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January Challenge

Jan 05, 2012 20:03

Challenge until 31 January 2012

Topic: "Midnight!"

Remember, no explicit scenes, please. We're back on LJ.

Comments 2

_silverfox January 6 2012, 14:05:51 UTC

AN: This one is set not long before the 'It's a Plan' scene. Once again while the dialogue is fictional the persons and events are historical ( ... )

_silverfox January 6 2012, 14:06:01 UTC

Harry's eyes were red from crying when Colborne saw him again hours later. "Cadoux's dead," he said softly. "And it's all Skerret's fault. They could have held the bridge on their own, if only they'd had more ammunition, but Skerret would send neither support nor ammunition. He ordered them to retreat. Ordered them out of cover just when it got light enough to make them good targets."

"You did all you could," Colborne told him, but of course that didn't fix anything. They would discuss the events of this night many many times in the years that followed.