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Richard Gansey III

[makeslouder]

[spheksophobia]

Words aren't something that Gansey has ever been good at when it comes to Blue. Really, it's the most confounding thing; Gansey knows how to use words, how to shape them and deliver them so that people are swayed and entranced, but when it comes to Blue his words have only ever been weapons of mass destruction.

He's found that he is most successful with Blue when he stays quiet, when he uses actions to convey his feelings and thoughts. Tonight, he's got such a thing planned. They're in Costa Rica deep in the rainforest helping a small village establish more hygienic water systems and sewage systems. It's dirty work, but it's rewarding. They've been working sunup to sunset for several days now and they've earned a break. He'd gotten some help from the villagers and he's set up a <href=https://indonesia.tripcanvas.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2-4-sundayrain-night2.jpg>tent ablaze with candles and piled high with a feather mattress and blankets. There's food as well: fruit and grilled meats, nothing terribly different from what they've been eating, but tonight they'll eat alone.

"Just a little further," he tells her as he leads her around a corner through the vegetation so that she can see the elaborate campsite he's arranged for her.

[makeslouder]

She prefers it that way. She prefers that Gansey always seems to stumble with words when around her. He's typically so verbose and articulate, so good at the speeches he gives. From the start, he always managed to say the wrong thing around her. Blue had found it irritating at first. Now, it's one of those traits she finds endearing about Gansey.

The idea had been his, a way to spend the last few weeks of their summer before their first semesters at school started. Blue had been quick to agree. How could she say no? She had always wanted to go to Costa Rica and given her intent to study watershed science after all, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to gain a leg up on her studies. The work has been hard but rewarding. The best part has been seeing how Gansey has enjoyed every second of it, too.

That night, she expects to go back to their hut in the village. When he leads her elsewhere, Blue is dubious at first. She plays along though. Blue trusts him, even as she starts to grow a little concerned the deeper they get into the forest.

"This isn't Henrietta," she reminds Gansey. "Or Cabeswater. Going this far from the village isn't safe."

[spheksophobia]

It's proof of just how she affects him. For a long time he wanted to be the smooth, suave Gansey around Blue; he wanted to impress her. Now he prefers being able to be 'just Gansey' with Blue and he's learned that she's far more impressed by who he really is than by who he shows the world. That's one thing that he admires about Blue, always has: what she shows the world is precisely and exactly who she is. That's brave, in Gansey's opinion. He spends a good deal of his time terrified that the world will see who he really is and find him lacking.

It's not the sort of trip that he usually takes, but there's no Welsh king to search for and he likes the idea of making the world a little better place with something other than his money (though he's put some of that into the project as well). This project doesn't feel like an obligation or a pipe dream, but something solid he can support and a way to help Blue out as well.He has enjoyed being here.

"Mmmm, I'm aware," he hums a little, clearly pleased with himself. "It's safe as life," he promises her as they come to the edge of the clearing. He stops just inside it and watches Blue rather than the scene he's laid before her. He knows what it looks like. He wants to know what she looks like seeing it.