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aleathielBecause Fin was talking about Hornblower. I've got Ioan on the brain still.
Horatio/Archie
Having been on the waves so long, Horatio couldn’t stand when he came ashore. The earth lurched and tilted below his feet where the boards of his deck had been firm and reassuring.
At night his bed swayed but without the freedom of a hammock. The sound of the drunkards rose and fell like the swell of the sea against the hull.
On shore Horatio could get seasick. He sank and bobbed as lost as a ship on the vast ocean without a compass. When the storm hit, his sails were ripped loose from the mast.
Archie was his anchor.
Ioan/Matthew
“It’s only a plane flight away. It’s not like we won’t see one another. I’ll come back. Rydw I’n gaddo,” Ioan could hear how hollow his voice sounded. “I promise.”
Matthew’s face was the blank that only an actor could achieve and his eyes were dry. He smiled in understanding. That more than anything broke Ioan’s heart.
He shut the door of his house -no longer his house - and got into the taxi already laden with his bags.
He couldn’t see Matthew in any of the windows but he waved anyway as the car pulled away from the curb.
ETA: Did you know Ioan had fake calf muscles strapped to his legs when he was wearing those stockings to play Hornblower?
Horatio/Archie
Having been on the waves so long, Horatio couldn’t stand when he came ashore. The earth lurched and tilted below his feet where the boards of his deck had been firm and reassuring.
At night his bed swayed but without the freedom of a hammock. The sound of the drunkards rose and fell like the swell of the sea against the hull.
On shore Horatio could get seasick. He sank and bobbed as lost as a ship on the vast ocean without a compass. When the storm hit, his sails were ripped loose from the mast.
Archie was his anchor.
Ioan/Matthew
“It’s only a plane flight away. It’s not like we won’t see one another. I’ll come back. Rydw I’n gaddo,” Ioan could hear how hollow his voice sounded. “I promise.”
Matthew’s face was the blank that only an actor could achieve and his eyes were dry. He smiled in understanding. That more than anything broke Ioan’s heart.
He shut the door of his house -no longer his house - and got into the taxi already laden with his bags.
He couldn’t see Matthew in any of the windows but he waved anyway as the car pulled away from the curb.
ETA: Did you know Ioan had fake calf muscles strapped to his legs when he was wearing those stockings to play Hornblower?
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Date: 2004-01-31 12:51 am (UTC)not