Well, this is it, kids. The Thing. I hesitate to call it a novella/novel; it's more like the world's longest one-shot in terms of structure.
I don't know most people's preferences about how much they want to be surprised vs. how much they want to know in advance, so you can highlight where indicated if you like.
Title: Sorting Out the Dance Card
Pairings: Bertie/Jeeves, (highlight for more if you don't like surprises) *
with small sides of Bertie/Stinker, Bertie/OMC, some past Jeeves/OMC(s), and Marion Wardour/OFC.*
Rating: strongish R overall
Words: 61,000 and some change
Summary: An overheard conversation changes everything. Histories, mysteries, romance, and a dive or two into the soup.
Warnings: Nothing huge, but (highlight) *
there's one bit that mentions what could be construed as dubcon, but nothing explicit.*
Disclaimer: I own nothing. You can probably play literary-reference bingo with this, but in the grand Wodehouse tradition, absolutely nothing is cited.
Notes: Serious, serious massive beta-thanks, gold stars, kittens, and cookies to
storyfan, without whom you probably wouldn't have seen this for another year. I must also thank
random_nexus and
chaoschick13 for staunch support and just general good-eggishness. I ♥ you guys.
Part 1: Of Harpoons and Anonymous CrumpetsPart 2: Stiff Upper Lip, BertiePart 3: A Little FlutterPart 4: Playing To the AudiencePart 5: Fantasie ImpromptuPart 6: Ticking Off StinkerPart 7: More Fuel to the FirePart 8: Book MarksOr download/view the whole fic:
.pdf (fancier-looking) or
html (plain vanilla with formatting & images).