geeking out on shakespeare's histories

Title: The Bear and the Shooting Star
Author: lareinenoire
Play: 2 and 3 Henry VI
Recipient: gileonnen
Characters / Pairings: Warwick, Oxford
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 2285
Summary: John de Vere learns lessons in kingmaking and treason from the best.
Notes: Title comes from the badges worn respectively by Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (the Bear and Ragged Staff) and John de Vere, Earl of Oxford (the Streaming Star). All usual disclaimers about Shakespeare's wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey approach to historical dates and people apply. Thanks so, so much to angevin2 and rosamund for getting me to the end and beta-reading, and to gileonnen for the brilliant prompt -- I tried to do it justice.

( The Bear and the Shooting Star )