Fandom: JEEVES & WOOSTER
Pairing: Jeeves/Bertie Wooster, allusions to Jeeves/would spoil it to say
Author on LJ:
innocentsmithAuthor Website: check lj for updates
Why this must be read:Simply one of the best fics in fandom for speculation on Jeeves' life before he came into Bertie's service. We get some scattered references in canon, and innocentsmith takes every one of them and weaves a delicious tale of Jeeves' wheelings and dealings, from the aristocracy to American crooks, and the sartorial checks he suffers in the process.
Via disappointed love and family visits, to that favourite first scene where Jeeves comes to Bertie's door for the first time. Was it only a happy coincidence that he 'happened' to be in need of employment at the moment when Bertie needed a valet? It's Jeeves, after all...
Contains crossover hints with other Wodehouse characters, for which the author deserves a slap-up tea with macaroons on the side.
( I had not been long in Mr. Todd’s service before I began to wonder if my talents might not be better used elsewhere... )Mr. Wooster and the Restorative Preparation