Ruritania: Fiammetta Veneziano

... and their gloom failed to bother Fiammetta at all. A servant stood holding the reins to their horses on the path..... It smell of old rotting leather and moss. Her servant shouted at her to hurry, but Fiammetta pulled the ... the box to herself before running back to her waiting servant. Fiammetta laughed, beautiful and clear at his long-suffering expression. She kissed him on the cheek as he helped ...

[Fic] A Study of Jerusalem II

..., a Knight of the Garter and a loyal servant to the crown.” “That is correct. Go on.” ... who chronicles the life and times of another humble servant of the crown for no other motive than a...doubts the numinous actuality that is my existence, for servant of queen and country though you may be, ...I mused. “Perhaps we should not prolong his suffering any further, then.” “Or your own,” Sir Kirkland ...

A's Master List of GK Recs

...this is mostly Nate's journey. It's graphic and sometimes disturbing and mostly concerned with the humanitarian suffering - the Brad/Nate relationship simmers in the backdrop for the vast majority of this story. It's superb.... Regency!AU! It's Lord Fick and Mr. Colbert, as told from the POV of a servant. And damn, what an image to start with. Mr. Colbert still looks dignified, even climbing out ...

[oneshot] OH NO?

...?!” Ohno thinks of the stranger from before and winces. Nagase lets out a long-suffering sigh. Like some sort of foreboding premonition of the Ohno-induced hardships to come. “...deign to remain worthless during your stay." “Until then, you shall serve as a servant to this castle. My son’s temporary servant to be exact.” A particularly nasty glint in his eyes, unpleasant. “We lost the last one to...

Postocalypse ch. 01

...upside to the brutal sun was that it kept their solar power running at maximum efficiency. The Scandinavians were especially suffering in the heat. Toki took a bag of ice to bed with him and used it as a pillow. ...that, he was once a level 5 sound tech. Klokateer levels were based on loyalty and skill. If a servant of that rank had turned against them, then there was truly no one on their side. *

... depressions were normal. He calmly told an appalled Senate banking committee that the capacity of human suffering was unlimited, and so should be indulged. Hoover himself remained blissfully unaware of the public's ... often doodle to distract himself from bad news. "I am so tired," he confided to a servant, "that every bone in my body aches." When a secretary told him he needed some distraction in...

Chapter Sixteen

..."No. It's a proposal." "A messenger, sir." The servant stood as far from me as he could without ... in front of a fire, and so this particular servant was brave enough to stand a little closer. I ... will be short." She pulled off a cracked and suffering leather glove with her teeth in order to unroll ... on the windows. Time enough to worry. A servant crept through the portal again, this time to ...

Shihaiken no Maebure Chapter 31

...as they worked hard. Added to that, a number of Suna refugees had been living in the unused servant quarters in recent months. For a clan usually so secretive and secluded, it took the elite ninjas some ...how happy he had been when she was born. He had thought he would have a companion in suffering or at least someone almost his age to play with. Because Hanabi was the second daughter, it ...

Purified By Innocence, 6/?[NC-17] Dean/Sam

..., Dean lightly ground his hips against Sam's. He lowered his mouth to kiss Sam, when he saw a servant bring out a large bucket of water and pulled away. "Stables... don't be late." Sam's breath ... to bear. The sounds he made, his expression, the urgency of his motions ... Dean knew his innocent was suffering. He whispered Sam's name, and when Samuel didn't answer, he walked to him. Sitting on the ...

Week 29/Dawn

... justice of the kami that they had both died trying to be together. She was a miko. The servant of the kami. She should not have been consorting with the youkai. All of them had suffered casualties ... transgression for the next fifty years. At least Kikyou was able to find peace in death. Kaede’s suffering began when Kikyou died and did not end until her spirit broke free of Urusuae’s clay vessel. ...