Wimseyfic fragment: We are orphans and fatherless

[nineveh_uk]

I have already made the mistake of taking a crackfic premise and thinking that it would be fun to explore it properly, it won’t really take too long... Having learned from this, I therefore give you as much as “Bunter and Lord Saint-George unexpectedly find themselves taking care of a mysterious baby” as there is ever likely to be.

We are orphans

Comments

[wellinghall]

As crackfic goes, that's pretty good :-)

[nineveh_uk]

Thank you!

[eglantine_br]

That mite is in good hands. I bet Bunter has hidden skills with cloth diapers! Not to mention the detectin'.

[nineveh_uk]

Bunter is of course a whizz at anything he puts his hands to. (The hideous fluff version of this story involves him ending up adopting the baby. If I ever write that you will know that I have been kidnapped and it's a cry for help.)

[marginaliana]

It's the mystery-solving duo that I didn't even know I wanted!

[nineveh_uk]

Maybe if I come up with a sensible plot one day!

[ideealisme]

Oh this sounds like an intriguing mess they've gotten into...a malicious part of me can't help hoping it *is* Lord Peter's, for maximum embarrassment.

[nineveh_uk]

The embarrassment quotient for that one would be excellent.

After spending all the time since he met Harriet in determined celibacy, Peter decides to have a one night stand shortly before the wedding to make sure his technique is still up to scratch...

[mrs_redboots]

Wonderful! Are we going to find out whose it is?

[auntyros]

I'm assuming it's Helen's and Gerald has taken pity on the poor mite by handing it off to Peter and Harriet, whose own children appear to be rather fun and well-adjusted.

[nineveh_uk]

Helen with a mid-forties baby is a fic plot I've never seen, but it would be hilarious.

[sonetka]

I would love to read that. I'm imagining her torn between fury at having to Go Through All That Again (maintaining a figure flat in both aspects takes enough effort!) and relief at having a potential spare if/when St. George gets himself killed in a car, plane, or some grisly combination of the two. She really wouldn't be happy with a girl, though.