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island_of_reil ([personal profile] island_of_reil) wrote2013-05-02 08:46 pm

"Physician"

Physician (10,430 words) by [personal profile] island_of_reil
Chapters: 1/1
Fandoms: The Eagle (2011); The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw
Rating: T
Fanwork type: Gen
Word count: 10,430
Characters: Charis/Chariton of Ephesus, Esca mac Cunoval, Marcus Flavius Aquila, Quintus of Rome, original male characters
Genres: Canon Era, Crossover, First Person POV
Content Notes: Broken bones, graphic surgery, snakes, obscene Latin poetry
Summary: Inspired by [personal profile] bunn's fic "Splendid Things Gleam in the Dust," this fic begins after hers ends. En route from Antinoöpolis, Marcus and Esca stop in Alexandria to board a ship back to Britain. But Esca is injured in a street accident, and they are taken to the clinic of a well-known physician. That physician is Chariton of Ephesus — in truth, Charis, a woman who has been practicing medicine in the guise of a eunuch for many years. This story is told through her eyes.

Read "Physician" at An Archive of Our Own.

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