Art: A Friend Such As You
Title: A Friend Such As You for sutcliff_swap, for recipient thewolvesintherain
Artist: alby_mangroves
Fandom: The Eagle of the Ninth, by Rosemary Sutcliff
Pairing: Gen
Characters: Esca, Uncle Aquila, a piglet
Rating: G
Media: Conte, charcoal
Disclaimer: I own nothing. No harm or disrespect is intended.
Summary: On the way home from the marketplace, Aquila happens upon Esca ...and Esca's new friend.
Notes: I just knew that one amazing day, I'd get to tag something with "Pigs" :D Pinch-hitting for this fest was really cool- I'm not familiar with any of the other works by Rosemary Sutcliff, but I couldn't resist taking this on, if only to break my brain on how to visually portray book canon Esca without bringing Jamie into it. It was a challenge but it was FUN :) And Uncle Aquila? Well, the book describes him as very tall, big, beautiful hands, bald, like a turtle.. (!!!???) so yeah. there is that...
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"I can't imagine how this idea came about," Aquila says, eyes flicking between a grinning Esca and the squirming piglet in his arms.
The market's alive with noise and colour as they make their way through, each returning home from a different errand, having happened upon one another by accident.
"Marcus once said he should like to see me with a suckling pig," Esca says lightly, as though it's not the most ridiculous thing.
Aquila decides then and there he's not going to ask any more questions.
"Don't let it near the kitchen," he says, "Sassticca will have both your hides and his bacon to boot."
Esca laughs, the sun bright on his face. A happy, carefree laugh. "I'll keep him away from the house."
"And you'll have to take him with you when you leave," Aquila says, watching with delight as Esca's grin turns to excitement at the reminder of this new life he and Marcus have been granted, one which will soon take them to the Down Country.
They walk home in companionable silence a while, but the worry he's been feeling for his nephew must be closer to the surface than he realised, for Esca quietly says,
"We shall do well enough, Marcus and I," and Aquila is quite certain that Esca is unaware of Marcus having voiced the exact same sentiment but a few days ago.
"I suppose you will at that," he replies, thinking, Marcus is lucky to have a friend such as you.
He rests his hand on Esca's shoulder and squeezes. "You shall do just fine."
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AO3 | Tumblr | DA
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Artist: alby_mangroves
Fandom: The Eagle of the Ninth, by Rosemary Sutcliff
Pairing: Gen
Characters: Esca, Uncle Aquila, a piglet
Rating: G
Media: Conte, charcoal
Disclaimer: I own nothing. No harm or disrespect is intended.
Summary: On the way home from the marketplace, Aquila happens upon Esca ...and Esca's new friend.
Notes: I just knew that one amazing day, I'd get to tag something with "Pigs" :D Pinch-hitting for this fest was really cool- I'm not familiar with any of the other works by Rosemary Sutcliff, but I couldn't resist taking this on, if only to break my brain on how to visually portray book canon Esca without bringing Jamie into it. It was a challenge but it was FUN :) And Uncle Aquila? Well, the book describes him as very tall, big, beautiful hands, bald, like a turtle.. (!!!???) so yeah. there is that...
~~o~~
"I can't imagine how this idea came about," Aquila says, eyes flicking between a grinning Esca and the squirming piglet in his arms.
The market's alive with noise and colour as they make their way through, each returning home from a different errand, having happened upon one another by accident.
"Marcus once said he should like to see me with a suckling pig," Esca says lightly, as though it's not the most ridiculous thing.
Aquila decides then and there he's not going to ask any more questions.
"Don't let it near the kitchen," he says, "Sassticca will have both your hides and his bacon to boot."
Esca laughs, the sun bright on his face. A happy, carefree laugh. "I'll keep him away from the house."
"And you'll have to take him with you when you leave," Aquila says, watching with delight as Esca's grin turns to excitement at the reminder of this new life he and Marcus have been granted, one which will soon take them to the Down Country.
They walk home in companionable silence a while, but the worry he's been feeling for his nephew must be closer to the surface than he realised, for Esca quietly says,
"We shall do well enough, Marcus and I," and Aquila is quite certain that Esca is unaware of Marcus having voiced the exact same sentiment but a few days ago.
"I suppose you will at that," he replies, thinking, Marcus is lucky to have a friend such as you.
He rests his hand on Esca's shoulder and squeezes. "You shall do just fine."
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AO3 | Tumblr | DA
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