"Lover and Scholar"

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Lover and Scholar by island_of_reil

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: The Lost Prince, Frances Hodgson Burnett

Rating: M

Word count: 6383

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Relationships: The Rat/Original Female Character; Marco Loristan/The Rat (past)

Characters: The Rat, Original Female Character

Additional Tags: Internalized Ableism, Angst, Intercrural Sex, Heavy Petting, Post-Canon, 1920s

Summary: The Rat is in love with Antonija, the American-born daughter of the Samavian scholar who tutored her alongside the Rat and Marco. Antonija wants to spend her life with the Rat. But she also wants to follow in her father’s footsteps, and she is leaving Samavia to study abroad. The Rat fears he may lose her someday to a man who can stand up straight and walk without crutches. Even more than that, he fears she might die trying to bear any child he could give her.

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[Cross-posted to the_lamp_is_lighted.]