#sam doncaster

[noble-atomics-railway]

A Human Thing - https://archiveofourown.org/works/64401697

Sam cooed up at her engine, standing on the platform in front of him. “What's wrong, sweetheart?” she asked gently. “Are you hurt?”

“No,” he answered softly, trying to hide the waver in his voice.

“Do you want us to call in another engine for you?” she asked. 

“No,” he answered with a small voice.

She jumped off the platform to land carefully on his buffer beam. She sat and rested her head against his. “Nobody will think less of you, darling,” she said. “Everyone gets upset sometimes.”

“I'm fine,” he said, taking a breath, trying to steady himself. “I'm fine,” he repeated with more confidence.

[noble-atomics-railway]

So this started with myself and my proofreader joking that if the engines were monsters who could move by themselves, you couldn't keep Henry and Gordon apart, and the image of Gordon breaking out and going on a rampage across the island was just so amusing to me that I had to draw it.

James just seemed like the character who would point out the obvious.

James - "Why don't you just go and find him?"

Gordon - "Why don't I just go and find him?"

James. - "I didn't mean right now."

*Gordon ignoring James, breaking down a door*

[noble-atomics-railway]

My Engine driver for Gordon in my stories.

She's kind, friendly and loves her engine to pieces and wants the best for him, which often leads to her butting heads with railway management. She also has a daughter with Henry's fireman Ted, who she totally didn't name after her beloved engine.

[noble-atomics-railway]

Brushing a monster engine this size is no small feat, luckily most of the engines love it.