Fic: ‘And knowing what to keep’ (Kidnapped - Stevenson)

[regshoe]

This fic is something I was originally thinking vaguely of writing for Yuletide, but there ended up not being time during the exchange, so here it is as a New Year's Resolution. :)

The idea came from combining garonne's Yuletide letter, which mentioned ‘fic that shows little snapshots of characters' lives over a long period of time’ as a like, and her own fic ‘A-Roving No More’, which does just that so well, on the one hand; and on the other hand, the historical future of Allan Breck Stewart—who never returned permanently to Scotland, but lived out the rest of his days in France. What might our Alan and David’s long future look like in that world, thought I?...

And knowing what to keep (12134 words) by regshoe
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: David Balfour/Alan Breck Stewart
Characters: David Balfour, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, POV outsiders
Summary:

Over many years, the laird of Shaws makes a choice.

(The title is from Kenny Rogers’s ‘The Gambler’, via the play soundtrack, but this is otherwise entirely a book fic.)

Comments

[luzula]

Yay, you posted! \o/ Looking forward to eventually re-reading. Oh, I love the RLS Stevenson quote you have in the AO3 notes.

[regshoe]

:)

That epigraph (which is subtextually about Fanny, in context) was a bit of serendipity—I was just reading the book this week and thought it would suit this story well!

[sanguinity]

Oh, what a fascinating premise! I look forward to this!

[regshoe]

:D I hope you enjoy it!

[garonne]

How cool! And all my favourite tropes :) Very much looking forward to reading it!

[regshoe]

Oh good :) I hope you enjoy it!