[Witches' Horses] Swallow's Tail

[named_by_rhyme]

Title: like a brick from above
'Verse/characters: Swallow's Tail; Helena, Sascha, Petrovich, Taarstad
Prompt: 66A "drifting"
Word Count: 396
Notes: 2/3, follows heartbeats in the dark

Comments

[klgaffney]

i like this. it's quick and rock hard and solid, in my head.

[coastal_physics]

I'm so ship brained. :P

[klgaffney]

hee. if it's really driving you batshit y'can try layering your own context over it? 'cause i could see "horse = boat," but it could be a dinghy or a great huge steamship/oceanliner. it's just translating it to a different metaphor set?

[taennyn]

Technically neither; 'Stas' the nickname is a permissible short name for 'Stanislav', which in this context is a surname.

Helena's once-Stas and Sergeivich's Stas aren't the same man, but they're second or third cousins. Lev Petrovich (Helena's) gave up the nickname when he was declared a casualty of war. Itzaak Nicolaievich (the general's Stas) is still actively using it, because he's never had a reason to stop.

Same system--Helena's even slept with the Stas who's not her commanding officer--same army, different paths, different men.

[taennyn]

Oh, good. :) I was worried that I was over-succinct.