British historical novelist Rosemary Sutcliff is perhaps best-known for her children's novels about Roman Britain, but her works span from Bronze Age Britain c. 2000-1000 BCE to the 19th century Ottoman Empire. Most of my Sutcliff fanfiction so far is based on her novels of Roman Britain, particularly The Eagle of the Ninth and Frontier Wolf. Almost all take place in the canon era.
Fanfiction based on the Rosemary Sutcliff novel The Eagle of the Ninth. All canon-era.
Trillium
Marcus/Cottia/Esca, Uncle Aquila, rated G, 420 words
When Marcus, Cottia, and Esca come for a visit, Uncle Aquila notices something he hadn't seen between them before.
The Beast With Two Prickly Backs
Marcus/Cottia/Esca, rated T for implied sexuality, 630 words
Of all the things Marcus expected when he settled down to farm the chalk hills of the Down Country, being awoken in the night by mating hedgehogs was not one of them.
Warmed Out of the Grey Ash
Marcus/Cottia/Esca, rated T for sexuality, 2130 words
Podfic by greedy_dancer
Marcus, Esca, and Cottia build a house and a life in the Down Country. This is somewhat complicated by Esca being emotionally guarded, Marcus being prone to saying exactly the wrong thing, and Cottia being a teenager who's angry about everything. Warning: As a canon-compliant story, Cottia is 15 or 16 here, so if implied sex between a teenager and a 20-something bothers you, you may wish to avoid. Obviously she is an adult in her culture and historical context.
The End of the World Was Long Ago (sort of crossover with Rosemary Sutcliff's Sun Horse, Moon Horse)
Cottia, Esca (implied background Marcus/Esca/Cottia), rated G, 1925 words
Once, on his way south in chains, Esca saw a white horse carved into a hillside. Six years later, on their way to visit Cottia's mother, Cottia and Esca see the White Horse of Lubrinium, and Cottia tells Esca a story of the Iceni, long ago, before the Romans came to Britain.
Heron Feathers
Guinhumara/Cradoc, Marcus, rated G, 730 words
Guinhumara cannot quite let herself like her husband's new friend.
More Than Longing
Guern/Murna, implied Marcus/Esca, rated T for sexuality, 1370 words
Murna, the wife of Guern the Hunter, is not exactly thrilled by their visitors and the reminders of her husband's past that Demetrius of Alexandria brings.
Shining as Sunrise
Murna, Conory, rated T for childbirth, 1920 words
"For Murna, it had been as if she expected to take up an ill-balanced blade that had once slipped and cut her, and found instead a bright and shining dirk that fit her hand as if made for it." Murna and Conory pick up the pieces, after the events of the book.
CCXIII things Hilarion is no longer allowed to do in the Roman army
Alexios/Hilarion, rated T for implied sexuality, 1445 words
Gavros stared at him for a long moment. "In the future, centenarius, clothing is to be worn for drills. Not paint. And your pay will be docked for this little stunt."
"Oh, do we get pay now, sir?" Hilarion asked in a tone of polite interest.
New Growth
Alexios, Hilarion, rated G, 790 words
In which Hilarion meets the new Ducenarius of the Frontier Wolves and sizes him up; and the commander, for his part, does the same right back. May be read as very faintly pre-slashy, or as straight-up gen, your choice.
Taking Measure
Alexios, Hilarion, Bericus, rated G, 800 words
Hilarion decides to take Alexios's measure, by means of biological warfare (which is to say "ferrets"). Faintly pre-slashy.
The Important Things (dinosaur AU)
Alexios, Hilarion, rated G, 535 words
Alexios doesn't believe Hilarion about the terrible lizards, at first; after all, Hilarion tells jokes all the time.
A Jest for the Gods
Connla-->Alexios, Alexios/Cunorix UST, rated G, 560 words
Connla does not see why Cunorix should have everything he wants, only because he is the elder. The problem is, Alexios has absolutely no idea what he's talking about.
Their Loyalties With Them
Alexios, Hilarion, Alexios-->Cunorix, Bericus/Vedrix, rated G, 1250 words
Sequel to Sineala's A Swift Fierce Pleasure
Alexios has lost a great deal, but at least he still has a family.
After Darkness, Light
Alexios/Hilarion, rated T for implied sexuality, 3510 words
It is not a thing you do, in the Frontier Wolves, to ask how a man has come to the frontier. Alexios pries when he should not, and Hilarion takes it rather ill at first.
Dignus est Quicum in Tenebris Mices
Alexios/Hilarion, rated T for implied sexuality, 800 words
Sequel to After Darkness, Light
No one in their right mind would play Flash the Fingers with Hilarion in the dark.
No Winter in Thy Year
Alexios/Hilarion, rated T for implied sexuality, 1995 words
Alexios finds that first winter in Belgica very cold, but not without its merits. A cuddling-for-warmth story.
By Blood Undone
Anders, Herulf, Thormod, rated T for violence, 1760 words
Anders Herulfson and Thormod Sitricson were once closer than brothers, but in the end birth is stronger than blood. A story about the girl Anders courted, his father's death, and the killing of old Sitric, which set him on the road to Miklagard.
In the Dark Wynd
Jestyn/Thormod UST, rated M for non-explicit sex, 1745 words
Thormod was not hunting snow bears--or girls--in the streets of Dublin that night when Jestyn came unlooked-for to his aid. There are other pleasures available in the wine-shops of Dublin, to those who know where to look for them, and other dangers as well: a story of how Thormod came to see Jestyn differently in more ways than one.
Once Given
Jestyn/Thormod, rated T for implied sexuality, 2160 words
"It is only a scratch, Jestyn, you need not worry. I'll have some ale and be well enough in the morning, but I should be glad for your help in binding it up.
Thormod would have called it a scratch if his arm were nearly hacked off.
Dane-Geld (modern AU)
Jestyn/Thormod preslash, rated G, 100 words
It turns out, to Thormod's chagrin, that Jestyn has read Kipling.
Vueil un novel chant comenzar
Randal/Herluin, rated T for implied sexuality, 1585 words
"I wish, sometimes, that I were still Randal the Dog-boy who slept at the foot of your bed, and not the Lord of Dean." A little post-canon beginning.