Title: Unknown Country
Fandom: Love Mode (manga)
Previously posted
here, in the Yuletide archive for the obscure fandoms secret santa
Written for
orangensaft for the Yuletide 2006 Challenge
Not gen.
Notes: This is a pairing I'd never thought I'd write, even though I like both characters, for a fandom I never thought I'd write in, though I do like it, but that's also what Yuletide's for. It's set kind of before the series starts, but after the flashbacks.
Funnily enough, I had a very clear idea of where I wanted this fic to go, but it put up a bit of a struggle getting there. Also, I had this poem in my mind when I was writing it:
Love without hope, as when the young bird-catcher
Swept off his tall hat to the Squire's own daughter,
So let the imprisoned larks escape and fly
Singing about her head, as she rode by.
By Robert Graves.
All comments and criticisms appreciated.
( Blue Boy parties were always spectacular )