But the Lord beheld the man made in his likeness and He beheld his solitude and He said, “It is not good that he is alone”. And the moral of the story: everybody needs a partner.
Odysseus, on his journey home to Ithaca, was visited by a ghost. The ghost tells him that once he reaches his home, once he slays all his enemies and sets his house in order, he must do one last thing before he can rest. The ghost tells him to pick up an oar and walk inland. And keep walking until somebody mistakes that oar for a shovel. For that would be the place that no man had ever been troubled by the sea. And that’s where he’d find peace.
In the end, that’s all I want. To walk away from the sea and find some peace.
my kingdom, my KINGDOM for a flinthamilton stardust AU in which Thomas is a star who falls to earth — specifically, the deck of the lightning-catching vessel captained by James Flint, the most fearsomely-reputed man sailing.
give me a distrustful battle of wits giving way to well-worn banter and glowing cheeks. give me James not only sacrificing the prize of a lifetime, but also tearing up his carefully-crafted reputation Because Of Love. give me Thomas lighting up the room when they kiss and that love-born light saving the day.