#ben willbond how dare you break my heart like this

[cupparosielee]

OK, but can we all just have a moment for The Captain and Havers using each other's names, because that was an absolute stroke of genius in the writing of this scene.

They can't say how they feel. They can't have an open confession. They are being watched by a room full of army officers, they are risking so much by even holding hands while The Captain dies.

Havers stops The Captain short when he's trying to confess. The little "I know". They can't say how they feel, but they both know what they want to say.

But then this happens

Using each other's names.

Not their rank. Not sir. Not even surnames.

Their names.

It's so subtle but it is so incredibly powerful. It's personal. It's intimate. It's a confession without words.

I will never get over it.

#bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts spoilers #red lever #bbc ghosts the captain #bbc ghosts havers #the captain #lieutenant havers #capvers #ben willbond how dare you break my heart like this