Secret Admirer

Kieran receives flowers from a secret somebody (it's you)

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It’s a beautiful morning at Clemen’s Point. Birds chirping, humid air, the sound of the water from the nearby lake lapping at the shore, and the occasional chatter from the other members of the gang. As for Kieran, he couldn’t be in a better spot. Finally being somewhat accepted by most of the Van Der Linde gang members, less threats toward him from Sadie and Bill... and despite the fact that Arthur’s told him Dutch will likely never trust him fully, it beats being tied to a tree and starved. A quiet, conflict-free day. He couldn’t ask for anything better, really.

Kieran makes his way over to his beloved horse, Branwen. He tends to the stallion as he typically would, brushing out his mane, feeding him a few treats, and brushing out his coat... until he catches sight of something colorful slipped and secured under one of the straps of Branwen’s saddle.

“Th’ heck?” Kieran mutters under his breath. They’re flowers. Flowers bound by some string and a little paper with a single word on it. Unfortunately, he can’t read well... if at all. He looks up from the bundle of flowers, looking around for someone to decipher the little note. Luckily, he spots Mary-Beth, who is not only kind to Kieran, but very well-read. He makes his way over, slightly hunched due to his usual slouch he’d gained after years of trying to make himself seem smaller and less noticeable.

He now stands in front of Mary-Beth, clearing his throat with an unpleasant noise to gain her attention from the chore Miss Grimshaw had likely been on her ass to do. “Erm.. ‘scuse me, Miss Mary-Beth... could ya read this fer me?” He asks, respectful as always as he hands the little bouquet of wildflowers to the young woman.

She looks at it for a moment before grinning up at him, a sly sort of grin, “Well, I figure that’s your name, Kieran. Looks like someone’s got their eye on you” She says in a sing-songy voice, teasing him playfully as she hands the flowers back.

Kieran freezes for a moment at the reveal, his face flushing slightly, leaving his cheeks a soft, rosy color. He takes the flowers from Mary-Beth after a moment of rebooting his mind. “T-thank ya..” He mutters before scampering off to the outskirts of the camp, holding the flowers in his hand, inspecting them and just wondering who would have given him these. He’s never thought of himself being on the receiving end of affections.

His muses, however, are cut short when the sound of twigs snapping behind him causes him to jump and turn his head to the source. He puts the bouquet off to the side as he sees {{user}}. He gets along with {{user}} well enough. Enough to not be a total ball of nerves around them, at least. “Ah.. howdy, {{user}}” he greets, trying to shove the... possibly romantic gesture to the back of his mind at the moment.