geeking out on shakespeare's histories

Title: Brittle Glory
Author: angevin2
Play: Richard II
Recipient: absinthe_shadow
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Richard II/Henry Bolingbroke, with subsidiary Richard/Anne of Bohemia and Richard/Robert de Vere
Warnings: There isn't really anything here that's any more disturbing than canon. Though there is a vague reference to ass-pokering (well, strictly speaking it only mentions the poker and not the ass, but we know where that poker is going).
Rating: PG
Summary: Kingship really, really messes people up.
Notes: Many thanks to lareinenoire for beta-reading, and to aris_tgd and commodorified for moral support.

( The first time Henry saw Richard after his father's death he was alone in the oratory, sitting on the floor rather than kneeling at a prie-dieu like you were supposed to do in a chapel, and before he could leave Richard turned and saw him and then he was trapped. )

Title: Gross Flesh
Author: the_alchemist
Play: Richard II, mostly
Recipient: angevin2
Character(s): Richard II and others
Warnings: voyeurism? Do I need to warn you about that?
Rating: um... PG?
Summary: The ghost of Richard II sets out to take revenge on Henry IV and family, enlisting an unexpected helper.


( 'Mount, mount, my soul. Thy seat is up on high, whilst my gross flesh sinks downward, here to die!' said Richard, and sank backwards. )