[The Log-Driver's Waltz] Justice
Title: Justice
Author: themaskedmckay
Rating: Gen
Fandom: Is The Log Driver's Waltz a fandom? XD
Pairing: n/a
Disclaimer: The characters belong to their copyright holder, not me.
Summary: They all may have loved to waltz with a log driver but should they marry one?
Word Count: 299
Author's Notes: Based off The Log Driver's Waltz. Written for the lovely bossymarmalade and archived here.
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But only the foolish would marry the stars of the lumber industry. Log drivers were charming, courageous, and performed amazing feats of agility on the water but, as the saying goes, 'Whom the gods love die young'.
His darling Amanda, sweet naive girl that she was, didn't understand this at all. He'd patiently wooed her, going through all the proper channels, and all had seemed well until he'd been called upon to dance.
Years spent in the serious study of medicine had not left him much time to dedicate to social diversions such as dance. He had taken awkward lessons from an old aunt but when he had arrived at the dance with Amanda he was alarmed at how much faster the modern dances were and any small confidence he had was washed away with cold sweat.
He had tried, for her sake, to dance but his feet had tangled up and next thing he knew he was pushed flat on his face by a smarmy, strapping young lad who swept a delighted Amanda off to the middle of the dance floor.
They moved together like gazelles, light steps and high bounces, they were well matched when it came to dancing. Evidently she felt they were well-matched in other ways because days later when he had come to call her family was in an uproar because she had eloped with her log driver.
His heart would never mend from the injury she had caused him but he did feel bitter satisfaction when he was asked, only a scant year later, to examine the broken corpse of the agile log driver who had stolen his Amanda from him.
A misstep on the dance floor cost him his heart but a misstep on the river had cost his rival his life.
Author: themaskedmckay
Rating: Gen
Fandom: Is The Log Driver's Waltz a fandom? XD
Pairing: n/a
Disclaimer: The characters belong to their copyright holder, not me.
Summary: They all may have loved to waltz with a log driver but should they marry one?
Word Count: 299
Author's Notes: Based off The Log Driver's Waltz. Written for the lovely bossymarmalade and archived here.
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But only the foolish would marry the stars of the lumber industry. Log drivers were charming, courageous, and performed amazing feats of agility on the water but, as the saying goes, 'Whom the gods love die young'.
His darling Amanda, sweet naive girl that she was, didn't understand this at all. He'd patiently wooed her, going through all the proper channels, and all had seemed well until he'd been called upon to dance.
Years spent in the serious study of medicine had not left him much time to dedicate to social diversions such as dance. He had taken awkward lessons from an old aunt but when he had arrived at the dance with Amanda he was alarmed at how much faster the modern dances were and any small confidence he had was washed away with cold sweat.
He had tried, for her sake, to dance but his feet had tangled up and next thing he knew he was pushed flat on his face by a smarmy, strapping young lad who swept a delighted Amanda off to the middle of the dance floor.
They moved together like gazelles, light steps and high bounces, they were well matched when it came to dancing. Evidently she felt they were well-matched in other ways because days later when he had come to call her family was in an uproar because she had eloped with her log driver.
His heart would never mend from the injury she had caused him but he did feel bitter satisfaction when he was asked, only a scant year later, to examine the broken corpse of the agile log driver who had stolen his Amanda from him.
A misstep on the dance floor cost him his heart but a misstep on the river had cost his rival his life.