SORRY NO IM BACK TO THIS WHY WOULD YOU POST THIS OH MY GODDDD thinking abt how they were the first and longest friends of the group, since bunny joined later in the semester and the twins and richard later.
thinking of freshman francis and henry meeting in the greek class, francis making his “cubitum eamus” comment for the first time and henry replying with a witty quip, and them becoming fast friends. both of them with their caginess and bonding over niche references they never expected anyone to get, the lonely lives they lead as children. henry, who has only ever seen the world on paper, marveling over francis’ boarding school days in switzerland; francis, with his awful health anxiety, in awe over henry’s tales of his youth surrounded by doctors.