Fic: Keepsake

[stealingpennies]

Title: Keepsake

Fandom: D.K. Broster’s The Jacobite Trilogy (characters from The Flight of the Heron and The Gleam in the North)

Word count: 1200
Rating: PG

AN: For lukadreaming  (with a respectful nod towards her grandmother) because it is her birthday and because she likes the books. I hope this makes sense - for it certainly won’t to anyone else - and doesn’t

Comments

[lukadreaming]

*Snivels shamelessly*

Thank you so much - this is absolutely beautiful and absolutely perfect! And it's odd, as I was thinking about the books and my grandmother last night. I think it's time for a re-read!

It's such gorgeous fic and absolutely in keeping with canon!

Thank you!

*Hugs you hard*

[stealingpennies]

*hugs you back*

I'm glad your birthday went well - as birthdays should! :)

Really, it was sheer indulgence for me to write - I wish I could have 'fixed' the central story but I couldn't see how to make it work.

Fingers crossed you're feeling better soon. XX

[fredbassett]

That's lovely :)

You've got the style perfectly!

I enjoyed this a lot.

[stealingpennies]

Thank you! :)

Apart from wanting to do something for Luka this was really nice for me - the characters are very strong and the style is very different but distinctive. I wish I could have 'fixed-it' but I don't know how that would be possible while remaining true to the source.

[fififolle]

I don't know the books, and it all seems a little sad, but I skimmed for the horses and the curry comb. Very nice!

[stealingpennies]

'Lo Fifi! That was truly heroic! <3.

Yes, it's very sad - all unacknowledged yearning and lost causes. In about ten years time these characters are going to meet the man Keith gave his ring to when he was dying.