( Cue Dire Straits )

( S03E02 )

So in the same vein as I did for series 2, I wrote a sequence of episode-specific Athos/Porthos-centric flash-ficlets for series 3 as I was watching, and I've just realised I can start posting them, so here's the first one, set part-way through Spoils Of War.

Title: Back To The Start
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 378
Summary: ( Read more... )

Having been avoiding 99% of the internet for about 2 months to avoid Musketeers spoilers (thank you BBC, you bunch of fucks) I have finally today caught up with the last two episodes and can emerge, blinking, back into normal life without having to flinch violently and slam tabs closed every time I see a mention.

(Anyway, ( non-spoilery opinion )

Having finally (finally!) seen all of the first ep of the third series of Musketeers, some thoughts below.

( S03E01 )

Title: Gates of Hell
Pairings: Athos/Porthos and Aramis/d'Artagnan
Rating: 15
Wordcount: 29,577 (in 6 chapters)
Summary: When d'Artagnan goes missing for two days with no memory of where he's been, the efforts of the others to find out what happened to him leads them to a sinister ritual in a disused chapel, an old enemy - and a gateway to hell.
( Read more... )

Title: Cruise Control
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: NC17
Wordcount: 28,787 (six chapters)
Summary: Modern day AU, written as a combination of the prompts: "Holiday romance - workaholic Athos has been forced to take a vacation by his boss Treville who books him on a cruise," and "Athos is a grumpy businessman on a plane with the world’s happiest ( Read more... )

Title: Within A Garden Wall
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: 15
Wordcount: 29,015
Summary: Porthos works as a gardener in the grounds of a big empty manor house. For months the place is shut up and deserted, but then a man comes to stay in a small cottage by the lake. Drawn to him, Porthos discovers that Athos is recovering from a breakdown, but it ( Read more... )

Title: Be My Valentine
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 2,955
Summary: Modern AU. Porthos has been stood up on Valentine's Day, but it might just be the luckiest thing to ever happen to him.
A/N: I started this last Valentine's Day, wrote the first 500 words, then it languished in my WIP folder until this morning. I get there ( Read more... )

January's fic posted to AO3...

Title: Life's Journey Trod
Pairings: Athos/Porthos
Rating: 15 (at the end), mostly PG
Wordcount: 21,422 (over 4 chapters)
Summary: Written for evilmaniclaugh's prompt of "Musketeers getting older. Athos decides to hang up his boots." After a lifetime's career in the Musketeers, when Athos finally decides it's time to retire ( Read more... )