"Shades of Grey," PG, Highlander/Forever Knight

[gryphonrhi]

I've been promising unovis_lj and devohoneybee a story with Darius, Lucien, and a chess board for ages. Here it is. Devo suggested 'stars, ocean, comfort' and this is what came out.

Usual disclaimers: Not mine, no money made. Rated PG, although it's likely G. Gen. Written for crossovers100, prompt # 46 - star. 2 down, 98 to go.

Comments

[devohoneybee]

I couldn't have asked for more with this. Two of my favorite charaters, creating a lovely mood together. Thank you so much! *happiness*

[gryphonrhi]

::pleased:: I'm so glad you liked it. I've been wanting to write something like that for years now and finally, it came out. Whee!

[gryphonrhi]

Thanks! The surprising thing to me was how easy it was to let them talk to each other. They seemed to be somewhere between mutual respect and friendship, which was a really neat feeling. I'm glad you liked it! (Great icon, too!)

[unovis]

This is an odd couple, certainly. I thought somehow they'd be at each other's throats *g*
I love the night setting, and the mystery of the sacred well.

[gryphonrhi]

::grinning:: Whereas I started writing and realized they enjoy verbal and chessboard sparring and actually like each other. A very pleasant surprise. Oh, speaking of pleasant surprises: The well is based off of a real one at St. Julien's. There's an online tour/history of St. Julien le Pauvre here that mentions it. The well is in the north apse; it is bricked up; it used to be sacred but they decided (when they quit selling the waters) that it was no longer healing people. I couldn't resist playing with it in this.

Anyway, glad you enjoyed the story, Unovis!

[vaznetti]

Oh, very nice. I liked the exchange about the sea, in particular, and the way you followed up on it.

[gryphonrhi]

Thanks! Figuring out how to follow up on that took a while, because I knew LaCroix was headed for St. Petersburg, but nowhere near the Atlantic. I finally gave up and ran with the differing seas. I'm glad you liked it -- thanks for writing to tell me!

[kaiz]

*happy sigh*

[gryphonrhi]

::grinning, bows:: Thanks!