geeking out on shakespeare's histories

Title: O Thou My Lovely Boy
Author: commodorified
Play: Richard II (sort of)
Recipient: the_red_shoes
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Richard II/Robert De Vere, Anne of Bohemia/Richard II
Rating: Inexplicit sexual content
Notes: a moment 17 years before the play...
Summary: None but the brave deserve the fair

( Even as she clung to the rail and retched helplessly into the already filthy water of the Channel, even as her eyes filled with tears and her throat burned and her head throbbed, Anne knew she ought to be grateful. )