Zaroki

Captain Archibald Haddock and Tintin certainly made an odd pair. 
The two people were different in so many ways; Tintin had a youthful, optimistic air about him that everyone could appreciate and he was so pleasantly carefree and quiet spoken, whereas Haddock was almost the opposite. To Tintin’s positive attitude, the Captain would often inject a contrasting cynical overview with a scatter of various reactions ranging from his powerful temper to his mindless, drunken ramblings. He was a lot more expressive so he didn’t try to suppress his emotions; he felt and he acted immediately. Tintin felt, assessed, considered more, and then acted based on reason and usually with as much tact as he could manage.

As implausible as their partnership was, they were very compatible. They hadn’t realized it, but they needed each other to balance their two personalities, to complete them. Their friendship was held together by their differences. Whenever the two would argue, which was on rare occasions, the Captain would be the first to raise his voice. It could be frightening when he yelled, as the reporter had noted by the reactions of whoever was on the receiving end of his rants on their numerous adventures, but Tintin had never been scared by it. The Captain didn’t do it to be intimidating, or to be genuinely hurtful, but it was just how he was; he had been a sea Captain and had needed to control an entire crew for several years, so it became an automatic thing for him to speak loudly so that he could be listened to. Tintin somehow understood this and would often just keep silent and wait it out until there was a brief pause where he could insert something he wanted to say, and be heard; for the most part he’d never try to shout back.

Their arguments were seldom severe because, despite any disagreements, they valued each other more than either could, or would, admit and they both knew when and where to draw the line. They didn’t need to explain this to each other as it had become a mutual understanding over the time they spent together building their friendship, and it became a shared knowledge between them that they hadn’t needed to openly talk about to know that it existed. They’d move on easily soon after any sort of fight they might have had.

Tintin, by nature, was a very forgiving person. He didn’t like to hold grudges, so even though he remembered many previous incidents, he wouldn’t use them as a backup unless it was absolutely necessary to his point. The Captain, on the other hand, did hold some degree of hard feelings, but they weren’t towards his friends. He’d save it for the people who might step in their way or threaten Tintin, or their lives. He was never too concerned with his own life when they were in serious trouble, and was usually more intent on finding a way for at least his young companion to get out of their situation if it came down to just the two of them. He didn’t see it as being overly paranoid, as some people would like to mention from time to time, but as simply being protective. He’d be damned if Tintin was to have his life cut short by someone or something while he was still around.

The Captain hadn’t spoken about these particular thoughts to anyone, and he didn’t think he needed to. The way he saw it, he’d already lived his life; he’d experienced the joys of growing up, travelling the seas, finding a first love, losing it, and then moving on, finding many new things as the years passed by. His friend, Tintin, on the other hand, still had so much more to see. He had so many years that he deserved to live through, and the life threatening dangers that had the potential to take that from him were the first on Captain Haddock’s list of Not Good – Don’t Ever Allow To Happen. If there was anything worth the time and effort to work for, it was their future, and through the Captains eyes, specifically Tintin’s. 

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The Captain and Tintin looked out and cared for each other unconditionally, and this had simply come to be without either of them uttering a single word about it.

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