Can you tell us how Bane and Blake got to be where they are in your Revolution fic? ;)
Sure! Okay so in my mind, Bane is like a Heathcliff with this big manor in Germany or something that he’s payed for with his military and mercenary prowess. And in a Les Mis type turn of events, young Talia lives in his manor.Â
John is the youngest of maybe a dozen siblings whose father - a farmer - was first killed by the British. His brothers enlisted in the army and refused to let him come with, but after most of them were also killed he and remaining townsfolk picked up guns and started a small militia that’s grow quite large. They know the countryside better than anyone can really know land and soon, behind John’s often manic, reckless leadership, they’ve taken a sizable chunk out of the British armies traveling through Virginia.Â
The British army in charge of John’s region need help and decide that nows the time to play dirty with their politics so they hire Bane.
A spy tips John off to the arrival of Bane and his hired men, who soon begin tearing up the neighboring towns. John knows enough from his father and eldest brothers on how to sell a pitch so he lets himself be captured and taken to Bane, who actually tortures John that first time around, but when John’s impressively escaped and Bane’s had time to think things over, he and John begin a correspondence and John (pretending to NOT be the leader of his militia) strikes up a bit of a report with Bane through these letters (which always start out discussing battles and business and end up as dirty sex letters. XD
Bane needs more info on this upcoming attack so John lets himself get captured again and they finally, um….well, they fuck in this fic.
There’s a short sequel planned. I totally wish I could have had it done for today! XD