Note: This has been on my mind for the past few weeks, with the VoDT movie premire now in sight. I've been wondering what in the world the Suethors will do with Eustace. Thinking about this, and how Eustace would handle a Sue made me write this not-quite-drabble in response.
Eustace Scrubb crossed his arms, trying to figure out how he got on a boat from a painting in his guest room. Some shrill blonde girl prattled on next to him.
" – And that was when I knew I would have to run away from my abusive father and the bullies at my school, because I simply couldn't go on living like that. Lucy and Edmund were the only ones kind enough to take me in, and bring me with them on holiday," she sighed. "What's your story?" She tossed her honey-blonde hair and batted her eyelashes, curling up next to him.
"Not now, woman, I'm trying to figure out where the nearest police station would be from this blasted boat," he muttered, shrugging her off and examining the fly on the guard rails of the ship.