fic: concerto for two violins in g minor, arthur/eames, nc-17

( concerto for two violins in g minor | fic masterpost )

Italy, 1703. Arthur is an orphan with a hidden talent for the violin who is sent from his quiet but dull life in a small monastery to study music in Venice. A story about missing violins, lost ducal heirs, mysterious masked men, gondola chases, falling in love with your concert master, music, and finding your place in the world. (A love song to Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery.)

[ art | mix | fic on dw | fic on ao3 ]

Notes: This story, written for inception_bang, is one part homage to a great kid's story that I loved when I was younger and one part homage to Vivaldi himself, I guess, where homage means "implying he had a relationship with a student and was kind of disreputable." Oops! I apologize in advance to anyone particularly knowledgeable about Baroque history as I took a sort of A Knight's Tale approach to history here and that may drive you to distraction.

Profuse thank you's are due to a lot of people here. First and foremost, to juana_a who did the amazing art and equally amazing mix for this story and was generally a dream (ha ha) to collaborate with. To kick_back_80s for the much-needed beta! To dondarrion for being my cheerleader in chief as always! And to all my ladies (Aida, Haku, Kat, and Nelly) for keeping me from freaking out too badly and for teaching me how to spell Cobb's name canonically before I embarrassed myself on this, my first de-anoning in the fandom.