They That Sow the Wind – Chapter 10 – DreamingPagan – Black Sails [Archive of Our Own]

dreamingpagan:

It’s taken ten chapters, but we’ve finally gotten to the actual reunion!

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:

“Thomas – Jesus Christ,” he breathed. “Bethlem? He tried to
have you sent to -” He stopped, looking his lover up and down, finding
nothing obviously wrong. Still – he surveyed Thomas’ clothing and the
room he lay in again, a suspicion forming.  “Just how close was your
escape?” he asked, and Thomas smiled tightly again.

“We left London in rather a hurry, I won’t deny,” he started to say,
and James fixed him with his very best no-nonsense expression. He
sighed. “If Leftenant Jeffries hadn’t come when he did we wouldn’t be
talking,” he admitted, and James felt a shudder travel down his spine.
He stared at Thomas again and then, abruptly, he reached forward,
wrapped both arms around the taller man, embracing him tightly.  Thomas
stiffened in surprise and then the tension ran out of him, and he
returned the gesture, wrapping both arms around James gingerly, his face
touching James’ bare shoulder.  

“I thought you were safe. I dreamt you had come to harm but I thought
it was just a dream,” James said, “and instead – God, Thomas. I nearly
lost you. He nearly -” He cut himself off. “I’ll kill the bastard,” he
swore, gripping Thomas’ shoulders. “I’ll kill him for what he’s done to
you – to all of us.”

“Right now, you couldn’t kill so much as a fly,” Miranda’s voice said
from the doorway. “And much as I’m sure we all need to talk, James, you
need to eat. You’ve been through worse than we have, and the soup will
be cold soon.”

They That Sow the Wind – Chapter 10 – DreamingPagan – Black Sails [Archive of Our Own]