Title: These Unending Alchemies of Honour
Fandom(s): FFXII:OGC
Characters/Pairings: Vaan/Gabranth, Basch, Larsa, Penelo
Rating: PG13
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers through the end of the game. Full disclosure: canonically, Vaan is 17 and Gabranth is 36 so. Uh. Yeah. Pedobear seal of approval.
Feedback: Holy sweet jesus, yes please. For anyone who wants to give me some serious crit, I've put together some notes/concerns at the very end of the
copy on my Dreamwidth.
Word Count: 38,500 WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN
Summary: Gabranth lives, and there is nothing simple about it- not for him, nor Basch, and most especially not Vaan.
Notes: Written for
ff_exchange as a backup gift for
chaosraven's prompt: Vaan/Gabranth. Post-game, Gabranth lives to tell the tale and Vaan is stuck with conflicting feelings.
OKAY UH. I have a lot of people to thank here, and also a few notes on canon, not to mention my crit notes. I'll be doing the thanking here, the canon notes at the end, and the crit notes on the
DW copy only.
A huge thanks to
first_seventhe for the gamma read, the beta read, the cheerleading. This story could not have happened without you and your awesome suggestions. Another huge thanks to
bottle_of_shine, for beta reading, putting up with my woe and whining, staving off my panic attacks for the past week, and babysitting em as I painstakingly finished editing this thing. Thanks also go to
lassarina for help in the early stages of plotting and also for listening to my endless moaning. Finally, thanks to
mithrigil for the advice on language; though I didn't have time to ask for a full language beta, the advice you gave me was very helpful.
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These Unending Alchemies of Honour)
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