Fic: Blood On The Snow (4/6)
Title: Blood On The Snow (4/6)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Pairings/Characters (this chapter): Mel/Johnny, J. Edgar Hoover
Fandom: Public Enemies
Genres: AU, Fairytale, Romance
Rating (this chapter): PG-13
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Not really.
General Summary: The Grand Duke is charged by the King to bring in the Rogue Knight…but the fairest Knight in all the land falls in love with him instead.
Chapter Summary: Mel suffers for love of his Johnny.
Date Of Completion: August 24, 2009
Date Of Posting: November 22, 2009
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, Universal does, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 517
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Notes: I’ve written straightforward fairytales before in other fandoms and got an idea for this one, but then my Muses threw me a curve and insisted that this story become a hybrid of classical fairtyale and 1930s, so that’s why you’ll see Kings and Knights but greatcoats and fedoras instead of armor, and cars instead of horses. Hopefully it works! Enjoy! ;)
All chapters can be found here.
IV
THE COLD AND DARK TOWER
Dearest Mel,
I pine for thee,
As I watch and wait.
All my gold
Is not as
Bright
As thee.
Johnny’s Letter to Mel
September 27, 1934 C.E.
Spring came and the buds grew into flowers, the grass green and the trees leafy, then turned to long-shadowed days as heat shimmered on the plains and in the mountains and woods and by the sea, and the leaves began to turn again as the weather grew crisp.
Throughout the long months, Johnny sent letters of flowing script via private messenger, and Mel wrote back, longing for release as the Castle grew darker and the spotlight brighter until the glare was harsh, weakening his eyes.
He worked ceaselessly, hunting down Mad Dog Nelson, revenge in his heart for the butchering of his men by that madman.
Yet Public Enemy No. 1 remained the most exciting highwayman of them all, and free. He was given the name Prince Of The Prairies, the Duke raging at the royal title.
& & & & & &
The door to Mel’s work chambers slammed open.
“Duke Edgar! What…”
Edgar’s face was contorted in rage, a piece of paper crumpled in his hand. Mel’s heart sank as he recognized the pale yellow vellum paper.
Edgar shook his fist in Mel’s face. “Traitor! Mooning over that common highwayman!”
“He is of noble blood.”
“Then he is a noble thief! You, sir, are through!”
And the vengeful Duke shut up the Dark Knight in the Tower, taking charge of the hunt for the Rogue Knight, ‘taking off the white gloves’.
As the days went by, Mel grew gaunt and shadow-eyed, sick with worry over his Beloved and his men, barely allowed food and water as he grew pale from lack of sun, truly now a Prince Of The Snows. He had but a bed and small writing table and one chair, a small supply of candles, a small collection of books, but no fire in the hearth, and the cold swept through the stone chamber as he had only a thin quilt to wrap himself in.
Every day the Duke came to him, and every day Mel refused to share his bed.
“You would be out of this cold Tower, Sir Melvin, and be given good food and a fire in the hearth.”
“I have honor, sir. I must be true to my love.”
“Be stiff-necked, my shining paragon. Because when I capture your thieving lover, you will come to me to save his miserable life. I will enjoy flaying his skin unless I am allowed to taste yours.”
Edgar departed, leaving a stricken Mel standing alone in the middle of the cold and dark Tower.
& & & & & &
Johnny grew angry as he learned of his Beloved’s fate. How dare that spotlight-sucking Duke imprison his gentle lover?
And worse, it was rumored that his beautiful Mel was fending off the Duke’s advances.
Well, that just was not going to pass muster with him!
He had to rescue his beautiful Dark Knight before it was too late!
Author: BradyGirl_12
Pairings/Characters (this chapter): Mel/Johnny, J. Edgar Hoover
Fandom: Public Enemies
Genres: AU, Fairytale, Romance
Rating (this chapter): PG-13
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Not really.
General Summary: The Grand Duke is charged by the King to bring in the Rogue Knight…but the fairest Knight in all the land falls in love with him instead.
Chapter Summary: Mel suffers for love of his Johnny.
Date Of Completion: August 24, 2009
Date Of Posting: November 22, 2009
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, Universal does, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 517
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Notes: I’ve written straightforward fairytales before in other fandoms and got an idea for this one, but then my Muses threw me a curve and insisted that this story become a hybrid of classical fairtyale and 1930s, so that’s why you’ll see Kings and Knights but greatcoats and fedoras instead of armor, and cars instead of horses. Hopefully it works! Enjoy! ;)
All chapters can be found here.
IV
THE COLD AND DARK TOWER
Dearest Mel,
I pine for thee,
As I watch and wait.
All my gold
Is not as
Bright
As thee.
Johnny’s Letter to Mel
September 27, 1934 C.E.
Spring came and the buds grew into flowers, the grass green and the trees leafy, then turned to long-shadowed days as heat shimmered on the plains and in the mountains and woods and by the sea, and the leaves began to turn again as the weather grew crisp.
Throughout the long months, Johnny sent letters of flowing script via private messenger, and Mel wrote back, longing for release as the Castle grew darker and the spotlight brighter until the glare was harsh, weakening his eyes.
He worked ceaselessly, hunting down Mad Dog Nelson, revenge in his heart for the butchering of his men by that madman.
Yet Public Enemy No. 1 remained the most exciting highwayman of them all, and free. He was given the name Prince Of The Prairies, the Duke raging at the royal title.
& & & & & &
The door to Mel’s work chambers slammed open.
“Duke Edgar! What…”
Edgar’s face was contorted in rage, a piece of paper crumpled in his hand. Mel’s heart sank as he recognized the pale yellow vellum paper.
Edgar shook his fist in Mel’s face. “Traitor! Mooning over that common highwayman!”
“He is of noble blood.”
“Then he is a noble thief! You, sir, are through!”
And the vengeful Duke shut up the Dark Knight in the Tower, taking charge of the hunt for the Rogue Knight, ‘taking off the white gloves’.
As the days went by, Mel grew gaunt and shadow-eyed, sick with worry over his Beloved and his men, barely allowed food and water as he grew pale from lack of sun, truly now a Prince Of The Snows. He had but a bed and small writing table and one chair, a small supply of candles, a small collection of books, but no fire in the hearth, and the cold swept through the stone chamber as he had only a thin quilt to wrap himself in.
Every day the Duke came to him, and every day Mel refused to share his bed.
“You would be out of this cold Tower, Sir Melvin, and be given good food and a fire in the hearth.”
“I have honor, sir. I must be true to my love.”
“Be stiff-necked, my shining paragon. Because when I capture your thieving lover, you will come to me to save his miserable life. I will enjoy flaying his skin unless I am allowed to taste yours.”
Edgar departed, leaving a stricken Mel standing alone in the middle of the cold and dark Tower.
& & & & & &
Johnny grew angry as he learned of his Beloved’s fate. How dare that spotlight-sucking Duke imprison his gentle lover?
And worse, it was rumored that his beautiful Mel was fending off the Duke’s advances.
Well, that just was not going to pass muster with him!
He had to rescue his beautiful Dark Knight before it was too late!