The History Boys.
Fiona. Lockwood. Timms. Scripps. Rudge. Crushed bouquets and naivety.

(I blame insomnia for this.)

( She has to shout to be heard over the Allegretto movement. )

The History Boys.
Irwin. Posner. Rusty bicycles and muted sunlight.

Written for sansrialto for a fic exchange. Title (and subheadings) taken (without permission, naturally) from Elvis Costello's "Secondary Modern."

( The boy apparently had the habit of favouring a mixed drink that was, according to one Stuart Dakin, more strawberry milkshake with a thimbleful of vodka than anything else. )

The History Boys.
Posner. Dakin. Irwin. What is and what isn't.

Written for the prompt 'Posner/Dakin/Irwin - imagination running wild' for smallfandomfest. Many thanks to rainfire_dancer for her beta-ing, encouragement, and just plain rockin' the casbah. Subheadings all taken from various Zombies songs.

( Ironic that it's taken this much for them to finally come to an understanding. )

The History Boys.
Irwin. Timms. Unreliable lifts and undeniable mockery.

( There was a sudden sound, high and unpleasant and ominously reminiscent of those heard in cinemas playing blockbuster action films every drowsy Yorkshire summer. )

The History Boys.
Dakin. Irwin. Mental tallies and classroom one-upmanship.

Title comes from the Sahara Hotnights song, which also largely inspired this. Wanted to have a go at Dakin/Irwin properly for once, so. Er. We'll see, I guess?

( It isn't fucking fair. )

The History Boys.
Hector. Irwin. Lessons learned and lessons taught.

Five drabbles, all set to Hardy's The Dead Man Walking.

( It's been helping, the poetry. )

The History Boys.
Scripps. Posner. McCartney and Proust.

Practice. In more ways than one.

( He wants to be a writer. (He keeps a notebook.) )

The History Boys.
Fiona. Unbroken mirrors and sisterly love.

Another leftover from the music challenge. The album used is Blue Sunshine by The Glove, although the title comes from a song by The Cramps.

( She reads through the horoscopes in the issues of Vogue and Elle that litter her bed, never liking the ones that are supposed to apply to her. )

The History Boys.
Irwin. Posner. Bruckner and the values of teaching.

I am awful. (What else is new?)

( Although considered something of a celebrity, Irwin's not often approached by strangers when in public. )

The History Boys.
Lockwood. Posner. Accidents and assurances.

More of another exercise in character study than anything else. Title comes from the song by the Stone Roses.

( Best focus on something else, instead; like, for instance, the fact that his forehead feels like Churchill decided to make a comfortable ottoman out of it. )