Shoscombe Old Place: Escape

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: Shoscombe Old Place
Title: Escape
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G
Author's Note: With her disabilities and her money-obsessed brother, Beatrice deserved better.


Her hair flows behind her like windswept wheat as she races down the sunset with Shoscombe Prince. He steps lively, breaking across the field into the hills. Prince is wild, Beatrice free. Together, they escape.

The fantasy alone is enough to provoke a coughing fit. When it passes, the horse cocks his head. Another sugar cube is all they share.

Comments

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

A lovely little look at Beatrice. (I love that detail that her hair is "like windswept wheat".) It's rather sad that, due to the demands of the plot, we don't meet her - we're only told about her. I wonder if she was born with the weak heart, or did it develop in later life? Is this a complete fantasy, or is it shaped by memories from the past?

[debriswoman]

A wonderful image:-)

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Beatrice must have been a very gentle soul.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Oh, so many good questions. That's the beauty of these readthroughs -- thinking too hard about all the little details. :) I don't know about Beatrice. I'd like to believe she had a chance to taste some adventure in her life before her heart slowed her down.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

She deserved better than the lot she had, certainly.