An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bathsheba Everdene/Gabriel Oak/William Boldwood
Characters: Bathsheba Everdene, Gabriel Oak, William Boldwood
Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Alternative Universe - Happy Ending, Sharing a Bed, Y'all can't tell me this wasn't the ending Thomas Hardy intended, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, POV Multiple
Summary:
“Sir,” Gabriel says, as gently as he knows how. “Give me the rifle, sir. Please.”
Boldwood’s hands are trembling, but his aim is true, and the sergeant is in his line of sight. Troy has let go of Miss Everdene at least, and is hunched on the ground, breathing hard.
If he moves - if he says a word - Mr Boldwood will kill him. Of that, Gabriel is sure. He doesn’t care about the soldier. No mourned him the first time, not even his wife. But Mr Boldwood’s life is worth more than Troy’s, and Gabriel will not see it wasted for the bastard’s sake.
Mr Boldwood is too good to have this blood on his hands.