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[the_rck]

My Yuletide fic was a lot of fun to write. My recipient had a very open ended request. The only solid guideline was a list of their three favorite characters. They'd said 'any' on the official sign up, and optional details are optional, so I could have ignored that, but I wanted to focus on one of those characters. I started with three vague ideas. One didn't involve any of the favorite characters and would have been dark, something I didn't think my recipient wanted, so I discarded that (I may write it some day if I find myself at loose ends). Of the other two, one involved a character who I knew I'd struggle to write well but had a straightforward story. The other story idea focused on a character I was sure I could write but hadn't the vaguest whiff of plot. I decided to go with the character I was sure of because, for me at least, plot tends to follow from character. So I put two characters together in a room and started writing.

Title: How Old My Heart
Fandom: Archer's Goon - Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: PG
Warnings: Serious spoilers for the entire book
Blurb: Howard has tea every week with Torquil. He thinks Torquil almost understands.

How Old My Heart at AO3.
How Old My Heart at my website.

I haven't posted the story to fanfiction.net yet. I will, but it's not high priority for me today. If anybody prefers to read there, let me know, and I'll get it posted there.

Comments

[ramenkuri.livejournal.com]

Archer's Goon! How excellent! Should I reread the book first?

[the_rck]

It depends on how much you think you remember. It's Howard and Torquil talking, post-canon, and they talk a lot about how events came out at the end of the book, picking up some loose ends.

[ramenkuri.livejournal.com]

I really only remember that I read the book at this point - I'd better re-read it first