UK/USA - Spades AU
anonymous
August 3 2011, 14:10:35 UTC
USA is a poor, uneducated peasant, with a sickly but clever brother who could go far if they had money. He catches a lucky break when he gets hired as a stable boy in the unmarried Queen of Spades (UK)' castle.
He isn't so lucky when he catches the eye of the lascivious Queen himself. He might be earning more by warming the Queen's bed, but he hates his lack of independence in the matter.
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anonymous
August 22 2011, 03:52:31 UTC
Oh A!A I love you so. There hasn't been a Cardverse fill I've liked yet, but I've taken quite the shining towards yours. It's just so charming and wonderful! Please continue, I'm loving everything about it so far!
In Spades 3a/??
anonymous
September 25 2011, 19:36:19 UTC
So this is important: I have decided that I'm going to mess with the established timeline. I want the disease to have happened five years ago instead of ten, and it's bugging me enough that I'm going to change it. XD Since I can't go back and edit, I'm just going to tell you now.Matthew looked up from his bowl of rice, blinking at the pile of books that had been plunked down in front of him. “Eh
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In Spades 3b/??
anonymous
September 25 2011, 19:37:32 UTC
Then he looked up, and Alfred was struck by his piercing green eyes. “Oh. Yes, yes she is.” He returned his brush to the shining coat.
“So you're Alfred,” the stable boy said. “I've been hearing about you.”
“Oh yeah?” Well that was a silly thing to say, of course the other stable boys had heard about the new one.
“Yes. I'm sorry about your brother. Though he's lucky to be alive, hm?”
Alfred nodded. “Very lucky.” Judging by the way the other fellow's emerald eyes went distant, he was probably remembering somebody who hadn't been so lucky.
“Sick for all these years... I don't think I could stand that. I'd have ended it ages ago.”
Alfred reacted without thinking, lashing out with a fist and catching the shorter man on the chin, knocking him backward. He looked up at Alfred in shock, raising a hand to his injured face, eyes wide. Alfred could only gape back, heart hammering. Why did I do that? I'm so stupid! He'll tell what I did and I'll be in trouble and get kicked out and I can't afford that! What do I do? He thought he was about
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Re: In Spades 3b/??
anonymous
September 25 2011, 19:57:20 UTC
I missed this fill. I really love your Alfred, with his honesty and bravery and simple intelligence, and your storytelling is somehow very soothing, like a fairytale.
Re: In Spades 3b/??
anonymous
September 27 2011, 00:25:22 UTC
haha, Arthur constant staring at Alfred's ass is hilarious. Can't wait to see what he wants to talk with Alfred about, although I suppose it should be obvious by now...XD
I have to admit that Arthur's comment was rather callous and deserved that punch
In Spades 4a/??
anonymous
October 10 2011, 03:10:09 UTC
The world spun as Alfred followed the Queen into the palace. His mouth had gone dry, body cold. He wasn't even able to marvel at the simple fact that he was entering the palace, he was so busy nearly hyperventilating
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In Spades 4b/??
anonymous
October 10 2011, 03:12:42 UTC
“I know.” Arthur turned back to the window. “You're probably feeling like I did when my parents told me I would be marrying the heir to the throne.”
But he had always been noble. Being told you were going to be rich and a ruler instead of just rich and distantly related to a ruler was not quite the same as being told you're going to be well off and practically a noble instead of dirt poor and always on the brink of starvation and dying of disease...
“Why me?” Alfred finally said. “You could have sex with anyone you wanted. I'm hardly the handsomest man in the kingdom”
“How am I supposed to know why I was drawn to you?” Arthur sat down on one of the large beds. “So I take it we have a deal?”
He isn't so lucky when he catches the eye of the lascivious Queen himself. He might be earning more by warming the Queen's bed, but he hates his lack of independence in the matter.
BONUS: Dub-con.
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Please continue! I worship every word of this!
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“So you're Alfred,” the stable boy said. “I've been hearing about you.”
“Oh yeah?” Well that was a silly thing to say, of course the other stable boys had heard about the new one.
“Yes. I'm sorry about your brother. Though he's lucky to be alive, hm?”
Alfred nodded. “Very lucky.” Judging by the way the other fellow's emerald eyes went distant, he was probably remembering somebody who hadn't been so lucky.
“Sick for all these years... I don't think I could stand that. I'd have ended it ages ago.”
Alfred reacted without thinking, lashing out with a fist and catching the shorter man on the chin, knocking him backward. He looked up at Alfred in shock, raising a hand to his injured face, eyes wide. Alfred could only gape back, heart hammering. Why did I do that? I'm so stupid! He'll tell what I did and I'll be in trouble and get kicked out and I can't afford that! What do I do? He thought he was about ( ... )
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I love this fill, very much.
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Alfred mistake the queen for.... *is about to start laughing*
(Don't worry, Alfred... I don't think the Queen will kill you. Oh....no, you have his attention. :D)
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I have to admit that Arthur's comment was rather callous and deserved that punch
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It's absolutely delightful so far. :)
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But he had always been noble. Being told you were going to be rich and a ruler instead of just rich and distantly related to a ruler was not quite the same as being told you're going to be well off and practically a noble instead of dirt poor and always on the brink of starvation and dying of disease...
“Why me?” Alfred finally said. “You could have sex with anyone you wanted. I'm hardly the handsomest man in the kingdom”
“How am I supposed to know why I was drawn to you?” Arthur sat down on one of the large beds. “So I take it we have a deal?”
“Yes.” How could he say no?
“Good. Come here.”
Alfred blinked. “What, now“Why not now ( ... )
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