Next of Kin by Dastier (PG-13)

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Fandom: HORATIO HORNBLOWER
Pairing: Horatio Hornblower/William Bush, Horatio Hornblower/Richard Wellesley, Richard Wellesley/Sharpe universe mystery surprise character
Author on LJ: dastier
Author Website: Black Adios
Why this must be read: This fic is for anybody with a passing familiarity with the later career of Horatio Hornblower and the Napoleonic wars.

No, seriously. It's like dastier took a cup of Horatio Hornblower fandom, 2 liquid ounces of high-quality Richard Sharpe extract, a generous handful of history, threw them into a fandom food processor, and hit the "pulse until delightfully mixed" button. And then, when that was done, sprinkled on top some "hilariously ineffable entitlement of the ruling class" and "Horatio Hornblower gets pwnzrd over a rum keg because he married way, way, way out of his class."

"And does a certain First Lieutenant Bush hold a place among those chosen few?"

Hornblower coughed in bewilderment, the sound much like the one a sheep makes when the shepherd creeps up on it with his shears.

Next of Kin