LINKDING

<blockquote>Long before William Laurence lost his memory, before treason, and exile, and journeys across the face of the world, John Granby loved him.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Laurence is happy in Scotland, happy with Tharkay and Temeraire and their new life. Mostly.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Temeraire pushes to pass a law that lets dragons adopt human families. Issues with the paperwork lead to some unexpected, but not unpleasant, consequences.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Laurence awakens in 1804 during the moment of Temeraire's hatching. He weighs his knowledge and makes a choice.</blockquote> ➤ oh nooooooooo :(

<blockquote>Mr. Tharkay was entirely clever, entirely self-sufficient, and the Admiral was a true gentleman, respectful and warm towards the servants without being permissive, and they were both, Mary supposed, very great men in their own rights. It was only that, when they were together, she couldn't fail to think that they were not in their right mind. Tenzing Tharkay, William Laurence, and the servants that observe them.</blockquote>

<blockquote>There was a room, and a pallet inside it; a small torch burned low in a socket upon the wall. A man lay upon the cot, his face bruised and battered, his hands curled against his chest bloody, and Laurence did not know him. Or, a little part of Blood of Tyrants goes differently.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In which the instution of marriage is discussed, and the impediments therein are removed. ...mostly via the application of liberal amounts of alcohol, and maybe a smidgeon of actual use of words.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Tharkay is the only one on the Reliant who is not already tied to a position, and so he is the one chosen to harness the dragonet when it hatches. (Or: the one where Tharkay is a reluctant aviator, and Laurence is an outcast wanderer.)</blockquote> ➤ seems to be abandoned, but what does exist is amazing

<blockquote>Little suddenly turns away and throws himself down on the couch where Laurence previously sat, drunkenness making him stumble a little. He leans heavily against Tharkay, who doesn't mind, and tosses Granby a jaunty salute. “Now you must kiss him, John. I know how long you have wanted to; you will always regret it if you do not."</blockquote>

<blockquote>It is very nice to have dragons on Parliament, but Perscitia has a few concerns.</blockquote>

<blockquote>It takes awhile for Laurence to get accustomed to aviator culture.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Laurence is pardoned for Temeraire's sake, but he manages to punish himself anyway.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Maintaining a clandestine relationship with Granby is hard enough for Little without the war, a plague, multiple trips around the world and gossipy dragons in the mix, never mind Granby's ambiguously close friendship with William Laurence. Little does his best not to be jealous or uncertain as the years and continents separate him from his lover, but when Laurence returns from a shipwreck with his memories missing and old prejudices intact, Little finds he has something new to worry about.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Laurence is content living with Tharkay after the war, but he wishes their relationship could be more... defined.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Laurence and Tharkay, holed up together in the midst of a cold, snowy winter, pass the time by reading old letters. But there's more contained in those papers than either of them bargained for...</blockquote> ➤ the premise of this fic is INCREDIBLE, I love them going through Laurence's old letters in a cozily domestic wintry home, with the contents new to both of them

<blockquote>Accidentally bonded to a Japanese Water-Spitter, the navy decides to promote Laurence to a bigger ship and let Temeraire accompany him at sea. They do not, unfortunately, inform his crew of this, and misinformation abounds.</blockquote> ➤ omg ➤ (wip through ch 10, last updated in 2018)

<blockquote>Laurence and Temeraire have been living with Tharkay for a scant two weeks when Laurence sends Granby a letter that essentially boils down to hi John how did you know you're gay also plz help I am in trouble.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The consolations of possession.</blockquote> ➤ it feels surprisingly innovative to come across a fic where Tharkay is NOT the long-term piner of the two

<blockquote>Five encounters with the Surprise’s dragon.<blockquote>

<blockquote>What it says on the tin. Five times Mary Crawford kisses a female aviator in England's draconic Aerial Corps. Sort of a companion piece to 'A Monstrous Regiment' but should make sense on its own without it.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In which Lady Kiyomizu is a big fan of Shakespeare, and also, alcohol.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The war with France has been oddly quiet of late, which is good (though frustrating) news for Temeraire, newly-trained and just learning to patrol the English coast. Meanwhile Laurence meets an amnesiac Frenchman in Dover and takes advantage of the covert's idleness.</blockquote> ➤ in which an amnesiac Napoleon ends up in England for a while

<blockquote>When her son returns from breakfasting in town and tells her that he plans to move to Scotland to stay with his friend Mr. Tharkay, and that Temeraire will be taking one of the new seats in Parliament, Diana says only, “Well, dear, you must bring Mr. Tharkay to tea, then. Tomorrow?”</blockquote>

<blockquote>‘It is no good asking me,’ Laurence said at last, pushing the pattern-book away over breakfast, ‘I am not the one–’ Not the one who would be living with the result, he had been about to say. But they had hardly accepted Tharkay’s invitation as casual houseguests.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Laurence never goes on to Russia or finishes the war. He stays in China, instead, with Temeraire.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Two dragons create a scandal in Britain, life with Tharkay is wonderful – and also a bit scandalous – and Laurence is apparently destined to be a political symbol for the rest of his life. What kind of symbol, though, is debatable.</blockquote>

<blockquote>In which Temeraire finds that the present is a foreign country. Set two hundred years after the events of the novels</blockquote> ➤ oh no it's so SAD

<blockquote>There are pearls that might turn a man into a dragon, a dragon into a man. What if a man does not remember his past?</blockquote>

<blockquote>Sometimes the effects of head-injuries are not always readily apparent.</blockquote> ➤ okay I think this one might be worse than the one where Temeraire died

<blockquote>After capturing the Amitié, Captain Laurence meets an odd French officer who refuses to give his parole.</blockquote>