The Four of Us

( Cold )

It will be interesting to see if it gets any better traction than all my "Twenty Years After" book-canon one-shots managed, since I've done my best to make it clear that this is quite definitely based on the BBC TV series instead!

( How would one write a story that was clearly based on the Soviet Musketeers? )

I decided on a last-minute title change from "Night Watch" to "The Four of Us Together", which emerged from the text and seemed to fit the eventual 'theme' better (it was watervole who clarified to me years ago the difference between the *plot* of a story and what it was *about*, with titles very often arising out of the latter). It may also appeal to the target market better, though I'm not holding my breath for that.

And as usual I suppose I shall need a summary of some sort before I can actually upload it...

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The Four of Us Together

In a winter wood, one young Gascon and three of the King’s Musketeers sleep and stand watch by turns. D’Artagnan is cold but content. (Very early Series 1)

There was a tree root digging into d’Artagnan’s back, and his neck was stiff where he’d wrapped both arms around himself for warmth. High overhead, through the interlaced branches, the moon was moving painfully slowly towards the mark he had set for himself, when his watch would be over. His head began to nod forward, and he caught himself with a jerk.

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