New Vicbourne fic sneaky peek!
I have a new Vicbourne fic for you, probably to be called Riding Out, not quite as full-on (well, I say that ...) as Revelation. I’ll be posting in the next day or so, probably both on AO3 and ffnet. It’s a little two hander which I have adored writing, set shortly after her second baby and after Melbourne’s resignation as Prime Minister. New paths have been forged but deep affection will always remain.
Angst, longing, memories, conversation ... and eventually something else.
Here’s a sneaky peek to (hopefully) whet your appetite. Melbourne is paying Victoria an increasingly rare visit.
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‘Albert is in Carlisle.’ There was a terse edge to her voice he should ignore.
‘There is a new railway and some dispute over the gauge to be used. It is most tedious, I must say, yet he seems to find it utterly fascinating. I daresay, being a man, you probably find it so too.’
He pouted a little, his hands still clasped before him with relaxed ease. ‘No, Ma’am. I am not certain that being a man requires an interest in railways.’
‘Well, Peel is as riveted by the blasted things as Albert.’
He took steady paces towards her. ‘I am not Robert Peel, Ma’am. I had hoped that, despite doing the same job, you had noticed that it is a different person now going through the dispatch box with you each day.’
She laughed again and he adored it. ‘Oh, Lord M, you know how profoundly I notice the difference between you and Robert Peel!’ She let her laugh rise beyond her before continuing, softly and sincerely, ‘We had good conversation, did we not?’
He paused a moment and held her eyes deliberately before saying, ‘Yes, Ma’am.’
Something caught in his chest and he swallowed to ease it. ‘Indeed.’
