FIC: Iron Sharpeneth Iron (Sexby/Rainsborough, Sexby/Angelica, R)

[snowgrouse]

Title: Iron Sharpeneth Iron
Author: snowgrouse
Fandom: The Devil's Whore
Pairing: Edward Sexby/Thomas Rainsborough, Edward Sexby/Angelica Fanshawe
Rating: R for horror imagery, mild slash and het
Length: ~1028 words
Summary: Thomas would haunt him unto death.
A/N: Thanks to thisisgallifrey and 45eugenia for betaing and feedback, and for putting up with my dithering

Comments

[snowgrouse]

I envy you. And yes, the best sort of melodramas are those laced with plenty of blood and tears and lots of pretty. And seeing as John Simm is possibly the greatest actor I've ever seen on my screen, I am still just reeling from the fact that he should star in something set in my favourite period. I know they took liberties with the history in this one, but I feel they did it well, because even my inner history nerd wasn't complaining too much. Knowing there was an actual rumour going around that Cromwell had orchestrated Rainsborough's death and all that. And Simm's comment about Sexby falling in love with both Angelica and Rainsborough for different reasons kind of inspired this fic--I can totally believe he's pretty much a Kinsey 1 who just falls in love with Rainsborough and what he represents, falls in love with this idol of his and his strength and his morals and they are eventually more important to him than a woman's romantic love. It's sad, of course, but entirely believable.

And gosh, I'm rambling. Sorry about that, the Midsummer festivities are in full swing up here in Scandinavia and I've had a few. But Baroque, damn it!