STORY: "In the Doldrums" - Jack/Stephen, Master & Commander

[dorinda]

I wrote a little contribution for the perfect_duet Advent Challenge, for the prompt "surprise":

In the Doldrums ( words) by Dorinda
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Master and Commander - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Aubrey & Stephen Maturin, Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin
Characters: Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin
Additional Tags: Trapped, Surprises, Unexpected Visitors, Reconciliation
Summary:

He braced himself and turned, dreading another row, wishing there were something he could do. Anything. Could he have turned his fiddle into wind and both epaulettes into lemons, by now he would have done so, and laid it all in Stephen's lap.

And mekare kindly did a piece of art for it! Which is here:

Art: Doldrums (0 words) by mekare
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Master and Commander - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin, Jack Aubrey & Stephen Maturin
Characters: Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin
Additional Tags: Fanart, Illustrations, Watercolors, Stephen and his creatures, excited Stephen, Whales, two men in a boat, excuse me Jack, two men in a skiff
Summary:

Jack and Stephen find something surprising during the doldrums. But really, this is a fic illustration (see endnotes).