Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Video Games) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Black Bartosch/Captain Thomas Characters: Black Bartosch, Captain Thomas (Kingdom Come: Deliverance), Otto der Ältere von Bergow, Adela (Kingdom Come: Deliverance), and brand new cast of OCs Additional Tags: Cross-Class Romance, Court Politics, Slow Burn, Class Difference, Casual Sex, untill it isn't, Plot With Porn, Lovers to awkward coworkers, Secret Identity Summary:
“You’ve always known how to make do,” she said. “With less than you were given.” “That’s the problem,” he replied. “My work is knowing how to survive without. How to keep men alive when there’s not enough of anything. This—” He shook his head. “This is counting spoons and coats and worrying about the cut of a sleeve and the shape of buttons.” Adela watched him in silence for a moment, then said, “Still. Prague.” He looked at her, and for the first time that evening there was something like curiosity in his eyes. “Yes,” he admitted. “Prague.”
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A little story about how Bartoch ended up at Trosky.
Was meant to write it for rarepair week, but I'm taking extension into Bartosch week, though ao3 outage got in the way, this was supposed to be for Freeday.
At some point Ellipsus decided to auto-correct all the "Tomas"es into "Tomatos" and "von Bergow" became "con Bergow" so I think the delay is understandbale. Also there has been so much completely unnecessary research and historical rabbit holes. I enjoyed writing this immensely.