#lannesoult

[cadmusfly]

twice, a fallen blade

Summary: Twice did Marshal Lannes challenge another of his fellow marshals to a duel. The first was in the prelude to Austerlitz, when Marshal Soult had blundered in advising retreat to the Emperor. The second was in the early days of Aspern-Essling, as a recalcitrant Marshal Bessières took umbrage to Lannes’ orders.

Neither duel was consummated. But let us suppose, in two different imaginings, that they had been.

Let’s play a game of pretend.

Relationships: Jean Lannes/Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Jean Lannes/Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Minor Characters: Napoleon Bonaparte, Joachim Murat, André Masséna, Marcellin Marbot

Additional Tags: Hateshipping, Homoerotic Duelling, Metafictional Elements, Non-Chronological

Words: 5,170

Chapters: 1/1

Author's Notes: "Show Creator Style" is recommended but optional. I hope this is readable.

Thanks to @impetuous-impulse for very quick French sanity checking and telling me about a source for some stuff!

dance fucker dance man he never had a chance~