Decryo

Originally posted on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/7186667/chapters/16310303 ‘If someone had told Arthur that in the near future he’d be penniless, trouserless and standing on the side of a barren Texas road with his thumb held out for a ride, he’d have laughed. Hard.’ Arthur needs to get to New York in five days so that he can attend an important- if not crucial- business meeting with a potential partner. Alfred F. Jones is a man offering to drive him as far as West Virginia. Things could’ve gone simpler, but a road trip with a volatile half dressed Englishman and a patriotic, over-the-top American was

Originally posted on AO3 (link in description): 'If someone had told Arthur that in the near future he’d be penniless, trouserless and standing on the side of a barren Texas road with his thumb held out for a ride, he’d have laughed. Hard.' Arthur needs to get to New York in five days so that he can attend an important- if not crucial- business meeting with a potential partner. Alfred F. Jones is a man offering to drive him as far as West Virginia. Things could've gone simpler, but a road trip with a volatile half dressed Englishman and a patriotic, over-the-top American was destined to crash and burn. If someone had told Arthu

Originally posted on AO3 (link in description): Set in the harsh winter of 1942, Arthur Kirkland is a veteran soldier serving under Operation Torch. After a series of unfortunate events, he finds himself having to do everything from training to sleeping with the one American set on causing him grief. And yet, why does his heart jump at every touch they share? If there were ever a time in Arthur’s life that he could truly die from both rage and embarrassment, it was now. Sure, perhaps his swollen left cheek and the bruises along his ribcage certainly heightened the grip of his own mortality, but the angry heat of his cheeks made him f

Originally posted on AO3 (link in description): Set in the harsh winter of 1942, Arthur Kirkland is a veteran soldier serving under Operation Torch. After a series of unfortunate events, he finds himself having to do everything from training to sleeping with the one American set on causing him grief. And yet, why does his heart jump at every touch they share? Arthur was twenty when he joined the army. Though it was of no inclination of his own, mind you; if he’d had his way, he would’ve spent the next several years of his early adult life tucked away behind a desk in the grand halls of his university, bent over priceless edition