Day 16 - Fic: Team Time: A Heart Closing
Team: Time
Title: A Heart Closing
Rating: R
Warnings: major character death, angst-ridden sex
Genres: period fic (WWII), angst
Word Count: 9300
Summary: A war story, told in stops and starts.
Notes: I decided on a wartime setting partly because I feel like r/s works well with the extra conflict surrounding them, but also partly because this particular war is a time period I'm generally quite interested in and the research into the British intelligence and espionage turned up some truly wild stories of double agents. As far as research goes, I relied heavily on the BBC History People's War archive online, which is a compilation of first hand accounts of wartime experiences in a huge variety of areas. I also read several chapters of The Guy Liddel Diaries: MI5's Director of Counter Espionage in World War II, vol.1 to get a feel for how the intelligence service worked during the war. It was interesting to work out how the wizarding world would fit into that, and how close the Ministry would work with the Muggle government during the war effort.
Also useful was bombsight.org, which provided a general map of London with all major bombing sites pinpointed (invaluable! morbid!) and Sarah Waters' The Night Watch, just as a period novel set in the era that also dealt with closeted characters, albeit lesbian ones.
Last, but definitely not least, I'd like to thank H, who let me bounce ideas off her to ensure maximum angst.
Prompt: #64 - "Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over." - Octavia Butler
A Heart Closing
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Title: A Heart Closing
Rating: R
Warnings: major character death, angst-ridden sex
Genres: period fic (WWII), angst
Word Count: 9300
Summary: A war story, told in stops and starts.
Notes: I decided on a wartime setting partly because I feel like r/s works well with the extra conflict surrounding them, but also partly because this particular war is a time period I'm generally quite interested in and the research into the British intelligence and espionage turned up some truly wild stories of double agents. As far as research goes, I relied heavily on the BBC History People's War archive online, which is a compilation of first hand accounts of wartime experiences in a huge variety of areas. I also read several chapters of The Guy Liddel Diaries: MI5's Director of Counter Espionage in World War II, vol.1 to get a feel for how the intelligence service worked during the war. It was interesting to work out how the wizarding world would fit into that, and how close the Ministry would work with the Muggle government during the war effort.
Also useful was bombsight.org, which provided a general map of London with all major bombing sites pinpointed (invaluable! morbid!) and Sarah Waters' The Night Watch, just as a period novel set in the era that also dealt with closeted characters, albeit lesbian ones.
Last, but definitely not least, I'd like to thank H, who let me bounce ideas off her to ensure maximum angst.
Prompt: #64 - "Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over." - Octavia Butler
A Heart Closing
Please Vote Below:
Poll RS Games 2016