Aire Libre X MandC: Roads Diverged

[thedeepeekay]

Title: Roads Diverged
Author: thedeepeekay
Fandom: Aire Libre & Aubreyad
Pairing, Characters: Stephen Maturin, Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland, Jack Aubrey
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Master and Commander
Disclaimer: Any characters mentioned here belong to their respective creators; the names of any real people mentioned refer to fictionalised versions of these

Comments

[esteven]

For a moment Jack thought that carrying lubbers such as these might be punishment as harsh as being landlocked.

Ah, the foreshadowing! Thank goodness, Jack does not yet realize that he will be landlocked for life. :D

Thank you.

[thedeepeekay]

The poor man just hasn't seen the light yet. Once you've lived with a naturalist you never want to be without him again. (Well, except for those breaks and time-outs you need to stay saneafter the nth time he brought home something... you are not sure what it is, but it should not be in your home!)

[esteven]

you are not sure what it is, but it should not be in your home!)
And when the poor dear tries to be kind, he gets berated for debauching the animals, or not caring for their digestion...

[alltoseek]

Oh, too cute! Thank you!

[thedeepeekay]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[thedeepeekay]

...Totally happened. Humboldt mentioned both seeing a large, blond English officer around the harbour in Port Mahon and how Bonpland credited the information he could provide on those two beetles to the scruffy Spaniard who helped him catch them in a letter to a friend. Patrick O'Brian built his characters around those few lines (little known fact).

Totally.

[esteven]

There! I felt certain you had read a non-fiction book on Port Mahon while the English governed it. :D:D