Fic: Burden of Proof

[gileonnen]

Title: Burden of Proof
Author: gileonnen
Play: Richard II
Characters: Richard II/Henry Bolingbroke
Warnings: Dodgy sexual ethics; one line that sounds very vaguely like dubious consent; academic AU that may or may not verge on crackfic
Rating: PG-13; language and references to sexuality
Summary: The meeting could only be conducted on neutral territory.

Comments

[speak_me_fair]

I love this AU anyway, but the whole imagery of them behaving like spies on a bench just caught at my imagination perfectly!

And oh, Richard cannot resist the cheap gibe, and Henry is so uptight.....and yet still wins. It's such a perfect reflection of the play's relationship, and it's so fantastic to see minus about - oh, 80% of the trauma!

(Also, LOL at the fact it was Richard who shut Henry up!)

My favourite bit has to be the Terribly Awkward Handholding. That really was made of win.

[gileonnen]

HEE. I couldn't write this fic until I had that image.

*grin* I have frequently noted that it is my tendency to be incredibly gentle to characters--but now that I am working with Lea, there will eventually be repercussions for all of this blithe getting away with things.

^____^ I enjoyed writing that. But then, I have a thing for subverting traditional gestures of affection--handholding is supposed to be a sign that everything's been worked out, right? That they Like Each Other? ... no?

[speak_me_fair]

Oh yeah, your blithe Getting Away With Things will be subverted in much the same way as your traditional signs of affection have been....

(which, incidentally, I adore, mostly because I like to play with the other side of that coin and have traditional signs of enmity become displays of affection...)

[gileonnen]

(Is this a sign that you are going to write me more Hal/Hotspur? *hopeful look*)

[speak_me_fair]

In this AU? It would be my honour!

*beams happily*

[gileonnen]

Anywhere, but this AU would be fun. ^__^