Ancient Recs: Closer
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anteros_lmcTitle: Closer
Author: Green
Characters: Horatio Hornblower / Archie Kennedy, Mariette
Rating: "R or thereabouts"
Setting: The Wrong War / The Frogs and the Lobsters
I came across this via the defunct Frolix site on the Internet Archive and it really is gorgeous. Green sets out to present a more plausible reason than Mariette to explain Archie's "uncharacteristically distraught behaviour" and Horatio's equally uncharacteristic distraction during the abortive mission to Muzillac. It's entirely in keeping with movie cannon and the characterization is excellent. Unusually his fic also manages to be sympathetic to the unfortunate Mariette who has had more than her fair share of scorn over the years. I'm particularly fond of the rather stream of consciousness writing style which perfectly reflects Horatio's turbulent mental state. I should also add that this piece is very hot without being remotely graphic.
Here's a few of my favorite lines:
What can I say?
This is the only fic I have come across by Green so if anyone could point me to other examples of his/her writing I'd be very grateful.
Author: Green
Characters: Horatio Hornblower / Archie Kennedy, Mariette
Rating: "R or thereabouts"
Setting: The Wrong War / The Frogs and the Lobsters
I came across this via the defunct Frolix site on the Internet Archive and it really is gorgeous. Green sets out to present a more plausible reason than Mariette to explain Archie's "uncharacteristically distraught behaviour" and Horatio's equally uncharacteristic distraction during the abortive mission to Muzillac. It's entirely in keeping with movie cannon and the characterization is excellent. Unusually his fic also manages to be sympathetic to the unfortunate Mariette who has had more than her fair share of scorn over the years. I'm particularly fond of the rather stream of consciousness writing style which perfectly reflects Horatio's turbulent mental state. I should also add that this piece is very hot without being remotely graphic.
Here's a few of my favorite lines:
The wind is moaning in the rigging in the old familiar way, all is usual, all is calm, and yet Archie Kennedy has just kissed him.
Kissed. Him.
~ eyes locked to his own, the soft hair suddenly caught in the candlelight, more golden than under the Spanish sun, closer, closer, breathing the same air, warm breath on his lips and suddenly something hotter and wetter and alive and~
They say your life flashes before you, but I was only aware of certain things…
…a look, some words, 'Welcome to Purgatory'… …a cut rope, and it feels as though every warm thing in me has sailed away with that boat…"
and then
~closer, closer, closer, hot, burning, racing blood and a fiery ache in my chest and meeting and meeting, and that tongue and his mouth and closer, please, please, closer and for one second I sprawl against him and something rubs somewhere and God, and God and~"
What can I say?
This is the only fic I have come across by Green so if anyone could point me to other examples of his/her writing I'd be very grateful.
