I really
really should be doing other things (work! other backlogged prompts) but THIS was the thing that bit me to get a final edit over late afternoon coffee... oh, and I woke up this morning to morning coffee with 3100 words of AU "Noah Lives" (wheelchair bound paraplegic Noah as part of the RW cast, under Vaan & Penelo's care, NC17, dictated from outerspace through my coffee cup). I'll do something with that after the backlog of prompts go out the door.
Blindness: this is chapter one of a (now) ten chapter story guestimated to run 4000 words per chapter. Balthier wants to narrate a Basch/Penelo story (with Vossler->Ashe, Balthier-as-Vossler-replacement/Ashe lurking in the background).
Title: BlindnessChapter: One (of Ten)
Author:
sarasa_catCharacters: Basch/Penelo, Balthier, cast (Balthier/Ashe in background)
Rating: M (sexual situations)
Word Count: 4370
Summary: It is an old tale that we've all seen before, but Balthier wishes to narrate it to those willing to listen. Hair braids, sword hilts, food, and naughtiness in the dark.
A/N: This grew out of discussions with
logistika_nyx on how Basch/Penelo would work in game, non-AU. Unlike the Penelo/Basch formula of persistent!Penelo’s infatuation with a certain drop-n-run knight, an in-game Basch/Penelo seems to have a few variants. Out-of-the-blue-encounter!Basch versus an-itch-in-the-back-of-his-mind!Basch … and … inexperienced-virginal!Penelo vs sexually-initiated!Penelo.
logistika_nyx has drafted and begun to post an out-of-the-blue-encounter!Basch & inexperience!Penelo. This story take the opposite combination. Balthier decided that he must provide 1000+ words of commentary per chapter. Sigh. I really should be doing other things (work, other prompts) but I wanted to get this up.
(Spank me if you find a lurking typo)If anyone saw an earlier version of this on bunny_bit_me, this chapter has been radically rewritten.
( ...Of course, it is not for me to pass moral judgment on matters such as these. That is a matter between a man and his sword and the girl he protects... )