May [OTP23]

Title: A World of Sunshine
Fandom: Temeraire
Characters/Ship: Laurence & Temeraire & Tharkay, background Laurence/Tharkay
Word count: ~5k words
Summary: Newly hatched dragons mature much more slowly than they do in canon, and William Laurence, formerly of the navy, finds himself largely unsupported when he becomes the companion, teacher, and caretaker to an infant dragon. Enter Tharkay, who takes in a literal bird's eye view of the situation.

Notes: Did not realise that I never posted this here. Oops. This is a vaguely magical canon AU of Temeraire in which baby dragons age much more slowly than they do in canon.

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( May )

June [OTP23]

Title: With All My Worldly Goods
Fandom: Temeraire
Characters/Ship: Laurence/Tharkay, Laurence & Temeraire & Tharkay
Word count: ~5k words
Summary: Soulmarks are names scrawled on wrists, Britain is not at war with France, and Laurence still doesn't visit home often enough. Fortunately, it turns out that his soulmate is fully prepared to travel with him.

Notes: The prompts were: Wedding/proposal, "you aren't what i expected", downpour, soulmate AU, sick fic, (accidental) love confession. I'm arguing that I hit all but the last two.

Relative to canon, things and characters are cheerier in this canon-aligned soulmate AU, where (1) the religious significance of soulmarks means that same-sex marriage is legal, (2) Britain is not at war, and (3) Tharkay's parents are inexplicably both alive and well. For the sake of simplicity, I am pretending that "Tharkay" is our friend's patronym, or that for some unknown reason, his 18th-19th cen. British father took his mother's family name as his own rather than vice versa. However it's spun, I am calling the whole family the Tharkays, and I'm designating their home base in Scotland.

( June )