fic: The Shoaling Sea - Part I & II
Continuing the theme of epic multi-chapter fics being posted today . . .
Title: The Shoaling Sea
Summary: Hornblower is kidnapped and Bush picks up the pieces.
Characters: Bush/Hornblower (slow developing slash), Cornwallis, Doughty, Cargill . . .
Rating: ranges from PG to R, mostly PG13
Era: Hornblower and the Hotspur (bookverse), can be enjoyed if you've seen Loyalty and Duty (just pretend Cornwallis is Pellew, and Cargill is Orrock :D)
Length: ~50,000 total, broken in to about 15 parts (I have 40k words written, and am mostly filling in gaps at this point, so expect swift updates, with the entire story finished in 2 wks max)
Part I - 4400 words
Part II - 3100 words