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[idler_1814]

Well, I tried to come up with something new for the Boat Challenge, but to no avail. So, given that the option to "repost vintage creative endeavours" was available, I blew the dust off this one, originally posted in 2010 for the letter S in lokei's Horatio Hornblower Alphabet Soup ficathon. The boat in question is a steam tug, as it appears in a

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[anteros_lmc]

Oh thank you for reposting this! I remember reading this piece, it's so perfectly in character that it could easily be cannon. Beautifully written and very evocative.

Also, I think this was the first challenge I ever participated in :)

[idler_1814]

Oh, thank you! I think I'll post the 'annotated version' in the comments (as soon as I locate the last reference or two that insists upon eluding me....). It will make more sense when I do.

It just might have been your first challenge! I went back and re-read your entry, and thoroughly enjoyed it all over again. Killer ending!

[anteros_lmc]

I think I'll post the 'annotated version' in the comments (as soon as I locate the last reference or two that insists upon eluding me....)
Oh yes, please do post the annotated version!

Heh, it's ages since I've re-read Fidget. It's an exceptionally silly fic, but it was a lot of fun to write :}

[idler_1814]

Oh yes, please do post the annotated version!

Done!

Heh, it's ages since I've re-read Fidget. It's an exceptionally silly fic, but it was a lot of fun to write :}

I thought it was extremely clever, and not silly at all! There's more than enough angst in this fandom (looks guilty).

[anteros_lmc]

There's more than enough angst in this fandom (looks guilty).
Ahem. Guilty as charged ;)

[idler_1814]

Partners in crime, eh?