https://siriusstuff.dreamwidth.org/ siriusstuff - Dreamwidth Studios Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:58:16 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios siriusstuff personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/12740473/3449455 https://siriusstuff.dreamwidth.org/ 73 100 https://siriusstuff.dreamwidth.org/12057.html Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:58:16 GMT https://siriusstuff.dreamwidth.org/12057.html <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Sterekdrabbles challenge for 03/11/19: &ldquo;</span><span>candle</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">,&nbsp;<span>horror</span>,&nbsp;<span>faithful</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&rdquo;]<br /><br />On <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/18088034">AO3</a>.<br /><br /></span><p style="vertical-align:baseline"><span>Immensely far from the battlefield&rsquo;s horrors, Sir Derek stood in his bedclothes in the candle-lit chamber of young King </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN">Mieczysław.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN">Overhearing attendants chided for their slowness, the knight held back a smile. His lord&rsquo;s eagerness often overwhelmed his patience.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN">Incapable of standing idle Derek aided chamberlains preparing the royal bed for their monarch.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN">Despite thickest curtains and weighty coverlets, the king&rsquo;s warmth was Sir Derek&rsquo;s prized responsibility.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN">All present were sent away. Derek, not obliged to kneel in their privacy, only bowed his head. &ldquo;Your Grace,&rdquo; he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN">&ldquo;My faithful knight,&rdquo; </span><span>King </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN">Mieczysław whispered roughly, caressing Sir Derek&rsquo;s bearded cheek.</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=siriusstuff&ditemid=12057" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://siriusstuff.dreamwidth.org/12057.html stiles/derek drabble historical my fanfic sterek sterekdrabbles royalty public 0