Scarlet pimpernel ficlet 🙌
Barely-AU in which Percy and Chauvelin are in love and in denial about it....
“Ah, true, I do know that. But what you do not know my Chauvelin, is that that citoyen Robespierre will be entirely too busy by the time you return, and he shall sorely need your help.” If Chauvelin could have wiped the grin of that face-
Wait.
“Your Chauvelin? Truly Sir Percy, I do not know whether I’m more surprised at your audacity to think me anything of yours, or the fact that you have actually managed to remember my name!” He tried to sound condescending, but his tone betrayed the surprise he felt.
A glint in Percy’s eyes was the only clue that betrayed any feeling besides glee, but Chauvelin thought it might be a happiness, or perhaps excitement, that he saw in his old enemy’s eyes.
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