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Milk Thistle spikes and leaves remind me of Estinien ^^ Inspired by Cicely Mary Barker’s illustrations - if you haven’t seen them, please check them out!

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Have a sign from Grand Marais, MI that’s haunted me since childhood

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I can't believe how hard everyone is trying to ignore the incredibly obvious chemistry between Elijah and Nick. Right from the first night it was obvious that there was a strong bond of mutual respect and affection between them. I mean, Elijah was the first person to receive a token, and from who? NICK. And he’s still hanging onto it too, almost like he values it way too much to burn it.

Elijah’s the only one who consistently calls Nick by his preferred name, when his boss and his literal fellow bodyguard both called him by his full name, even though he hates it.The first letter Elijah sent him, he called him Nick and signed it with his name. Not his title. His name. That’s a huge gesture from the son of a duke to invite a non-noble soldier who’s way below him in social status to call him by his first name. Right from the beginning!

Don’t even get me started on that duel. You could tell that neither of them wanted to fight it and they were both in agony over it. Elijah has such a sexy protective streak, just like Nick, and he only gets that angry about people he cares about. And he. Was. Pissed. And then Nick deliberately threw the fight and let Elijah beat the shit out of him because he didn’t want to hurt him, even though he got in serious trouble for it. And Elijah cares so much about his skill and hates being seen as incompetent (you know he must have gotten so many people assuming he wasn’t as good with a sword anymore because of his hand), but he still surrendered because he wanted to leave Nick his honor. Which other ships constantly have them bringing out the best sides of each other like these two do?

And when the Red Duke showed up, what happened? Nick gets Noel behind him and Elijah steps up to get between them. Immediately. Like I said, protective streak! I think there’s definitely going to be a moment where the Red Duke threatens Noel (big mistake) and we see Elijah and Nick team up and kick his ass (and maybe finally acknowledge their feelings for each other?)