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The Gun
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Gun |
| Author(s): | trueriver |
| Date(s): | 13 April 2006 |
| Length: | 1487 words |
| Genre(s): | sequel, adult |
| Fandom(s): | Mary Renault |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | archived on LJ |
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"The Gun" by trueriver is a short story based on Mary Renault's 1953 novel The Charioteer. It is set some time after the end of the novel at a time when Laurie and Ralph are living together.
Synopsis
Laurie has enticed Ralph early to bed, but cannot sleep after they've made love. Getting up, he realizes that the drawer of Ralph's desk is open; but, when he goes to close it, he spots the gun that, in Chapter Sixteen, Ralph had been about to use to commit suicide.
Comments
Comments on the story included the following:
- "Smut and seriousness!
I doubt though that Ralph would give up his gun for anybody - even Laurie. He strikes me very much a gun type of person."—comment by cyberducks- "there was a little bit of discussion about that - that the gun might remain a symbol to Laurie, but be just a tool to our more practical Ralph..."—response by my_cnnr
- "I especially like Ralph's "Steady, Spud," in the beginning. It strikes me as being SO Ralph and SO sexy, too. Ralph/Laurie smut = happiness"—comment by shookeymoominx