Flavour of the Day (22/05/16), White Chocolate 15, Rocky Road 28 [Divide and Rule]

[lost_spook]

Title: Dance
Author: lost_spook
Story: Heroes of the Revolution
Flavor(s): Flavour of the Day 22/05/16 (dulcinea); Rocky Road #28 (up in the air); White Chocolate #15 (indifference)
Toppings/Extras: Butterscotch + Rainbow Sprinkles
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 427
Notes: 1912; Harold Graves/Hanne Beck, Lionel Graves.
Summary: These things are never simple

Comments

[morethanmending]

This is lovely. :D

I love the mention of the dance card. I've never heard of those, but I suppose if I were to attend a large dance engagement I would enjoy the structure and order of knowing who I was to dance with at what moment. It think it would relieve the pressure of deciding who to dance with next. :D

[lost_spook]

Aw, thank you!

And dance cards were a 19th C/early 20th C thing; this is what one looked like:

[fachefaucheux]

Oh man. The exchange between Lionel and Harold just about killed me. Are you planning on writing much more on this period? Because I'd love to see how Harold and Hanne's relationship develops further.

[lost_spook]

Thank you! And, yes, I hope so. I think I'm finally beginning to get a handle on them, so I do want to do some more pieces. (And Lionel was fun, because Julia, understandably, loathes her uncle and all her other paternal relatives that she knows, but I think despite everything he's actually well-meaning, he's just... well, the Graveses are fundamentally Forsytes, which is why Hanne/Harold is such a terrible idea all round.)

[winebabe]

What a lovely little piece! Loved the interaction between the brothers. C:

[lost_spook]

Thank you! And the two of them turned out to be surprisingly fun to write. :-)