HC 2: O’LiamRoe helping Francis surreptitiously avoid making a scene about not drinking anymore in the latter bit of QP as the Herald; Lymond grudgingly building better habits so he doesn’t collapse. Also, post horse-injuries, the fact that he has to do the equivalent of physical therapy and re-learn how to *walk* much less fight drives him up the wall at first but he ends up committing to the task with typical Lymond fervor, and it’s too slow but, he counts each step as a hard won victory
OLR and Lymond friendship! I like OLR despite myself but he's Very inconsistent. So, like, I can so see him helping Lymond this way. Because he does sometimes manage to be quite a comfort (when he's not being The Exact Oposite)
And, oh, goodness, how frustrating for Lymond (yessssssssss I want to write fic). But it makes me so happy that he's celebrating every victory. That's just so. Good. AUGH MY HEART.
(Let's not imagine him using those hard won 16th C physical therapy skills to help someone else later on (Richard? Jerott?) Let's not because my heart would explode, I think, if we did).