Fanfiction: "One She Would Understand" (The Blue Castle)

Title: One She Would Understand (8,570 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Blue Castle
Rating/Warnings: Teen and Up / Warning for canonical character deaths, including one of an infant.
Characters: Barney Snaith, Cissy Gay, Abel Gay, Valancy Stirling
Relationships: Barney Snaith & Cissy Gay
Summary: In all his thirty years before arriving at Mistawis, Barney had never known true friendship. But when he thought of Cissy's shy smile, her delicate way of dealing with both her father and her baby, and the air of loneliness that enveloped her when she discussed her exile from Deerwood society, he resolved to at least make an attempt. After all, she wasn't the only one who could use a friend.
Notes: Written for Yuletide 2023

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