Yuletide Reveal

I wrote a story in one of my favorite fandoms, Hornblower. We matched on the books and then I remembered that canon review would entail rereading all thirteen -- which I'd like to do! But not during an already-stressful holiday season! My recipient requested the miniseries as well, so my thought process was, "Hmm, Bush's POV would be interesting, or hey, I really like Pellew, or -- ARCHIE. ARCHIE ARCHIE ARCHIE ARCHIE ARCHIE." Sadly, I had to go with "optional details are optional" since they asked for a happy ending and I have never been one of those people who can throw out canon and say "no way, this character totally survived." There is a Dead Kennedys joke in there somewhere but I just can't make it work.

Supporting Cast (3505 words) by Zana
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hornblower (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Horatio Hornblower/Archie Kennedy
Characters: Horatio Hornblower, Archie Kennedy, Clayton (Hornblower), Edward Pellew, Stiles (Hornblower), Edrington (Hornblower), William Bush, Buckland (Hornblower)
Additional Tags: Yuletide 2013
Summary:

All the world's a stage, and Archie Kennedy knows that he's destined to always be supporting cast in the dramatic rendering of Horatio Hornblower's life.

Many thanks to isiscolo for the stellar beta!