FIC: Bunny's Innings (PG)

Apr 26, 2010 00:04

TITLE: Bunny's Innings
FANDOM: E.W. Hornung's Raffles series
AUTHOR: ajs_bunny
DATE WRITTEN: April 25, 2010
TIMEFRAME: Albany
CONTENT WARNING: same-sex intimacy
SUMMARY: Bunny fondly remembers another set of innings with Raffles.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: for rarepair50's first round: table 9 random #3, prompt 7: Stripes
WORD COUNT: 286
DISCLAIMER: Characters and situations have fallen into public domain. Anything else, including mistakes, are mine.


Although I could not hold myself up as a proper athletic Englishman, I could at least say I heartily supported the sportsman spirit of our time. Since my days as Raffles's fag, I had taken a keen interest in cricket.

Nothing was more resplendent than watching the human male athlete at the top of his form. There was something about the broadness of shoulder under the whites. I could not help but admire the musculature as it moved and shifted when the ball was bowled, the flow of movement when the leather hit the willow, or a long, lanky form as it stretched itself to catch the ball.

No one could be as sublime as Raffles when he bowled, and certainly none more superb at bat. I have often watched Raffles stunningly capture even the most errant ball, watching his numinous physique seemingly draw the ball from its trajectory and into his waiting hands.

And after innings closed, Raffles would throw his cricketing blazer across those broad shoulders and lead me as his guest to the pavilion to partake of some refreshments. Soaked through with sweat, Raffles's heady odor served as a masculine aphrodisiac. It was all I could do to smile into my glass as Raffles allowed himself to be regaled on his innings, waiting for the moment we could retire.

For it was that moment wherein I shined in my own sportsmanship. Ensconcing Raffles in his room, I took hold of that blazer and those whites. His flannels fell as my prey. And then England's great cricketer and all-rounder found himself in a wholly new set of innings of which I was the captain.

fic:bunny's innings, writing:fic, rating:pg, challenge:rarepair50

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