FK Fanfic: "Three Fireweed Seeds"
Saturday, March 7th, 2009 11:39 amThis set of three flashbacks was my submission to the "Claire Rankin Characters Mini-Ficathon." They're set in my "Fireweed" AU, in which Janette brought Fleur across, accelerating Nick's rejection of vampirism. (No need to read the original. That's all the context.)
I have a soft spot for Nick's sister. My 1998 "Fireweed" vampire Fleur differs from my 2008 "Starwort" human Fleur, I noticed as I revisited her. Different lives made different women from the same origin. Yoked to Lacroix, "Fireweed" Fleur's development was constrained. "Starwort" Fleur grew further faster, living human. One of these days, I will finish "Amaranth" Fleur, who goes farthest of all.
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• | Title: | "Three Fireweed Seeds" |
• | Length: | ~3,300 words | |
• | Date: | Posted to FKFic-L March 5, 2009 | |
• | Rating: | PG-13 (gen, f/f, m/f) | |
• | Summary: | "Reconnection:" Nick watches over Fleur. "Responses:" Fleur tries to comfort Erica. "Recoil:" Lacroix has driven Fleur away. | |
• | Setting: | 1229 Paris, 1700 London, 1966 Bonn | |
• | Characters: | Fleur, Nick, Erica, Lacroix | |
• | Quotation: | "So then why, why, why had he burned the Abbarratt without letting her read it first?" |
"Responses," the second of the three ficlets, replied to an f/f prompt. It is my first try at such, and I suspect I failed the prompt's intention. One lesson I'm taking is that a fully successful run at that prompt would require its own custom AU.