LINKDING

<blockquote>The man who came to Caisil with Esca Mac Cunoval sets fire to a heart brave and true. Now, if only he'd turn and notice... (or "Until All The Songs Are Sung" by carmarthen, as seen through the eyes of Dergorix).</blockquote>

<blockquote>Esca learns the Latin word by accident, from Stephanos of all people. Soul-mate.</blockquote>

<blockquote>A trip to the healing waters of Aquae Sulis leads to revelations, confessions, and far more excitement than Marcus or Esca anticipated.</blockquote> ➤ the one with the curse tablet directed at Marcus

<blockquote>The eagle is not a lump of metal.</blockquote> ➤ a neat au concept. Where the eagle is a pair of wings that allow the bearer to fly

<blockquote>"I shame him. I shame them all. And yet I am the last of us."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Years after the events of the movie, the peace that Marcus and Esca have made for themselves may be about to be disturbed.</blockquote>

<blockquote>A story set in the universe of "Chosen Man," in which Marcus and his optio Esca go to Calleva for the holiday of Saturnalia, and Marcus learns valuable lessons about making assumptions about what other people know about your religious observances. Also there is cuddling.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In an attempt to interest Esca in a game of latrunculi, Marcus suggests an unusual wager: the removal of clothing. The ensuing game is not quite what Marcus was prepared for. (Yes, it's another Strip Latrunculi fic!)</blockquote>

<blockquote>he prompt was "What if Esca was actually totally oblivious to the feelings Marcus admits he has for him?"</blockquote>

<blockquote>All of Marcus' memories are wrong. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. (Or: Five places Marcus may or may not have met Esca. Mostly not.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Marcus is a common-born ex-soldier working in his uncle's pottery workshop when he meets Esca, the son of a local Atrebates horse-trader. A canon-era AU, where everyone is not quite so noble. Things look a little different from a lower perspective. Note: The sex in this story occurs while both parties are quite drunk, and I guess could be read as dubcon because of that. They're both quite enthusiastic, though.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Everyone knows that somewhere else in the world is the person who is the other half of their soul, destined for them by the gods, a person whose very emotions they can feel. Lonely and in disgrace, Marcus soldiers across the empire, certain that his own soulmate is out there, and he strives to find him even as duty and misfortune would keep them apart.</blockquote> ➤ the one with the silphium. And I have no idea why this wasn't bookmarked already, as I've totally read it before and it's great

<blockquote>After an encounter with soldiers at their farm leaves Esca unsettled, Marcus dons his old armor and offers himself up.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Marcus speaks British badly; Esca's Latin is even worse. Luckily this has never caused them any problems before. Now, however, grammatically incorrect and highly seditious graffiti has sprung up all over the town of Calleva, and Marcus has just 10 days to teach Esca Latin before the Tribune Placidus comes investigating...</blockquote>

<blockquote>Someone told Marcus that Britons don't kiss; Esca is determined to demonstrate otherwise.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Originally inspired by a prompt on the_eagle_kink, in which the requester asked for Marcus secretly writing Esca sappy love poetry.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Because you *know* Marcus has never been tickled.</blockquote>

<blockquote>One could hide nothing from a red-haired woman of the Iceni. Not even the secrets kept deep in one's heart.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In Borcovicus, Esca tends to Marcus.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Marcus doesn't usually go for hipster musician types, but he's about to make an exception. A Brooklyn music scene AU.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Esca and Marcus are the most incompatible dorm roommates ever.</blockquote> ➤ http://archiveofourown.org/works/1042349

<blockquote>Marcus and Esca play Never Have I Ever.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Esca offers Marcus the chance to take command again.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Even if you'd choose to do the same thing again, it makes all the difference in the world to be able to have the choice.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Esca's previous experiences have not given him to understand why Marcus could possibly want this act.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In which Marcus is a historical novelist and almost all the characters are Roman-British historical reenactors; a romance in emails and bickering over historical details, with guest appearances by EVERYONE.</blockquote> ➤ modern au of the book The Eagle of the Ninth, where they're all in a historical reenactment group together ➤ it's a delightful fic, written by someone who Knows what historical reenactment groups are like. it's exquisitely well drawn and so funny ➤ written entirely in the format of emails on the group's listserv ➤ includes Marcus/Esca but is about the cast as a whole, really, and I love to see all the different characters making an appearance! ➤ 5k words in length

<blockquote>Before Esca, Marcus had never loved someone. It's a little more difficult than it probably should be.</blockquote>

➤ marcus learns british, with lots of delightful language geekery in the comments too

<blockquote>In which Marcus and Esca bond over their quasi-historical body piercings; Marcus pines a lot, gets hit in the face, and develops hypothermia; and Esca takes advantage of Saturnalia.</blockquote>

<blockquote>So Marcus and Esca settle down as Happy Gay Farmers, but one day Marcus hears someone who is/was a member of the Brigantes insult Esca for betraying his people by basically becoming a whore to a Roman and make all sorts of horrible comments about how Esca's father and family would be ashamed etc,. I just want Marcus' reaction, some anger and maybe guilt and then Esca shrugging it off and being like 'my family would be happy that I'm happy' or 'even though you're a Roman you're not like the others'</blockquote>