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Post by Lisa on May 12, 2011 23:07:56 GMT 10
Title: Matters of the Heart From Alan to Maura: 3 Rating: G Word Count: 247 Pairing: Kel/Maura Fight: 3/B Summary: He’ll always be second-best. Series co-written with Rosie.
Maura –
It took me forever to find a courier who was heading toward the City of the Gods – and I had to offer extra incentives to get him to go a little out of his way. (Shouldn’t have been that hard – he didn’t really want to be in “skirmish land”, as I’ve begun to call this region of the northern border.) I confess that I forgot about it after it was sent – we had a mighty ruckus six weeks back, and Raoul was injured. Not badly – I had to stitch him up in a pinch, because our healers were seeing to those who were worse off.
Alas, I’m always to be inferior to others – I cannot be the mage my brother is, nor the knight my mother is, nor the – well, we won’t get into what Aly’s doing these days. And my knight-master informs me that your new protector-of-choice was better with stitches than I shall ever be. It was difficult not to sulk a bit, though he also reminded me that Lady Knight Keladry doesn’t sulk or pout.
I feel as though there are three giants in my life – and while I can’t do anything about living in Mother’s shadow or forever being relegated to Raoul’s squire, I feel that there is something I could do to win you away from your lady knight. If I could get to Dunlath. Who must one sleep with to get the good assignments around here?
Frustrated and yours, Alan
QC by inthefire
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Post by Alliecat on May 13, 2011 1:40:18 GMT 10
Eee, you do Alan so fantastically! The bit about inferiority is great, with the right amount of humor.
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Post by Rosie on May 13, 2011 4:33:54 GMT 10
This series is giving me one huge nostalgia trip for Kingdom Tortall, and I think this letter is the strongest yet. Poor boy
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Post by Lisa on May 13, 2011 5:07:53 GMT 10
Thank you!! Sulky!Alan is my favorite, and this is *such* a throw-back to KT, Rosie. I might have to go through the old Alan-LJ to find more inspiration.
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Kel/Lalasa. I will go down with this ship.
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Post by EymberFyire on May 13, 2011 6:45:28 GMT 10
Can we start a new KT? Oh pretty please?
I'm loving these, by the way.
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