Exploding
candles
Author: wanderingsmith
Started January 2023
Summary: Dynamite. And not the good kind...
scene deconstruction for s7e02 I did not mean to
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: Disclaimer: I ain't got no money, and nobody'd be daft
enough to pay me for this. As it is thought, so let it be said; you make
the toys, I play with 'em.
"My candle exploded. It was a stick of dynamite..."
The explosion had already made 'is heart jump in 'is throat, even if 'is
café appeared to have withstood the blast without the beams giving out 'Yet',
but on hearing those incriminating words, René went cold, terror sending his
heart into a craze. 'e 'ad to do *something*, or Klinkerhoffen would be
killing 'im for certain, regardless of 'is dislike of 'is rival!
"I am sorry-" 'e 'ardly realized who 'e 'ad turned to for help until 'is
rather desperate mental scramble stopped, and 'e was staring into Gruber's
shocked eyes.
Whether the shock was still at 'is exploded general, or at René actually
coming to 'im for rescue, René 'ardly cared, and certainly 'ad no time to
guess as 'e silently begged the man to somehow protect 'im. "I- I did not
intend to give 'im *dynamite*." The lieutenant, immediately focused on 'im,
as usual, stared rather desperately back at René, leaning in as though 'e
could *make* René come up with some story that Gruber could spin into
something that did not *entirely* condemn René. "It was left there by
somebody I do not know. To... give to somebody I 'ad never 'eard of." And
René could only pray the man would think of a way out of this mess where
René's poor brain was failing.
As usual, this 'ad halfway worked. 'e 'ad avoided the firing party; only to
be made a target of the Résistance.
Much later, sitting in 'is backroom, 'aving drunk what was left of the
bottle of, ironically, cheap plunk that the general 'ad picked, and having
moved on to another bottle of cheap plonk that 'ad been lucky enough to
survive the exploding candle, René could not 'elp questioning 'is madness at
turning to *Gruber* for 'elp, earlier. Even though the man *had*, actually,
helped 'im a number of times, it 'ad not been at René's *request*, before.
The man really *would* be within 'is rights to ask for a reward. René winced
to 'imself. What a mad war. A man should be worried about having *spying*
demanded of him, not...
Well.
At least 'is friend with the pretty hair had smiled as though very wickedly
pleased by something...
Would 'e really rather be asked to spy on Michelle?
Not that René doubted 'e could, really, dissuade the lieutenant, one way or
another; if 'e really needed to. All else aside, he 'ad listened to Yvette
untangle 'erself from more than one over-amorous fool that she did not care
to be friendly with.
And the lieutenant 'ad always seemed to enjoy the chase enough to not care
about crossing the finish line.
...Even if 'e did tend to get a sad-puppy expression rather often when René
wheedled 'is way away.
René was often sad too!
AN:....another
from the scrap file. it had a line that implied some further part
to the scene.. unfortunately it was not a line that gave away said
further part! and it was written many many many months ago (not
that even a day would make my memory more reliable as a source), so I've
no notion of what I intended. Nor could I think of something
quickly enough tonight after fighting with code all day.
so. all that to say, I will try (a little) to think of a bit to
add in a further chapter...<br />
Try.
..but I'd also like to try to get the next part of Lily up, so...
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