#tfatb

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What does TFaTB stand for?

Hey there! I'm Guinevere's Royal Treasurer (GRT), I belong to Guinevere, the red wocker. Tristan's Fetch and Tug Buddy (TFaTB), my spouse, belongs to Tristan, the black and white ticked American cocker.[*]

I try to type out our full titles each time I use them, then shorten them to GRT and TFaTB after that. I apologize if it's not entirely clear ❤️ Though I hoped that including them in my blog description would make up for any confusion.

[*] Yes, Tristan has assigned himself the job of looking after me, and he's not even my dog. He'll tell me so, too. I just need that much help, I guess 😅

[doomspaniels]

I have a question. I hope it’s not too personal. What is tf&tb’s job and how is he during these quarantined times.

Tristan's Fetch and Tug Buddy works in computer programming--a job that could always have been done from home--but managers want to hover and tend to assume that "work from home" means "slacking off."

Because they're handling the computer systems for an enormous group that converted entirely to distance learning in just one week, TFaTB's group had to do *more* from home than they have ever done in an office, and they did it seamlessly.

But you know the managers are never going to allow full-time working from home in the future. Not even for the people who will call in sick fewer days (severe asthma exacerbated by the office, etc) or who get more work done from home.

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Tristan typically lays with his head hanging off Tristan's Fetch and Tug Buddy's pillow.

TFaTB is testing out sleeping with a second pillow, though, and Tristan is a little perplexed. He does seem quite willing to adapt.

[doomspaniels]

Tristan's Fetch and Tug Buddy returns from moving the dog laundry to the dryer.

TFaTB: I have good news and bad news.

TFaTB: The good news is that Tristan's ribbon bow is much cleaner.

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(photos from December)

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wild blue yonder (1704 words) by deadarchivalassistantnumber27 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Malevolent (Podcast) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dennis "The Butcher" Collins/Noel | Charlie Dowd Characters: Noel | Charlie Dowd, Dennis "The Butcher" Collins Additional Tags: Mentioned Arthur Lester - Freeform, Mentioned Wallace Larson, hitman Noel au, PTSD, Title from a The Amazing Devil Song, Hurt/Comfort, in the form of sweet flirting to balance out Noel's trauma and dissociating, Alternate Universe Series: Part 2 of The Fox and the Butcher Summary:

“How ‘bout you tell me about Arthur Lester. Who hired you to kill him?” Noel shifts towards the door, and speaks even louder. “Tell ya what. Give us that name - who ever hired you to kill Arthur Lester - and we’ll see about a plea deal. You're going to be locked away a long time otherwise.”

Dennis raises an eyebrow but stops himself from talking when Noel raises a hand.

“Some bigwig hired you, right,” he says quieter, “let him sweat and spend money worrying you might talk.” At Dennis's frown he adds, “sure, you wouldn't, but he doesn't know that.” That brings back his smile, the one that reminds Noel of a beast surveying its next meal.

“Seriously though. Arthur Lester? He looks like a strong gust of wind could snap him in half. And he outsmarted you?”

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After the events of part 35, Noel heads back to the station to talk to Dennis Collins. His conversation with Arthur, years with the King, and what this might mean - is this who he's been waiting for? - weight heavy on his mind as he and Dennis exchange information about Larson's hit on Arthur Lester

Part of an au in which Noel is a hitman working with Collins.

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@arthur-lesters-spinal-cord

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It Was Just a Job (701 words) by deadarchivalassistantnumber27 Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Malevolent (Podcast) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Characters: Noel | Charlie Dowd Additional Tags: Charlie dowd has gone through a lot, Past Torture, Torture, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Series: Part 1 of The Fox and the Butcher Summary: In another universe, when the ghost of Charlie Dowd gets back from the Dreamlands, broken and battered, Noel Finley becomes a hitman along with being a detective. Hey, he's got to pay the bills somehow. It's just a job. How Noel became a hitman, met Collins, and tales of the Fox and the Butcher's partnership.

HEY GUESS WHAT

@arthur-lesters-spinal-cord

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🌹?

Dennis studies his face. In their time together, he’s grown to recognize - or perhaps always did - when Noel's wearing a heavier mask than usual. When the nightmares have grown worse. When Noel sees something other than the person in front of him when he pulls the trigger. Dennis knows Noel is lying. He nods and says,

“He’s gotten in your head, hasn't he?”

Phantom yellow spikes flare in Charlie's mind with the intake of breath.

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okay it was a lot harder choosing a WIP to give a sentence from and also really hard choosing a sentence. So you get... this many.

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sequel to this

@arthur-lesters-spinal-cord drew up the conversation in which Noel realizes that job wasn't actually their first time meeting