I can't see any likely contingency in which Aramis would survive and yet Athos fall
Mordaunt! The answer is Mordaunt :-)
Mordauny hates both Charles Stuart and the comte de La Fère, but given the opportunity he will go for his mother's husband first, and Athos knows this. If Mordaunt turns up during their flight in a position to threaten the King's life, Athos is going to make the clear-eyed decision to throw himself into harm's way in the certain understanding that Mordaunt will not be able to resist that opportunity and the threat will thus be successfully deflected. And after that I imagine it's a matter of which one of the other three manages to get to the assassin first, though I rather favour Porthos' intention to wring their nemesis' neck, at least in terms of personal satisfaction obtained...
(Hmm, now I'm jolly well going to have to write it, aren't I? For some reason coming home late from the shops appears to give me Athos-related fic ideas!)
Except this scenario does rather undermine the original line about needing to refer Raoul to the Chevalier d'Herblay (conveniently absent) for details of exactly what happened... which has a whole load more dialogue deriving from it :-(
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Date: 2025-05-24 09:09 pm (UTC)Mordaunt! The answer is Mordaunt :-)
Mordauny hates both Charles Stuart and the comte de La Fère, but given the opportunity he will go for his mother's husband first, and Athos knows this. If Mordaunt turns up during their flight in a position to threaten the King's life, Athos is going to make the clear-eyed decision to throw himself into harm's way in the certain understanding that Mordaunt will not be able to resist that opportunity and the threat will thus be successfully deflected. And after that I imagine it's a matter of which one of the other three manages to get to the assassin first, though I rather favour Porthos' intention to wring their nemesis' neck, at least in terms of personal satisfaction obtained...
(Hmm, now I'm jolly well going to have to write it, aren't I? For some reason coming home late from the shops appears to give me Athos-related fic ideas!)
Except this scenario does rather undermine the original line about needing to refer Raoul to the Chevalier d'Herblay (conveniently absent) for details of exactly what happened... which has a whole load more dialogue deriving from it :-(