Anonymous asked: Maybe you can’t have trust, real trust, without having just a little doubt, too.

(for context, about a month ago i did that tumblr meme where you invite readers to send you a line from one of your own fanfics, and you can talk about what you were thinking about when you wrote it.)

so this is a line from I Seem to Be a Verb, and it’s kind of an accidental tag line. the best thing about Arthur in this fic, and the thing that makes him so ill-equipped to deal with celebrity (apart from his having no idea who anyone is, lolol), is that he’s not the least bit cynical. He’s the only non-cynical hipster in London, idk. he has a really open heart and it’s kind of scary, but it almost takes more faith for him to accept the doubt he has about eames, and keep it alongside the trust and belief he has in this person he’s idolized since he was like 15. it’s a big deal, because he has really simple motivations, and wishes everyone else had them too. so when he starts getting hints that eames is hiding something, with anyone else he’d be completely unable to deal. but with eames he’s just like, okay. whatever it is, i know he’s not lying to me about the really important stuff.  and having that doubt makes him hold on that much harder to the trust he has in eames. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE.

(kids, don’t try this at home, if you think your boyfriend is hiding something, you should probably make him tell you what it is. don’t wait until his creepy stalker recently un-closeted ex-boyfriend reveals it to the whole world!!!!!)