Bush, Meditative, by atropos_too (PG-13)
Fandom: HORATIO HORNBLOWER
Pairing: Horatio Hornblower/William Bush
Length: 480 words
Author on LJ: atropos_too
Author Website: at her LJ
Why this must be read:
The Horatio Hornblower Deck Shower is an institution in this fandom. It's the carrot that no new fangirl can believe until she reads it; it's the gaudy centrepiece of the joyful pornasbord that is our canon. Countless fics have been written about it, and they're delightful, but none has offered as mature an insight as this fic by atropos_too . This writer handles a somewhat risky device well - attributing complex insight to Bush - and I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that in the space of a few short paragraphs it encapsulates the essence of Bush/Hornblower, and why they compel and wrench our fangirl hearts. In 486 words.
Bush, Meditative
With each passing year the public baptism troubled him more. Not the eccentricity of it, nor the exposure. Nor jealousy. Jealousy he had learnt to live with.
Pairing: Horatio Hornblower/William Bush
Length: 480 words
Author on LJ: atropos_too
Author Website: at her LJ
Why this must be read:
The Horatio Hornblower Deck Shower is an institution in this fandom. It's the carrot that no new fangirl can believe until she reads it; it's the gaudy centrepiece of the joyful pornasbord that is our canon. Countless fics have been written about it, and they're delightful, but none has offered as mature an insight as this fic by atropos_too . This writer handles a somewhat risky device well - attributing complex insight to Bush - and I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that in the space of a few short paragraphs it encapsulates the essence of Bush/Hornblower, and why they compel and wrench our fangirl hearts. In 486 words.
Bush, Meditative
With each passing year the public baptism troubled him more. Not the eccentricity of it, nor the exposure. Nor jealousy. Jealousy he had learnt to live with.