Valentine's break
A Short TTTE fanfiction - Valentine Special
They haven't dated in this timeline :3, I rarely write, so excuse my rookie mistakes.
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Edward puffed his cigarette, the night wind gently blowing on his hair as the stars above him shined.
The usual valentine's night for the K2.
As he took a long drag, memories flooded back: past loves, and heartaches. He stared off to the distance, aiming fault to himself for everything that had happened, guilt slowly creeping up, his mind going numb.
Valentine's Day was not his favorite, though he'd never openly admit it.
Abruptly, his thoughts were disrupted as a red coat cascaded down upon him, enveloping him in its warmth and vibrant hue. He looked up to a familiar face.
"Mind if I join?" James spoke softly, Edward blinked slowly almost dumbfounded "ah...sure?" he finally answered.
The red man sat beside him, drinking his water bottle "wasn't expecting to find you here" James leaned back, relaxing into the grass.
"Wasn't expecting anyone to find me" Edward smiled, feeling amused, "cigarette?" He handed the half-empty box, "good god no" James immediately refused, as stressful as he gets, he would never smoke nor drink, he wasn't raised that way.
Edward only smiled before looking away, James took notice of his demeanor, "you're not going out? It's valentine's day" he asked the K2.
Edward says as he exhales smoke, "I....I've had enough of Valentine's," an answer James wasn't expecting. "Why's that?" James asks, intrigued nonetheless. Edward sighed, his gaze drifting to the distant horizon.
The weight of past disappointments heavy on his heart. "Every Valentine's Day just reminds me of what I've lost," he confesses, his voice tinged with regret. James nods understandingly, silently acknowledging the pain concealed behind Edward's tough exterior.
"what if someone asked you out? Would you go?" James asked again, his eyes not moving away from the blue haired man.
"goodness they deserved better!" Edward sheepishly laugh "I don't expect anyone to ask me out, get a better standard I'd say"
his smile subsided before looking down to his knees "Love hurts" He inhaled deeply from his cigarette.
James looked at him, having been hurt from hearing the K2 talk about himself like that, "I think you're exceptional," James murmured softly, his gaze drifting upward to the somber sky above.
"You've made alot of impact on this railway, supporting countless engines," James remarked, taking a sip from his water bottle. "you're worth a-lot more than you give yourself credit for" he smiled.
Edward glanced at him, a spark of joy igniting within him, and he couldn't help but return the smile, though a blush colored his cheeks.
"Why aren't you going out for valentine?" Edward asked back, his mood eased as he lay down next to James.
"I have high standards!" James answered vainly, he smiled proudly at himself, Earning a laugh from the K2, his endearing laugh was not of ridicule, but of amusement.
James joined in,The atmosphere shifted, filled with warmth and tenderness as both decided to spend the rest of the night together, neither wanting to leave.
"Happy valentines day, Edward"
"Happy valentines day, James"
Maybe one day they'll actually celebrate valentine together.
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This Valentine’s Day I am thinking of Ed and Stede.
Because you know they would absolutely love to celebrate Valentine’s Day. They’ve never got to experience it with someone they truly loved before. and they are the type of couple to take every single opportunity possible, commercial consumerist bullshit holiday or not, to tell each other just how much they adore the other.
You better believe they would give each other those hart shaped boxes of chocolates. and trade off those awful chalky candy harts that say cheesy shit like “be mine” or “I ❤️ you.”
You best believe that Stede has written about 50 valentines cards which he has left all around the house waiting for Ed to find. And you better believe that Ed is going to try to make the best meal for Stede That he can possibly manage. And they are both going to be hopelessly gooey and mushy and disgusting and so wonderfully deliriously happy about the whole thing.
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Ttte Valentine’s day headcanons
Thomas: has received a lot of cards from fans and gets sick from eating too much chocolate
Edward: has sent a few cards out and gets a few from Thomas, bill and Ben.
Henry: is too busy dressing his Guinea pigs up for their valentine photoshoot.
Gordon: gets one of those cheap cards that kids hand out to their classmates from Spencer. Meanwhile, his brother gets a decent card from Spencer
James: had mailed a bunch of cards out to himself because he wanted to prove to Thomas that he is just as popular as him, (this backfires when Thomas grows suspicious because all of the cards were the same)
Percy: is just happy to have extra work for the mail train, buys himself some discount candy the next day.
Toby: was surprised when he came downstairs to see Henrietta fixing his lunch (Toby always packs his own lunch) didn’t get Henrietta anything but she knows that he loves her and doesn’t need cards or chocolate to prove it.
Duck: was given this lovely card from Thomas:
Donald: got a card and some candy from his mother.
Douglas: ditto
Oliver: did not receive any cards, didn’t care, bought himself some discount candy on discount candy day.
Emily: was sent some roses from a fan
Diesel: got this rather passive aggressive card:
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