Ch. 5 of HONOURED: A Rose x Thomas Andrews Titanic fanfic - OUT NOW!
🌹🛳️ HONOURED 🛳️🌹
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Trigger Warnings: Trauma, Past Trauma, Self-Harm, Emotional Baggage, Past Rape/Non-con, eventual Rape/Non-con Elements, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Suicide Attempt, Smoking, Drinking, Adult Content
AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/83368746/chapters/221878916#workskin
Chapters: 6/?
Archive: AO3
Title: HONOURED
Author: ArsLongaVitaBrevis000
Fandom: Titanic (1997)
Rating: 18+ / Explicit
Relationship: Rose Dewitt Bukater x Thomas Andrews
Characters: Thomas Andrews (1873-1912), Rose Dewitt Bukater, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, J. Bruce Ismay, RMS Titanic Crew, RMS Titanic Passengers, Margaret "Molly" Brown, Historical Character(s)
Additional Tags: Romance, Older Man/Younger Woman, Hurt/Comfort, Character Development, Sexual Tension, Fluff, Historical Accuracy, Historical Inaccuracy, Redemption, Drama, Fluff and Angst, Drama & Romance, Romantic Fluff, Bittersweet, Age Difference, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Explicit Sexual Content, First Love, Mutual Pining, Supportive Relationship, Aged-Up Character(s), Humor, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, May/December Relationship, Forbidden Love
Author's Welcome
HONOURED - Ch. 1: In the Quiet Between Courses
HONOURED - Ch. 2: A Breakfast to Remember
HONOURED - Ch. 3: The Light Between the Pages
HONOURED - Ch. 4: The Weight of Daylight
HONOURED - Ch. 5: Intoxicated by Design
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"In all honesty, she should have been grateful for his restraint, shouldn’t she? He had given her a way out — an exit from this dangerous situation. Permission to return to her “perfect” fiancé swimming in gold. To the life her mother had orchestrated with such care.
“And yet…You are the first person in this entire wretched arrangement who has made me question whether I ought to be honourable. Whether taking what everyone calls the dishonourable route — following my own desires, making my own choices regardless of consequences — might not actually lead me somewhere I could feel truly honourable.”