all those lennie vignettes, and happy tuesday
Everyone's fave transmasc pickpocket scowls a lot. Sometimes they don't.
five times lennie scowled
five times lennie scowled + one time they didn't: they didn't
Morning was muzzled by heavy fog, and it was so quiet that foxes still slunk through Earlham Cemetery. Lennie always appreciated their flickers of orange against the stark gravestones, but seeing them wasn't a given. Much like a pickpocket, they didn't prefer to be visible.
five times lennie scowled + one time they didn't: pt. five
Robbie said, from his position in the corner of David's office on Upper St Giles, "Come on, Lennie, can't you tell it was a murder weapon?"
five times lennie scowled + one time they didn't: pt. four
“You’ve let him possess you, so really, you’ve been far more intimate with Alastair than me.”
five times lennie scowled + one time they didn't: pt. three
It was bluster. In secret, Lennie shrank from the thought of meeting any Cambridge 'colleagues' and compensated by maintaining they would gladly fight any of them. If David understood Lennie's bombast came from fear of inadequacy, he was graceful enough not to address it.