Perfect Duet's paid account and the Oakum Meme (II)

[esteven]

Some lovely person was so kind to gift perfect_duet with two months of paid time. Whoever it was, please pm me, so I can thank you properly. :D The gift makes the Oakum Meme so much easier because it brought the subject headers back.

So, once more onto the breach:

Here at this post you will find all prompts/requests we have so far received on LJ and on DW

Comments

007

[anonymous]

In Master and Commander there's no mention at all of any intelligence-work. Then, rather suddenly, Stephen is up to his ears in skulduggery. How and when and by whom did he get roped in?

Re: 007 - physician - naval officer - spy - oh my (1)

[anonymous]

Please note that this fic contains excerpts from MC and TGS, The quotes are in italics and, like Jack and Stephen, belong to Patrick O’Brian

Even in the dark Stephen would not have missed this path. It wound up, crossing and recrossing the stream, its steps kept open by the odd fisherman after crayfish, the impotent men going to bathe in the pool and by a few other travellers; and his hand reached out of itself for the branch that would help him over a deep place - a branch polished by many hands. Up and up: and the warm air sighing through the pines. He watched the boats below for a while and then sat down by a great stone. The friend had been a mere pretext for this retreat into the country.

He smiled; the conversation with Aubrey about fresh water had offered him the perfect opportunity to leave the ship for a few hours without arousing suspicion. Not that he had anything to hide, but Sophie was small and cramped and he had been missing the wide open spaces and the solitude of the countryside for some time. The commander had

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[anonymous]

A few days would surely pass before Sophie returned, so Stephen felt he might as well make the most of his free time by going to Tarragona, where several members of his large and sprawling Catalan family and various acquaintances lived. His mind made up, he put the stone into his bag and walked briskly away from the ruins towards the road leading into the large city. The morning air shimmered around him, already distorting the lines of the horizon

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[anonymous]

He thought about it again as he went to bed. He had been away for years and they did not know if he was to be trusted. Maybe he was being too suspicious only because his feelings were tainted by the time he had been concerned in the Irish rising almost three years ago, together with his family and friends on the island? His thoughts became muddled just before sleep claimed him

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[anonymous]

*****
In the afternoon, when the sun was no longer shining from a blazing sky, En Jordi proposed they should take the air in the park not far from the cathedral, as he would like to speak of more personal matters. They walked for a long time in companionable silence. Once, between the pines, Stephen’s uncle asked how he had come to serve in the English Royal Navy: after all, part of his family was Irish and from what had come down through family contacts it seemed he had been sympathetic to Irish independence, or was that not so?

Stephen considered his reply carefully before he explained how he had come to be surgeon aboard Sophie. He also spoke of John Aubrey, her commander, who, though English, showed a high sense of honour and duty and with whom he shared his taste in music

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[anonymous]

‘I see,’ Somerville rumbled, ‘and I will make certain your conditions are heard and heeded.’ Then he spoke of one Mateu, a wealthy man dealing in contraband, who had been so angered by some of the actions against his ships and the damage he had sustained, that he had paid a ship of force to pursue the Sophie. He proposed to introduce Stephen to one of the man’s relatives. They would meet the cousin tomorrow before church, as he was a patron and lover of Palestrina’s music.

Sure, it was easy for Stephen to strike up a most agreeable conversation with Ramon Mateu i Cadafalch on the steps of the cathedral, with the sun warming the morning air around them. They mentioned Victoria and spoke of details of Lasso’s Missa Osculetur me Osculo in comparison to the Missa Brevis they were about to hear

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[anonymous]

This is awesome! Thanks so much - loved it! :D

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[anonymous]

I am so pleased it meets with your approval

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[anonymous]

Oh what a joy it is to read this! I love it all, but particularly the moment where Stephen considers his relationship with Jack and realises that yes, indeed, they are friends.

And the slyness of enough food to feed the five thousand or just Jack!

Thank you; a delight from start to finish.

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[anonymous]

I am so very glad that you are enjoying my small offering. It was fun writing it within the premises of MC and TGS

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[anonymous]

I already said thank-you elsewhere, but THANK YOU again :-) :-)

A story that purports to be about intelligence-work but is actually all about how much Stephen misses his friend. Awwwwww... it's so sweet :-)

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[anonymous]

*glomps you*
It was fun to write it within the premises of MC and TGS.

but is actually all about how much Stephen misses his friend. Awwwwww... it's so sweet :-)
Sorry, but I can write only fluff
*sighs* ;D

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[anonymous]

Oh I love reading about Stephen! This was awesome, tyvm!!!XD

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[anonymous]

It is always pleasing to read about Stephen...and Jack. So pleased you liked the small fic. :D

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[sidlj]

This is now my personal canon! It's just perfect. :-)

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[anonymous]

This is the biggest praise
*bushes*
I am so thrilled you liked it