Fic: "Y is for Yellow" (Hornblower, HH/WB, PG-13)

[brewsternorth]

Y is for Yellow
by Brewster North
for lokei's Horatio Hornblower Alphabet Soup ficathon
More from my “In a War that Never Ends” universe (New York firefighter AU). Implied HH/WB.
Length: 1007 words approx.
Rating: PG-13 for the grimness of the last bit, mainly.
Summary: A Secret Santa causes Hornblower to question his assumptions.

Comments

[wishfulaces]

Oh, what fun; I really do like what I've read of your firefighter AU. And it seems perfectly in character of Hornblower--allow himself to be "one of the gang," and it's all light and cheery--and then adds on a much more bittersweet note.

[brewsternorth]

Thanks!

[brewsternorth]

Should be! I poke at it from time to time, and sometimes it pokes back...

[mylodon]

I love AU HH. I've not come across this one before but I can see it working really well (maybe a better modern version of the boys than setting them in a modern navy - more immediacy/daily threat of danger and action?)

Loved the end, even though it also brought a lump to the throat.

[brewsternorth]

I'd read a couple of other AUs by quigonejinn that really opened my eyes to the possibilities of AUs in this fandom - and yes, there is both the camaraderie and the immediacy common to the original setting, which is probably why it lodged in my head and wouldn't let go.

Thanks!

[iansmomesq]

*FLAILS*

I love love love your firefighters!

And that ending omg.

[brewsternorth]

Thankyou thankyou! ♥