And, because I’m terrible at waiting and because Chapter Two is a semi-short chapter – here it is. For those of you who like politics. And villains.
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Fandom: Black Sails
Relationship: Miranda Barlow/Captain Flint/Thomas Hamilton
Characters: James McGraw, Thomas Hamilton, Miranda Barlow, Charles
Vane, Eleanor Guthrie, various OCs, Captain Flint, Alfred Hamilton, Peter Ashe, James Norrington, Lawrence Norrington, Admiral Hennessey, assorted historical personages
Additional Tags: In which there are politics and plots, and also a fair amount of fluff, no seriously Thomas and Miranda are too cute together, Thomas has Adventures, James needs a blanket, and Miranda needs her men to stop getting themselves into these situations, Eventual Happy Ending
Summary:
“What would you have me do?” Admiral Hennessey’s voice was an
infuriated and indignant hiss. He leaned forward, closer to Lawrence,
fierce for all that he was half a foot shorter than the other man.
“Rescue James against his orders and allow him to make his accusations?
See half the officers in the fleet brought up on charges?”
“I
would have you do something to end his reign of tyranny over the
Admiralty rather than cower and whimper like a whipped cur! Good God,
man! Have you no dignity, no honor? He is all but family – your own
ward, and still you -”
Hennessey slammed his hand against the desk, shaking the papers and ink laying out on it.
“Do not lecture me on what I am sacrificing, Lawrence! Do you think I do this lightly?”
“I think you were all too quick to throw him to the wolves when they came baying at your door. A decent man would -”
Hennessey laughed bitterly.
“A
decent man,” he sneered. “A noble ass like yourself, you mean – you,
who not six months ago were extolling the virtues of gentlemen officers
over men raised from the ranks, men like James, whom you now have the
gall to champion as if you had been his defender all along!”
At
the door, James jumped at the sound of his name, looking once more over
his shoulder, but it was clear they were speaking of someone else –
someone who was apparently in a great deal of trouble. He bent to hear
the conversation again, wondering uneasily if he truly wanted to know
what sort of trouble.
“He may be a johnny jump-up, but his actions
mark him as an honorable one – honor that I now find lacking in you,
Alexander. It is curious indeed that you have managed to instill such
bravery in your ward when you yourself appear to have none.”
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