crack_van | Catnip by Widget, (NC-17)

Fandom: HORATIO HORNBLOWER
Pairing: Horatio/Archie/Kitty
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Author Website:The Widgeteria
Why this must be read:
It's a kind of unusual pairing, with Kitty thrown in. Taking place after the events at El Ferrol, it adds some het to the mix, which makes it very interesting. It is a Kitty who is infatuated with the two naval boys, and she has an insight into their relationship that is so incredibly true. She sees the sweetness of their relationship, and she wants to share in it. She helps them realize things about themselves, which makes for a sweet, sensual, hot fic in three parts.

Part 1:

Kitty could feel appreciative eyes upon them as they passed, although she could not be certain if their frank admiration was directed at her person of those of her escorts. She caught the gaze of a fashionably dressed young woman walking on the arm of an older man with an imperious manner and the bushiest side-whiskers Kitty had ever seen outside of the theatre. The young woman’s expression was one of open envy and Kitty nodded graciously in passing, a triumphant smile tracing her lips. The other woman tossed her head disdainfully and continued on her path, her eyes straight ahead once more, but Kitty spied her casting one last covetous look over her shoulder as her companion led her away.

Part 2:

Kitty laughed again, basking in Archie’s attention. Oh, how she had missed engaging in such flirtations with pretty young men.

Her walks with the then Acting Lieutenant Hornblower had been the only reprieve from the monotony and she had relished their time together. Awkward and unschooled in the social arts he might have been, but he was then, as now, a lovely thing and more than once she’d found her gaze drifting to that absurdly pretty mouth of his, contemplating how soft those full lips would be pressed against her own, considering how delightful it would be to initiate the clearly inexperienced Horatio into the mysteries of lovemaking.

Part 3:

When he opened his eyes at last, they were as soft and dark as velvet and more tender than she could ever have imagined. Horatio reached out with one hand to touch Archie’s face and with the other he caressed Kitty’s, his expression one of undisguised amazement. Archie grasped his hand and pressed the fingertips to his lips. Horatio smiled sweetly in response. When Horatio turned that smile upon Kitty she couldn’t decide whether she wanted to steal the breath from his lungs or place a chaste kiss upon his forehead like a doting sister.

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Catnip by Widget, (NC-17)

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