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Corruptor by island_of_reil
Rating: M
Words: 456
No Archive Warnings Apply
Pairing: Marco/The Rat
Characters: Marco Loristan, The Rat
Summary: "Obviously, you've corrupted me," Marco had said more than once to him in bed, all ropes untied and all fires spent.

Cross-posted to the-lamp-is-lighted and rarelitslash.

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Lover and Scholar by island_of_reil

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: The Lost Prince, Frances Hodgson Burnett

Rating: M

Word count: 6383

No archive warnings

Relationships: The Rat/Original Female Character; Marco Loristan/The Rat (past)

Characters: The Rat, Original Female Character

Additional Tags: Internalized Ableism, Angst, Intercrural Sex, Heavy Petting, Post-Canon, 1920s

Summary: The Rat is in love with Antonija, the American-born daughter of the Samavian scholar who tutored her alongside the Rat and Marco. Antonija wants to spend her life with the Rat. But she also wants to follow in her father’s footsteps, and she is leaving Samavia to study abroad. The Rat fears he may lose her someday to a man who can stand up straight and walk without crutches. Even more than that, he fears she might die trying to bear any child he could give her.

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[Cross-posted to the_lamp_is_lighted.]
 

As long promised, this is for osprey_archer. Why? See here and here.

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Marco's Splendid Chest

"My God, Marco," the Rat said, "what a splendid chest you have."

Marco chuckled. "Well, thank you, Rat. I have Rastka to thank for finding it for me."

The Rat, leaning on his crutches by Marco's chest, ran an appreciative hand over the satiny-smooth mahogany and the well-defined carvings. Idly he fondled the two delicate knobs that were at eye level with him.

"Where did Rastka find it, may I ask? It's one of the loveliest gentleman's chests I've laid eyes, or hands, on."

"I believe," Marco said, "it initially belonged to one of the Iarovitch. Since the war, it had sat in a storage room, neglected and unappreciated."

"Well, I intend to appreciate it greatly every time I'm in your office," the Rat said. "Would you mind terribly if I looked in your drawers?"

"No, not at all," Marco said. "You're my aide-de-camp, and there are no secrets from you in this office."

The Rat leaned forward a little more to slide one perfectly oiled drawer open. Gazing at the various odds and ends arranged inside with all the neatness and organization one would expect of Stefan Loristan's son, he exclaimed, "My word, you certainly have a great deal in your drawers."

"Indeed," Marco said. "A prince will always have a great deal to keep in his drawers. However, if you ever have the need to put something into them yourself, you have my express permission."

"Thank you, Marco," the Rat said, "that will be good to keep in mind. Unfortunately, as much as I'd like to stand here and admire your chest some more, I must go."

"Ah," Marco said. "Will you be drilling the new Army recruits? Or handling the boat full of seamen that's docked in the river?"

"Neither," the Rat replied. "It's time for my weekly blacking of your father's boots."

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Well, what did you think I was talking about?

Vassal, Chapter 1 of 2 (15,016 words) by island_of_reil
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Marco Loristan/The Rat, Marco Loristan/Original Female Character
Characters: Marco Loristan, The Rat, The Emperor's Favorite (Prince Rudolf of Vienna), Original Female Characters, Original Male Characters
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, Implied/Referenced Torture, Period-Typical Homophobia, Period-Typical Ableism, Execution, Hanging, Infidelity, Angst
Additional Tags: Loyalty, Political Intrigue, 1920s
Summary: It is six years after the events of "Lord and Liege." Happy in his marriage to Paulina, who has since borne two little princes and a princess, Marco has been able to resist his longing for the Rat. In the meantime, the Rat has attached himself romantically to a nobleman whom Marco does not fully trust.
     Marco has enacted some reforms to Samavian law, but nowhere near enough. When the nobility’s violent opposition put the Rat in danger, Marco gave up on reform temporarily. But he cannot do so forever, especially not with the threat of the Soviets so close at hand. The Rat suggests they quietly slip away to his lover’s remote mountain dacha to work on the reforms without opposition or the attention of spies. In this peaceful rural setting, they must acknowledge what they are to one another — and face grave danger.

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