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A Miracle at Sea by Entropy House (PG)
Fandom: DRAKE’S VENTURE
Pairing: Thomas/Francis
Length: ~800
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
entropy_house
Author Website: DV fic by Entropy House on LJ
Why this must be read: You may be familiar with the legend of Drake’s Drum: whenever England is in danger, Drake’s drum will sound and the old mariner will return to defend his country. This story is set during the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940, the last time that the drum was heard. I love the sense of history and lore in this story – furthermore, it’s poignant with its sense of Drake as a hero, something rare in DV fics.
He ran the Mary as close to the beach as he dared, feeling incredibly conspicuous. Bombs blasted the water all around him- dead fish floated on the surface, amid chunks of debris from other, unlucky vessels. The bigger ships waited offshore for him and the others like him, to ferry men. Lines of lifeboats from the destroyers filled the water. In places you could have walked from one to another for hundreds of yards without touching water.
"HERE!" He bellowed, waving his arms. "Here!" He grinned as the first lifeboats touched Mary, and men began climbing aboard. Young men, the future of Britain. God, so young, and so tired, and so damn beautiful, all of them. They crammed in shoulder to shoulder, the last ones being pulled aboard even as Mary backed water.
A Miracle at Sea
Pairing: Thomas/Francis
Length: ~800
Author on LJ:
entropy_house Author Website: DV fic by Entropy House on LJ
Why this must be read: You may be familiar with the legend of Drake’s Drum: whenever England is in danger, Drake’s drum will sound and the old mariner will return to defend his country. This story is set during the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940, the last time that the drum was heard. I love the sense of history and lore in this story – furthermore, it’s poignant with its sense of Drake as a hero, something rare in DV fics.
He ran the Mary as close to the beach as he dared, feeling incredibly conspicuous. Bombs blasted the water all around him- dead fish floated on the surface, amid chunks of debris from other, unlucky vessels. The bigger ships waited offshore for him and the others like him, to ferry men. Lines of lifeboats from the destroyers filled the water. In places you could have walked from one to another for hundreds of yards without touching water.
"HERE!" He bellowed, waving his arms. "Here!" He grinned as the first lifeboats touched Mary, and men began climbing aboard. Young men, the future of Britain. God, so young, and so tired, and so damn beautiful, all of them. They crammed in shoulder to shoulder, the last ones being pulled aboard even as Mary backed water.
A Miracle at Sea
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I'm glad you recced it.
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I'm AnonEhouse (http://archiveofourown.org/users/AnonEhouse) there.
A Miracle At Sea
(http://archiveofourown.org/works/441752) is here.