Prompt idea: Jane Green's reflection on Emma and Henry's interactions in 2x03 and in 2x04, maybe how she notices an attraction between the two. I need more Emmry fics after last night's episode!! And yours are terrific!
This was a GREAT prompt, kind anonymous friend! What started as a brief break from trying to tackle the next chapter of In Haste turned into a four page mother/daughter introspective extravaganza.
So, without more fanfare -
Obedience - A Mercy Street Fanfic
Characters: Jane Green, Emma Green, Henry Hopkins
Additional Tags: Biblical References, Mother-Daughter Relationship, Parent-Child Relationship, Introspection, Growing Up, Leaving Home Disapproving Family
Summary: “Children, obey your parents in all things.” Jane Green is giving serious thought to the small matter of obedient, and disobedient, children.
Jane Green was giving much thought to Paul’s letter to the Colossians.
She had always found great consolation in all of Paul’s epistles (her new testament more heavily considered than her old) but Colossians was of special interest of late.
Of course, there was Paul’s first injunction Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands , which, she daily prayed, she followed to the best of her ability.
But more than that the line that followed: Children, obey your parents in all things.
Read the rest here on AO3!
