094, 061 & 082
Title: Worth
Fandom: The Painted Veil (2006)
Characters: Dr Walter Fane/Kitty Fane
Prompt: 094 - Independence
Rating: PG
Summary: Was it worth it?
It had been worth marrying Walter to escape her mother’s domineering ways. Her mother and her always-smirking sister, Doris.
It had been worth marrying Walter to see some of the world, the world she had never thought she would experience.
But what good was seeing the world and escaping her mother when she could catch cholera and die at any moment?
Title: Inspiring
Fandom: The Painted Veil (2006)
Characters: Dr Walter Fane/Kitty Fane
Prompt: 061 - Winter
Rating: G
Summary: What would a warm winter be like?
This year, Walter wished that he and Kitty were in England for Winter. There could be cups of cocoa and blankets and huddling close together by the fire. Those things, he knew, were very good for inspiring romance and other romance-orientated subjects.
Shanghai winters would be too warm for that. He would have to think of another way to romance his wife.
And what on earth was he going to buy her for Christmas? The thought troubled him as he left the lab he worked in. He pondered upon it all the way home. Perhaps he’d ask his male colleagues for advice.
Title: Defeat
Fandom: The Painted Veil (2006)
Characters: Dr Walter Fane/Kitty Fane
Prompt: 082 - If
Rating: PG
Summary: The aftermath of a letdown.
What if Charlie had agreed to Walter’s terms and married me? Kitty wondered as she lay in bed, the night before she and Walter were to leave for Mei-Ton Fu. What would I be doing now?
I certainly would not be in bed feeling sorry for myself.
Why, she might even have been safe in Charlie’s arms, breathing in that gorgeous cologne he wore, having him stroke her hair…
Damn, you Charlie. And Walter, too.
She sobbed into her pillow until her eyes were puffy. And then she slept.
Fandom: The Painted Veil (2006)
Characters: Dr Walter Fane/Kitty Fane
Prompt: 094 - Independence
Rating: PG
Summary: Was it worth it?
It had been worth marrying Walter to escape her mother’s domineering ways. Her mother and her always-smirking sister, Doris.
It had been worth marrying Walter to see some of the world, the world she had never thought she would experience.
But what good was seeing the world and escaping her mother when she could catch cholera and die at any moment?
Title: Inspiring
Fandom: The Painted Veil (2006)
Characters: Dr Walter Fane/Kitty Fane
Prompt: 061 - Winter
Rating: G
Summary: What would a warm winter be like?
This year, Walter wished that he and Kitty were in England for Winter. There could be cups of cocoa and blankets and huddling close together by the fire. Those things, he knew, were very good for inspiring romance and other romance-orientated subjects.
Shanghai winters would be too warm for that. He would have to think of another way to romance his wife.
And what on earth was he going to buy her for Christmas? The thought troubled him as he left the lab he worked in. He pondered upon it all the way home. Perhaps he’d ask his male colleagues for advice.
Title: Defeat
Fandom: The Painted Veil (2006)
Characters: Dr Walter Fane/Kitty Fane
Prompt: 082 - If
Rating: PG
Summary: The aftermath of a letdown.
What if Charlie had agreed to Walter’s terms and married me? Kitty wondered as she lay in bed, the night before she and Walter were to leave for Mei-Ton Fu. What would I be doing now?
I certainly would not be in bed feeling sorry for myself.
Why, she might even have been safe in Charlie’s arms, breathing in that gorgeous cologne he wore, having him stroke her hair…
Damn, you Charlie. And Walter, too.
She sobbed into her pillow until her eyes were puffy. And then she slept.