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Feb 18, 2006 20:06

For cimmerianwillow - inspired entirely by her gorgeous cartoons of Horatio and Archie.

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For Ci

Liquid brown eyes snapped into focus and, very slowly, Horatio moved his hand to intercept Archie’s.

“Do you need something, Lieutenant?” he said in a gruff tone just loud enough for the whole quarterdeck to hear but Archie moved not an inch.

“Why yes, Lieutenant, I believe I do,” Archie purred into his ear and it took all of Horatio’s self-control not to turn scarlet. William pointedly looked away.

“Well, I’m not a mind-reader, Lieutenant. Would you like to use your tongue?”

As soon as the words had left his mouth, he realised his grave tactical error. Smooth as flowing silk, all the hands migrated below and the Marines suddenly found something very interesting about the horizon. They were as good as alone on deck.

“Perhaps not, Lieutenant. I would not like to appear…out of place.”

Swift as a shadow, he was gone, leaving one excruciatingly frustrated Horatio Hornblower scarlet on deck.

“Imp,” he muttered, and followed his lover below.

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