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Harboured and Encompassed, Chapter 5

Jan 28, 2017 12:03

Title: Harboured and Encompassed
Author: BBCPhile
Chapter: 5/25
Word Count: 3298
Pairing: Horatio Hornblower/Archie Kennedy
AO3 link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/9135700/chapters/21454868

Summary: All Horatio wanted from his internship at the National Maritime Museum’s special collections was some time alone with the Nelson-era naval ( Read more... )

character: matthews, character: archie kennedy, character: styles, pairing: hornblower/kennedy, author: bbcphile, fanworks: fanfiction, character: horatio hornblower

Comments 4

eglantine_br January 29 2017, 03:01:19 UTC

Poor awkward lovable Horatio, the century does not change him. I waited all week to read this next chapter. Waiting eagerly for the date night...

bbcphile January 29 2017, 03:08:23 UTC

*giant grin * I'm so glad you're still enjoying it! I'm thrilled that I'm managing to preserve enough aspects of his 18th century self! His adorable awkwardness is so much fun to write!
Sorry to keep you on tenterhooks for the date night! :D

Dating Research! bauhiniakapok January 29 2017, 23:25:38 UTC

So I was at our cozy, well-stocked, church library, chatting with a sweet, innocent young friend there about Hornblower, of all things, and blushing furiously because, even though I was very carefully NOT mentioning all the slash and especially smut I've been reading lately, it has become so engrained in my perception of Horatio that it's hard to remember the books and TV are probably only rated G or PG and are therefore Safe To Discuss In Church. (I mean, the first time I saw Horatio Carrying Archie's Unresisting Body In The Rain, I was at home with my parents, and we thought nothing of it. We never thought anything slashy of Holmes and Watson, Wooster and Jeeves, Sharpe and Harper, or Poirot and Hastings, either. I didn't even know slash was a thing until about a year ago. I tell myself that it's okay to be into it now, because the boys are so pretty together, and all these authors are such lovely intelligent people. True, right?)

So, I happened to glance down at the bookshelf next to me, and saw this title:

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RE: Dating Research! bbcphile January 31 2017, 16:32:06 UTC

I'm honored that you felt so inspired by my story that you decided to look around for books Horatio might use for research! Also, welcome to wearing slash goggles ; your world will never be the same! :D

And yeah, as evidenced by the fact that I'm writing a novel-length AU about our navy boys falling in love, I unabashedly love this stuff; I just wish more media would make queer relationships explicit rather than implicit! Representation is so important! But that's a very long spiel for another day! :D

Thanks again for your dedication to my fic!