A Wrinkle in Crinoline
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Alfred drags a drunk and petulant Arthur home one night, and ends up revealing a long held, dearly kept secret about his Revolution.
In which Arthur's a canny old drunk, Alfred's nostalgic, and when Washington had first met his fledgling nation, he'd never expected this.
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- Part 1 of A Wrinkle in Crinoline
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An exhausted and stressed out superpower finds a relic of better days in the back of the hidden drinking cabinet he'd used during Prohibition, and suddenly the stress doesn't seem that bad; at least, not if he has the escape he'd long forgotten about: The glide of soft fabrics agains silk skin, the warmth of appreciative appraisal directed at him, and the comfort that - for a few precious hours - he could be anyone he wanted to be.
If one sneaky nation hadn't intervened.
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- Part 2 of A Wrinkle in Crinoline
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Otherwise titled, "The Things Alfred will do for Love...both familial and romantic"
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- Part 3 of A Wrinkle in Crinoline
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It's August 1814, and the White House blazes like the fire in his heart.
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- Part 4 of A Wrinkle in Crinoline
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Alfred was used to spying in galas and parties all across the world. He loved the swish of skirts around his legs and the thrum of the beat the musicians would play, even as the company around him often bored him to death. And for all that he was aware he wasn't the only nation who snuck into balls all over the world, it was still a surprise the first time he actually ran into one.
It just had to be Ivan, didn't it?
[Set in the UK, first chapter is the fic. Omake in Chapter 2 to come!]
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- Part 5 of A Wrinkle in Crinoline
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Alfred thought this was going to be a routine mission, like the ones he normally pulled off for his intelligence agencies when they couldn’t risk anyone else. He was going to go in, integrate himself with the target’s staff, get the information, and leave. It was an absolutely normal job. Except, of course, for the dress he was going to be wearing the entire time. But that was ok, that was perfectly fine - it wasn’t like anyone was going to know he was a guy, and hey, no one he knew was ever going to see him in a maid’s outfit, so yeah, he was totally fine with this. Enter a bored Ivan on a mission, a perverted, grab-happy target, a sympathetic staff, and it’s far from the month that Alfred was expecting. What did he do to deserve this?
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- Part 6 of A Wrinkle in Crinoline
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They dance like they've done it for countless centuries - an eternity in every move they make. They dance like they're ageless; like the world spins in tandem with their twirls. They dance like they're beautiful and breathtaking; like there was nothing more important in the world than being exactly where they were.
They danced like there was nothing more precious than each other, and Arthur wondered how long he'd willed himself to miss this.
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- Part 7 of A Wrinkle in Crinoline
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As if burning his heart hadn't been enough, Arthur would burn his hopes as well.
Even when he didn't realize he was doing it.Series
- Part 8 of A Wrinkle in Crinoline
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Miss (verb):
1. to fail to notice, hear, or understand
2. to notice the loss or absence of; to feel regret or sadness at no longer being able to enjoy the presence ofAlfred quickly realizes that his family's uncannily good at both of them.
(Or rather, 5 times Alfred was able to hide from his family right under their noses, and the one time they caught him)
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- Part 9 of A Wrinkle in Crinoline
- Part 2 of where I'm meant to be