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Title: With Demons
Author: pippi
Artist: evian-fork
Fandom: Original
Word Count: 19,763
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Bernard, Glyndower, Florina, Frank, Melinda the bargirl, Errinerung the butler
Warnings: homophobia, internalized homophobia, PTSD
Summary: Bernard is about to become the king. But as he runs away from his queen-to-be, he accidentally stumbles upon an unknown room in his castle. He opens the door to find a prisoner shackled in chains. The two men start talking, and discover they are both in a very unpleasant situation for the same reason – they dared to kiss another man. Glyndower talks his way out of the chains, and Bernard talks his way out of the castle. They set on a path to find Glyndower’s long lost love.
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Glyndower falls in love with another man and gets himself imprisoned. The love of his life runs away to save himself, and Glyndower is certain he’ll never see the man again. He spends the next three centuries shackled in chains, never seeing a single person and with no hope of getting out. When some day a young prince stumbles into the room by accident, Glyndower knows this is his only chance to get out of the castle and find the man he loves. He is set on manipulating the prince any way he knows how. But the prince is entirely too kind and adorably awkward, and also in a bit of a bad situation himself. Without quite knowing how, Glyndower ends up as a nanny to a young human running away from his tyrannical wife-to-be. Also there are demons. Or well, there used to be.
Author's Notes: The art is by the lovely evian-fork on lj, who was awesome to work with. I'd also like to thank my lovely betas, Aze and Kakau. Aze is the light at the end of all my tunnels, and this story would never exist without her. Kakau was a pair of fresh eyes when I desperately needed them, and she is one of the reasons why I continue to write. Thanks to everyone else who kicked my butt when I was being lazy. And to my little brother for believing I can do this (and who promised to podfic this story asap). 
The amazing art: here

 



He is standing in front of Florina, his hands in fists and his eyes stinging. Because if he blinks, tears that he’s been holding back for hours will spill over. The last thing he needs is for his queen-to-be fiancée to see him crying. So he squeezes the bunched cloth in his fists harder and gulps down the embarrassment, then slowly draws a breath.

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