"Lord and Liege"
Jun. 27th, 2013 09:59 amLord and Liege (13,571 words) by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
island_of_reil
Rating: Mature
Relationships: Marco Loristan/The Rat, Marco Loristan/Original Female Character
Characters: Marco Loristan, The Rat, Canon Characters, Original Female Characters, Original Male Characters
Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions of Illness, Graphic Descriptions of Wartime Violence
Additional Tags: Post-World War I, Loyalty, Influenza, Internalized Homophobia
Summary: The Great War took Stefan; the great epidemic nearly took the Rat. He recovered, and so have both Marco and Samavia. Now it is time for Marco to take a queen. A brave young woman, the daughter of patriots, catches his eye... but she is not the only one he wants.
After a lifetime of hardship, self-denial, trauma, and grief, Marco is unsure he can trust in pleasure, especially forbidden pleasure. But, as the Rat tells him, Samavia needs to see more than just courage and honor in its king: "Now they want you to show them it was all worth surviving. They want to see joy in you, too."
Read Lord and Liege at An Archive of Our Own.
island_of_reilRating: Mature
Relationships: Marco Loristan/The Rat, Marco Loristan/Original Female Character
Characters: Marco Loristan, The Rat, Canon Characters, Original Female Characters, Original Male Characters
Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions of Illness, Graphic Descriptions of Wartime Violence
Additional Tags: Post-World War I, Loyalty, Influenza, Internalized Homophobia
Summary: The Great War took Stefan; the great epidemic nearly took the Rat. He recovered, and so have both Marco and Samavia. Now it is time for Marco to take a queen. A brave young woman, the daughter of patriots, catches his eye... but she is not the only one he wants.
After a lifetime of hardship, self-denial, trauma, and grief, Marco is unsure he can trust in pleasure, especially forbidden pleasure. But, as the Rat tells him, Samavia needs to see more than just courage and honor in its king: "Now they want you to show them it was all worth surviving. They want to see joy in you, too."
Read Lord and Liege at An Archive of Our Own.
