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Title: Short as the Watch That Ends the Night
Pairing/Characters: Ian Rutledge/Hamish MacLeod
Rating: PG
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Fandom: Ian Rutledge Mysteries by Charles Todd
Summary: For Hamish McLeod, condemned to die in the morning, the night goes all too quickly. But at least he's not alone.
Word Count: 950
Notes: Written for Armistice Day.
( He had said he would never lead boys into death again, had raved of waste and of slaughter, and they had taken him away and put him in this cold, cold room, and Lieutenant Rutledge had gone over the top and faced death without him, and now Hamish was no longer sure whether it was conscience or cowardice that had fueled his defiance. )
Pairing/Characters: Ian Rutledge/Hamish MacLeod
Rating: PG
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Fandom: Ian Rutledge Mysteries by Charles Todd
Summary: For Hamish McLeod, condemned to die in the morning, the night goes all too quickly. But at least he's not alone.
Word Count: 950
Notes: Written for Armistice Day.
( He had said he would never lead boys into death again, had raved of waste and of slaughter, and they had taken him away and put him in this cold, cold room, and Lieutenant Rutledge had gone over the top and faced death without him, and now Hamish was no longer sure whether it was conscience or cowardice that had fueled his defiance. )
