The Original G&F Before F&G

They wore matching grins and had the same wicked glint in their eyes. In the photo, they jostled each other back and forth, but their rough-housing was in jest; they were brothers, and they loved each other fiercely. They were pranksters, mischief-makers, and they had the loveliest blue eyes this side of the Channel. Most days, Molly would shriek at Fred and George for making smoke-bombs in the attic. But then she’d turn to the photo of Gideon and Fabian and remember that her sons, like her brothers, had one life, and war could make it short.