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gramina ([personal profile] gramina) wrote in [community profile] vorkosigan2012-02-03 07:58 pm

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For [personal profile] minutia_r's prompt, "Olivia Kouldelka's affair with Lady Donna, and picking things up where she left off with Lord (and then Count) Dono"

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A secret glance, a drifting touch, a hand
Too long on mine, a subtle clue I missed
Until she spoke out plain; until we kissed
I had no thought of any but a man.
That joy brought grief – I knew she still must take
A man to give her standing. She must wed
And build a life apart. We’d share a bed,
But not a life. There was no choice to make.

I never dreamed there’d be another path,
Another life, another choice, a fate
Known and unknown, changing, and still the same –
The mouth that quirks just so, the growing flame
In eyes that catch mine as the hour grows late:
To take this choice, I’ll dare the whole world’s wrath.
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Re: Lovely, though not quite canon

[personal profile] ollipop 2012-03-26 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure that a fourth marriage could have been arranged by Donna, though I'm not clear whether Richars would have had any responsibility to keep her.