This is a belated birthday fic for anteros_lmc and follows in time and universe directly after the scene in her fic A Year which she posted for Sir Edward's birthday earlier this Summer ( Read more... )

The Navyboys Challenge inspired the "Uncle Philemon" agony column in which the good Captain Pellew, incognito, found somewhat to his chagrin, that he was answering queries from distracted young men of his own ship! It was a smut!fail and turned out rather differently from the intention of anteros_lmc and self imagined. However it did rather suggest to me that ( Read more... )

So, the Archie of the Victory had a fever and a runny nose and mylodon has been inspired to tell us an endearing tale...but she did let on about the fate of the last fresh hen's egg on board ( Read more... )

I had just thought that it was safe that my shopping lists were not going to come out in iambic pentametre again when a couple more sonnets ambushed me. So here they are: One of Archie in Ferrol and one of Pellew at Quiberon Bay. I keep thinking they are the last for a while and keep getting proved wrong- so no predictions this time ( Read more... )

Looking forward to the news on the concert , but this unfortunately wouldn't leave my only too easily smut - distracted brain after doing some ineffective research on Anteros' chasing the x' question, it follows on from my reply to that post and is a double drabble. In order to make sense of this , follow the thread of "X marks the what ( Read more... )

I know its long gone April 1st, so there is no excuse for this : but it came of pondering sonnets and is here in the hope it might cause a smile somewhere ( Read more... )

Here are what maybe the last for a while in the sonnet sequences, both these two about a duel - Archie on Horatio and Clayton and Edward after shooting Jack Simpson ( Read more... )

These two sonnets first crept in from left field after I was obscurely reminded by the small tome Pellew was reading to re - read my book of Spencer's sonnets by the #2 caption competition ( Read more... )

Title: The Mentor's Art

Author: Nodbear

Characters: Archie/Horatio, Pellew
Rating: G

Notes: Inspired by the Anteros' story Friend and Foe , and a subsequent exchange of  thoughts on Horatio's confessional instinct. He and Archie have much to ponder, but so does the Captain. This is an "extra view " of events after Archie is set a second watch.

( The Mentor's Art )