Coming out is hard to do

[wordwitch]

... and sahiya gives us a perfect little jewel of a story about it in "A Covert Affair" - not, as one might think, about Temeraire and Lawrence, but instead about Bujold's Byerly Vorrutyer and Ivan Vorpatril.

Guess which one's still in the closet?

Guess whose relative offers him violence should he hurt his beloved?

And guess which relative he chooses to do his first Coming Out to?

Guy-safe, but wholly accurate in terms of the complex of feeling one goes through that first time. Go read.

Comments

By/Ivan

[newjerseybadger.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the pointer, dear, it was an excellent short story. Not enough about By, but excellent coverage of Ivan. I was left at the end wanting more.

Do keep on pointing out the good ones?

Re: By/Ivan

[wordwitch.livejournal.com]

I am delighted that you enjoyed it. Certainly I will keep on pointing them out.