a bloody little story - The Terror

[saxloch]

If he hadn’t been on the rag, he wouldn’t have been thinking so bloody stupidly.

He bobbed and weaved expertly through the crowds of midshipmen aboard Erebus, avoiding any awkward shoulder bumps and hopefully moving quickly enough that nobody saw the distress furrowing his brow. Word would travel fast between the crews Terror and Erebus , but they would assume that Commander Fitzjames was storming about the ship after having a nasty row with Captain Crozier, they wouldn’t come to the conclusion that he was actually seeking out the ship’s surgeon.

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