do u ever think about james getting flustered around thomas, even after all those years apart? like hes trying to do work around the farm and paint a fence but thomas smiles in his direction and hes so cute that james turns into a mess. ‘im captain fucking flint i can paint a fence’ he whispers to himself, before managing to somehow splash paint on his own face because dammit the love of his life is Right There petting a stray cat and james heart is so full of affection he cant even hold a brush