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Title: A Fool Would Not Know What to do with a Heart if He Had One
Author: Perpetual Motion
Fandom: Tin Man
Pairing: Cain/Glitch (Ambrose)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 13454
Summary: After the battle, Cain, and Glitch, except he's not Glitch, and it's making Cain a little nuts.

Disclaimer: Lies and bullshit, as always.

Author's Notes: I started writing this thing back in ::checks notes:: 2008. It grew and grew, and then it stopped. And then I sent it to lasergirl, and she poked it for me a bit, and then it stopped again, and I kept trying, and finally I said to lasergirl, "Can I cut it off here?" And she said yes. So here you go. For lasergirl, who never gave up hope.

( Wordy words )

I've been on a personal canon kick as late, discussing it through various means that aren't lj, and I figured it was time to get some of the "Tin Man" personal canon down here on lj so that anyone who reads the still-in-progress Cain/Ambrose fic [17,927 at the moment], can see where I'm coming from.

1. Cain does not, under 99.9% of circumstances use nicknames. Sarcasm counts for the final .1%, and occasionally that sarcasm turns into genuine affection in a gruff sort of way. [For example, his "princess" to DG has become a nickname bore with the aforementioned gruff affection.]

2. Cain has never, in the whole of his life, been able to muster up affectionate nicknames for his significant other. It's just not in him. He can't be cutesy or sweet or adorable. He can just be Cain.

3. Court rules make Cain twitch something fierce. He doesn't understand them at all and thinks they get in the way of honest, blunt communication.

4. Ambrose is well spoken but not usually flowery. His speech patterns lean towards a slightly-courtly tone, and he sometimes forgets that contractions are his friends. When he is laid back, or putting someone at ease, his speech patterns will relax into a more conversational tone.

5. Ambrose can, in fact, dance, and he does it very, very well. No one ever danced with him because he was just so shy.

6. Ambrose really and truly loves his job as the head advisor and has a particular love of surveying that he can't ever explain to anyone else. It's something about being outside, getting to walk around, and getting to play with surveying toys.

( And now, the 199 words that set off this monster )

And now, I'm gonna go write porn.