This was beautifully restrained and devastating in the quietest way. The sense of cold, exhaustion, and looming inevitability is so vivid, and Athos’s reflections on love, duty, and regret felt deeply earned rather than indulgent. That farewell with Aramis, especially the handkerchief and the unspoken understanding, absolutely wrecked me. I’m curious, do you see Athos’s need for expiation here as something he believes can truly be achieved, or is it more about choosing the right ending, whatever the cost?
Having decided to rename Auguste-Philippe-Gérard du Chaligret de Fouilgieux to Henri-Auguste-Gérard in order to avoid an overlap with the familiar Raoul and Philippe of my "Phantom" stories( A Mad Hatter's name-party )
( Class consciousness )Viewing stats: Chapter 1 received a grand total of six views [edit: now eight!] in its first few days before getting stuck. ( invidious comparisons :-( )
Warm, well-fed and comfortable, Venya slept until long past daybreak, and woke to find himself sharing a bed with a small and wriggling body that was kicking him in its sleep. Venya kicked back, instinctively, with one of Big Dima’s favourite oaths, and sat up with a jolt in the realization that he was no longer in Dima’s cellar. Sun was streaming in through open shutters, boys’ voices echoed down the corridor outside the room and dogs were barking somewhere beyond the window, and it seemed his companion of the night was a curly-headed child some three or four years younger than himself, into whose bed he had evidently been put the evening before.
The two of them pummelled one another wordlessly for a moment, then broke off by unspoken common agreement, with honour satisfied on both sides. The little boy bestowed a beaming smile upon Venya, along with a hopeful enquiry in a language he could not understand at all. He did his best, haltingly, to explain.
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