Hope is like a shield.
And gods, it was tough being apprenticed to such a sour, moth-eaten, old-curmudgeon!
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 39
He was even more shocked by her answer than when she told that old curmudgeon to take his views and shove 'em. laya seized the opportunity and gave him a good boop on his snotty nose. "boop!" tio blinked, then snorted.
#0 The 0-th in the Bull & Fox stories. Timotay in Trouble
Gods, it was tough being apprenticed to such a sour, moth-eaten, old-curmudgeon! timotay was apprenticed to "brixis & mordir-ring: printers."
An Early Morning Reflection
And as this course of current events was more recent, it would have to be resolved by the ones being directly affected by it, not by wizened curmudgeons who were in their twilight years and wouldn't be around to deal with the fallout of their inane prattle
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 80
#415 of ander 80 mateo had lived pretty much his entire life feeling at least some amount of curmudgeonly anger. you could almost say it was his default state. there was always something to be slightly grumpy about. a pebble in your shoe, for instance.
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 53
Layla even recognised the old curmudgeon with the splinted leg, the one who had yelled at tio to stop crying. he was wading through the battlefield, brandishing a jagged wooden club at anyone who ventured too close, yelling: "that's just a kid!
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 130
He was even more shocked by her answer than when she told that old curmudgeon to take his views and shove 'em. laya seized the opportunity and gave him a good boop on his snotty nose. "boop!" tio blinked, then snorted.
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 172
172 mateo has lived pretty much his entire life feeling at least some amount of curmudgeonly anger. you could almost say it was his default state. there was always something to be slightly grumpy about. a pebble in your shoe, for instance.
I Love Your Father - Chapter 1
Ya old curmudgeon." she playfully chided. her husband's father joined in with a quiet chuckle, before shifting position to face her better. olivia noticed with a flattening of her ears that there was a huge stain on william's shirt and underwear.
My Wave
Even a curmudgeon like ryan had a hard time complaining with a life like this.
In Which Master Goat and the Famous Cock Part Company, Chapter 3/4
This was the first time he'd ever seen his grandad cum, and the old curmudgeon's seed seemed almost impossibly thick and plentiful, thick ropes spurting out like streamers, piling onto the floor like a gooey, sticky carpet.
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 40
#375 of ander 40 "by the cora, what -" the curmudgeon with the splinted leg's eyes had gone wide and he was pointing at the wall with a scabbed finger.