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Into the Wood by Baranduin (NC-17)
Fandom: LOTRIPS
Pairing: Elijah/Sean Bean
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
baranduin
Author Website: Ithaca
Why this must be read: This is a very enjoyable au inspired by Lady Chatterley's Lover. Lady Chatterley's artistic brother Elijah is chucked out of Cambridge in disgrace and retreats to Wragby where he meets Bean, the rough but intriguing gamekeeper. It owes more to the movie than the book, but overall Baranduin creates an atmosphere all her own without (thankfully) imitating the writing style of either Ken Russell or D.H. Lawrence. The ending is ambiguous, but I have a strong feeling it can be considered a happy one.
In a second Elijah was kneeling down, his pencil in hand and sketchbook open. If he’d seen a photograph of the two of them at that moment, he might have been surprised to see that their bodies held similar poses, both of them lost in concentration on the task at hand. But Elijah saw only Bean before him, and all he knew was that there was something about the curve of Bean’s long limbs that called to him. Even under the thick corduroy of his trousers, the line of lean muscle and sinew was apparent. Palpable.
Perhaps hearing Elijah’s pencil on paper, Bean looked up and smiled. Almost. It was almost a smile. Elijah smiled back. A real smile.
After a moment, Bean shifted, his task complete and his pose broken.
Elijah barked out, “No ... don’t move. I’m not finished.”
Bean looked up again, surprise rippling across his face before his features set in shadowed, harsh lines. He stood up, and it seemed to Elijah that he loomed over him larger than life. His voice was a low rasp. “You may not be, my little lord, but I am.”
Into the Wood
Pairing: Elijah/Sean Bean
Author on LJ:
baranduinAuthor Website: Ithaca
Why this must be read: This is a very enjoyable au inspired by Lady Chatterley's Lover. Lady Chatterley's artistic brother Elijah is chucked out of Cambridge in disgrace and retreats to Wragby where he meets Bean, the rough but intriguing gamekeeper. It owes more to the movie than the book, but overall Baranduin creates an atmosphere all her own without (thankfully) imitating the writing style of either Ken Russell or D.H. Lawrence. The ending is ambiguous, but I have a strong feeling it can be considered a happy one.
In a second Elijah was kneeling down, his pencil in hand and sketchbook open. If he’d seen a photograph of the two of them at that moment, he might have been surprised to see that their bodies held similar poses, both of them lost in concentration on the task at hand. But Elijah saw only Bean before him, and all he knew was that there was something about the curve of Bean’s long limbs that called to him. Even under the thick corduroy of his trousers, the line of lean muscle and sinew was apparent. Palpable.
Perhaps hearing Elijah’s pencil on paper, Bean looked up and smiled. Almost. It was almost a smile. Elijah smiled back. A real smile.
After a moment, Bean shifted, his task complete and his pose broken.
Elijah barked out, “No ... don’t move. I’m not finished.”
Bean looked up again, surprise rippling across his face before his features set in shadowed, harsh lines. He stood up, and it seemed to Elijah that he loomed over him larger than life. His voice was a low rasp. “You may not be, my little lord, but I am.”
Into the Wood
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