FK Fanfic: "Starwort"

[brightknightie]

Please bear with me through one last post here about this story.  I sent "Starwort" to fkfic-l early this week, then archived it on my own site.  It's my longest fanfiction in almost five years, and my first starring Fleur in almost seven.  My sincere thanks to those who helped it come into being, and those who have let me know that they read it!

	•	Title:	"Starwort"
	•	Length:	~14,000 words
	•	Date:	Posted to FKFic-L April 20-22, 2008
	•	Rating:	PG-13 (m/f)
	•	Summary:	While Fleur is pregnant with Andre, a stranger named Lacroix arrives uninvited at a hunting party.
	•	Setting:	1236, Artois
	•	Characters:	Fleur, Lacroix, Original Characters
	•	Quotation:	"How my ladies would laugh, to hear I had a successful flirtation and don't even remember it."

Comments

Re: FK Fanfic By Me: "Starwort"

[(Anonymous)]

I was delighted to come across this story featuring 'future' Fleur with LaCroix and very much enjoyed it! Whilst I was reading I came across a small typo and wanted to make you aware of it for the archived version of your story.

[["You set aside the book for me," Lacroix went on, searching her face as if her memory might yet emerge. "We spoke of my wounds, and your interest in the heavens. Then you pricked your finger on a thorn, and I . . . Nicholas said that from my first taste of your blood, you would grow cold, but instead I have gown [[grown]] warm. This bond between us -- forged by that one drop --"]]

Thank you again for the wonderful story.

cher_nala

[havocthecat]

Okay, I know I took FOREVER to read this, far longer than I had intended, but I wanted to tell you how much I love this story. It's really a beautiful slice of Fleur's life, and an example of how well she's grown into it - and Lacroix realizing just how much more she is than he ever thought she could be.

The fact that Fleur can make deductions and play with subtleties, and match Lacroix at his own game of manipulation, that's what really makes this story. I find it telling that, as before, Lacroix is willing to let Fleur make her own choice, and with no Nick to stand in his way, he does let her. The fact that Fleur calls him on his frailties in a way that no one else does, and in a way that he won't let anyone else do?

That's exactly the reason that I suspect that Fleur and Lacroix on an equal footing would be terrifyingly similar to Natalie and Nick. Which, of course, goes a long way toward proving my point that Lacroix likes Natalie, at least as much as he likes any mortal, if not a little more, but he sees the parallels to Fleur, and he resents her for being a part of Nick's life in a way that Fleur never was to his.

Again, I'm sorry it took me so long to read, but it's good FK fic, and long, and historical, and-- Well, I was kind of saving it up. Yes. I was hoarding fic. Silly, isn't it?