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Feb. 3rd, 2012 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.

Date: 2012-02-04 06:13 am (UTC)
fairestcat: Dreadful the cat (Default)
From: [personal profile] fairestcat
Oh, this is most wonderful!

Date: 2012-02-04 08:24 am (UTC)
philomytha: airplane flying over romantic castle (Default)
From: [personal profile] philomytha
This is lovely!

Lovely, though not quite cannon

Date: 2012-02-04 04:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capplor.livejournal.com
Is there a story-format about an affair? I rather think Olivia is a bit young to have had a "past". (Not that she couldn't have had an affair, but I"m pretty sure that for 10 years or more before changing, Donna didn't need "a man to give her standing".

Date: 2012-02-04 05:25 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Oh, yes. This is what I wanted. Thank you!

--Minutia_R

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