February 5 Prompt: Any, any, pearl of the world. Just in time for Halloween, a return to the Northanger Abbeyskating AU, with a passing reference to John Steinback's novella The Pearl.
“If we’re gonna watch anything later it’ll be Breaking Bad, not that CW crap,” John shut Catherine’s suggestion down as the group piled into the hotel’s rink shuttle.
“Pearls are made from all sorts of refuse,” Henry defended her choice before that irresistible friendly glow dimmed farther. Deciding to turn the tables, he added with all the superiority of his old prep school days, “Personally, I think Blaine’s antihero trajectory this season as much in conversation with Steinbeck's questions about ambition and morality as anything done by Walter White.”
