AUTHOR: Laylah
PAIRING: Rose/Equius
RATING: G
WORD COUNT: 1050
ADDITIONAL TAGS: AU, imperialism, alien invasion/conquest, written for HSO 2012
SUMMARY: Her own people will call her a traitor for pursuing this; they will see only the ways she betters her own situation, and not the ways that a stronger position would help her help other humans in turn.
EXCERPT: Baron Zahhak dances with her, grave and mechanically perfect, and Rose unravels his secrets. She watches the careful restraint of his every gesture, collates that with the strict formality of his speech, maps both of those patterns to the clear reverence he has for hierarchy and the physical reactions he can’t suppress. She asks for the second dance, then commands the third. His palm is damp under her fingers and his breathing has grown audible. He stammers when he remarks on how forward she is.
rec’d by anthropwashere
