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cabinpres_fic) wrote2012-04-03 07:26 am
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PROMPT POST PART IV
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(updated 6 June)
Welcome everybody. How you got here I have no idea but thank you for coming and welcome again, nonetheless . As you may have gathered this is a Fic Prompting Meme dedicated solely to the hilarious and oh-so-addictive BBC Radio 4 sitcom - Cabin Pressure. I'm aiming for this to be pretty anything goes - but in order for everything to run smoothly, there are a few guidelines. Don't worry - they're not too restrictive.
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Fill - Lord Crieff's Lover 13/15
Their mouths were joined as Diego backed him to the bed, words not necessary as clothes were shed and discarded on the wooden floor.
After almost two days and on limited time, Martin was glad Diego had no interest in conversation and was more than encouraging when Diego decided to take him roughly in the fur.
Martin's mistake came when he curled to Diego's side, letting his head rest on his lovers shoulder to regain his breath after a hard, blinding climax. Or rather, the actual mistake came by letting himself close his eyes in the warmth of his lover's embrace.
Neither man, in their slumber, heard the second horse, but both awoke abruptly as the door swung open.
Both men froze in terror as the figure stepped into the lamp light.
"Your uncle has arrived, Sir," Richardson said, his face serious. His glance moved quickly to Diego and then back to Martin as they lay naked in each others arms. "Your man is out searching for you. He went towards to the west of the house, I suggest you intercept him on your horse while I return to the house."
With that, the man left abruptly, the door swinging shut behind him. The young lord and his lover only gaining sense enough to move once they heard Richardson's horse ride away.
"Oh, God!" Diego said covering his face. "He won't tell anyone, don't you think?"
Martin jumped up and scrambled into his clothes. "I don't- I don't know."
"What would happen?" Diego said, distraught, as Martin sat back on the bed and pulled on his boots quickly.
He turned and pressed a hand to Diego's cheek. "I won't let anything happen to you. I promise."
With that, Martin pressed a kiss to Diego's lips and left the hut just minutes after Richardson.
He found Arthur wondering around in the woods calling his name, just where Richardson said he would be.
"Martin!" Arthur exclaimed as soon as he saw him. "Where have you been? Your uncle has arrived and Charlotte is fretting!"
"I know," he said stretching out a hand for Arthur to climb onto the back of his horse. "Richardson discovered us."
"When you say 'discovered'?" Arthur asked.
"In his bed," Martin clarified with a worried look to his friend.
"Dear god," Arthur exclaimed as Martin set off towards the house.
Fill - Lord Crieff's Lover 14/15
Richardson appeared from the side of the room and took his riding jacket, his face unreadable as he went about his duty. "I will inform the kitchens you are ready to eat," Richardson murmured as he folded the jacket and collected Arthur's from him. Arthur took his place at the door, ready for his lord to call on him and he glanced over at Charlotte, unable to hide the worry from his face.
"Taking to hunting at long last! Good to hear it. And think nothing of it my dear boy, your delightful wife has been entertaining us."
The evening progressed predictably, despite Lord Crieff's poor dinner dress and the worried looks his wife kept throwing to both him and Arthur.
Richardson, unusually, had left overseeing the dinner service to one of the other servants and this only added to Martin's anxiety. Could the man no longer even look at him? Had he gone to deal with Diego - to fire him? Surely he couldn't do that without his consent.
Martin considered sending a message to Diego, but that would arouse further suspicion and in truth, as yet, he had no comfort for the man.
Charlotte, being the only lady at the table, excused herself as dinner finished and his uncle made noises about brandy and cigars in the library.
"What is the matter? You look positively ill!" Charlotte whispered as Martin walked her out of the dining room.
"We will tell you later," Martin whispered back and unable to argue, Charlotte retired to their rooms.
It was a torturous two more hours before Martin's uncle was ready to turn in. Wary, but glad to escape, Arthur and Martin retired upstairs to their rooms.
Just as he approached the door to his marital rooms and Arthur approached his room, they heard someone approach.
Martin turned and came face to face with Richardson and Martin felt so terrified he though he was going to vomit.
He felt Arthur, faithful Arthur, step closer to him.
"Your Lordship, if I could spare a moment. I have not had the proper opportunity to explain my position here at the house."
"Ermm, I err... Oh, god!" Martin spluttered in blind panic. He felt Arthur's hand fall onto his shoulder in silent support.
"I think you misunderstand me, Sir. This is a very loyal household and you, my lordship, are the master of this house."
Douglas looked between the mortified manservant and the trembling master of the house before continuing in his calm and quiet voice. "The existing arrangements have been quietly acknowledged will remain the business of the house and the house alone. And if it's not too imprudent for me to say, Sir, you have won many hearts below stairs with your commitment to the happiness of your wife."
Arthur looked shocked for a moment but relieved a moment later when Richardson gave him a quiet nod.
Martin held his breath and waited for Richardson to mention what he had seen, but that didn't come.
"As such, Sir, I would advise you to abed on the door to the right this evening. Goodnight Mr Shappey."
Martin nodded, and Arthur, with a glance and nod from Martin, reached with a shaking hand for the doorknob and disappeared into Charlotte's room.
"Good night, then," Martin said, with a nod and a sick feeling still in his stomach. He approached the door to the room Arthur usually entered, wondering why Richardson hasn't said anything more.
Perhaps, he silently hoped, he would stay quiet. Perhaps he could risk further visits to Diego.
"Good night, Sir," Richardson said with a nod and walked away.
Martin let out a deep breath in relief and opened the door.
The door swung shut behind him as Martin stared open mouthed at his bed.
"Martin," Diego said with a happy smile and a thick accent.
Martin blinked in disbelief. "Diego!" he exclaimed, turning back to the door as if passing people would see the man in his bed.
The naked man in his bed, he realised as Diego sat, reaching for him, and letting the sheets pool down to his waist.
"Calm yourself!" Diego said, making Martin realise he was breathing hard, trying to figure out how he could smuggle his lover safely from his bed without being seen by the household.
"Come here," Diego beckoned and Martin staggered forward. Taken by the sight of this beautiful man him his bed, despite the danger it presented.
He took his lover's hand and sat on the bed.
"Richardson came to me an hour after you left. I couldn't let anything happen to you, so I confessed to him my love for you and swore I would tell people I forced myself on you if he gave up our secret."
"Oh, you fool," Martin said, bringing up Diego's hands to kiss them, his love for this man bubbling over. He kissed Diego's face before Diego interrupted him.
"He spoke harshly to me, but not for the reason you think. He was angry that I had doubted him. You see he knew my mother well and he had promised her as she died to look out for me."
Martin breathed out in relief and leant forward, pulling Diego into his arms and breathing into the comfort of his neck.
"He told me that our secret will be safe with the house and if you want me, I may share your bed in safety."
Martin tightened his hold on his lover and didn't attempt to stem the tears that streamed down his face and onto his lover's neck.
Fill - Lord Crieff's Lover 15/15
Martin's uncle smiled broadly as he looked across line of children presented to him. The eldest at three and a half, Martin's son and heir, Arthur, stood proud under the scrutiny. Beside him, his sister, clutching tightly onto his hand waved over at Martin's man-servant stood by the door.
"Concentrate, child," her nurse, Mary, whispered. She held in her arms their other son, while Charlotte stayed seated, heavily pregnant with their forth child.
"A great continuation of the Crieff name, my boy. Well done! And all a picture of their father!"
Martin, Charlotte and Mary kept their faces straight, while out of his uncle's line of sight the servant's lips twitched and Richardson dropped a silver tray at the other end of the dining table.
The eldest boy and girl kissed Martin good night and then their mother, and Martin called over to Arthur, who smiled at the call. "Arthur, would help Mary take the children up."
"Of course, Sir," he said and led the children out. Martin saw, over his uncle's shoulder, Arthur raise his son and namesake onto his shoulders as the dining room door closed.
An hour later, Charlotte bid Martin and his uncle goodnight and an hour after that, his uncle finished his final glass of wine.
"Your wife has arranged a horse for you at the kitchen door, Sir," Richardson said quietly as he collected their glasses.
Martin acknowledged him with a grateful smile as his uncle got to his feet and announced his intention to turn in. Bidding him goodnight he turned to the kitchens.
The kitchen was still a buzz of activity but Carolyn was there to hand him a packed dinner for Diego. He gave her a cheeky kiss on the cheek with titters from the maids and she smacked him playfully on the arm.
"Off with you. I'll have Arthur collect you at dawn," she said openly with a well humored grin.
He bowed to the ladies and escaped the house and mounted his horse.
The rouse wasn't entirely necessary - Diego had previously slept in their bed, as he usually did, while his uncle had visited.
But his uncle now knew Diego as the gamekeeper after the day's hunt, and a gamekeeper was a little more difficult to explain wandering the house than any other type of servant.
Besides, Martin thought as he came into sight of the hut, windows glowing with warm, inviting lamp-light. It had been a while since Diego had laid him down in the fur.
The End.
Re: Fill - Lord Crieff's Lover 15/15
(Anonymous) 2012-04-21 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Fill - Lord Crieff's Lover 15/15
(Anonymous) 2012-04-22 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Fill - Lord Crieff's Lover 15/15
(Anonymous) 2012-04-23 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Fill - Lord Crieff's Lover 15/15
Oh, I adored this!
*applauds*