On Telegraphy [Count Cain/Godchild, Riff/Cain, R]

[athousandwinds.livejournal.com]

Title: On Telegraphy
Author/Artist: athousandwinds
Rating: R
Warnings: References to sex. Image-heavy.
Prompt: 16th June - Count Cain/Godchild, Cain/Riff: Devotion – "Calleth you, cometh I"
Word count: ~1500

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Comments

[animegoil.livejournal.com]

This was so clever, and as someone mentioned, darkly humorous. The format made it that much more fun to read, it's the most original and interesting story I've read just in format. But, you did so well with their personalities XD The contrast was great, and Cain made me laugh a good bit. I was kind of shocked that Riff would dare mention such things in a letter, though, if his purpose really was to get Cain to come back faster, he certainly knew how to do that. XD

[athousandwinds.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I think Cain has the public profile necessary to get away with it should Riff's letter be intercepted - worst case scenario, he'd have to flee to the continent if he couldn't bribe anyone. (Most of the gay scandals of the 1890s - always excepting Wilde - seem to be about getting caught in brothels or with rentboys. Cain and Riff, by contrast, would've kept it within the household - their problem would probably be a blackmailing servant.) And Riff, at least, has a subconscious reason to be getting Cain into trouble.