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FIC: Troubled Waters (1/1) Hornblower

Apr 18, 2011 13:19

TITLE: Troubled Waters
AUTHOR: Laura Smith
PAIRING: Bush, Hornblower
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: Still waters run deep.
DISCLAIMER: Horatio Hornblower and all the characters therein belong to people who are not me. I make no profit from this, I just like playing with them.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Written for redheadaholic for help_japan. Hope you enjoy, darling! Thank you so much for ( Read more... )

fic - 04/11, hornblower

Comments 10

eglantine_br April 18 2011, 22:03:05 UTC

I love this. Bush being compelled to do what he knows what is right. Horatio too. Bush, alone as he is, knows more about married love. They are so real, in the freezing rain. Thank you.

romanticalgirl April 19 2011, 04:44:26 UTC

Hornblower - where no one says what they really mean, because that's just not done. ♥

redheadaholic April 19 2011, 05:22:39 UTC

To lose is better than to not fight a battle

Oh, this is lovely. Painful, but lovely. THANK YOU!!

romanticalgirl May 9 2011, 15:49:49 UTC

Bush has an uncanny ability to tear right into your heart. Which would probably horrify him if he knew. Hee.

I'm glad you liked it, bb! Thanks again for bidding on me!

ashley_pitt May 8 2011, 17:22:02 UTC

I do so love reading about William.
Thank you.

romanticalgirl May 9 2011, 15:48:49 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

shezzawatto May 9 2011, 07:26:26 UTC

Wow! Nailed both of them, and the situation. Could slot it into the CSF canon very easily. Like redheadaholic - I found it painful but couldn't help the admiration.

romanticalgirl May 9 2011, 15:55:27 UTC

Thank you so much! Bush's view of Hornblower's life and existence and choices is always so interesting to me - how he sees Hornblower clearly, but also through a haze of admiration and the desire to almost protect him.

marwanthefirst May 14 2011, 14:23:42 UTC

This is so fantastically perfect. Your descriptions really set the scene, and Bush and Hornblower are just so spot on. This has to be canon! :) I also love how you've done was Forester did, keeping the bro-mance overtones kind of between the lines, but kind of blatant at the same time, if you know what I mean.

'Bush knows well enough that his surname is the only one to evoke an answer.'

I've always found it interesting that in the books you never hear them refer to each other by first names EVER. And it seems awkward when I contemplate using first names in fic because of that! I like your incorporation of that :)

romanticalgirl May 15 2011, 16:33:25 UTC

There's very much a class distinction in Hornblower, even if it's only by rank. Also, there are so many mores in the time, the use of surnames is just easier. When they're alone in private is one thing, but any vestige of public, and I think they need to/would revert to keeping to surnames.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it! It's been a while since I've written them, but I love the structure that the era gives them, and the things they then have to fight against to get what they want. Thanks again!