His shock faded quickly, and Noble registered the sling before he registered everything else. There were flowers poking out of the sling, little daisies, that looked awfully familiar, and it was that detail more than anything else that helped him identify the other man. "Constable Woodcroft," he said, with an easygoing smile.
Assuming this was Constable Woodcroft and Noble hadn't just done something very awkward, he must be coming from the Potts house. There was a flash of jealousy in Noble's gut even though he had basically never spoken to most of Daffy's siblings or parents, and even though the jealousy was silly — Daff ended things, they were over, and it wasn't like anything along those lines could happen with a Constable, anyways.
He registered all of this was very quickly, and tried to conjure an excuse for being here after just a beat passed. "Everything's alright," Noble said, still easygoing, "I'm supposed to meet someone here but I think they're running late." And never mind that this was a weird place to meet someone.
Assuming this was Constable Woodcroft and Noble hadn't just done something very awkward, he must be coming from the Potts house. There was a flash of jealousy in Noble's gut even though he had basically never spoken to most of Daffy's siblings or parents, and even though the jealousy was silly — Daff ended things, they were over, and it wasn't like anything along those lines could happen with a Constable, anyways.
He registered all of this was very quickly, and tried to conjure an excuse for being here after just a beat passed. "Everything's alright," Noble said, still easygoing, "I'm supposed to meet someone here but I think they're running late." And never mind that this was a weird place to meet someone.
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