Travel hopefully in life.

Title: Entendre
Pairing: Harry Welsh & Buck Compton, background Lewis Nixon/Richard Winters
Rated Teen, 2435 words
Summary: Buck wants to talk about Nixon and Winters, which would be a hell of a lot easier if Harry could understand what he was trying to say.

Author's Note: This ficlet was originally spawned by a desire to see Harry Welsh being a bro to Nix, but it pretty immediately devolved into a vague conversation about the nature of Dick and Nix's relationship while Buck and Harry blatantly creep on them in the company mess. It may not be totally accurate to timeline canon but I just wanted to finish it so I can turn my focus back to the vampire!Dick story that's eaten my brain.

I will note for those who may be bothered by it that there is an extended metaphor involved in this story implying that two of the characters are 'fruits.' Though discussion of the characters and the relationship is positive, I employed the term because I felt the characters may lack other, more nuanced vocabulary considering their time and context.

(Also, thank you to scandalinbohemia for offering to read through all this before I posted. I'm sorry I didn't wait for you - I got too impatient to employ self-restraint, haha - but I will absolutely be throwing myself upon your goodwill in the near future~)

Not beta-read, so there may be typos. If you'd rather, you can also read this story on AO3. Enjoy!


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