Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist

“You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it."

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

“𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢.”

•𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗣

•𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗦𝗟

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

"If I had room and significantly more shelving."

He already has a LOT of shelving. And yet it's never quite enough?

[𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜 @AcademiaDreams]

ig: opheliesz

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

(If anything similar happened moments, ago, uh--)

(Yeah, apparently using the right account is just hard today?)

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

Is eating fish curry for Fryeday, because it's offensively warm today and he's in the mood for it.

Saved some for @AssassinDame, too.

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

"No judgement from me."

The feeling of wearing a blanket almost all the time is one reason he likes his robes. And why he adds an extra layer of them in winter.

"Are you alright?"

[Laura Frye 🌻 @NewWolverine]

My kidneys get sore when my back is cold so I’m sitting with a blanket around my middle.

Don’t judge me.

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

"A loose adaptation of how my carriage was commandeered in the dead of night."

The plants by the window were unharmed. Evie always stepped around them.

"I went with them, of course. An extra pair of hands."

And someone to watch the carriage--

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

Sometimes, you have to take the time to remind those that you care about that you do, in fact, care about them, a lot.

It's also Fryeday, so he's brought fish and chips for @AssassinDame.

And then read a couple of messages and got alarmed.

"Is Jacob alright?"

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

"On a clear night, from here, you can see the whole city."

That's factory ash rather than snow.

But Henry likes it anyway. It's atmospheric.

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

...but.

If she was around tomorrow?

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

Technically, he'd been engaged, but not married. While it might bring them both into a little disrepute if it came out in polite society, it'd be legal for him to marry again.

His main stumbling block had been finding an opportune moment. And a backdrop. Possibly a horse.

[Eevee Frye @AssassinDame]

Oh that…

Somehow she had pushed all that out of her mind.

Was he still married? Was he a divorcee? What would the church say?

That last part only mattered in as much as the legalities of it all.

Ah yes, this is why she’d pushed it out of her mind. It was a lot to process.

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

They'd talked about it last year and then he'd had to go off and nullify his other secret marriage. It was a whole thing. And then, you know, liberating London from the forces of evil.

But honestly he just needs to shut up and propose.

He just. Wants it to be 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

[Eevee Frye @AssassinDame]

“Actually, I’m not betrothed at all.”

“It’s just a— sort of unspoken thing. Where we’re never actually spoken about it.”

“I’m much too busy for all of that anyway.”

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

"It did."

No way around it: might as well admit it.

"Although I tend to keep an eye out for when you're here either way."

"Are you still babysitting Daisy?"

That had come up, hadn't it?

[Eevee Frye @AssassinDame]

“That got your attention.”

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

"What?"

That's a typo or his ears are burning.

Or? Both?

[Eevee Frye @AssassinDame]

“Do me.”

“I mean want?!”

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

@NewWolverine The grimace on Henry's face is as though Laura's just taken a dump directly on his brain. Inducing a thought like that, she basically has?

"Oh excellent."

"You really can make a sport out of anything."

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

She has a Vampire Queen outfit? Well. Maybe he has to match at some point. Couldn't pull off the collar: could probably pull off the cape.

"If you do, then please let me know."

So that's a 'yes'.

[Eevee Frye @AssassinDame]

“Do you like it, Henry?”

It was rather out there for her usual outfits, with the exception of Victorian Vampire Queen, but the aesthetic was interesting.

“Maybe I will try it on.”

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

"...that looks beautiful?"

The question mark and the pause is because he's just imagined her wearing it.

And once you imagine something like that, how the heck do you stop?

[Eevee Frye @AssassinDame]

“Is this too fussy? I like to think it would catch a certain someone’s attention, being botanical.”

“It’s practically educational.”

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

@AssassinDame "It's easier than jumping into a bale of hay."

Though those were, of course, convenient.

"I regret to inform you I haven't done anything quite as exciting. Just surveillance."

Evie had been on that before she'd gone away. Henry hadn't let it drop.

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

"Hello. It's been longer than I meant it to be."

There's no longer a need for pretenses. Having popped a chip in his mouth, Henry stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Evie, kissed the top of her head.

"Are you well?"

[Eevee Frye @AssassinDame]

A stain on her clothing would be a small price to pay to spend some time with him.

“Just the smell of vinegar, which will wear off soon.”

She didn’t plan on trying to hide anywhere tonight, it’s be no big deal.

“Hello stranger.”

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

@AssassinDame The two of them shared a chair, chips in both their laps. It was big enough for the both of them, provided that they leaned into each other and kept on with their arms around each other.

So, of course, they did.

"Well, a book is often the best camouflage."

[Henry Green, the Ghost and Botanist @ShopkeeperGreen]

@AssassinDame "Still going. Now that we're into spring, that always cheers me up."

Henry smiled at the thought.

"How was your train journey?"

He hadn't been away from London in...at least a year. However long ago it was that he was teleported to India.

Maybe they could fix that?