Fic: Scandal of the Town (origfic)
I wrote a runaway_tales AU (so effectively just unconnected origfic) for 
unconventionalcourtship this year (written back in January) but for various reasons, I wound up never posting it for the fest. However, I discovered it fitted a hc_bingo square ("fall from grace"), so I pulled it out again and have now further edited it, tweaked it, had it beta-ed, and finally got the ending more to my liking. I don't imagine it'll be of much interest to anyone, but here it is, nonetheless, and about time, really. (Sorry
aralias for all my wibbling back in spring/summer! Hopefully next year will be better. But at least now I get a bingo square too...)
Title: Scandal of the Town
Author: lost_spook
Fandom: Original Work
Pairing/Characters: Julia Graves/Edward Iveson (OFC/OMC)
Rating: Teen
Length: 26,067 words (3 chapters)
Summary: Thanks to one indiscretion, Edward Iveson's life and reputation is in ruins, until Julia Graves comes to his rescue with a proposal of marriage. Edward can hardly turn her down, but what is it that Julia wants from him?
From this summary, although it went seriously off-piste (but
aralias kindly said it could still count for the fest. I got carried away with the first line and forgot that the rest of the summary would demand pr0n neither I nor my characters are up to):
138) In the Flesh- Portia Da Costa
Victorian society already believes he’s a scarlet man. Why not become one? Edward’s reputation is in tatters. With scandalous photographs of him being scrutinized by the ton and his brother running them into debt, Edward’s only hope - a respectable marriage - is dashed. Then powerful, wealthy Julia offers an indecent proposal: for one month of hedonistic servitude she’ll pay off his brother’s debts. But nothing can prepare Edward for the worst, for discovering that he enjoys his degradation and delights in the dark fantasies that Julia has awakened. In fact, he’s fast becoming addicted to a life, and a woman, who can never wholly be his…
Notes: Also written for runaway_tales (prompts "role reversal" and "settle") and hc_bingo square "fall from grace). Some references to suicide and murder. With many thanks to persiflage_1 for the beta! (♥ Pers!)
Link: on AO3 | at Runaway Tales (LJ)
Crossposted from Dreamwidth -- Comments there:
unconventionalcourtship this year (written back in January) but for various reasons, I wound up never posting it for the fest. However, I discovered it fitted a hc_bingo square ("fall from grace"), so I pulled it out again and have now further edited it, tweaked it, had it beta-ed, and finally got the ending more to my liking. I don't imagine it'll be of much interest to anyone, but here it is, nonetheless, and about time, really. (Sorry
aralias for all my wibbling back in spring/summer! Hopefully next year will be better. But at least now I get a bingo square too...)
Title: Scandal of the Town
Author: lost_spook
Fandom: Original Work
Pairing/Characters: Julia Graves/Edward Iveson (OFC/OMC)
Rating: Teen
Length: 26,067 words (3 chapters)
Summary: Thanks to one indiscretion, Edward Iveson's life and reputation is in ruins, until Julia Graves comes to his rescue with a proposal of marriage. Edward can hardly turn her down, but what is it that Julia wants from him?
From this summary, although it went seriously off-piste (but
aralias kindly said it could still count for the fest. I got carried away with the first line and forgot that the rest of the summary would demand pr0n neither I nor my characters are up to):
138) In the Flesh- Portia Da Costa
Victorian society already believes he’s a scarlet man. Why not become one? Edward’s reputation is in tatters. With scandalous photographs of him being scrutinized by the ton and his brother running them into debt, Edward’s only hope - a respectable marriage - is dashed. Then powerful, wealthy Julia offers an indecent proposal: for one month of hedonistic servitude she’ll pay off his brother’s debts. But nothing can prepare Edward for the worst, for discovering that he enjoys his degradation and delights in the dark fantasies that Julia has awakened. In fact, he’s fast becoming addicted to a life, and a woman, who can never wholly be his…
Notes: Also written for runaway_tales (prompts "role reversal" and "settle") and hc_bingo square "fall from grace). Some references to suicide and murder. With many thanks to persiflage_1 for the beta! (♥ Pers!)
Link: on AO3 | at Runaway Tales (LJ)
Crossposted from Dreamwidth -- Comments there: