Could Never Want For More When I’m Here (George/Lucy/Lockwood)
In which Lockwood actually agrees to hold off on running into danger before they have all the facts; and Lucy and George find this unprecedented behaviour troubling. This is based on an excellent prompt from a dear friend, that prompt being: "Lockwood actually waits for George to finish the research before rushing in and both George and Lucy are confused and worried by this behaviour". I thought of about three different ways to take that prompt and I may revisit the other routes in future, possibly in short drabble form, but this is the one that felt most organic in the moment! I could've messed around with this for weeks trying to get it exactly how I wanted it to be but I am trying to get back in the habit of just like, writing when I feel like it and not getting so hung up on perfection that I never finish anything. So you get what you get. Once again written more with show!verse in mind but book-isms will undoubtedly be creeping in. Title from 4AM by Bastille bc.... it's just them, guys. Enjoy <3 [Read on Ao3] *
“No need to hurry, Luce,” muttered George, squinting down his nose at a blotchy photocopy of a very blotchy old paper. “Reckon I’ve a way to go before I make heads or tails of this lot. Does this word look more like ‘wailing’ or ‘waning’?”
Lucy lowered the chains she was winding to the table, just long enough to lean over George’s shoulder and follow his finger. “...Looks more like ‘waving’ to me.”
“You had to introduce another variable.” He sighed and took his pen out from behind his ear, scribbling a note on the brimming thinking cloth. “Put the kettle on. We’re going to be here a while.”
