot to tag her#ch: grace beaufort