Fic Update: "Sleep of the Just"

 Back in... uh... October?  I posted the prologue for a three-part FE8 story featuring Innes.  I had the plot sketched out, the chapter breaks set, and the final scene written (something I always do with multi-part 'fic to keep me going).  But the essential bloody vagueness of Magvel caused me to stall out.  I was comfortable enough with Innes, or at least my take on him, but I wasn't comfortable in his world.

So, here it is April of 2010, and I finally get around to Chapter One.  It's mostly what I intended to write from the first, but the central conflict between Innes and Ephraim is kept in the background this chapter.  The political issues that drive Chapter Two are shoved in the corner, too-- this chapter is basically Innes getting his psyche and his life together after the war.

( Spoilers and stuff for those interested... )

 
I don't warn for pairings unless they're canon-busters or something that could squick people.  For this 'fic, I decided to make considerable use of the FE8 possibilities.  So we have Ephraim/Tana (bleah, but it made sense in terms of the plot), an initial Innes/Eirika that goes nowhere, plus some Seth/Eirika/Saleh (!) and Vanessa/Innes/L'Arachel.   Yay.

All in all, Innes is a refreshing change from Marth and friends.  I just can't DO some things with Archanea.