#and babe. you're NOT imagining it!!!!!!!! but Fitz doesn't know that

[silverbastardgoldenfool]

what kills me is how in Fool's Errand you can tell the Fool is actually harbouring hope that Fitz might reciprocate his feelings. yes, the silly overt flirting/teasing, but it's more than that. it's sharing what Fitz's friendship meant to him when they were kids (you saw me), it's the intense "should I?" when Fitz says the Fool should have known there was someone who cared for him enough to protect him. it's all those lingering looks, searching desperately for some sign that he's not imagining this thing between them. the fucking YEARNING leaping off the page is enough to give me liver damage.