From Old World to New
Title: From Old World to New
Author: rotrude
Artist:altocello
Pairings/characters: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 48,000
Warnings:
Disclaimer: The Merlin characters don't belong to me but to the BBC.
Author's notes:(i) Thanking side_steppings for the quick but careful emergency beta-read and reformatting. You've really pulled off a miracle here. So, grateful, believe me.
(ii)Also thanking altocello who also came through at the last minute and created some wonderful, beautiful, astonishing Jugendstil art for this (upcoming). It's so breath-taking and period fitting it brought tears to my eyes.
Artist's notes: Upcoming!
Summary: Gilded Age AU. 1905. With no job prospects left in his native Ireland, Galway man Merlin Emrys emigrates to the United States. Once there, a whirlwind of circumstance brings him into the employ of Arthur, son of building magnate Uther Pendragon, a man who daily brushes shoulders with the New York elite of Vanderbilts and Astors. As he takes up his job, however, Merlin realises Arthur is radically different from his peers, his willingness to do good shining through. Where Merlin's admiration will lead him, he doesn't know, but feel it he does. As other familial bonds take a claim on him, Merlin fights to shape his new life.
Story link: From Old World to New
Art link: Upcoming!
Author: rotrude
Artist:altocello
Pairings/characters: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 48,000
Warnings:
Disclaimer: The Merlin characters don't belong to me but to the BBC.
Author's notes:(i) Thanking side_steppings for the quick but careful emergency beta-read and reformatting. You've really pulled off a miracle here. So, grateful, believe me.
(ii)Also thanking altocello who also came through at the last minute and created some wonderful, beautiful, astonishing Jugendstil art for this (upcoming). It's so breath-taking and period fitting it brought tears to my eyes.
Artist's notes: Upcoming!
Summary: Gilded Age AU. 1905. With no job prospects left in his native Ireland, Galway man Merlin Emrys emigrates to the United States. Once there, a whirlwind of circumstance brings him into the employ of Arthur, son of building magnate Uther Pendragon, a man who daily brushes shoulders with the New York elite of Vanderbilts and Astors. As he takes up his job, however, Merlin realises Arthur is radically different from his peers, his willingness to do good shining through. Where Merlin's admiration will lead him, he doesn't know, but feel it he does. As other familial bonds take a claim on him, Merlin fights to shape his new life.
Story link: From Old World to New
Art link: Upcoming!