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FAIRSTAIRS
*not spoiler free* A blog entirely dedicated for Matthew Fairchild and Cordelia Carstairs. ✨Mostly rb with occasional edits or my thoughts. Art by @arudrawing on Instagram
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bitches be like “im just gonna run off to paris and ignore all my problems” its cordelia and matthew and thomas and alastair they're bitches
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Idk if I’ve posted about this before but I think about it a lot. Cordelia will definitely get to L’Hotel, go to her bedroom, and immediately go ‘shit, this place is haunted. I bet people have tried to summon ghosts here before.’ Matthew will be in the adjoining room sitting there with a ouiji board and some sage and trying as hard as he can to commune with Oscar Wilde. Cordelia will shiver. It’s hilarious if you think about it as a movie scene where Matthew is dramatically going OSCAR, I SUMMON YOU and an unaware Cordelia is next door thinking about how she felt a chill
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matthew and cordelia in paris headcanons!
as promised! <3
they decide to travel the entire distance as mundanes would. this means taking a train from london to dover, taking a ferry from dover to calais, and taking another train from calais to paris. this gives them a lot of time to look out at the countryside, and matthew actually hasn’t seen nearly as much of rural areas as cordelia has. so she points out cool things like livestock, rural homes, and picturesque landscapes that she thinks matthew will like
he definitely does like them and believes that they are Art
about 4-5 hours into their trip, matthew hasn’t drunk anything and is beginning to have withdrawal symptoms. cordelia is super patient with him and tries to help him through the symptoms. she tells funny stories about her childhood to distract him. he’s physically ill and irritated, but she keeps on trying. he appreciates that his best friend is being patient with him and redoubles his sobriety efforts.
when they’re in the city, he still is obviously having withdrawal. but he holds fast to his promise to cordelia because he is honorable and cares for his good opinion of him.
if he begins to feel irritable, he goes to his hotel room so he can be sure not to accidentally take it out on her
but on a happier note, matthew takes cordelia to the moulin rouge and she loves the cabaret. she’s never seen so many colours and lights before and is amazed by how full of life the streets are
cordelia wants to go to the eiffel tower and, while griping about it being Basic, takes her anyway and shows her all the architectural marvels that it holds. they go to the top before getting crepes for dinner and walking along the seine eating them.
matthew also takes her not just to the louvre (where she’s underwhelmed at the tiny size of the mona lisa like i was) but also to the lesser known art museums. she loves his passion as he takes her through the musee bourdelle, galeries nationales, and more
cordelia winds up becoming much more interested in art because matthew’s passion for beauty rubs off on her.
he takes her to see her first moving picture in paris, much like alastair took thomas. later, cordelia and alastair will bond about their time spent in paris with matthew and thomas, respectively, and talk about how similar an different their experiences were
they stay at l’hotel (of course)
matthew tries to summon oscar wilde’s ghost. cordelia feels a chill. matthew feels successful. he was not.
they have seperate rooms because matthew made it really clear they were just going as friends, but they hang out in each other’s rooms talking and laughing until they decide it’s time for bed or for a nighttime excursion
one night cordelia acciedntally fell asleep in matthew’s room so he just covered her with a blanket and removed himself to a new room so he could ensure that she had privacy all night without being woken up.
he brought her breakfast the next morning, though
they went to see an oscar wilde play, let’s say salome because cassie once told me that it was matthew’s favourite
they thn go to lachaise and matthew plants a kiss on wilde’s gravestone while cordelia freaks out over hygeine
even when they need to go back to their real lives, where cordelia is still married to james and matthew is being the star of both a spinoff bindup and my heart, they both remember these weeks fondly
the weeks that they fell in love, even if it was temporary.
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Cordelia: I don’t feel that way about Matthew
Also Cordelia: Feels the needs to mention every time they touch or are close, even if it’s normal things like sat in a carriage together and his arm is pressed to hers
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a not so friendly reminder that matthew trusted cordelia enough to tell her his most tragic and painful secret
and she’s literally the only person to know about it, that’s how much she means to him
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Paris is a city of wonders, my favorite in the world. I know you have been there, but you have not been there with me.
#posting a second time bc messed up earlier#might delate later but really wanted to#do something with this quote#this was like super quick#so bare with me#chain of gold#chain of iron spoilers#chain of iron#tlh#the last hours#cordelia carstairs#matthew fairchild#fairstairs#cordelia x matthew
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the way fairstairs has the best tropes: boy obsessed with girl, angst, jealousy, slowburn, forbidden love, friends to best friends to lovers yes i’m crying
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chog friendly reminder
So I’m rereading chain of gold rn because my copy od chin of iron isn’t arriving until tuesday and I noticed something I didn’t before.
Matthew helped Anna choose the fabric for Cordelia’s dresses. I repeat, MATTHEW HELPED ANNA CHOOSE THE FABRIC FOR CORDELIA’S DRESSES.
Now that I noticed it I can’t think about anything else. Just imagine Anna and Matthew shopping for fabric together and discussing which color would look best on Cordelia.
You’re welcome
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Me: trying to sleep
My brain: Matthew climbed Cordelia's window out in the night and cold just to make sure she was fine and be with her for a moment after her father's death, he made her want smile first time in a while and then he felt secure enough with her to share his most hidden secret—
Me: ok, understandable no sleep
#fairstairs#chain of iron#choi spoilers#chain of iron spoiler#the last hours#tlh#cordelia carstairs#matthew fairchild#matthew x cordelia
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Cordelia: *gets her heart broken*
Matthew: I love you
Cordelia:....
Matthew:....
Cordelia: Paris it is.
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the way chain of gold and chain of iron have the same ending: matthew confessing his love for cordelia ... y’all mind if i cry
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i actually really love the end of chain of iron.
like, it wasn’t james’ fault that cordelia was hurt and he didn’t really do anything wrong. but that doesn’t change the fact that cordelia (with good reason) believed that he was still into grace and that he was literally romancing her in her own home.
meanwhile, there’s matthew, who has been a good, steady friend to her all throughout both chog and choi. he’s laughed with her, shared her secrets and his own, and made her smile even when she was in the worst places. he took her on a road trip and made her feel cared for even after terrible losses.
why wouldn’t she want to see him? why wouldn’t he be the person she goes to?
why wouldn’t she go to paris with her best friend who clearly adores her and treats her with the love and kindness she deserves? matthew didn’t kidnap her. he didn’t force her to go. he asked his best friend to take a trip with him (for what would probably wind up only being a couple of weeks) because she is fucking miserable at home. that’s literally the definition of a good, kind friend.
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I need Matthew and Cordelia in Paris and I need it now. Also I know Im setting myself up for a heart break but I will take any Fairstairs crumbs at this point 🤺🤺🤺
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Okay so when Matthew saves Cordelia by dancing with her at that first ball in Chain of Gold, and she mentions how she likes Oscar Wilde. Then a few chapters later we find out that not only does Matthew also like Oscar Wilde, but he’s also his favorite author and named his dog after him.
HELLO!!! What is this supposed to mean?!!? Literally what am I supposed to think?? Like excuse me... WHAT IS THE REASON
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