{"id":4372,"date":"2022-03-28T06:14:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2022-12-14T06:20:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T12:20:55","slug":"twenty-two-short-films-about-wellington-wells-for-fear-your-grace-should-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/?p=4372","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-Two Short Films About Wellington Wells: For Fear Your Grace Should Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

As soon as Sally was clear of the fence, James started in on Roger.<\/p>\n

“Dr. F said not to tell anyone she was alive. She said she didn’t want anyone to ask her for anything.”<\/p>\n

“But she likes<\/i> Sally,” Roger scoffed. “Everyone does.”<\/p>\n

“Yes, I noticed you putting on your little show for her.”<\/p>\n

“You can not be serious. We just<\/i> had this argument thirty minutes ago!”<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

“Maybe we wouldn’t have to keep having this argument if you didn’t flirt with every girl who crosses your path!”<\/p>\n

“I was only dancing!<\/i>“<\/p>\n

“Pole<\/i> dancing! For Sally Boyle!”<\/p>\n

“If I wanted to seduce Sally Boyle, don’t you think I would have done it by now? It’s been fifteen years, James! I’m yours! You have me, all right?”<\/p>\n

“Do I?” James asked, turning away from Roger to stare into the fireplace. “Do you have any idea what it’s like to be with someone that you know<\/i> you’re not good enough for? Fact is, you could<\/i> run off with Sally Boyle and your life would be all the better for it. And I wouldn’t even be able to blame you because what have I got to offer someone like you? A room in a converted pantry and a job getting yelled at?” James’ shoulders slumped in defeat. “You could have so much more and one day you’re going to realize it.”<\/p>\n

Roger stared, agape. “I don’t even know where to start with that,” he said, offended that James would even suggest such a thing.<\/p>\n

“You could start by not fucking flirting with other people,” James snapped over his shoulder, crossing his arms and sulking.<\/p>\n

“Oh, go bugger yourself!” Roger said, throwing his arms up in a huff. He stormed off down the hall to the bedroom.<\/p>\n

When he got there, he found himself wanting for their room to have a door so he could slam it.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dearest Moo,<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n
You said I don’t know what it’s like to wonder if I’m good enough. You speak as if you won me over against my better judgment and now I’ve only settled for you until I find someone better. The truth is, I have to wonder all the time if I am really worthy of your love.<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n
Do you remember when we first met, and you asked me why I hadn’t enlisted? I brushed it off, made a joke about how if the Jerries didn’t kill me, my mum would. She says we have our own ways of fighting. I had to ask myself though whether I measured up in trade next to someone so courageous as you, who was willing to give up his life for his country and indeed for mine. I have my doubts still.<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n
You were so committed to the military too and yet, when I couldn’t stay any longer, you left it all behind to be with me. And I wondered then, was I being selfish in letting you walk away from that? I told myself that it was your choice alone to make, but I wanted you to come with me. Would it have been braver, better of me to tell you to stay instead?<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n
I got my answer when you told me to go through the portal, that I had to or I would regret it. You didn’t even have to think about it, even if it meant you would lose me. Even in the face of your selflessness, I couldn’t bear to do the same. I asked you to let me have it both ways and not to make me choose. And you did. God knows what I did to merit him giving me a man willing to follow me across the entire galaxy. Am I truly deserving of that level of loyalty?<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n
It’s not my estimation to make, is it? You were the one who had to decide if I was worth all the trouble, all the lost possibilities, all the sacrifices. I have to trust your judgement in that.<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n
I hope one day you will trust mine too, but I’ll spend the next fifteen years proving it resolute to you. <\/dd>\n<\/p>\n
Past, present, and future,<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n
your devoted<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n
Puppy
\n(please)<\/dd>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As soon as Sally was clear of the fence, James started in on Roger. “Dr. F said not to tell anyone she was alive. She said she didn’t want anyone to ask her for anything.” “But she likes Sally,” Roger scoffed. “Everyone does.” “Yes, I noticed you putting on your little show for her.” “You can not be serious. We just had this argument thirty minutes ago!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,171],"tags":[208],"class_list":["post-4372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiction","category-we-happy-few","tag-twenty-two-short-films-about-wellington-wells"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4374,"href":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4372\/revisions\/4374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/djangodurango.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}